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London, England, 1851-08-06 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT BILL;

The amendments made by the Commune upon this Bill
were considered.
CRIMINAL LUNATICS.
The Earl of SdAFIESBUBY presented a petition
from Somersetshire (as was understood) for a revision
of the system of tile management of criminal lunatics,
and gave notice that he should call the attention of their
Lordships to thu at:Diet:l; ut:xt se Aion.
CHANCERY BUSINESS.

The Earl of HARRINGTON moved for—" 1. The
production of mare dPscribing suits pending in the
Court of Chancery, stating. when they commenced, and
the probable pylioci of their duration,. when that can be
ascertained; also, 2, a similar return of the suits in the
winding-up courts; alsn, 3, a list of the suits in the
winding-up coons that have been finally settled; and
:0, 4, copy of the orders passed under the administre-
'one of the Elrl of Eiden, Lord Brougham and Voltz,
and Lord Cottenham, to. the relief of the suitors in
Chancery, in order to orerre,te cheap and speedy justice."
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the bulk of
the returns moved for were quite impracticable, sod,
even if they were prectic%ble, would be of no utility.
Lord BEAUMONT recommended the Noble Earl to
postpone his motion until next r.ession.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Noble Earl
was perfectly unacquainted with the orders to which he
had referred, and had hardly done himself justice in not
baying looked [IMO into the matter before he brought
it forward. The Noble Earl was quite mistaken in sup-
posing that thoee orders bad not consiierably accelerated
the progress of business in the Court of Chancery.
The motion was then withdrawn.
THE LAW OF EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL.
Atter a short conversation between the Loan CHAN-
CELLOR and Lord CRANWORTH, some Of the ameudments
of the Home of Commons were agreed to, others were
altered, and the rest were rejected.
The Commons' amendments to the Attorneys and So-
licitors Regulation Act Amendment Bill were considered
and agreed to.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the
attorneys of Lancaster against the Registration of As-
guru ees Bill.

Tapir
Lordships then adjourned until twelve o'clock
this day (Wednesday).

NOUSE OF COMMONS, August 5.

(Continued from our Afternoon Et ton of yi4ferdaY..)
PATENr-LAW AMENIYvi ENT BILL.
The House then Went into Cummittee on this Bill.
0.1 clause 14 being proposed,
Mr. MUNIZ objected to novelty and utility being
made condithns to the granting of a patent. Removed
that the word " utility." should be struck out, on the
ground that no tribunal could determine the utili+y of a
patent.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ssid the original
word used was " novelty," but " uTiEty" had been iittro
dueed at the suggestion of the Manchester Society
of Arta.

Sir J. GRAHAM said the objection held to the Bili
was that the reepousibihility of examining into, and ad-
vising the Crown to grant patents, was taken from the
legal cfllcers of the Crown, and p!aced in the hands of h
body of examiners. He deprecated the practica of
bringing forward mariortant legislative enactments at so
hue a period of the suasion, when it was impossible to
elAcuss the pmvisl.ons with any satisfecion.
lithe ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the responsibi-
Would not he shifted from the Attorney or Solicitor-
ve ti
as ers'"who would treat. the report of the examiner's
meat°, auxiliaries to enable them to form a jodg-
their defte,tters of which they were ignorant, owing to
satze scientific knowledge.
After
The, ATTM4igcu4sion,
no objection to EY-GENERAL said he would have
it2C6 of introdueirike Out the word " utilit." The eb"
examiners, into the Bi'l was that scieoWie
c.r patent& to the pof
übliaejurY' might determine the otilit)
After some further Observations, the Souk- dividee,
wl,ers there appeared—.
For striking out the 'Word
Against it
Majority
Tho clause, as amendel, tv.a,;te,hrseno-da g
. reeto.
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Clauses 15. 16, and 17 were
a
The CHAIRMAN then reported I:regret', an 1 !he H )use
returned.

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EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR E
MANAGEMENT (No. 2) tit/TATES
The report on this Bill was brouKbc up and k to,
0.
and the Bill was ordered to be real a tr, rd dui
to mnrow.
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COUNTY" COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BIEL
This Bid was read a third t me. Several amdtdasenta
were agreed tl' and th' Bill then passel.
ST. ALBANS BRIBERY COMMISSION BILL.
On the consideration of the Lori' amardmenta ea
this Bill,
Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the Lords' amendments
to this Bill be disagreed to, as being inconsisttnt with
the preamble of the Bill.
The motion was agreed to, and a corCe.enoe tp-
pointed.
The Ito. use then
adjourned until Fire o'clock,