The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-06 00:00:00

tranafu of property. (Hear, hear.) At the suss thee
was no doubt very desirable to accelerate the r' 3
transfer. It was undoubtedly the interest of the hide
property in those parts of Ireland where heavy pot "
existed, to dispose of that property ; and what was
was to make it the interest. of people to buy. The thflu
tors-
s•ei
was wanted was so to modify the poor leek al te
persons to enter the market, without being dainteciz
purchasing by the weight of poor-rates, which, rr
was the principal cause why the act of last mules
comparatively inoperative. The only remedy for thievery
be to relieve the purchasers from the rates in armr. rid,
at the present moment, were Ccierriag them from
=see. Whether the commission which the tight
t proposed would accelerate the transfer of
not was a matter for consideration ; butrlye
composing it were to have rower to decide all the 41
thb:tneeeseamaghtrybltrlti theyabPuehot should btieticlacwtoyers ; and if sr%
rodietthlteY,l4:tre."4
parties would find themselves in much the same rate as y,
Court of Chancery. At the same time, he oho* er
to express • hostile opinion to a propteal of Ow
without its being presented in more detail. He be'
that the Connemara estate, to which allusion had Q
made, was likely to become the property of as or its
great insurance companies ; it eras to be sold either
er in lot+. The right hoc. baronet had spoken of eel ",-„7,
in small lots of one or two thousand acres. Probably has;
net rightly informed of the nature of the property,' 1„„
portion of it being of that description that it could rot b;
divided. He hoped, however, that by means of tke
, Encumbered Estates Hill of last semen very =ay
t obstacles to the transfer of property would be reslerj
po
though ft might be by a slow and gradual, but sere, "
He trusted the house would not reject the propositka beer
, them, without being wrisfied that there was mete .6.
• course which woula better secure the desire! object.
= Viscount CASTLEREAGH ra ,ved that the cliajjr,
= should report progress, and ask leave to sit 'gain.

Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the debate would now it 4
lowed t.) close, and that the sense cf the committee moo
least be taken on the preliminary resolution.

After a few words from fix J. Wstsh, a divides I*
plate on the question of adjournment.
For the adjournment
Against it
Lord CASTLEREAGH legato moved the adjoeveamt
'
Lord J. RUSSELL, amid great contusion, wee 144
stood to accede to the adjournment, with the undeeeleed,r
that the debate should be resumed this day, Re hopiht.
gentlemen who had notices on the paper would tows
postpone them.
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL

Sir J. PAKINOTON moved that the follook g /wk.
men be nominated a committee on the Bribery at kseticii
BM : -Sir John Pakington, Lord Ashley, Si ?Merit NI
siger, Mr. Bouvet-is, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Brahma,
Walpole, Mr. Legh, Sir John Boomer, Mr. Hamm
Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Haider, Mr. Maitland, Mt %keg
and Mr. Sheridan.

Col. SIBTHORP opposed the motion on the rmi
the lateness of the hour, and moved tho adjournment m tic
house.

Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he had given, ample et%
of the composition of the committee, and he could adh lay
that he had endeavoured to constitute the eanttoisteeti Nit
u possible.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objected to the ph*, gia
same members on several committees at the mum has, it
was impossible for them to perform the duties thst sena.
petted from them on these several committees. He dtrfh
the bushier ought to be more fairly distributed moire do
members of the house generally, and should tot bt ate
some 30 or 40 members of it. fie knew instances of se
mittees where the chairman was the only person Fresno
conduct the inquiry and cross-examine the witortra4.
though by the rules of the house it was recetury dig*
should be five to constitute a quorum. (Heir, hest .I
Mr. W. PATTEN said that the lest point slishd t y
the hon. gentleman was worthy of cinsideritios
abuse of which he complained certainly existed lest mg,
and the house ought to consider whether the nista
applied to private committees should not he um(
to public committees, namely, that the clerk of de e,
mince should notify to the chairman when there vex
five members present, and that all further proceediorai.i
cease till the requisite number was present. (Ileu,hts:
The names of several members, to whew no *rim
made, were then nominated.
On the motion that Sir J. Harmer be one of the o
mittee,

Mr. MACKENZIE objected to hie name ttatdisg
The house divided, when there appeared,
For Sir J. Hanmer . 31
Against .. .
As there were not forty members pr sent, the in
ecematily adjourned at one o'clock