The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-07 00:00:00

REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the third reading of
This bill. The objection, which had been urged to it by
his noble anal! al friend on his left (Lord St. Leonard's)
ho did not think of great force. There was one consider'.
non, however, to which the select committee had directed
their most anxious attention, namely, the additional cost
which ini.tht be entailed on the purchasers of small estates.
Their lordships, helm they' consented to the bill passing,
outfit to be satisfied that it was en essential measure to-
wards the security of titles generally ; and if they were so
witi,fled, although they might regret that the charge
pressed more heavily on mall purchasers than on large
one., he thought it would not be regarded as an insuperable
ohjeetion to the measure. The time was when property was
transferred without any writing, by mere word of month,
and no doubt when written deeds were required it was felt
to be a hardship. The change then was greater than that
which was now proposed; but the legislature must deal
with the whole community ; and it was impossible, in may
matters of legislation, to cress equally on all classes. The
committee had cometothe determination that where the,
purchase money was under 2001., there should be
no fee whatever paid fur registration. A noble Marquis near
him (Salisbury) had objected that that would be making
The large purchasers pay for the small ; but, as even the
barge purchaser were only to pay from one to two pounds,
it could not he very severely telt by them. (Hear, hear.)
It was calculated that there would be from eighty to
100.090 deeds registered per annum, and a small fee upon
such a number would be sufficient to pay all the expenses
of the office as to one fifth of the population—namely,
141, Idleses and Yorkshire ; registration was now necessary,
and they were now charged considerably more than they
would b, under the new system. Small purchasers, more-
over, would derive great benefit from the proposed measure
as well as greet ones. A friend had recently reminded him
of • circumstance which occurred early in his professional
career, who purchased the remainder of an estate in War-
wickshire, of which he had previously been part owner,
and subsequently found that a mortgage existed en the
property he had bought, in consequence of which he bad
to pay over scats MS half of the purchase fmemay. It was
to game semen the preibility of the resenean of such
a case that the present bill bed bear. pra-
poult. He had had may sinnagesellen ea the subject
complaining that the 11101011111 did net ge tar easegh, and
th it the only way to deal with the qase&n was to simplify
the dealing with real property by doing sway with entails,
and soon. He could only say that the present measure wee
the annum foundation be every improvement (Hoar.)
Lord ST. LEONARD'S think' the bill would not work
well for the pawpaw be nisi it wee prepeesd. For two
centuries• diniell bed Weed to have shine this nature,
but it had sever posh biome nobody seal ever hit
upon a ening hat malt be bewail& • moan gad-
ler le the present bed besa nee ea lines Were is-
mak bat arm lad bonne • law. I. legs the sinmpen it
sissies gen ea upbeat hat the sawn wend see week
well within a map dim wide blegion; ofd the pessest
sneers, set ewwwsheagsw sub $ mugs weld harem the
evils which is was m only. - Theme&
question bonier, we te the eggs. Is as
casts were nowhere staled. There ought to be • Ink of
coos. What mini be the espouse of a lealgag The
registrars in Thinks mid Minion wind bare to he
psi.% a largo einpreesties. The Isesepareled Law
said that hive mesh be 1,000 deeds • day to be
whop it was esseldseed hat all the et he assay
was to come wink the slope of this gemease ; sad the ma-
chinery to arid alibis weal ewe set lee dos • mUlien a
yea. Hs would WHO their kekbkle to "sip whether it
was desirable be be,.. epos the amid Mamas that
heap additi nal bens, which wend est merely be with-
out any corresponding *dealings, bat maid be atisaded
with very peruimoseramdta. It was pzeomi Se knees
what was called a legmg ;bah Ana all property I bet
in truth it was not a legmy hdh, se be Heald speedily
shew. There was, seseener, this dilibutlty la it,
whisk had not been notion& hales—aamely, that
they would have to send vale= mai surveyors to
ewes man's estate every tins it shisagea koala
No this bill was a amensna wend eennead the
edegistien of every Clmahe Isekwy:ir. basun
mites he the would be
tram week to weet=eumuldieelloweets had taken
plies. If, then, they wished to give facilities to the pro-
posed taxation, let their lordships support this bill ; but he
did set sapper net there were mew et them who would
thin the imisami a eery desirable sae. There was this
gnu diarease bettessa the eiettimplated tax on succor
snag sad a legeey ditty. In the lame ease the impost wee
plena open property which the legates did not possess.
No leak it was hard to have the be unmated from his
leggy; but it was levied epee whet bed arm been his.
1 a the other case, however, they wield tee a man's own
estate, and the settlements he might make for his children.
guppies a noble lord Rada a settlements upon his
daughter for her marriage postion, bee husband would
enjoy it for his lifetime, with rowans to herself
and her children afterwards. If the end lord's
son-la-law Maki then the law, a lirlag man,
would me a peens ef his espied inn he bed tins to his
daughter he km lappet tined =lse this we nn legacy
duty. (Rear.) The wile had, aids deoeoweieg the pro-
posed tax he iteletelglidel anon, mellwarieg heir lord-
ships not to Med 10 ein a mateeki esistimie es they
woo
he gbh it if pegiell die 101, and be eltenlil Tote
t third
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Os the qaullea that the bill do peek
Lord CALL expressed the peallasilisa be felt at
metes • ammo ter which he bad lobeared ter twisty-four
peen ea tie paid et Isaias *sir lordships' bow, sad
tailed Mat It Willi be *Raft eseisootol k the other
booadoe Ktb lagliatues. I.bsL bowing, asoldrrable
Naha wbelata It wadi wit pewit Me Her et Commas
tee late tele debated Oa masa. sad be lisped Mot is-
sued et moguls( padir.to at the sod et the waft it
weld mak be eamodote Mattis bin oakiht begone
la w thisposa lt woad be ea assollosit it the
hare were adjoined*, two sr Cave sloadis at thpleae aid of
sash sieolea, to amble the. to take up sad finish the
MINIM that were fa pogrom (Hew, hoar.)

Lard LYNDHURST gam his hearty support to the bill,
sad said that if hie mobla sad learned tripod (Lord St. Leo-
nardo) had attended the esmainsieo hi would am beam
Midst that hi balm to the operatics of the measure
wan goroodism.
Alter a slight altercation Wires, Lord Sr. Laureano
sad Lord BIAIIIIONT ate whither the bill had remised
the aunties et the two royal e/V=
the Lord OVIRSTOHR waraily bill, which,
ootwithsisadig the oppugned' Ifs *slob and learaed
lord (St. lamminii) vas osioalod Walnut awry ether legal
authority as a port Nip hi Moms% and the !mash= of
every future impsoMmat. Ravin himself probably bad
as much exprhnea se almost say ass with regret to the
than!(Lin ef deeds as sionrities kr be wassenvioaed
aa WS timid had to no mmHg bid that
it would preys emWitior el them wasp at
which moat dam had lamaght about ht the otorti-
tutioo of this seastiy.
The bill was lima pored.

ROADS IN INDIA.
The Earl of ALIMMAItIx moved for the following
revalue: —Rebus ebewfwg the sombre of miles of each of
the tank roads ef India it fee the transport of goods by
wheel amnia" and la Mud use for this purges% for the
latest pelted lee width the same esa be mynah also re-
turn sbewiag the member of miles Omen roads within the
several terrieseise, the meth waseerApeethessa, Madras, and
Bombay together with the asses disbuseed from the public
revenue for their royale mad roalessuimee, lbw the last year
for which the ail NS be supplied; also, return showiag
the wean( el esikleef puns raids within sub of the Bn-
tisk eselemegie el of lei Ned. Singapore,
sad llensis; Welber with the cost of nits( the twee,
sod the nosed serene of ask* thee% end stating
whether ink le &hens" ken polka Me or municipal
rates ; elein silos ambit the glen ,anent of the Lad
tan in aU the pill knob sew watered by irrigation from
the several Iteembee of the Jsmwah Canal for the year,
stating the was leamiliktely mending "Deb irrigation, and
for tee lest yaw De shish the eons esa be supp!ied ; also
return shads( be peso motet 011ie bed tat in all the
abbe lands new watered by the Gawps Canal and its
Os nee (untie( the sews), Imettletely re-
adies seek lestellen sad kr the hot_ per kr whisk the
awe 1111111:=Sistess shwas the number of
inks et senelniseed by the govern-
nest of bilis willis"..grantasey it Madras' in each year
dose the nee lON Inner with the net of the same ;
sad else roles merit( nipeetively the number of canals,
woke end lennekeenstneted by the government of India,
Ink the sea of the essee, within the territory of Bombay
wises the Jen UN together with the cost of the same.
Me he Whet their lordships on this subject
he had sess me w two Igsssstimes connected with India,
wise bed ressally bees that country, and they bore
him eat la his esnirden that lite roads both from Calcutta
to Bombay and from Donley to Delhi were, as far as the
malls were totherued, when roads in imagination. (A
laugh.) Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, of the liomtay
mailmen, described them as only cleared tracks,
umbridged, and with frequent slopes of one in six.
(Rear, hear.) Ceylon, which was by all intents and
purposes, India, there had been no fewer than 1,239 math
of road made serviceable within the last four years. Nuw,
the area of that island was 2.;,000 pram mites, where the

area of the British possessions on the continent end the Di-
butary states through which the roads must puss was
1,250,000 miles, so that if they were as will 'applied es
Ceylon there would be no less than 10.000 miles of road,
instead of the 3,1 a miles, of which only dee 900 miles be.
tween Cakutts and Delhi were good, ths rest being merely.
roads is nethibus, or at best looming in the future.'
(" ileac, hear," and a laugh.) Tlsi noble ISA also mowed
for two additional returns, name's', a retain wf . all the
charges incurred in surveying and setting out roads in the
north western provinces ; and a return of all the charges
incurred by the governments of Bengal, Bombay, and Ma-
dras, in the formation and embankment of the water
courses, end of the sums expended in improving the naviga-
tion of the Jtnnnaand the pang's..
.. . .

Earl GRANVILLE had no objection to the production
I' the returns so far as they could be furnished ; and
The returns were accordingly ordered.

CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
The select committee cm this bill less nominated.