Lords Sitting of 2 February 1860

MINUTES.
PUBLIC BILLS.—1a St. Mary in Rydal Marriages Validity.
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY BILL.
  EXPLANATION.
  LORD BROUGHAMsaid, he wished to set right a mistake which had gone abroad, that the measure proceeded on the same principle as that of his learned Friend Sir Hugh Cairns. He stated a few nights ago that the principle of the Bill was the same as that of two Bills he introduced last Session, and the Session before—namely, to extend to all conveyances the customary tenure of copyhold conveyance known in the North of England. That was stated to be the prayer of the petition he presented the other evening, and to that object the Bill was confined. Alterations he had made in the Bill were intended to supply some defects which that of Sir Hugh Cairns was intended to supply; and he thought this measure would supply them more advantageously than that of his learned Friend.

PRIVATE BILLS.—RESOLUTIONS.
On the Motion of Lord REDESDALE it was
Ordered,
That this House will not receive any Petition for a Private Bill after Tuesday the 20th Day of March next, unless such Private Bill shall have been approved by the Court of Chancery; nor any Petition for a Private Bill approved by the Court of Chancery after Tuesday, the 15th Day of May next.
Ordered,
That this House will not receive any Report from the Judges, upon Petitions presented to this House for Private Bills, after Tuesday, the 15th Day of May next.
Ordered,
That the said Orders be printed and published, and affixed on the Doors of this House and Westminster Hall.
Resolved,
That no Bill originating in this House, and included in either of the Two Classes of Private Bills in Standing Order No. 178, be read a Second Time after Tuesday, the 21 st Day of February, except with special Leave of the House.

LAW OF PROPERTY BILL.

  COMMITTEE.
  Order of the Day for the House to be put into a Committee, read.
  LORD ST. LEONARDSin moving "That the House do now resolve itself into a Committee on the said Bill," explained the provisions of the Bill, which he said was intended to remedy certain defects in the law, which in consequence of alterations which had been introduced by the House of Commons into his Bill of last year, had failed of its intended effect in some important particulars. His Lordship spoke in so low a tone that the details of this purely technical subject could not be followed.
  LORD BROUGHAMthought their Lordships must be of opinion, as he was sure the profession at large would be, that they were under great obligations to his noble and learned Friend for devoting, as he did, his leisure and retirement to the amendment of the law. This very important Bill, he believed, had not come before their Lordships for the first time.
  THE LORD CHANCELLORentirely agreed with the Bill of his noble and learned Friend, and he thought their Lordships and the public were deeply indebted to his noble Friend for his perseverance. He felt there would be but little danger of the present measure being rejected by the

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  House of Commons, although he was sorry to say, with all his respect for that House, that he thought it was not in advance with regard to legal reform, and that upon many occasions most useful measures, which had been sent down by their Lordships, had been thrown out by it.
  Motion agreed to.
  House in Committee accordingly.
  Bill reported without Amendment.
  Amendments made.
  Bill to be read 3a To-morrow.
  House adjourned at a quarter to Six o'clock, till To-morrow, Half-past Ten o'clock.