The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-22 00:00:00

THIRD READINGS.

The f.l•.owing bills, on the motion of Lard REDES-
DALE, were read a third time and pas-ed t—
' London Gas LiAt Company (capital) ; Milford
Improvernenk ' • Orkney Rocks ; East Kent Railway
(Extension to D aver) ; Mir:lan-I Great Western of Ire-
land (SI;go Extension), Monk lands Railway, and Mid
• Great Western Railway of Irtlimd (Streamstown and
Cara Junction).
PRISONERS REMOVAL LILL.
This bill pal Fed throngh committee.
REGISTRATION OF LONG LEASES
(SCO ['LAND).
The repirt of amendments on this bill was brought up
and agreed to.
CROWDED DWELLINGS PREVENTION BILL,
This bil' was read a third time and pits,ed.
INC LOSU ftE ACtS ANI END RENT BILL.
Oe the motion of Lard GR A.NVILLE this bill passed
through committee.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS (IRELAND) BILL.
Tnis hilt was read a third time nod passed.
TRANSFER OF LAND.

Lora St. LEONA.R DS called the a'tention of the
boasts to the measures proposed for facilitating the trans-
fer of land, and laid on the table of the house a bill for
simplifying titles to land. The learned lord then said
that in no other country could a man settle his lend upon
himself and his children, and remain in the full enjoy-
ment of it himself after making that settlement. It bad
heed said that a title to land should be as portable and
negotiable as a bank note, but he hoped never to see the
day when a man osuld put his title deeds in his cigar-
cafe, and deal with his lead in that summary manner.
His lordship then gave the house a conci-e history of
the system of conveyancing, showing the diff, rent modes
of transfer in eperation from the feudal times down to
the reign of Henry VIII. He then described the devices
adopted by the priests to get lands into the possession of
the Church improperly by means of the creation of
treats, and how those devices, which were contrary to
the Statute of Mortrnain had been sought to be frustrated
by the 27th Henry VIII., entitled the Statute of Uses.
Since that time various charges had taken place, arising
from the exigencies of the times and the alterations in
the customs of the country. It had been occasionally
proposed that land should pass by a simple entry of the
transfer in a public register, but that had always been
opposed by landowners, who objected to their mortgsges
and sales being made public. One of the great of jections
to the present system was that a purchaser of land was
always liable to what were termed equitable rights, pro-
vided he had notice of toe rights being in existence at the
time of purchase. The effect of this was that if a purchaser
had a dishonest atterney, the latter might receive the
notice and conceal it from hie client, and the silent
immediately afterwards be deprived of the land for which
he might possibly have given his whole fortune. It was
now time that such a system was prevented, and property
in land placed upon a more sure basis. All attempts to
establish a general registration of property for the whole
country had up ti the }.resent -time been failures. His
opinion eras, that a general registry would lead to mere
expense, and be productive of less real advantages than
the present sy-stern of conveyancing. Any attempt to
establish a system of complete r-gietration would, he
felt convinced. be a mere sham, attended, however,
with a sad reel ty to beth.v,ndc.r and purchaser. The
w reel olject of this proposal as to MI:CO the transfer and
ea'e of landed property as easy and as simple ae affsir as
the sale er transfer of a railway share, or a few hundred
pounds of stock. But if this were accomplished, it would
be at the E x-)Ense of the loss of the power to haled pro-
prietors of making settlements on the;r property. It had
been stared that a b 11 had been printed for carrying into
effect the recommendations of the commission, bly. there
appeared to be great d.fficulties in thu Ray of girirg
effect to its provisions. The noble and Lathed lord was
T roceeding to • xplain the provisions of the Ina, when it
was suggeste 3 by
Lards CAMPBELL and BROUGHAM, that it
world be mere c ors venient if the noble and learned lord
would reserve his ob'ervations on the bill until it had
been explained by its author to the house.
L.,rd ST. LEONARDS, after some further observa-
tion., concluded by introducing a bill, tl e objct of
which was to remove existing obstacles, and afford in-
creasing facilities for the sale and purchase of landed
property.

The LORD CHANCELLOR Raid that their lordships
were gamily indebted to the noble lord for introducing
the bid, and i❑ moving tl.at it shoall be rend a first
time, guarded himself from the txpression of any opinion
as to the merits of its details.

Lord BROUGHA.D.,I s!att'd that be bad himself pre-
pared a bill on the same subjnt, v,hich had been laid
on the tahle for some time past.
Lord CAMPBELL protested against the statement
made Ly the noble and learned I.)rd, that a syst-lra of
regi •tra i in of landed property would be urizAtew.'el
any benctin3 or advantages to owners of landed pro-
perty.