HC Deb 16 December 1831 vol 9 cc322-3

New Member sworn. CHARLES PHILIP YORKE, Esq., for Reigate.

Bills brought in. By the ATTORNEY GENERAL, to enable his Majesty's Attorney General to proceed upon Reports of Commissioners of Charities. By Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, to alter and amend the Vestry Act of last Session. Read a second time. Juries (Ireland); Land Revenue. Read a third time: Lottery Tickets.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Colonel EVANS, the names of the Prize Agents, and others, employed in the distribution of the Deccan Prize Money, the Emoluments paid to them, and the Law Expenses incurred. On the Motion of Mr. WARBURTON, a Copy of the Memorial of the College of Surgeons to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the Schools of Anatomy. On the Motion of Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY, the number of Vessels and their tonnage employed at Dartmouth, and of the Excise and Custom duties paid at the same port from January, 1821, to January, 1831. On the Motion of Mr. D. W. HARVEY, the number of Persons admitted as Freemen in the various Cities and Boroughs which send Members to Parliament, in each year, since 1800, with an account of the Fees paid, and how the same were appropriated.

Petitions presented. By Mr. SANDFORD, from the Glove Makers of Yeovil, against the Importation of French Gloves; and from the Mayor and Inhabitants of Axbridge, for the abolition of the punishment of Death for offences against Property; by Colonel EVANS, from Farmers and Inhabitants of Ampthill, (Bedfordshire) for the Repeal of the Insurance duty; by Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS, from Newbury, and other places in the county of Berkshire, in favour of Reform of Parliament; by Mr. WILBRAHAM, from Macclesfield complaining of distress.