HC Deb 15 June 1837 vol 38 c1480

Petitions presented. By Lord W. BENTINCK, from Glasgow, against Prisons Scotland Bill; and for Steam Communication with India.—By Colonel VERNER, from Armagh, for an inquiry into the system of education pursued at Maynooth.—By Captain M. BERKLEY, from Gloucester, for amendment of the Libel Law.—By Sir R. DONKIN, from Berwick upon Tweed, against Boundaries of Boroughs Bill.—By Mr. HUME, from Glasgow, Dundee, and other places, for an extension of the Suffrage; and for the abolition of the property qualification for Members of Parliament; and from Marylebone, that they might not be obliged to pay their rates so close as hitherto.—By Sir SAMUEL WHATLEY, from St. Pancras, for the Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church-rates. By Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR, from places in Scotland, for a due Observance of the Lord's-Day.