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IMPERIAL PARLI
THIS DAY, THURSDAY, Arm 13.

HOUSE OF COMM OiVS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o'clock.
Mr. TOOKE brought up the Report of the Committee on the
Cholmondeley Estate Bill.
BANKRUPTS' ESTATE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion of the LORD 'ADVOCATE, this Bill went
through Committee, and was ordered to be printed, with the
amendments.
CIVIL COURTS' (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of Mr. LYNCH, this Bill went through Com-
mittee, and was ordered to be reported.
REFORM OF PARLIAMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the Report on this
Bill was taken into further consideration.
Mr. PRYME thought that Clause 3 gave a much too great dis-
cretionary power to the Sheriffs to alter the polling places.
Captain GORDON thought the Clause was not inconsistent with
the law, as it existed in England.
After some observations from Mr. PRYME and the LORD
ADVOCATE, the Clause was agreed to.
Clause 6 was agreed to. Clause 7 was struck out. The other
clauses were agreed to. •
The House resumed ; the Chairman reported progress ; and the
Report was ordered to be brought -up to-morrow.
LAW OF PATENTS.

Mr. TOOKE in moving the second reading of this Bill, which
had been sent down from the other House, would briefly point
out the object of the Bill. The object was to prevent patentees
losing anything of their rights by deficiencies in the specification of
their patents. It would also enable the Privy Council to prolong
the term of a patent without further expense, as at pre-
sent, the parties being obliged, as the law now stood, to
apply for an Act of Parliament: There were two provisions--
one was to subject the party infringing a patent to treble costs, in
case he was unable to prove his charge against the patentee ; and
the other was the imposing of penalties upon any person using the
name of a patentee upon machinery not made by him. He (Mr.
Tooke) believed the only objection that could be made to this Bill,
was its scantiness ; but he believed it would form a good neucleus
upon which future legislation on the subject might be constructed.
There were many great evils still existing in the law relating to
patents which required to be remedied, but as the present Bill was
most useful so far as it went, he should now beg to move that it be
read a second time.
Mr. MACKINNON complained of the impolicy of introducing
a brief measure of this nature. The Hon. Member took a review
of the laws relating to patents, which had originated in a spirit
of monopoly. It was perfectly useless to legislate upon this subject
without doing away with the heavy expense attending the taking
out of patent,'. `vY -pat he objected to in the Bill before the House
mat it merely confirmed the old system of expense. The
difficulty could be obviated by giving to the Excise the power of
enrolling the patents of any individual making a discovery. The
same machinery as that by which patents were now enrolled, could
be applied, and if that was done without subjecting the individual
to any expense, it would confer a real benefit upon the country.
By so doing the artist would haVe all the security of the present
law, and that without any expense. By such a system of law the
art of invention would be encouraged. From the spread of edu-
cation among the lower classes, they ought to do all in their power
to lower the expenses of the patents. He would feel it his duty to
take the sense of the House.
Mr. PARKER said, though he did not mean to oppose the Billy
he felt bound to say that in the present state of the Manufactures in
this country, there were many machines which required protection,
and therefore he was sorry to see such an extension of the principle
in the Bill of his Hon. Friend.
Mr. WILK S said it was most undoubtedly necessary that some
change in the law should take place, for now they were unable to
compete with the manufacturers of other countries, though there
was no doubt the skill in this country was superior.
Mr. LENNARD hoped that the House would go into Commit'
tee on the Bill, and some new clauses would be introduced to render
it more comprehensive. He thought there should be no restrictions
laid upon inventors as to the manner in which they should dispoee,
of their inventions. It was highly desirable, also, that the law of
patents should be more correctly defined.
The LORD ADVOCATE suggested that they ought not to reject
this Bill, containing, as it did, many important provisions, be'
cause it did not contain all they wished. It would be very un-
fortunate if they were to lose an opportunity of clearing up thie
Session many points which would be useful to many individuals,
merely because there were many more which it was desirable to
have cleared up. •
Dr. BOWRING did not intend to oppose the second reading t'f,
this Bill, on the contrary, he thought the subject had taken a right
direction. He was glad of this discussion, as he heard many sugges"
tions in which he entirely concurred, and which showed the necessity
of a more comprehensive measure hereafter. They wanted three
economical tribunals which existed in some parts of the Continent,
which were readily accessible without delay, and at the smallest pos"
sible expense. The tribunals would be'efficient means for the pr
pose of this Act, and would enable the inventor to obtain protective,
for his invention without the huge machinery of the Privy Council an
the Courts. of Law, which in nine cases out of ten were no protection
at all. There were many discoveries that only required teinPe-
rary assistance, as some of the discoveries with respect to
metallic substances. What was really wanted was some cheap
means of giving protection to inventions.
Mr. PR YME perfectly concurred in what had been sai.:l al
to the importance of having patents cheap, but he th,Juglig
many parts of the measure proposed required alteratiors.
Major BEAUCLERK thought it the duty of the Howie to gape
all the relief they could to the industry and intelligence of the
country.
Mr. M'KINNON, in withdrawing his oppositions observedthet
he certainly expected, after such men as Lord Breugham and IVlr'
Tooke were connected with the measure, to have seen one intrri
duced that was calculated to do good, instead of such a vvrette`"
measure as the present.
Dr. BOWRING explained that his proposition was to etatablish
a tribunal of workmen and mechanics, who would be the
judges of any claims that might be advanced.
The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to lie c°°.
mitted -on Tuesday next.

PARISH VESTRIES,

The Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Bill
having been read,
Mr. TOOKE said he understood from his Hon. Friend. t2r,
Member for Finsbury that he would allow the Bill to stop t";
Session, for the purpose of introducing a more comprekeps'
measure next Session.
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The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
House adjourned at half-past one.

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