The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-08 00:00:00

essamittee, the he.. member who introduced it would find
himself impelled to surrender dame after clause, and to
admit at last that a new nmesure altogether must be
brought forward. He (the Solicitor-General) was will.
Lag to admit that the registration essuninioners
hai been • very lam time imaged npea this
gegen They comistel of Inn very annex. ;
sad he *mainly thought that the house should wait to see
their report bows It proceeded to kends Two of them
had informed him that they were about to asks the report;
and, though the dominant might not cretin say definite
suggestions, yet it would Embody a valuable amount of evi-
dences, which could not hit to assist any hoe. member who
wished to effect an improvement in the existing law. He
therefore suggested to the bon. member hr Surrey the pro-
priety of withdrawing the bill, dean farther examining the
subj. ct, which was one of hey esesidoeille difficulty to the
most unbiassed Makes& of in unketker ma'am
hereafter, which would be aim the present to
ceny his very laudable dereis Ms (Heat.)
Mr. W. P. WOOD apptelhoehei ilimake mods in which
the hon. the SOliciter-iffeemel bed learelaater his
that the house sad the eoeseirl inn es ilk from
the object in dew ele thuy weak MK lle tiet year • ono
Rinks
fully acquained wfth the while patched men-
miming, were eighties that sum for geseral_registratka.
I was imperatively domeried. Therm idea yervaded the mind
of enryinalightessikeddnal from Sir M. Halo downwards.
Although he acme wee en the back of the bill, he had had
nothing wham/ to do with its preparation, and did not see
It until after ft had been prepared. It had been drawn by
a gentleman of great miasma In the profession ; but he
Mould much prefer seeing It emanate from the govern-
mem, who ontsittly had sufficient data to proceed apes.
21m =of the counduke of 18112 wasbefore them, andel'
appointed in April, 1847, thanks to the exertion
el the amber for West Surrey, were shortly to produce
thrk report. He believed that that report would be most
valuable In tumbling the house or the gmornant, if they
weld tabs ep the subject, to put the hill then under dn•
aides kis seek a shape as might render it both complete.
owl sera y. It was only necessary at present to wend
Wks The objections urged by the • General
he mast say, to the deuen of the bill rather than to
priaclple which 'amend simply to this that they ought
to have some better security for their titles to property, and
a illailaudes of the present enormous expenss of co*
WIYIIIIOII. akar, hear.) He held in his band a bosh
"dam ley the lass Mr. Tyrrell, who had bees appointed k
mesigemee of that hook to the communise e(1515, be
whin be mentims Isles& than eight resontable men of
the poised frauds is meesquenos of *seeking no registry.
In ens et thins oases where 20,0001. bad been paid for a
property, ft was meighised about three years sitar the
purchase, that the property was not held In fee, but mkt
• Imes, so that the preeelmet lost his 20,0001. The Mkt
cams were equally glaring. Surely that was not 'a
state of things that ought to be suffered to odd.
And yet It was well known to the profeiden
that such frauds were constantly taking plass.l
Is every ma of the branches of Chancery they
had to discuss questions ming out of the suppression of
duds. England was in fast no only civilised country in
the wield without a genend registry. Ireland had a registry,
bat *sly me or two counties in Ragland enjoyed it. In
Mime, Belgium, Holiend, heserica, ft was well known that
Mateo sold slur thirty-five mass' purchase while they rarely
if ever exceeded thirty-one in this canary, owing, it was
believed, to the existence of the registry. He thenthre
Methat the country was indebted te the hes. umber
et Surrey for having brought forward the mem*
.twee. With one exception, the Solicitor-General's ab-
lution were all matter of detail. His hon. friend seemed
se think that a sew system of law would be assemarNalsoaest
If so it would be very simple, it me of the
be the bill said that whenever my Ind megairsi to
be registered, thenceforth it became a regabwel title.
TM moment they commenced the registry tido, h Imams
the may safe title. Beefy act and Misleads., whether by
the swathe of the law or by deed should be Fiend ee
the regbky, so_ as to be a registry title sad the may tub.
His has. hind objected that A might reglime is title i
bat the 29th clause stated that any penes babe SO yarn la
undisputed ported" of the routs and molts ef , might
thus roses and remoter his title. Another elpeetles was
whether it should be an open registry. He believed the
he.. gentleman who brought hrwerd the bill had no objec-
tion to its being an open register—but that was again a
mere matter of detail that could be settled in committee.
His hon. friend also objected that there was so authentica-
tion. But there was none under the present system. No
one ever heardof proof being required now of the genuine.
nem of the signature, to title deeds. The purchasers relied on
W laws of forgery as their mot/tem. Why then should a
general registry require a more complete authentication than
mm ening in their chambers ? He believed that convey-
ancers never required the slightest authentication of signa-
tures to deeds. His hon. friend said, the present registers
required authentication; bat it was the authentication of the
party executing the dead, and not of the essential parties to
the deed. The only objection to the principle of the mea-
sure related to the indexes, which he said were insufficient.
He (Mr. Wood) admitted that that was the mast important
part of the registration. Hat the beet mode would readily
suggest itself from the various examples they had before
them on the continent, of which ha believed that of Bavaria
was the most complete. The system of inlexes
might be drawn up, subject to supervision by
the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls, or as otherwise
agreed upon. All be would my was, let them take care not
to hamper the bill by giving stereotyped indexes which
could not be altered but by sat of parliament. It certainly
did not appear to him that the objections of his hon. friend
would justify the house in opposing this measure without a
mere distinct understanding that the government would
take up the question, which was one of great public amort-
ise's—(mm, Mar)-Land as such ought more properly to
emanate from the government. But if, after having been
allowed to sleep for 16 or 17 ran, It was to be again put
aside for an indefinite period, he thought it behoved the
country gentlemen and those oleo who desired to see
the burdens as land diminished to bestir themselves
in the matter at once, and endeavour by the adoption
of a general registryf to check the evils of the prevent system
of transfer, which often led to an expense amounting upon
the valued the property to 6at 6 per mat. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BLANEY concurred in thanking the hon. member
far West Surrey for having brought this metiers forward ;
but hoped, after the announcement that ft was concurred in
by the most enlightened lawyers, and seeing that they were
all agreed that it was time to do something, that the govern.
meat, if they were unwilling to have this measure improved
by • select committee, would themselves undertake to intro-
duce a bill to meet the evil, which was acknowledged by all
to exist. It was required not only for the eel but
the small capitalist, for the tradesman and fanner who
meld invest their earnings in the purchase of laud but for
the homy charges, charges which were proportionately hen
vier is the use of small properties than in large mei. Re-
moving this difficulty would manifestly give a stimulus to
Lades: ry.
Sir CIF. GREY quite agreed with the has. amber far Ox-
ford that the hers wee benbtod to his hon. eked the mess
bat in WM liethey•ther belaying this question before them
fa the shape el Os gneiss bill. If his ben Aimed'. object I
was te elicit an expemele. of °planet is amen el the regis-
trant. of deeds and dm diminution el the aIIMMIIIIS ti
Crisisbialissidest •• iikethellmst meth of *makes, mower;
Whoa thisall then te be nthisd with the result
et hie elitampt. be there led set bees the slightest
= 111, awn by asymmetric of the
_home however theo
Ma bill night have bees efteend to, to the Pen-
doh of ratebkided este a gams of registration. Treating
the MI Madly awe hen be deals he should have no ob-
ablimete he the steadstead reedy of It, perticalarlyks the
le
member for Gibed unaided that rho r
might be Gym sad not mtha which, he (fair G. ern ")
thought len eland theieste fifths MIL Hat he most
ragthe dee be teed it 41111611. thee they
eagle sat le Isiallelael tilitirshd. a sog bine a amend On.
haw UN* edema with their title, oe objast, whin is wes
admitted to be aessetery to mad their bills to a sliest one
mites from which they were to cow thrth se reseededed
and altered es met at all to reusable the =WWI stessure.
He was ad pawed to say how fat a select • sommittee
would pedant that duty in the present lastanoe. But, tut.
lam the-beeps atheurred in the pdadyle of the blll, and the
park el the details, they ought not to read the
M".= elms. Aar la favour d registration had
bees sad the t had bon
albsirsillalve esee• *kw, while o eating S. much of the
Seeilssf this 10, therthey would prop a hill of theft
iim oekessmable to call upon the gornment,
=or math ekeameleasse, to pledge ve
theinselms to do is,
tee yam up they bad taken the step of &ippon:dela
antsdadea, at the head of whom was
liieb iie. of the Roils, and comprising
tto duel with the question, and=
wary amiliCalts map of this commission
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egg as pimp could im Own as to the emu
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. essebeVespal sad attendee etheideratima.
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of regislusens
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=ohm a Mien ef regraistkom, Math thee elee ism-
• GisiVasat nab a grill enthlriagrase.
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use • ' and he anew hautothst the :Glades miss tithe
'lmpiety Minas two undo ems athweedo by that aissuai•
demon This bid seardan a roped ha nand kanem
al bmainsuali thehiatilles—a eerie. whisk he did
amt as all alkoloW •N• hs thubill asuld be with.
Emma t whoa therregat of Ihe %wanness mitered tad*
hese yessitheds thelliers would be Mar dieter agnate
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