HC Deb 16 December 1830 vol 1 c1206

The Committee on the St. Mawes Election reported, that the right of Election was in the Mayor, Portreeve, and Burgesses paying scot and lot; also in the Freeholders having registered in the Manor Court. They found further, that the two sitting Members had been duly elected.

Bills. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time. Mr. LITTLETON brought in his Bill for Consolidating the Laws prohibiting the payment of Wages in Goods or otherwise than in the current Coin of the realm.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. HOBHOUSE, all the Houses empty at any time in the parish of St. James, from the year 1819 to 1829, and the Rents of such Houses: On the Motion of Mr. WILKS, the Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, from the year 1813 to 1829, both inclusive, in the several Churches and Chapels of the Established Church throughout the United Kingdom; with other information relative to the state of the Registers in different Parishes.

Petitions presented. For the continuance of the Bounties on Fish, by Mr. M. FITZGERALD, from the Fishermen of Corkaguinny. For the extension of the Elective Franchise of Galway to Catholics, by Mr. J, SMITH, from the Freeholders of Galway:—By Mr. HOBHOUSE, from the Vicarage of Mayres, in the County of the Town of Galway. By the same hon. Member, from Charles Dunne, a Member of the College of Physicians, praying for improved Regulations Car the Protection of Lunatics—to secure to them in Asylums a greater number of attending Physicians than they had at present, and that a certain number of medical men be appointed on, and essential to, all Juries sitting in consequence of Writs de lunatico inquirendo. By Mr. EWART, from the Jews of Liverpool, for a Removal of the Disabilities under which they labour. For the abolition of Colonial Slavery, by Mr. B. CARTER, from Portsmouth and Portsea:—By Mr. WILKS, from Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire:—By Mr. S. JERNINGHAM, from Cossey: — By Lord ACHESON, from two places in Suffolk:—By Mr. F. PALMER, from Reading. By Mr. WILKS, from Boston, for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes, and for Reform. By Mr. O'CONNOR, from some place in the County of Roscommon, against further Grants to the Kildare-street Society. By Mr. STRUTT, from Derby, in favour of Parliamentary Reform.