HC Deb 14 May 1838 vol 42 c1173

Petitions presented. By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, from Edinburgh, by Mr. HOWARD, several, from Carlisle, and other places, by Mr. SANFORD, from Long Sutton, Yeovil, and several other places, by Mr. ORD, from a parish in Northumberland, by Mr. PEASE, from several places in Lancashire and Somerset, and from the city of Bath, and by Mr. HINDLEY, from Ashton-under-Line, and Altringham, for the Immediate Abolition of Negro Apprenticeship.—By Mr. HINDLEY, from St. Margaret's and St. John's Westminster, praying that Public Houses may be kept closed till 1 o'clock on Sundays.—By Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, from Lay Impropriators (Ireland), against the Irish Tithe Resolutions.—By Mr. BAINES, from a place in Yorkshire, and by Sir W. HEATHCOTE, from a place in Hampshire, for the better Observance of the Sabbath.—By Mr. CHALMERS, from different parishes in the county of Forfar, in favour of a reduction of the rate of Postage, and against any further Endowment to the Church of Scotland. and from Arbroath, against the Corn-laws—By Sir E. CODRINGTON, from Devonport, in favour of a Penny Post.—By Mr. PALMER, from three parishes in Essex, that Ecclesiastical Revenues be applied to Church purposes.—By Mr. S. O'BRIEN, from Infirmaries, and other bodies in Limerick, for a good Medical Charities Bill.