The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

TION OF WILLS BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.

Toe ATTORNEY•GENERAL adverted to the de-
feat the Government had sustained the other night,
when the committee, in opposition to his wish, carried
an amendment empowering personal property of all
kinds to be dealt with in the country districts. That
arrangement, he believed, would open the way to much
fraud, and therefore he could not give his eanctim to it.
But he would propose this compromise; let the committee
negative the clause as it at present stood, on the under•
standing that he would afterwards bring up a clause
giving the district courts power to deal with willi to the
extent of 3,0001., but excluding property in the funds,
railway shares, &c. If the house agreed to the principle
of this clause he would not resist going to a still further
extent, though he thought that was as far as they could
go with propriety.
Mr. WESTHEA.D, as the mover of the Beccessful
amendment, would not object to the principle, but it
was preposterous to talk of 3,0001. as the limit. He
quoted from a list of the wills proved at York, from
which it appeared that 200 wills, where the personal pro-
perty was sworn under 10,0001. had been proved within
the last five years. For himself, he could not see where
there was more chance of fraud in the country than in
London.

Sir J. TROLLOPE objected to the compromi,e. The
committee on the last occasion affirmed a principle and
not a detail. The principle was that people in this coun-
try should be allowed to transact their business with the
persons in whom they bai confidence, and not concen-
trate all business in London. IF the Attorney-Ger;erai's
principle were agreed to, it would become a most expen-
sive measure for the country. He would resist the pro.
po:itionto negative the clause as it stood.

Mr. WALPOLE thought all the arguments against
wills above 3,0001. being proved in the country were
equally valid against wills of 7001. being so proved.
What he recommended was, to fix no limit to the per-
sonalty, but to provide for all funded, joint-stock, and
railway property being 'proved in London.
Mr. ELLICE also strongly condemned the idea of a
limit.

Mr. MA.LINS, on the other hand, strongly objected
to the principle that one probate should not cover all
descriptions of property, and that a district registrar
whose decision should not be conclusive in a case of
3,0001., was not to be allowed to deal with 1001. in the
Three per Cents.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he must adhere
to his intention to negative the clause as it stood, bat he
intimated that if the house yielded to his wishes in this
respect he would bring up a clause removing all limit
to personal property that was not comprised in funded
property, railway shares, &c.

Lord PALMEnsr6N,immediately following the
Attorney-General, agreed with him in the view he
took ; but, holding that opinion, he did not Eee that
there wa4 any need to negative the clause.

The clause was then, amid loud ol;eers,--- ordered to
stand part of the bill.
Mr. MALINS bad some clauses to propose giving -
compensation to proctors for the business of which the
bill would deprive them, but he intimated that as the
decision to which the house bad just come would con-
siderably affect the question by depriving the proctors
of sti I more business, he would postpone his clauses till
he saw how this question of district courts was finally
settled. _ _ _

The ATTORNEY•GENEPAL intimated that what-
ever compensation might be awarded under this bill
would be paid out of the Fee Fund, and not out of the
public exchequer.
Several divisions took place with respect to the sche-
dules, between the claims of different towns to be the
places of registration, but the towns as named in
the bill were in all cases unaltered.
The house then resumed.

The Crown, &c., Suits (Scotland) Bill and the Bank-
ruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Bill were read a
third time and passed.
Other bills were advanced a stage.
On the order for going into committee upon the Elec-
tion Petitions Bill,
Sir G. GREY objected to eiscussing the details of
such a measure at that late hour.
Mr. ADDERLEY complained bittetly of the ob-
stacles to the progress of the bill.
_ _ _

After some further discussion the house divided upon
a motion by Mr. AYRTON for an adjournment, which
was carried by 95 to 25.
The house adjourned at a quarter past 1 o'clock.

The total amount of gold purchased by the Bank on
Wednesday is understood to have reached 100,0001.
IRONMA,TERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.—BIRMINGHAM,
July 9.—There was a full attenlance of the ironmasters
at the meeting held in the town hall here this afternoon.
The hot weather a fortnight since somewhat checked the
consumption of pig iron, still the stooks are comparatively
trifling. An attempt was made to-day to obtain an
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