New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-14

Dishonest a. well as ODD.
P,tents should be 90 easily and cheAPly Cd
tsiu.ble as to encourage the inventor. not Always
a worldly wise nor rich man, to make DIS aPPh'
cation and derive the profit himself. Ana on
this. as on the international side, we 1nd good
suggestions ia the patent laws ofseversl European
States. Thus, the new law passed this year 0ya
unanimous vote Of the Belgian Chambers reads
in its second article az follows: "Patents saaii
abe granted rithoHt Prerious e1ami"af'0H' o. 'n'
"risk and peril OF the applicant, rithoai gna'a",
"fte, either of the reality, novelty, or merit oil
"the invention, or Of the accuracy OF the sPecin-
"cator, and without prejudice to the rights OF
Z" third parties" Here at once the expense, de-
lsy. vexatioD, and other evils resulting from our
method Of examining at the " ashlng'on Office are
done away with. Concession follows imm9ds
a.ely on application. The inventor Is Pu' TO tue
least possible trouble Of waiting, seeing, paying
intermediate agents, etc. Government loo lrs no
trouble, for it does not guarantee the invention.
Nor is this found to be any serious disadvantage
TO the inventor The provisions of the French
lsw are similar 10 this respect, and work wen.
The pa.entee ia France looks TO the civil courts
for protection against infringement. The Amer
lean patentee has hardly any other effective re-
course. The third article of the Belgian law
proydes that the fee shall be paid in annual pro-
cres.ive iDstalneuts. beginning with 10 francs
1.-TWO dollars the first year 90 francs the second,
30 francs the third and so on to 2UO francs, the
twentieth and last year. II from small PROFITS or
other cause the patentee cannot afford this tax,
which is due for each year in advance, he omi's
payment the invention becomes public property
This ia measuring the fee justly by the means OF
payment. 1t encourages experiments by the
trfrg initial fee, and heavily taxes the profit
able ones, Just those which can afford it. The
French fee is paid in annual installments Of 100
france, continued through fifteen years, aud bur
dens the inventor less than our FEE Of thirty dol
lars. Prussia grants patents free Of expense TO
her own subjects and to foreigners. Austria has
a system nearly as liberal as that of Belgium
While in the vein of giving advice to our Gov.
eminent, l respectfully recommend that it send
al United States Consul to Paris. The gentleman
who has partially filed that Office, and completely
pocketed its income for the pas! year and more,
recently left here for America He has appointed
as substitute for a Consul during his absen o
boy and griGe. The hoy, his brother is good
specimen of the American young man, and is IN
doubleday filter to perform the duties of the
Office than half Of his eide re- who lean against our
foreign posts, diplomatic and consular. He is
well hammered, good natured, speaks French,
knows go much Of the routine OF Office work as
he has learned during three months service. So
much for the boy. The other Vice Consul, the
gTi6e, is brass or iron instrument much like
post-ofiice stamp on which is cut in relief the
fac .simile of the COnsuPs signature. When any
one comes with important papers, which 20 re-
ceive their legal validity, must be sigaed, sworn
TO, or otherwise completed st the Consulate of
the United States at Paris, the metallic grille is
tapped on the ink cushion, and then tapped on the
said papers as the outward aud visible sign OF
their having been signed, sealed, sworn TO, etc,
"Psrsonahy Jcfore me appeared" and all chat sort
OF thing, in presence Of ID. McCrea, gentleman az
this moment on the broad Atlantic. Whether
his young brother, of whom l desire to speak
with entire respect with the gJi6e to help him,
will be equal to all the emergencies of his posi-
ton, answering all questions, and doiog all SER
vices that his cOunfrymen or others may fairly
demand of an American Consul; and whether the
elder McCrea who is lawyer thinks that me
taic signature is good 10 law whether for ex-
ample .farogue shoud get his grille and tap
it under promise to pay, he teoHLd pay These
are questions which are often asked here, and
which leave it to TIE TRIBNUE to answer. The
Consul himself would probably not respond salts
factoriIy.
You will notice in the MoHiteur of to. day let
ter of coincidence from the Emperor TO the widow
of Marshal st. Arnaud. People will sniff at the
first sentence Of this epstle, where the writer
ArDaud. Then comes more noticeable passage.
He says: "Tbe Marshal Was Joined TO my cause
from the day when, quitting Africa to take the
portfolio of War, he aided in reestablishng or
der and authority in this country. He joined
"his name to the military glories of France
when, deciding, in spite of timid counsel., to
invade the Crimea, lie gained with Lord Raglan
"the battle OF the Alma, and opened for our army
the way to SevastopOl." The Marshal's widow
will receive a pension Of 81 900 francs from the
French Government. The nepspdpers allow her
a handsome pension also from the Turkish Gov
eminent. Give me credit for saying nothing
about Sevastopol, although people heresbout are
as idly busy as ever in say ing nothing worth hear
ing about it. The new facts you will receive, as
u'uAl, through England. Troops are always NOV
ing Crimeaward from the southern French ports.
LIBERIA As IT TSH