§ COLONEL GREVILLEsaid, he would beg to ask the hon. and learned Gentleman the Attorney General for Ireland if it was his intention to bring in a Bill in the course of the Session to continue the Encumbered Estates Commission?
MR. J. D. FITZGERALDsaid, he must beg to remind the House that at the very earliest date in the present Session he introduced a Bill, having the double object of enlarging and making permanent the system at present in operation in Ireland for the sale of estates, as well as the introduction of other large reforms into the Court of Chancery. The Bill, however, had been referred to a Select Committee, and from that cause, in conjunction with the advanced period of the Session, it would not be practical to carry the Bill through during the present Session. He was aware of the great anxiety which prevailed on the subject, and he likewise believed that it was the unanimous opinion that the system of the Incumbered Estates Court should be continued. He was, therefore, prepared to advise Her Majesty's Government to introduce a Bill to maintain the jurisdiction of the court without intermission for another year.