§ On the Motion for the Second Heading of this Bill,
§ The Duke of Wellingtonmust take that opportunity to complain of the manner in which this and other Bills relating to real property had been carried through both Houses up to the present stage. There had been no discussion of the principle of any one of them, and he for one person had no knowledge whatever concerning them.
The Lard Chancellorsaid, the reason of the little attention which had been paid to the Bill in the lower House was, that the two latter of the three Bills which had just been brought before their Lordships 107 had been introduced by his learned friend the late Sir Samuel Romilly, and had repeatedly obtained the concurrence of the House. They had now been introduced by the son of that eminent Gentleman and had passed in silence. Other Bills on similar subjects had been introduced last Session by the present Solicitor General, but not in his official capacity, but as the Chief Commissioner for the inquiry into Real Property; and several of the Bills then underwent great discussion. On that occasion there had been one or two divisions on the Inheritance Bill. Five Bills in all had emanated from the Real Property Commission; the three which had just been brought before their Lordships, the Fines and Recoveries' Bill, and the Dower Bill.
§ Bill read a second time.