The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-30 00:00:00

WEXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.

Mr. GROGAN moved that the ball be recommitted to the
former committee with leave to sit and proceed to-morrow.
Sir J. HANMEIt, u chairmen of the committee, opposed
the motion; sad, after some discussion,
The house divided—
Ayes 49
Noes 94-44
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The motion was therefore lost.
Several other private bills were Meant:aid &stage.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. V. SCULLY moved the *mond reading of this bill,
and gave some details of its provisions. The bill was '
framed not only for the purpose of simplifying not
only the title to the land itself, but the title to the
charges upon the lard. The four first clauses proposed to
allow any owner of land to obtain a parliamentary title to
enable him to transfer his land or any portion of it at any
future period without cost or 'spent,. The other clauses
of the bill referred to the machinery by which the
bill was to be ear-ied out, and nailer the lids sec-
tion the machinery of the Encumbered Estates Act wee
made available for the purposes of this measure. In ma-
clusioo, the hon. and I d gentleman stated that his
object was to hare the bill read a second time, that it might
be considered by the country between this and the neat
session of parliament—as be could not hope at this period
of the session, unless it were taken up by the government,
to carry it through before the prorogation, but be inti-
mated that it had hem suggested to refer the bill to the
Registration of Assurances Committee, to which the bill of
the boo. member for East Surrey (Ur. Drummond) which
related, in some respects, to the same subject, bad been
already referred, and as he bad no objection to that
course, he left it to the house to say whether or not, alter
the second reading, it should be Dent to that committee
for their consideration.

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Sir J. YOUNG did not propose to offer any ehjection to
the second reading. Ile admitted the importance of the
subject, and he believed the hill would, by enabling per-
sons to buy small portions of land, have a great affect in
steadying the minds of the Irish people, and allaying in
some degree the passion for emigration whieN now pre-
vailed. This was a subject which would no doubt occupy
the attention of the commission which the Lord Chancellor
had announced a fortnight ego would be issued in reference
to the working of the Encumbered Estates Act, and the
law of reel property generally, and the result of whose in•
quirt' would, he hoped, he the adoption of some general
plan which would be satisfactory to all classes. With re-
gard to the proposal to refer the bill to the committee on the
Itegistration of Assurances Bill, if they had time to consider
it he should offer no objection, but he thought it would be
better, in the first instance, to consult his hon. and learned
friend the Solicitor-General for England.
Mr. V. SCULLY—I have already spoken to the Solicitor-
General for England, and be is in favour of referring the
bill to the committee.

Sir J. YOUNG would then offer no objection. It was
his object, as it was that of all panics in this country, to
simplify the transfer of land, and to give security of title
and facilities for sale ; therefore, on the part of the govern-
ment, he certainly was not prepared to efler any opposition
to the second reading of a bill based on that prin-
ciple. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. NAPIER presumed the consent of the government
to the second nading did not pledge them as to their future
course in regard to the bill. (" Hear, hear," from Sir J.
Young.)
Mr. HEADLAM inquired whether they were to under-
stand that a commission as to the law of nal property was
to be issued as to Ireland ?

Bir J. IOLNG—Yee.
The bill wu then read a second time and committed to
the 'elect committee on the registration of ansurances.

COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL.
The house then went into committie on this bill, end the
remaining dames wen airned to, with some verbal amend-
seats.

ELECTIONS BILL.

The house then went into committee on this bill.
Clause I was negatived,andisclause moved by )lr.G. Burr
was substituted t, the effect that county elections shall be
held, not later than the tenth day nor earlier than the sixth
day from the date of the proclamation, and another clause
was added giving directions u to the mode in which the
writs doll hewed.
The aseednesis were then reported, and the house re-
SEAMEN'S SAVINGS BILL.
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On the motion of Mr. F. Famecn, this bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed this day tort-
night.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. FORTESCUE moved the messed reading of this bill,
which was, he said, merely to extend to Ireland the act
which was at present only applicable to England. By this
bill the town council might, through the mayor, convene
• public meeting, and if the provisions a the bill were ac-
cepted by a majority et two-thfrtio, the ssiondl would be
enabled to Isey • roes oirsot mess His s halfpenny in the
pound. The attention Oaths arshoo et Ike Dublin St&
tistlaal betty had boos draws Po Oho ooloof of the Mai-
nlines's an WON% and In _gore MN bill had been
drawn. and Ito bed been resmosell to takis dory of it.
The 11111 was than rend a scosed tints andordered to be
einsmdttod this day week.
PUBLIC HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The home west into sommittee on ibis bill, and the
clause which had been postponed were agreed to.
SHERIFFS' COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Tbo sossaisals is this bill were ioasiiie—rids;d agreed
to, sad dta WI was ordered to be read a third nine oa
Friday.
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THE LIVERPOOL WRIT.

Mr. FREBHITILIIoveci ihwiasew--.writ be hosed
for the election of two member for Liverpool, is the room
of Mr. Terser sad Mr. Parties Mackenzie, who have been
unseated on petition. He did not think it necessary to
ester into the trausactious of the last election. They un-
derwent a most 'earthing investigation before the com-
mittee, and it would be sufficient for him to stets the
molts to which the committee had arrived. The com-
mittee found that refreshments were provided as the
poll day at numerous public-houses where the voters
bad been directed to assemble for the purpose
of being conveyed to the poll, but it did not appear that the
treating that took plaee was of an extravagant character,
that a number of the voters were bribed by the payment of
de. and 4s. each, which was given them seder the name of
the day's pay as a compensatioa fur the time that they lost, ,
but the booths were so situated that they could have voted
without loss of time ; and the committee recommended that
the issue of the writ should not be suspended, and that it
was net necessary that any further inquiry should take
place. He was not only authorised, but requested, to state,
on behalf of the member for South &ileitis, the chairman
of the committee, that be regretted his absence on this oc-
casion, •r he would have brought forward the mo-
tion him.elf; but be was under the necessity of
dischargiag • judicial duty at Newcastle. He might
fairly have espected that the motion would have been
adopted without opposition ; but be found two notices ap-
pliable to this day, and one applicable to a future day.
The noble lord the member for Masyrabone first proposed
that the elections at Liverpool shall in future take place by
way of ballot. That, he took it, was no amendment at all oe
his motion, which was that the writ should be issued. His
neat amendment was that the issue of the writ should be
suspended till the 20th of July, and he had also gives no. I
ties of his intention to move for leave to bring is a bill
that in future all the elections at Liverpool should be by
ballot. He (Mr. Freshfield), however, did not think that
the house would disregard the recommendation of the com-
mittee, that there should be no suspension of the writ ; and
if they were to pat it off till the noble lord could move for
• leave to bring in his bill, that would be an indefinite post-
pooement. as that would, in effect, be postponing it till the
bill passed through all its stages, if it were agreed to by the
house.

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Lord D STUART said his first amendment had re-

=mined on the paper by mistake. He had intended to
make a emotion of that description, hut being informed by
the Speaker that he could not make such a motion eon-
sieteatly
with the forma of the bou‘e, he abandoned it, and
he now proposed that the writ should be suspended till the
20th of July. He was desirous, at the earliest possible
period, of bringing forward a motion for leave to bring in
a bill that all elections at Liverpool should be taken by ballot,
and the earliest day he could make that motion was the 19th
of July, aad he was desirous that the writ should
be suspended till the house had had an opportunity of
dieeusaing that motion. He was desirous of the Ceetions
being taken by ballot in Liverpool, not with a view of pu-
nishing that borough for corrupt practice*, but that they
might have experience of the bona in • large constituency.
Re thought that would be a boon to the electors of Liver-
pool, awl he believed there was throughout the country a
wish that the ballot should be tried. (Cries of " divide.")
Reference had been made in the recent debate on the ballot

amidst much interruption and loud and repeated cries of
Divide," proceeded to aroma tha question of the ballot
generally, and wu proceeding in his oturtations, when
The SPEAKER observing that six o'clock had arrived,
the house adjourned.

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