The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAM6-11

HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY.
The LORD Cti NeELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE REVISED CODE.
The Earl of POWIS presented petitions icom Cambridge
against the revised code of education.
The Bishop of WORCESTER presented similar peti-
tions.

THE TAXING MASTERS IN IRELAND.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said on Thursday he
should present a petition relative to certain rivers in Rosccm-
mon, and also ask whether the appointment of a third taxing
master to the Court of Chancery in Ireland was to be a
permanent or temporary one, as he found that one taxing
master in the English Court of Chancery taxed more costs
than the whole three did in Ireland,
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DECLARATION OF TITLES BILL.
Lord CRAN WORTH, in moving the second reading of
this bill, said the subject was to many a very dull one, and
had been incidentally touched upon by the Lord Chancellor
when he brought the subject under their consideration the
other evening. To their lordships, however, the subject was
one of great importance. He would not trouble the house
going into the theoretical part of the question, but he should
prefer dealing with it in a practical manner. Every one
knew that in the transfer of land very great difficulty and
unnecessary expense existed, so that that measure he thought
which would meet with the greatest amount of support was
that which tended to simplify, economise, and render safe
the sale and purchase of land. In 1858, when he had the
honour to hold the Great Seal, a commission
which had examined the subject made its report, and he
felt it his duty to embody the recommendations in a bill
which he submitted to Parliament, which was of a similar
character as the Encumbered Estates Act, which had con-
ferred so much benefit on Ireland. Shortly after, how-
ever, he resirned the Great Seal, and the measure did not
reach the other House of Parliament until too late
in the session to be proceeded with, and consequently the
subject dropped. In 1859 his hon. and learned friend who
then held the office of Solicitor-General introduced two bills
on the same subject, founded on the report of 1857, but
that learned gentleman's efforts did not meet with
success, and the subject had slept until the
present time. The bill that tha noble and learned
lord on the 'woolsack had introduced on the subject
of the transfer of land would entail an expense of at least
£15,000 a year for salaries and other expenses, which he
(Lord Cranworth) considered to be totally unnecessary,
and he thought the subject could be dealt .with by the
parties going, under certain regulations to the Court of
Chancery, and the outlay for a new court would be alto-
gether saved. What he (Lord Cranworth) proposed, and
what he could not help saying appeared to him the only
practical mode of dealing with the question, was this—that
whenever a transaction in land took place a notice of it
should be written on the back of the deed. In that way
the state of the title would appear at all times, and a pur-
chaser would take with full notice.

Lord CHELMESFORD was desirous that the question
of titles should go before a select committee with the view
of applying themselves to the best means of remedying the
difficulties which now beset the question.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had hoped that these bills
would be sent before the select committee for consideration
without controversy.
The bill was then read a second time; as were the fol-
lowing bills :—Security of Purchases Bill, Transfer of
Land Bill, Titles of Landed Estates Bill, Registry of
Landed Estates Bill, and Real Property (Title of Put..
chasers) Bill.

All these bills were ordered to be referred to a select
committee.

The Transfer of Landed Estates Bill was postponed.
Their lordships Atm-rued at a few minutes past eigh
o'clock,

MOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Sir J. D. HAY took the oaths and his seat on his elec.
tion for the borough of Wakefield.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time : - Brecon
and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway—Hatfield and
Saint Albans Railway—Kettering and Thrapstone Rail-
way—London and Midland Junction Railway—London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway (New Lines)—Mer-
thyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway—Stafford and
Uttozeter Railway—Tendring Hundred Railway—Wel-
lington, Drayton, and Newcastle Railway—Keni County
Gaol and Lunatic Asylum (Water Supply).