§ Mr. John Campbellbrought in his Bill, "for establishing a general Register for all Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property in England and Wales." Read a first time. The hon. Member in moving that it be printed, wished to make a single observation. He was apprehensive that those who were well disposed to the principle of the measure, might consider, perhaps, that it was longer and more complicated than was necessary. In framing the Bill, however, he had not merely had to make a new enactment, but to frame a law in reference to all the laws and anomalous regulations now in force. He could assure the House that simplicity and brevity had been most anxiously studied in adapting the Bill to existing regulations, and he hoped and trusted that its effect would be most beneficial. The Bill contained many provisions not essentially necessary to its principle, and which might be deviated from without affecting the principle. For instance, it was part of the Bill to have one Register Office, situated in the metropolis, for the whole of England and Wales. If it was the pleasure of the 29 House, however, there might be an Office in every county which would be perfectly consistent with the general principle of the Bill. Another part of the Bill related to the nature of the documents, and provided that all deeds should be deposited. This was rather a startling proposition, but it would not be inconsistent with the principle of the Bill to enact that a duplicate, or a memorial, or a copy of a deed, should be deposited. The principle of the Bill was, that there should be some public place where all deeds and documents affecting real property should be registered and open to inspection. That alone was the principle, and the details might be subject to many modifications, without touching on the principle. Bill to be printed.