The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER touii the Chair shortly after Tvrclve
o'cock.

The preamble of the Bill was then agreed to, the
House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought
up on Monday.
JUDGMENTS (IRELAND) BILL.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in 'moving the second
reading of this Bill, said that when the Ineumbered
Estates Bill was proposed it was stated that it was
necessary not merely to pass that Bill, but also to have
a series of other Bills, the operation of which would
mutually depend upon each other. He had stated,
~nd it appeared to be generally concurred in by the
House, that it would be useless to free certain
lands from the existing incumbrances, and to
give a Parliamentary title to them when sold by
the Commissioners, unless they prevented for the future
land getting into the same embarrassed and encumbered
state in which it now existed. The present Bill had,
therefore, been introduced by the Government with that
view, and it consisted of three objects. The first was to
prevent the assignability of judgmentt upon estates, and
the second to prevent a judgment being made a charge
upon land unless in the hands of the sheriff. If
this Bill should pass the sscond reading, be was pre-
pared to limit its operation according to the sugges-
tion of the Committee that had sat upon the subjects
although be was in hopes in another session to extend
its provisions according to his own views. The Com-
mittee were unanimously of opinion that the assign-
ability of judgments ought not to exist. He had drawn
his Bail as carefully as he could, and in doing so had
availed himself of the assistance of his Honourable sad
Learned Friend the Member for the University of Dublin,
whose experience in all matters of law appertaining
to Ireland was most extensive. Hon. Members were
now, doubtless, aware that the main objects of the Bill
were to prevent the assignability of judgments, and to
prevent them In future being made a charge upon the
land, unless they were in the hands of the sheriff. The
remainder provisions of the Bill were merely formals
He proposed that the Bill should apply to every case of
a judgment entered up after the passing of the Act. In
conclusion, he would propose that the Bid should
be now read a second time, and that at the
very etirliest period, probably to- night or to. morrow.
(Cries of " Oh. oh I") on Monday the Bill should be
committed pro forma, in ord.'r that some,of its provi-
them, that some day next
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go regularly through the
Bill in Committee. He trusted that the Bill would not
only have the effect of removing many of the evils that
at present existed in Ireland, bat that it would be a
useful lesson to the people of that country, and would
show them that the present system of raising money on
land was a system that the Legislature would not permit
to continue.

Mr. NAPIER did not rise to oppose the second
reading of the Bill, but to express his great satisfaction
at the candid manner in which his Learned Friend the
Solicitor General proposed to deal with this subject, The
matter was one of great importance to the people of Ire-
land, and he could not allow the present opportunity to
go by without making a few observations on the measure.
In legislating on such a matter for Ireland, it was ne-
cessary to make a distinction between two classes of
debtors—those who partook of the nature of money-
lenders, and those who had obtained judgments on bona
fide debts. It was the opinion of a very high legal
authority in Ireland, that it would be a very beneficial
law which tended to make judgments an unpopular se-
curity on property in Ireland. Ile thought, also, that
great respect ought to be shown to the long preju-
dices of the people of Ireland, and care taken to
conciliate their tong-formed opinions in these matters.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

WYLD'S MAP OF OLD LoNuoN. An ingenious
map of London as it was three hundred years ago,
namely, in 1549, has just been published by Mr.
Wyld. The engraving will be found to be a great
curiosity.
FALL OF Two HOUSES IN WESTMINSTER.--YO 5.
terday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, three
houses situate in StrUtton-ground, at the corner of Art tillery-row, Westminster, fell in with a tremendous crash.
The catastrophe commenced at Mr. Godfrey's, No. 64,
by the entire north front giving way, carrying with it
an immense stack of chimneys; the roof descending
perpendicularly, swept all before it to the basement; at
the same moment, the uppi-r part of No. 63, a grocer's,
known as the Silver Teapot, also fell into the thorough-
fare of Strutton•ground, together with a considerable
portion of the public-house adjoining, No. 62, in the
occupation of Mrs. Gardner. Fortunately no accident
occurred to any of the inmates or passers by, timely
warning havia g been given of the events.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIORNING.—Advices from
Havre, just received by the steamer, mention that yes-
terday tie cotton market was very brisk, the sales reach-
ing 7,000 bales, at an advance in quotations of 2f. to 2f.
50c., the advices from America by the Cambria, and the
speculative action in Liverpool, having produced this
advance.
RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN IRELAND.--A Bill (No. 2),
introduced by Mr. Bernal, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, and Sir W. Somerville, proposes to authorize tt
.urih4--r advance of 150,000/. for the relief of distressed
Poor Law Unions in trelaFid.

On the 9th inst., at Morden Rectory, Surrey, the wife of
the Rev. W. C. R. Flint, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Endaltigh-street, the wife of W.
Thacker, Esq , of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., the wife of the Rev. J. Field, Chaplain
of the Gaol at Reading, of two sons.
the
On the 1
fot inst. at
A. H St. Mary'. Parsonage, Vincent-square,
lady o Rev. orradaile, of a son.

MARBLE).
On the 7th inst., at St. Martiu-in-the-Fields, Mr. Thos
Hersant. late of Judd street, to Miss Mary Ortoa, of Bury-
street, St. James's.
On the ltith inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, R. P. Carter,
Esq., of Brixton, to Jane, second daughter of J. A. Edwards,
Esq., of Oakley-square, Chelsea.

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On the 6th inst., at SidmiDI
.uth, aged 58, William Clifton,
Esq., brother of Thomas Clifton, Esq., of Lytham-hall, Lan-
cashire.
On the 7th inst., at Leamington, Sophia Mary, eldest sur-
viving daughter of the late T. Cobb, Esq., of Elstree.hill,
Herts.

On the 9th inst., the Rev. Edward Gregory, of Bririge-
bill, Canterbury, aged 61.
On the 9th inst.: at Mayfield, St atiordsh ire, Frances Rafeila,
wife of the Rev. Godfrey Arkwright, aged 25.

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Friday, July 13, 1549,

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Reck Life Assurance
' Company Bill were considered and agiaad to, and the
Bill ordered to be engrossial.
The report on the Marylehone and Finchley Turnpike
Roads Bill was considered and agreed to.
PETITIONS.
Mr. M. GIBSON present, d a petition from the Man-
chester board of guardians in favour of aavancieg
, money out of the poor-rates to promote emigration.
Also a petition from the Manchester Law Society, pray'
ing for the repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty.
EST'AT'ES LEASING (IRELAND) BILL.
The House then went nit° Committee on this Bill.
Clause 1 had been previously agreed to. Clause 2
was agreed to without discussion, as were also clauses 31
4,5, 6,7, and 8.
On elm:se 9 being proposed,
Mr. SADLEIR inquired if the Bill would extend to
Trinity College, Dublin.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL said it would not.
The clause was then agreed to.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to.
Mr. HAMILTON proposed the following additional
clause:—" And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful to
and for any incumbent of any benefice in Ireland, by
indenture sealed and delivered by such incumbent, in
the presence of one or more witness or witnesses, and
with the consent of the archbishop or bishop of the
diocese, under his hand and seal, such consent being sig-
nified either by way of endorsement to be written on such
Indenture, or by his being an executing party thereto,
to demise or lease any part or parts of the glebe
lands of said benefice, save as hereinafter provided,
either altogether or in parcels containing not less than
ten acres each, for any term not exceeding twenty-eve
3 ears, to take effect in possession and not in reversion
or by way of future interest or concurrent lease: pro-
vided always, that in and by every such lease there shall
be reserved and made payable quarterly the best yearly
rent that can at the time of making such lease be ob-
tained or reasonably be expected for the same, without
taking any fine or premium, or any sums of money or
other thing by way of fine or premium for making
same : and provided also, that every such lease
shall be in the form and shall contain, for
the benefit of such incumbent and his succes-
sors, the several reservations, exceptions, conditions,
and covenants contained in or required by an Act passed
in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her present
Majesty, intituled An Act to facilitate and encourage
the grunting of certain leases for terms of years in Ire-
land,' and the schedules thereto: and provided also, that
it shall not be lawful for, and nothing hereis contained
shall authorise or empower any incumbent to demise or
lease any portion of the glebe fit and convenient to be
built and improved upon for the habitation and residence
of him and his successors, or wberein a house of residence
is already built, or shall hereafter be built, or which shall
lie so near or contiguous to such house so built, or to be
built, as to be conveniently made use of for the same, or
the buildings, gardens, or lands and appurtenances of
any house of residence already built, or hereafter to be
built, and necessary for the convenient occupation of the
same, but that every such lease not authorised or per'
witted by this Act shall be absolutely null and void to
all intents and purposes whatever; and it shall be lawful
for the archbishop and bishop of the diocese, notwith-
standing same, to exercise all powers and jurisdictions
vested in them respectively by any statute or otherwise
relative to the enforcing the building of houses of resi-
dence, and changing the sites thereof, and the residence
o; the clergy on their benefices, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding."
After a few words from Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. F.
French, and the Solicitor-General, the clause was
agreed to.
Sir L. O'BRIEN adverted to the necessity of making
same provision for the labouring poor in Ireland by en-
abling landlords to erect labourers' cottages on their
estates.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL admitted that it
would be a very desirable object to provide good cot •
tages for the peasantry, but did not think it necessary
to introduce any special provision into the Bill on the
subject.