The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-09 00:00:00

HULLABALOO ORATORY.

At a high Protestant meeting lately held at the
Rotunda in Dublin, the Rev. Hvgh Prior, in sup-
porting a resolution, said "He had no speech
prepared; but if he wanted a speech, there was
his speech—holding up an orange lily. (Loud
cheers.) He was not ashamed of that tiny flower—he
was not ashamed of the principles it bespoke, .and he
hoped he never should, so help him God."—(Loud
cheers.) And Father Malone, at a meeting in the
Roman Catholic cathedral of Ballina, where the Ronolan
Catholic Bishop, Dr. Freeny, was present, is thus re-
ported, in the Tablet, to have spoken:—"Let the Minis-
ter carry bis iniquitous measure into law, end let there
be a community of religious ladies in this town to-
morrow, and let him appoint the day of visitation for
his official, I, too, would be there on that occasion, and
I would expect that, it necessary, there would be there
also, jive hundred of the good, and virtuous, and
the brave young men of this parish.—(Loud cheering.) I
would take my stand upon the very threshold of the
door, and defy the Russell beadle to enter.—(lmmense
cheering.) I would put him to the necessity of bringing
one hundred of her Majesty's forces to effect his entrance ;
and should he demand access to the innocent victims of
his wanton barbarity, I solemnly say, before this august
assembly, I would sand between him and thorn, and
only give him access by the sword or the bullet.—(lmmense
Depend upon it they are not now the days
of Smith O'Brien and the Ballingarry affair; neither is
the occasion nuw such as it was then."

When the reverend and loyal orator terminated his
harangue, the aforenamed
" Dr. Feeny stated that, for the benefit of persons un-
acquainted with the use of tropes and figures, he had to
say that when Mr. Malone made reference to the sword
and spear, he did so not in a literal but a spiritual sense."

PATENT LAW AMENDMENT ASSOCIATION.

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Last evening a public meeting of the members of this
association was held at the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate-hill,
to consider the New Patent Law Amendment Bill
now progressing through Parliament, and to take
steps to secure the abandonment of certain clauses,
which it was stated threatened to render the
operation of the law highly injurious both to
inventors and the public, and to hasten the enact-
ment of a real Patent Reform Bill. Mr. Alderman Sid-
ney, M.P., occupied the chair, and observed that though
he was very little acquainted with the nature of the pa-
tent laws, ho felt the greatest pleasure in presiding on
this occasion, as he should be enabled to glean much in-
formation, which would be of use to him in his place in
the House of Commons. He could not but iegard the pre-
sent patent laws as being in a most anomalous condition,
and calculated to produce great evil, not only to inven-
tors, hut to the public generally. The present system
bad the effect of " tying up" the talent and genius of the
country, and it was next to impossible for an inventor
to obtain a remuneration for his labour. Instead of
making patents expensive, Government ought to give
every possible protection to inventors, exacting only
such a sum as would defray the incidental costs.
He would ask why the cost should be so
enormous in this country, considering that the
cost of a patent in Belgium, Franco, Denmark,
and America, did not amount to more than 101.?
He contended that the patent laws were altogether de-
fective, and he did not know any subject which required
more attentive consideration on the part of the Govern-
ment. Mr. Shepherd proposed the first resolution, to
the effect that, it having been already acknowledged
by Government and the public that the patent laws
required amendment, the meeting was of opinion
that the Bill now before Parliament should effect
an efficient amendment forthwith, and that if this
be not done, inventors who had ,previously registered
and exhibited new inventions at the Great Exhi-
bition, under an implied promise from the Government,
that the attainment of letters of patent would be ren-
dered less costly, would be subjected to the injustice of
having been induced to publish their inventions without
reasonable means of protection from the Legislature.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Keene, and supported
by Mr. Rogers, and after some discussion, was carried. A
resolution was then passed, that it was contrary to the
interests of the inventors and the public that the new
patent law, which proposedthat a patent should be granted
in consideration of a series of payments, should require
from the inventor more than a few shillings in the first
instance, so as to cover the expense of recording his de-
mand, and that if the protection of patent rights in courts
of law be not rendered more certain, the law would still
remain in a very defective state. It was next resolved
that the foregoing resolutions be embodied in a petition,
and pesented to the House of Commons, and the meeting
separated.

R/ CAN
AmericanßoNDH bondholdersOLD
SPANISH
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have received a letter from their agent, Mr. Lord,
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dated La Guayra, June 9, 1851, of which the following
is an extract :
" I have nothing, as yet, from the Minister, in reply to
my last and previous communications. The Extraordi-
nary Gazette, of the 22d nit., did not reach me till the
close of the late month. I forward a copy herewith, as
it contains the law of ways and means for 1851 to 1832,
with the assignment of 500,000 dollars to the foreign
debt. The few articles at the end of the law merit at-
tention, especially Articles 5,6, and 7. The amount
of expenditure autlaorised by this law is 2,688,890
dollars, about equal to the revenue, ordinary and extra-
ordinary, in the financial year, ending 30th June last ;
no estimate of that for the year ending the 30th instant
has yet appeared."
d to in the above extract:—
Hereon
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wars follow a
means
the l full
dr ee e principal articles-of the law of
~ Art. 5. The executive power is authorised to deduct
from the sanctioned
changes, with the
those thatconcurrence of
the Council of State," onesnot absolutely ne-
to retain o third of the assigned
cessary ; and also
d out of public treasury for salaries, amount to be receive
~
sion whatever, of all ants
pensions, or any commi.
according as the' state of the
exceeding 400 dollars,
this h • ' risation,however,
finances may require it; au.t o
does not include the sum appropriated to the public cre-
dit, both interior and exterior, the payment of which
will be made in all cases with dun preference.
" Art. 6. When the recei is are not sufficient to pay
in full, for two consecutive months, the salaries, pensions,
or assignations of the public servants, the Minister of
Finance will issue the necessary orders to have the funds
distributed pro rata between all the creditors, without
any preference whatever, prohibiting at t eL h ' Sam° time
any anticipation.
" Art. 7. The treasury and every collector has to publish weekly a statement of receipts and disburse-
ments, and actual funds, as the books
may show; and in
places where this cannot be done by printing,
he said