The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-27 00:00:00

TDB DUBLIN IMPROVEMENTS BILL

This bill was read a second time.
TUB ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL, in moving that the house should take
into consideration the amendments of the House of Commons
upon the amendments of their lordships to this bill, said that
the bill when sent up to their lordships' house bed been referred
to a select committee and several amendments had been
made to the bill by that committee. All the amendments of
their lordships bad been adopted by the House of Commons,
with the exception of two. Upon an amendment of their
lordships, limiting the power of the commissioners to sell en.
cambered estates, the House of Commons had made an
amendment to the effect that where an estate was in the
hands of a receiver or in the possession of the mortgagee, the
commissionenshould have no power to interfere. The amend-
ment as originally made by their lordships was one which
would give rise to considerable difficulty, and was capable of
being construed in one tense, whith would have the effect
of defeating the object of the bill. He (Lord Campbell) re-
commended their lordships to adopt the amendments of
the House of Commons, and be begged to move that the first
amendment of the House of Commons, which provided that
where area • had been appointed or the mortgagee was
in possession the commissioner, should not interfere, be
adopted by their lordship..
After • few words from Lord STANLEY and Lord
BROUGHAM,
The amendment of the House of Commons was
agreed to.
Lord CAMPBELL said the second amendment of the
House of Commons was proposing to retain a clause by
which the usher of the Court of Chancery in Ireland waa not
entitled to poundage on any money paid out of tl.e
Court of Chancery, or into it, for the purchase of
encumbered estates. He had struck out that clause
when sitting upon the select committee on the bill, be-
cause he had been given to understand that the
usher of the Court of Chancery in Ireland was in the habit
of receiving poundage. He had, however, been subsequently
Informed by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, that the usher
of the court did not receive any poundage, and he therefore
begged to move that their lordships would not insist upon
their ami•ndir.ent, and that the clause, as originally inserted,
should form Dart of the bill.
The motion of the noble lord was then agreed to.
THE WAR IN HUNGARY.

Lord BEAUMONT, in presenting a petition from a public
meeting held on Monday last, at the London Tavern, with
reference to the war in Hungary, said that he had to
present a petition purporting to come from a public meeting,
but which was, in fact, merely the petition of the chairman
of the meeting, Dwell gnomons, Esq , an alderman, as it
bore his signature only. The petition referred to the war in
Hungary. The noble lord concluded by reading the prayer of
the petition.
Lord BROUGHAM thought the noble lord who had jetst
sat down had exerciaed a sound discreti,n in not entering
at all upon the merits of the dispute between Austria and
Hungary.
The petition was ordered to lie upon the table.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES' ACT (1848) AMEND-
MENT RILL.
Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill.
The Earl of EGLINTON said he thought that this was
one of the mail, bills of which the house had a
right to complain bring forced on their attention at so late a
period of the session, when there was no possibility of giving
it proper consideration. The noble earl concluded by
moving that the bill be read that day three months.

Lord REDESDALE thcusht it wu • bill that ought
not to be premed on at so late • period of the
session. and that the subject ought to be referred to a select
committee.

Lord BEAUMONT wu of opinion that in eases were
compensation had been given to a man for his land, and
the railway was not commenced, that some means ought to
be afforded to enable a party to repurchase the property on
equitable terms. The bill contained no provision for the
state of things to which he had alluded, and he thought that
it was desirable it should undergo further consideration and
modification.
Earl GRANVILLE, in reply, tail he thought that the
power vested in the lisilway Commiesionen by the present
bill was a props? one. At present a power was given to
railway companies under certain circumstances to etireolve,
one the bat did not, therefore, introduce one new principle.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said their lordships had
pulsed numbers of bills involving millions of property, and
interesting vas-. numbers of persons, and now the govern-
ment wanted to enable particular parties interested, and
the railway commission, to repeal all these acts, and put
an end to all this property—a proposition of so grave ana
tare that, at all events, it ought not to be proceedel with
in the last days of the session, when it was impossible to
give it adequate consideration. (Hear, hear.)
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Lord STANLEY quill concurred with his noble friend in
the opinion that this was not a bill to be hurried through
their lordships' house.

Earl GREY Raid that, of course, if their lordships insisted
upon their objection, it would be out of the question
to press it further upon the house this session, but
he thought that its passing would be a great public
benefit.
Mier a few words from Earl Granville, Lord Redesdale,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Lord Brougham,
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The Marquis of SALISBURY withdrew his amendment,
aad t►e thwd reading of the bill was postponed till to-
mwrow (this day).
The Bankruptcy (Ireland) Bill paged through committee.