HC Deb 12 July 1831 vol 4 c1090

Bills brought in. By Colonel TRENCH, to Prohibit the Practice of Paying the House Rent of Labourers out of the Poor Rates.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. PERRIN, the quantity of Soap Exported from England to Ireland in 1830; and also, the total quantity Exported to all other parts of the World, distinguishing the parts from which it was Exported.

Petitions presented. By Mr. HUNT, from the Working Classes of the Metropolis, for the Repeal of the Com Laws, and for the Elective Franchise to be extended to them. By Sir FRANCIS BLAKE, from the Inhabitants of North Durham, praying for the exclusive Right of sending one Representative to Parliament. By Mr. LITTLETON*, from the Staffordshire Potteries, to return two Members to Parliament. By Mr. BUCK, from the Governors of the Poor, in the City of Exeter, to increase the qualification for the Right of Voting to Return Members. By Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL, from Mr. Joseph Hatton, for Alternate Parliaments to he held in each of the three Countries of England, Ireland, and Scotland;—from the Inhabitants of Moyarta and Kilballyowen, that a Safety Harbour be Built at the Mouth of the Shannon; and from the Inhabitants of Galway, to admit the Roman Catholic Inhabitants to the Right of Voting in the Corporation of that Town. By Mr. Fox, from the Mayor, Corporation, and Inhabitants, of Helleston, against the Reform Bill. By Mr. O'CONNELL, from Taney, County Dublin, for the Repeal of the Vestry Act; from Roman Catholic Inhabitants of St. Mary's, Athlone, against any further Grant to the Kildare Street Society; from Working Coachmakers, Dublin, for the Repeal of the Union. By Mr. BODKIN, from Inhabitants of Galway, for a Reduction of the Duty on Glass; from the Merchants of the same place, for the Repeal of the Duty on Marine Insurances; and from the Members of the Commercial Society, Tuam, to Return one Member for that Town. By Mr. WILKS, from the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Gosberton and Leverton, in favour of the Reform Bill: and from the Protestant Society for the Propagation of Religious Liberty, for diminishing the Number of Oaths taken in our Fiscal Regulations.