HC Deb 11 April 1838 vol 42 c545

Petitions presented. By Alderman WOOD, from the Printers of London, by Mr. DENNISTOUN, from those of Glasgow, by Mr. WAKLEY, from the Compositors of the Morning Advertiser, from the Printers in the employment of Messrs. Spottiswoode, Nicholls, M'Dowell, and White, and from the Stereotypers of London, by Lord DALMENY, from the Printers of Stirling, by Mr. EASTHOPE, from the Printers of Leicester, by Mr. D. W. HARVEY, from those of Southwark, and by Mr. P. THOMSON, from the Compositors of London and Manchester, against the Copyright Bill.—By Mr. HUME, from Shields, and by Mr. F. DUNDAS, from Stromness and Orkney, against any further Endowment to the Church of Scotland.—By Mr. WAKLEY, from.4,000 members of the Working Men's Association at Bristol, for a further extension of the elective Suffrage; from 1,160 inhabitants of Stockport, and from the Bricklayers of London and Manchester, and from other places, for an inquiry into the delay in sending back the Dorchester Labourers to England.—By Sir G. GREY, from Montreal, and from Quebec, for the junction of the two provinces of Canada under one form of Government—By Sir G. STRICKLAND, and Lord MORPETH, from the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the Immediate Abolition of the Apprenticeship system in the West Indies.—By Mr. P. THOMSON, from Manchester, to permit an Inland Bonding system.—By Mr. WILLIAM ROCHR, from parishes in Cork and Limerick, for an immediate settlement of the Tithe question.—By Mr. BLACKSTONE, from Wallingford, against the system of National Education in Ireland.—By Mr. CHALMERS, from Montrose, for the Abolition of Negro Apprenticeship; and from several Secession and Relief Congregations, against any further Endowment of the Church of Scotland.—By Mr. F. DUNDAS, from places in Yorkshire, against the Negro Apprenticeship system.—By Mr. BARNARD, from Deptford, complaining of the great expense of the Poor law Union.