The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-10 00:00:00

BILL

On the report of amendments to this bill,
Lord CAM oinee he hod addressed their lord-
ship', on thin nubjeet information had been given to him of
the most appalling nature with regard to too We of these
publication... Many of theme communications he could not,
fur decency's make, state to their lunbhipm. But ho kohl in
his band a book which would give thou some notion of what
wan going (lowan'. This book was a trannhttion4of one of
Duarte novels, called "The Lady of Camellia..." It gave a
dencription of the white camellia and the red camellia, in a
manner which trenched upon modesty, and which he could
not state. lle Was told on good authority that this book was
sold publicly at all the railway stations. Now the publica-
tion noel( was not within the scope of penal leginlation, but
there woo added to it a list of milvertiseinentn, occupying, be
thought, 32 pages, omtaining a list of above 100 publieme ins
of am most abominable dearription, several of which had
been the subject of provecutirma in courts of justice, and the
jury had at once, with dingunt, declined that the)• were ob-
scene publicat ions, :tnd that the authors and publishers ought
to be punished. lio would not give the name of any book,
but there was one which wan stated to be illustrated by
numerous engraviogs, and it wan added that this celebrated
work had had nouty imitator. but no rival,. Then it wan
pliblishcsi at 30. lid., it having been foroserly published at a
guinea. There were a great many othern, all of the name
sort, and them' who read this advertisement were invited to
send po,tage stamps, and then any book that took their
fancy would be immediately forwarded to them. He would
not mention names, for that would very myth gratify the
wholocale dealer* in these abominationn, because they would
hope thereby to increase• the sale, but he could mention the
tercet —llolywill-strect. '1 his wan only a myeeimen of one
shop in Ibilywellottro t, because ho believed that the whole
or nearly the whole of Ibilywell-street consisted of Molitor
ahoy.. Then what w.on the remedy for thin h It set nod to
him that the only reload, was, that there should be, an in
the case of °nlia•nnul pnnting presses, a power of own ling
and earryiug eau). However, he did not oak their hodshipm
to do more than to pass thin bill, with One oiugb• op•ntive
clause in it, which wan, on affidavit being made by any
per on that be believed Aerate publications were sold in
any chop, to enable a eonotable to enter and make search, and
to some the obnoxious publications.

Lord WENSLEYDALE anggemad that the bill 4.1114
be postponed till hlonday next, to enable bit noble and
learned friend who had taken an interest in the bill to be
event.
pr The report WA than received.
CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION DILL.
Thla blll was mad w muted time.
TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY.

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Lord 11110U0 said a few whys any he read to their
lordship. a *Memo, rat of a gentlemen who had been steward
of • manor f fir thirty year., in which a cheap and expeditious
mode of conveyance had been adopted, which was moat arm-
tual, aitionrinnied with a proper registration. Ile thought
such a system need not be manned toespyholda, and that it
might be made general, to the great relief both of latelowners
and of perndee 'chilling to purchase lend. In many eases
land was allient menarketable fel, the difficulty and cx-
;ewe of conveyance. Ile might refer to We repert of a
committee which mat memo yean ago, on the burden. un land,
from which, and (nn the evidence before the committee, it
appeared that the greatest burden on lend at parent was the
grunt expense and difficulty, end °dentition uncertainty, of
title which arose (rem the present system of conveyance. In
redemption of the pledge which In Dad given, he hied pre-
pared a bill to amend the law touching the conveyance of red
IrPyostud fur emitting a complete registration thereof.
eniruld not now enter into the details of the bill, but would
la it on the table.
The LOltD CII ANCELLOR said their lordships and the
public were greatly indebted to his noble and learned friend
for baring introduced the bill, because great good must arise
from the diseession of the subject. If the ItleliMlTV did ng
Leconte tow, the iliwumion must give rise In suggestions for
improvement, and probably the government would be etre-
bled in the course of We neat session to carry those eugges-
lion. into effct.

The7Lill was Ilya read a find timo.
The Iliohop or OX FORD pet-nested retiti.ms fn on places
in the enuntive of Berke, Zee ea, and Devon, against the
(lathe bill.
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iiCi;i;-tlship. then wijouneed

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY, JULY 9.