The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LO_ RDS.—TVEADAT, JOLT 1.
The LOOP COANCILLOS took his seat at awe o'clock.
SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL.
Lord REDESDALE brought up the report Ton the
standing orders committee, which recommended that the
base should sot proceed further with this bill, as the
standees orders with reference to private bills had not been
Complied with.
hord BEAT MONT did not wish in any way to impairs
the deciiien of the standing orders committee ; bat, it
their lordships considered this bill as a mere private bill,
they would establish an unfortunate precedent. In the
present instance they would also do a great injury to, and
prevent a great boon from being conferred on, the public
If they allowed a non-compliance with the standing orders
to pretest the paring of this measure. The object of the
bill was the removal of one of the greatest nuisances that
could exist in the metropolis—(loud cries of " hear, hear, '
Prom all putts of the house)—and it was a measure of as
great public interest am had ever been submitted to the
legislature. (Hear, hear.) It was not introduced into
the other homer of parliament as a private bill. It was not
resolved upon, in fact, until the commencement of this year,
and if it had been a private bill it would have beennttcsevy
that main shnnld have been given to the parties interested
ie October or Nov,:ehur last ; but a. this was a great pub-
lic escaoire of which all the world had notice, her Majesty's
psi minuet, who undertook to consider the subject, did not
resolve on the character of the bill until February in this
year, when it was introduced on motion ; and it was pro-
ceeded with in the Houm of Commons As a public bill. It
was referred to the standing order. committee in that house,
who geese to the conclu+ion that it was a public bill, and
did aM requires the standina orders to he complied with.
That committee recommended a certain course to be adopted,
and the Lail was then prate:oiled with as a public bill. The
!rowel un which the whsle qui turned was, whether this
was a public or a prix etc hill. lilt was a private bill it would
be Sue tar hour to, coadeler whether, in reference to so im-
potent a hill, they would not dispense with the standing
order.. He should more a resolution to, the effect, " that
considering that the Smithfield Market Removal Bill par-
takes more of the nature of a public bile them of the nature
of a private bill, this house i. of opinion that compliance
with the st iodine orders of the house in reopect of private
bills ehuula not Ii romired in the case of seed hill; and
that said bill preceedel with as a public The
corporation of London hail petitioned to he heard at the bar
on this subj. et of noo, compliance with the standing order.,
but they reoetol have no reason for complaining, become
they had had full notice of it ; still, if their lordship;
thought they ought to he heard at the bar ice defence
of their interests, he would not object to such a course.
The Mantua of SALISBURY thought the noble lord
ought to have given nntioo of his motion.
laird lIKAL MONT had no objection to bring on the sub-
nn a future day if it was preferred,
fto r a conversation in which Lord Lyndhurst, Lord
eolooolde, Lord Brougham, Earl Grey, the Marquis of
Clamicaeole, sod Lord Colchester took part,
lorol BEAUMONT gave notice that he would on Friday
draw tee attention of the house to the subject, and on the
preeriou. shy he would lay un the table the exact terms of
his motion. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was thin withdrawn.
l'Al ENT 1..1W AMENDMENT DILL.
Earl GRAN VILLE, in mooing that the house resolve it-
self into, a rommittoa on, this bill, said that the ereellt bell
van an oemalgamution of that which had been proposed b
the noble and learned lord (Brougham) and the bill which
hail liters proposed by himself, the new matter
being the fly of a technical nature. The principal objec-
tion to the present system of taking out patent.. was the
delay and expense, the want of security to the true inven-
tors, and the opportunities of success which were given to
false inventor,. It was almost imponible to know what
had previously been done with regard to similar patents
when an inventor WA, about to obtain a patent; awl there
was a 1.., the objection of having to obtain three separate pa-
tents for the United Kingdom. There was then great des
satisfaction felt both ice this country and the colonies as to
the potent law which applied to them. The first two or ,1
three clauses of the bill which he hold in his hand rollsti.
Weil iortain high functionaries to be commiedunere for the
purls"-, of the set--the Lord Chancellor, the Master of
the It'll., unit the law officers in England, Scotland, and
la Lend -:wit those oinenioionier+ were to appoint scientific
persons to examine all new invention. on which patents
might le• welch*. I oestooad of eight offices, as art present,
in Lonolou, and 2 I for the United Kin,lom, there would
only in future be two, officio, one public and the other private,
the former being th • "Mee of the Great Seal, and the other
beano that which was to he created by the commissioners,
which wombl be very much in the nature of a refonuol Anne.
ney-fiemeriel's MSce. The next four clauses regulated the
mete in a hich Implications was to be made fur a patent. A
petition was to he left at the Patent-office. and a general
specification of the invention, thereby avoiding the l's if w hich
now existol whereby persons with wild schemes in their
head., maitioned for a patent, and spent the six months now
Reece to them to make out their oweilication in running
atbout inquiring into the inventions of other people, and at
Last spoil leg an intuition' in no shape whatever like the
original idea they entertained. There wouldlie shin a great
adrentage risen to the poor inventor, who, on applying fur
n patent with a full +predication of the design, would only
called on to deposit 5/., for which he would hare com-
plete poet.. etiom lon six months, and aureole that time lie
might toe the invention or exhibit it. The twit clause, the
sth. del away with the, present east-at system. It was pro-
vided that unveils., petition the bill would be heard, the title
of the patent advertised, and any person who had oh petitions
make would be invited to .10 so an writing. The eth clause
gave no rely a general powo-r to, appeal to the law officers.
The tie et clause' applied to the warrant, and did away with
the sign manual, the privy seal, and signet offices, and also
made one patent apply to the United Kingdom. Th.. 12th
elem., tonic red the warrant to be enrolled in Dublin and Edin-
burgh for the information of partite% interested in Scotland
and lo html. The next clause enabled persuus wlw had
taken out a patent for only one kingdom to take out a new
patent for the three kingdom.. The next clause applied to
foreign pet nal. At parent it was sufficient that an inven-
ti on a as new in the Unimet Kingdom, but in future it must
Is• proved to be altogether novel. At the present time,
when a few day. would take a nun to America. and a few
hours to Franco, Germany, or tklgitaill, it was not fair that
he .1,,,ed0l he able to obtain useful iuventions in those coun-
tries, and putent them here against all the world. (Hear.)
Of the next nine clause. a great part had been in the bill of
his noble and learned friend, and had been transferred by
the committer to the bill as it now stool. Th.l Tvint,4l to
specilieation. and drawings to lie preserved and published,
intlioa to he nuule, enrolments, and the registration of pa-
tents, and eef proprietors. 'together these claws, were
Ulllllll4 the most useful pmvisions of the hill, and were likely
to mike ouvitications more correct than they wen.. now.
The 111 et four extenolvel the pens hem. of what was
eommonly called Brougham'. art. The points were prin.
twat ly legal and technic:dam.' he, did not think it likely their
lordship. would make any obi, etions to them. The remainder
of the clauses were thew which hail been proposed to be
struck out on the. there reading of the bill.
The. Roble Carl pruceeeled to say. he had been as-
soteel by two learned gentlemen in drawing up this
bill, and they thought that it would answer useful ma-
yors.cud that a measure might be framed to obviate• all
dare eine a But he was sorry to say that all the evidence
he had heard when he was in committee, both from
those who were against patents and from those who were
most in firma of them, had only left him the more con-
firmed in the, opinion, that if it was an advantage to
tarring*, it was wrong in principle to hare' any
patent protection for euventiona The only rearm-
Ale ground taken up for the principle of patents was,
that it acted as a stimulus to Inventors. list he did
not heliese that in the present state of the world any stimu-
lus to seivention was required. After some allusion, to the
tee of patent. in America and Germany, which were not
distinctly heard, the noble earl went on to say that
he hail hen requested by the committee to present the
bill, and he bad no right to call it his bill individually. lle
sweetly receommeuded the *Lure. of the bill to their lord-
ship.' attention, and before he concluded he wished to ex-
press his thanks to a learned gentleman, a barrister (Mr.
Willehire, we believe) to whose assistance and valuable in-
formation the committer and himself were greatly in-
detni d.
Lord DROUGIIIANI, who was imperfectly heard. was
amt. roused to recommend the evidence to their lordships
attentive. a* they would rIVVI%O both pleasure and instrue-
faun from it, as a large body of interesting and valuable
facts. lle did ant denyakat on hearing the evidence, the opt-
seems be had formerly expressed had Mem somewhat shaken.
But it wee a mistake to .appose he had abandoned his bill.
lie and his noble friend had redeemed their pledges in the
most effectual manner hy the present bill.
After a few worth from the Duke of ARGYLL and the
Earl of HARR/31111Y,
Lord CAMPBELL expressed his entire armroval of the
bill of hi. noble friend, Ile hoped it would be the happy
ezample for the reformation of our legal system.
Earl uIIEY was not disposed to deny that some hardship
might result to the British sugar miner from that port of
the bill which exempted the colonies from the operation of
the patent laws ; but after all, seeing the advantage our sugar
refiners permed in prolimity of markets, superior work-
men• and otherwise, he Ilia nut believe they would be placed
in any great difficulty in competing with the colonial re-
finer. It was these considerations which had induced the
gmernment not to extend the patent right to the colonies
by the present bill.
After a few worda from the Earl of HARILOWDV,
1 1..' motion was agreed to, and the bill passed through
commenter.
Their lordships then adjourned at a quarter-past 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TrEsDAT, JOLT 1
The SPIALZI took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE nt SINUS.

CONsIDTRATION or Loam' AILMIXDMMITS.—The Lords'
amendments on the Wowing buM was considered and
agretil to .—Chorley Waterworks, and Malounbury Tan,
pike Roads, Bills.
DILI. eu:SolotaiD.--Hartlispool Pier lad Port (canting.
Con of new pier, ilke) Bill.
COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL
The house having gone into committee on this bill,
Mr. FITZROY moved an amendment on rums Is gig
effect of which was to limit the discretionary powers
the clauso conferred on the Lord Chancellor.
Sir G. GREY opposed the amendment, as of a chumlit
which could not but prove detrimental to the interested
justice, and as quite opposed to the object and spirit of the
clause.
After a few remarks from Mr. WILLIAMS,
Mr. FITZROY withdrew his amendment.
Kr. G. A. SAMILION moved, but afterwards with-