§ Order for Committee read,
§ MR. HADFIELDsaid, lie wished to ask the right hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, whether he intends to proceed with this Bill?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONsaid, that the Trade Marks Bill had given rise to a good deal of discussion, and the measure was not at all likely to he carried during the present Session. The Government were of opinion that some legislation was necessary to prevent the use of forged Trade Marks, but there was great difference of opinion among the traders as to the precise form of the provisions of the Bill. The subject had never been inquired into by a Select Committee of that House; and it had been suggested that the present measure should he withdrawn, and that a Bill should be brought in the first thing next Session, and that it should be referred to a Select Committee in order that all interests might be fairly heard and discussed. He thought, therefore, the proper course to pursue would be to move that the Order for Committing the Bill be now discharged.
§ Committee put off for three months.