§ MR. MACFIEasked the Secretary to the Treasury, If Mr. Webster, Q.C., has been authorised to act or speak on behalf of the Vienna Exhibition Commission in the approaching Conference on Patents for inventions at Vienna; and, whether, if this eminent gentleman's opinions in favour of the policy of Patent Laws is not the opinion of Her Majesty's Government their want of assent thereto will be made known to the Conference?
§ MR. BAXTERSir, Mr. Webster, Q.C., has been authorized by the Commissioners to attend the Conference simply for the purpose of making a Report. It is distinctly laid down that he is not to consider himself as in any respect representing Her Majesty's Government.