The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TursokY, APRIL 6.
The Leap Cl 4 ANCILLOR took bit out at 5 o'clock.
PETITIONS PRESENTED. _ _ _

RIGIATRATION OF A/141:RANCIS BILL.—By Lorl Bt.
LEONARD'S, from a building society arid from solicitors
st Birmingham, against the bill.
Law or Siirrceitaur. liy Lord MALNESBURY,
from Iluutlausptos, praying for an alteration is the law er
setthment. _ _ _

AD511.11110,4 OF TIM Jaws TO PAILtAXENT.—By Lead
BERNERS, from Yeovil, Pendanser, Otterhamoton. Bar-
wick, Spieler, Street, Beekbury, Awe, Naibiome, Burton,
Taney, Stoke Lyng. Caversfleld, Southgate, Hardburn,
St. Olive, Chilmark, Petenham, Won, LaversHeld, and
other places; awl the Duke of ARGYLL, from a place in
Scotland; against.
• BAIL IN ERROR BILL.
On the motion of Lord Caosrisr.s.t., this bill was read a
third time and mead.
LAND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
Viscount CANNING) moved the second reading of this
bill, which, he slid, wa: a transcript, or nearly so. of the
act passed in 1417 to encourage the improvement of land is
Ireland, the only difference in this bill, as compared with
tke act referred to, being that it sought to extend the
facility of borrowing from private as sell as public sources.
The bill wa. to be carried out by nearly the same ma-
chinery as the measure of 11417; and daring the time that
measure had been in operation 2,900,0001. had been ad-
vanced under its previsions. The act of ISO had given
great satisfaction, not only to the goverment, but to those
Individuals who had obtained loans.
The Earl of WICKLOW arid it appeared to him that
the bill was founded on just and proper principles to carry
out the objects of the former bill. It was, in fact, the
lame bill, the null exception being that landed proprietors li
were allowed to spend their own money on their land, as
well as to burrow it of the government. There was one
provision which he disapproved of. No landed proprietor
was allowed to draw a haver sum than 5,0001. The
smallest landed proprieton who wished to improve their
estate could draw to that extent, whilst large landed pro-
prietora wire debarred from making impravements, be-
cause they c void not obtain a laraer grant. If the bill had
contained provision to allow persons either to borrow on
mortgage or under the provisions of the bill, it would have
been Reich more beneficial ; but he was afraid, from the
manner in which advances were to be made, great inconve-
nience would be felt.

Lord tsl. LEONARD'S said, if the money was laid out
on mortgagee, the powers of the ordinary itiortirsgee must be
given also, and tho consequence would be that
when the interest tell in arrear, the mortgage*
would come into pa 'on, and the family would
be turned one. Ile did not roe to oppose the bill,
but to press on the government—and he was sure his noble
friend at the head of Missies in Ireland, would attend to the
suggestion—that a most dangerous power was intended to
be given for the amelioration of prorerty in Ireland; and
he could not but regret that just as we were emancipating
Ireland from the curse of estates involved in debt, we
were commencing a new system which would inevitably
involve estates in debt from time to time. When they
authorised money to be advanced for the improvement of
settled estates, they bad the security of the public creditor,
who would sea that the improvements were of a nature to
justify the expenditure of the pu',lic money. But the mo-
inset they did what the bill proposed, namely, to enable
owner* of settled estates to charge their expenditure on the
estate itself, they took away all inducement to men who
had settled estates to improve the property they were en-
joying. It was not likely he would let his money go out
fur improvement without charging it on the estate, and
the reversioner would come into possession with a
charge upon it. It bad been said that it
was a common equity in Ireland to improve a
man out of his estate. Ile was a little alarmed at a clause
in pace 3, which gave to the Commissioners of Public
Works in Ireland a power to appoint civil cegineees, clerks,
and other persons as may be necessary to carry the act into
execution ; and all the expenses were to be saddled on the
settled estates in Ireland. Ile wished to impress on the
government the importance of seeing that such powers were
guarded as much as possible.
Lord BEAUNIONT said the bill appeared to him to be
like all other bills which had reference to Ireland—namely,
a violation of the rights of property. It gave to persons
who ha a limited interest in a property • right to harden
thous entitled to the reversion ; and that was in itself an
evil. Ile had another fault to find with the measure : it
took away from landlords the responsibility of looking after
their own estates and improving them. The bill conferred
on the commissioners a great many duties which he thought
would be better performed by those interested in the land
itself. But if they were obliged to violate the first prin-
ciples of property in Ireland he did not see that the objec-
tion of the noble and learned lord amounted to anything,
because it would be just the same if the money was bor-
rowed from private individuals as if it was obtained from
the government. It was the same thing from whatever
quarter the money came, provided it was employed on the
land, if the result should bo a permanent increase of the
value of the land. If he were convinced that this would be
the cue he would not raise any objection to the bill, and the
reversioner would not suffer by the bill, for although he
would find himself subject to • rent charge imposed upon
him against hie will, theless he would receive full
compensation for the injuries which bud been thus done him
for the benefit of the land.

Viscount CANNINU rep!ied. He thought all the ob-
jections would be found to be groundlivs. The measure,
which had bees in operation for six years, had given tho
most unqualified satisfaction, and the present bill was of the
$5030 chancier.

Ibe bill was Ws read a second time.
GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL.

On the motion of the Dnke of ARGYLL this bill went
through committee and was reported.
DWELLINGS OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.
On the motion of the Earl of Ju.trrtanviT, the select
committee on the expediency of providing dwellings for the
labiuring classes was named.