The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-06 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT BILL.

The amendments made by the Commons upon this Bill
were considered.
CRIMINAL LUNATICS. _

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition
from Somersetshire (as was understood) for a revision
of the system of the management of criminal lunatics,
and gave notice that he should call the attention of their
Lordships to the subjer,t next session.
CHANCERY BUSINESS.

The Earl of HARRINGTON moved for—" 1. The
production of papers describing suits pending in the
Court of Chancery, stating when they commenced, and
the probable period of their duration, when that can be
ascertained; also, 2, a similar return of the suits in the
winding-up courts; also, 3, a list of the suits in the
winding-up courts that have been finally settled; and
also, 4, cope of the orders passed under the administra-
tions of the •E Id of Edon, Lord Brougham and Vaux,
and Lord Co'lenham, for the relief of the suitors in
Chancery, in order to promote cheap and speedy justice."
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the bulk of
the returns moved for were quite impracticable, and,
even if they ware practicable, would be of no utility.
Lord BEAUMONT recommended the Noble Earl to
postpone his motion Wadi next session.
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 is not
having lookc.d more into the mater before he brought
it forward. The Noble Earl was quite mistaken in sup-
posing that tho:e orders had not considerably accelerated
the progress of business in the Court of Chancery.
Th© motion was then withdrawn.
THE LAW OF EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL.

Alter a short conversation between the LORD CHAN-
cfaxct and Lord CRANWORTII, some of the amendments
of the Rouse of Commons wire 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-
surances B:11.

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

ROUSE OF COMMONS, August 5.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
PATENT-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
_

The House then went into Committee on this Bill.
On clause 14 being proposed;
Mr. MUNTZ objected to novelty and utility being
made conditions to the granting f patent. 11 eing
° amoved
that the word " utility." should be struck out, on the
ground that no tribunal could determine the utility of a
patent.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the original
word used was " novelty," but " utility" had been intro-
duced at the suggestion of the Manchester Society
of Art 9.
Sir .1. GRAHAM said the objection held to the Bill
was that the responsibibility of examining into, and ad-
vising the Crown to grant patents, was taken from the
legal officers of the Crown, and placed in the hands of
a
body of examiners. Lie deprecated the practice of
bringing forward important legislative enactments at so
late a period of the session, when it was impossible to
discuss the provisions with any satisfaction.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the responsibi-
lity not be shifted from the Attorney or Solicitor.
:Cal, who would treat the report of the examiners
mentl, and auxiliaries to enable them to form a judg-
etheirdet matters of which they were ignorant, owing to
ective scientific knowledge.
After
.1% short discussion
The ATTORNEY
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no objection to a -taBNERAL said he would have
ject of introductrike out the word "utility." The ob-
examiners, install of into the Bill was that scientific
of patents to the publiacitirY' might determine the utility
After some further 0.11,
when thereeared_ observations, the House:divided,
app

oat the word "utility"
For striking
Against it•.• 48
MajOri.t.y. " •• • ... 1
The clause, as amended, was then • —47
Claufses 15, 16, and 17 were agreed t°•
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then reportedprogress, and the House
resumed.
EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR STATES
MANAGEMENT ,(No. 2r' ) BILL,
The report on this Bill IV2E; brought up and a
and the Bill was ordered to be read a thirdagreed
time
to-inorow•
COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time. Several amendments
were areed ti, and the Bill then P 9
eve
ST.ALBANS BRIBERY COMMISSION BILL.
On the consideration of the Lords' amendments en
this Bill,
Mr. BOUVERIE moved that die Lords' amendments
.
to this Bill be disagreed to, as being inconsistem with
the preamble of the Bill.
Th
Q motion was agreed to, and a conference cp.
Muted.
4,6411 lioit
*tea sdioutned until EiTe o'clock. -

Lord J. RUSSELL appealed to Hon. Members, who
had notices cf motion on the paper. to postpone their
motions until the Committee on the Patent Law Amend
ment Bill had been disposed of. Unless they did so, he
was afraid there could be no chance of passing the Bill
this session.
Colonel SALWEY said he was anxious to bring on
his motion, which had reference to the case of the Mili-
tary Knights of Windsor, and he could only agree to
postpone it on receiving an assurance from the Noble
Lord that he would ensure the continued sitting of the
House after the Patent Bill was disposed of.—(A laugh.)
Lord J. RUSSELL feared it was out of his power to
give such an assurance.
Colonel SALWEY—Perhaps the Noble Lord will un-
dertake to allow me to bring it on to-morrow.
Lord J. RUSSELL could not make such a promise.
Colonel SALWEY agreed to postpone his motion, but
on the understanding that he should be allowed to bring
it on on the following day.
Mr. MUNTZ said he was exactly in the same posi-
tion as the Hon. and Gallant Colonel, for he also had a
motion on the paper. He should be sorry to detain the
House with the motion, but he had other people's in-
terests to consult besides his own. Nothing was more
important than a Bill on the patent laws, but still his
motion had been put off from time to time without any
fault of his own.
Lord PALMERSTON observed, that the Gallant
Colonel must be aware that a motion for a Committee at
the present state of the session, was not likely to be at-
tended with any satisfactory result.
Mr. MUNTZ said, if the Government would guaran-
tee him a Committee next session, the subject would be
at an end.
Lord DUDLEY STUART rose, and was met by a
cry of " Order." He then moved that the House do
now adjourn, and said he thought it extremely hard on
independent Members for the Government to call upon
thene.to put off their motions.
Mr. SPOONER. considered that no practical good
would arise from the motion of the Gallant Colonel,
while if he pressed it, great practical harm might be oc-
casioned, as it would prevent a most useful Bill passing.
Sir B. IiALL said, seeing Colonel Salwey's motion on
the paper, concerning the Military Knights of Wind-
sor, he had come down to the House to take a
part in it, and he and other Members would be put to
considerable inconvenience if it did not come on. The
motion had appeared on the paper during the greater
part of last and during the whole of the present session,
and yet the Gallant Colonel had never been successful
in bringing it under the attention of the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the only ground the Govern-
ment had for proceeding with the Bill respecting patents
was that of public interest. He could not see how the
Government could derive any particular advantage from
a Bill on this subject.—(Hear.)
Colonel SIBTHORP supposed the Noble Lord
also appealed to him to postpone his motion with
reg ird to the case of a female (Ann Hicks) who,
in his opinion, had been most grossly treated by the
First Comrnisioner of the Woods and Forests,
and other members of the Government. If they
possessed a giant's strength they surely ought not to use
it as a giant agaiiast a defenceless creature. But she
unfortunately was not the only person who bad
been badly treated there were five or six
other respectable individuals who had held
stations in the Park fifteen or eighteen
yeors, and had been unmercifully ejected; and all to
suit the foreigners and the Crystal Palace.—(A laugh.)
He would not put cff his motion either for the Noble
Lord at the head of the Treasury or any other mem-
bers of the Government batch.

Mr. ROCLIE considered that, owing to the growing
business of the empire, something ought to be done next
session to classify all the business before the House.
Mr. URQUHART asked Viscount Palmerston if he
would lay on the table of the House all correspondence
which bears upon advice given to the Ottoman Govern-
ment with reference to the internal government of that
empire?
Lord PALMERSTON said it must be evident that
no suck communications as those alluded could have
been dispatched or received except on the understanding
of perfect confidence, and therefore he could not consent
to produce the correspondence.
After a fow words trona Mr. MUNTZ,
Lord D. STUART withdrew his motion for adjourn-
ment.