HC Deb 17 March 1840 vol 52 c1201

Petitions presented. By Sir G. Strickland, Viscount Morpeth, Messrs. Grote, Hume, and M. Philips, from a great number of places, for, and by Messrs. W. Duncombe, Waddington, Colquhoun, and Lord Eliot, from a great number of places, against the Immediate and Total Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. S. O'Brien, from Limerick, against the Importation of Foreign Flour into Ireland.—By Mr. Lockhart, from one place, and Mr. Hume, from Glasgow, for Universal Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot.—By the same, Mr. Eliot, Mr. Colquhoun, Viscount Morpeth, and Sir J. Graham, from a number of places, for Non-Intrusion.—By Sir J. Lowther, from York, against the Opium Trade.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Marylebone, and Islington, for the Release of Lovett and Collins.—By Mr. Stanley, from Chester, against the Beer Bill.—By Lord John Russell, from Prince Edward's Island, Captain Alsager, Messrs. Cartwright, Codrington, Hogg, and W. Duncombe, for Church Extension.—By Mr. Crawford, from China Merchants, for Inquiry into the Seizure of Opium in that country.—By Mr. Colquhoun, from Glasgow, for Revising the Duties on East India Produce.—By Messrs. Cartwright, and Plumptre, from several places, against the Grant to Maynooth College, and against the Irish Corporation Bill.—By Messrs, Codrington, and Freshfield, from Stroud, and another place, for the Release of Mr. Howard.