The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-17 00:00:00

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LATEST BETTING.
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12 to 1 agst Malmesley (taken).

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SP/CABER took the chair at twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed
—Bradford Water Works ; Edinburgh Police and
Im
provement ; Petworth-road.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos-
ton and Eastern Junction Railway ; East Suffolk Rail-
way ; Mallow and Fermoy Railway ; Stamford and
Kettering-road ; Wells and Fakenham Railway ; York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway.
PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented by Mr. Ferguson from
52 clergymen of the county of Cumberland complaining
that they could not live on their stipends ; by Mr. Miall,
from Cambridge and other places, praying that the uni-
versities may be thrown open to Dissenters ; and by Mr.
Heyward, from Hungerford, against the opening of
public houses on Sundays.
REGISTRATION OF BILLS OF SALE BILL.
Mr. MULLINS, in moving that the Speaker do leave
the chair for going into committee on this bill, explained
that the object of the bill was to compel the registration
of bills of sale within 21 days after their execution, so
as to prevent creditors being cheated, as was often the
case now, by means of such instruments. The same
system of registration prevailed with regard to judg-
ments and warrants of attorney, and since it often hap-
pened that when a man fell into difficulties he resorted
unknown to his creditors to a bill of sale to save a large
Part of his property from being seized to liquidate his
ju,,t debts.
Mr. PHINN viewed this bill as one of great im-
portance to the commercial world, as it would tend to
discourage fictions credit. The only fault he found with
the bill was that it was confined to traders. He thought
it should apply to all classes of society. but most pro-
bably this omission could be corrected in committee.
Mr. G. BUTT approved of the principle of the bill,
but he hoped it would only be committed pro forma, in
order that it might be reprinted with the amendment.
There was this difficulty in applying it to all classes, be-
cause, if it embraced the personal property of private
individuals how could they prevent its being extended
to mortgages.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL differed with his hon.
an learned friend, because there was a wide difference
between personal and real property ; in the former,
possession went with ownership, but with regard to the
latter the same principle did not apply, and therefore it
did not follow that in extending this bill to personalties
of private individuals it would equally embrace mort-
gages of real property. He approved of the principle of
the bill, but he thought it was encumbered with unne-
cessary provisions that it would be well to strike out in
committee.
Mr. HORSFAIiL, as representing a large commercial
constituency, was quite satisfied with the principle of
the bill.
Mr. BOUVERIE suggested that care should be taken
that the Registrar under this bill should receive no more
than a proper remuneration for his trouble.
Mr. GROGAN was anxious that the principle of the
bill should be extended to all parties alike.
Mr. HADFIELD was rejoiced to find that an end
was to be put to the system of surreptitious preference
in the case of personalties, and he cordially approved of
the bill, but at the same time he thought it would be a
great evil to preserve, in reference to this bill, a distinc-
tion between traders and non-traders.
Mr. MALINS, as a legal member, highly approved
of the measure.
The bill was then payed through committee.
BURGH BOUNDARIES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Mr. BOUVERIE moved the second reading of this
bill.
The LORD ADVOCATE admitted the grievances
which the bill referred to, but the provisions of the
bill were altogether impracticable. He moved that the
bill be read a second time this day six months.
Lord ELC HO seconded the amendment.
After a short conversation the amendment was agreed
to without a division, and the bill was thrown out.
EPISCOPAL AND
BILL CA.PITULAR ESTATES
On the question for resuming the adjourned debate on
the second reading of this bill.
Lord ADOLPHUS VANE expressed his surprise at
the absence of Ministers on this occasion. The bill af-
fected many millions of Church property, and as it was
only right that the Government should be represented
when the division took place. He was therefore justi-
fied in moving that the debate be further adjourned,
but at the same time he thought it right to state at once
that he was decidedly opposed to the bill.
Mr. G. BUTT seconded the motion for the adjourn.
ment, though he was not opposed to the bill ; but in the
present state of the house, and the absence of Ministers,
he thought it was unwise to proceed with the discussion

now.
Mr. G. BERKELEY said it was from no want of
courtesy to the noble lord who had charge of the bill
that Ministers were absent, but he had just received a
message from the noble lord the Secretary of State for
the Home Department stating that he would be here
very shortly, and he therefore hoped the debate would
not be adjourned.
Mr. DRUMMOND recognised no difference between
those who wished openly to destroy the Church and
those who professed to be its reformers. Now the effect
of this bill would be to convert cathedrals into parish
churches ; but instead of doing that, they ought to esta-
blish more cathedrals and create more bishops. Why,
in the diocese of Londo❑ alone seven additional bishops
were required ; but the Church had acted like the dog
in the manger—it would not do its own duty nor would
it let anybody else do it. He was rejoiced, however,
to find that another Church had stepped in
and added another bishop to the metropolis.
The fact was, the decline of the Church was not due to
its open opponents, the Dissenters or the Roman Catho-
lics, but to the negligence of its own clergy. The object
of this bill was to destroy the whole temporalities of the
Church, so far as its capitular and episcopal estates were
concerned ; and having done that, he wanted to know
where they were to stop ? He could not tell ; but this
he knew, that such measures as this would only have
the effect of driving Protestants over to the Roman
Catholic Church.
Mr. HA.DFIELD insisted that the voluntary efforts
of the people had done more towards evangelising the
country than the Established Church, with all its vast
property. The great bane of the Established Church—