The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
The SPILL= took the chair at Ave minutes past 12
o'clock.
The Colnbrook Railway Bill was read a third time, and
passed.
THE HOLDERNESR EMBANKMENT AND

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RECLAMATION BILL
On the order of the day for the second reading of this

bill,
Mr. NORWOOD said the bill was opposed by all the
public bodies in Hull, and by the Board of Trade, because
in their opinion the effect of the works would be to silt
up the river and impede the navigation. Ho moved that
the bill be read a second time this day six months.
Mr. WATKIN said the bill was supported by the in-
habitants of Grimsby. The effect of the bill would be to
narrow the channel and thereby increase the scour. He
submitted that the bill should be allowed to go before a
committee.
Sir J. TROLLOPS thought the bill should be allowed
to go before a committee. et.
After somefurther discussion, in the course of which Mr. St.
GIBBON opposed the bill on the ground that the recla 60
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mation of the land would injure the navigation, the SO
scheme was condemned by the surveyor of the Board of
Trade, by the Trinity Board, and the Humber Conservancy. ;4
The house divided:
For the second. reading
Against
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REAL ESTATE INTESTACY BILL.
et.
Mr. L KING moved the second reading of this bill. at.
He said the object was to assimilate the law relating to ht.
real property to that which prevailed with regard to per- Si.
swat property. The question was what sort of will the St.
state should make for a man who himself made no will, so
far as regarded the real estate. If a man possessed riz
of personal property died intestate, one-thud went Bt,
to the widow and two-thirds to the children, and gt,
in ease there were no children one-half went to the St.
widow and one-half to the next of kin ; but if the property St.
he was possessed of were real property, the whole 84.
of it went to the eldest son, and the widow and younger stSt•
children were left unprovided for. It might be at
.
objected that the widow would gets her third, at,
but in nine cases out of ten the dower was St.
barred. To show the injustice of the present law he St.
cited a cue in which a husband invested money 8,,,t
that came by his wife in the purchase of land 1;
which offered a fair investment. He died lutes- lot
tate, and a nephew of his took the estate, the 100
widow being left wholly nnprovided for, and she had to go 10
out to service in order to obtain a livelihood. This was St.
one of many cases of hardship that were continually at
arisina. The arguments that had been used against w
this bill were that it was a bill against the law of en- St.
mogeniture. (Hear, hear.) But he contended that since St.
the statute of Henry VIII., which allowed land to be St.
willed, there had been no law of primogeniture in this 25
country. Another objection to the bill was that it substi-
St.
toted the French-system, but it did nothing of the kind. It at,
did not interfere with settlements or entails, but it merely 25
provided that the same principle which applied es
to personal property should be applied to real St.
property. Another argument against the bill was 10
that the bill was a bill against the aristocracy of the coun-
try. But it was nothing of the kind. It would not affect st
the aristocracy because, with scarcely= exoeption,he might St.
say with no exception, the estates of the aristocracy were St.
all settled and entailed, and this bill did not interfere with St.
settlements and entails.
Mr. B. HOPE moved that the bill be read a second time St'
St.
that day six months.
[Left sitting.] st

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE I;

(ET ILICTEIC TZIAGRAPH.)
WINDSOR MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

GRAND STAND HANDICAP. Five furlongs.
Queen of Trumps, Blue Mantle, Dolphin, Indian Star,
Claros, Lady Sophia, and Alberta are here.

ETON HANDICAP. One mile.
Historian, Skirtnish,Vixen, Rose, Molly Carew, Viceroy,
Nukuheva, Sidewind, Jupiter, Caustic, Stinger, King-
maker, Life Guardsman, Ammunition, and Celerity c are
here.

ROYAL STAKES. Five furlongs.
Satyr, Sir Walter, King Charles, Dragon, Ruth, Clarice,
Topsail c, and Confessional are here.
DEADWORTH HANDICAP. Three quarters of a mile.
Queen of Trumps, Overture, Lytham, Goldylocks,
Skirmish, Historian, Viceroy, Rose, Dawdle, Pegasus,
Valeria, and Lady Sophia are here.
STEWARDS' CUP. About half a mile.
Dalby, Buckfoot, and Historian are here.