HC Deb 13 May 1840 vol 54 c68

Petitions presented. By Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Hume, from Tamworth, and other places, for a Total Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Muntz, from Birmingham, against the Police Bill.—By Mr. Baines, from Leeds, against the Opium Trade.—By Mr. Acland, Mr. Lowther, and others, from Suffolk, and other places, for Church Extension.—By Mr. Townley, and others, from Cambridge, Westbury, and other places, against any Grants for the purpose of Church Extension,—By Captain Alsager, from Staffordshire, against Sunday Drawing on Canals, and any further Grant to the College of May-nooth.—By Sergeant Jackson, from Bandon, against the Importation of Foreign Flour into Ireland.—By Mr. Brotherton, from the Baptists of Stourbridge, and various other places, praying to be allowed to make Affirmations instead of taking Oaths.—By Mr. Johnstone, and Sir S. Canning, from Dumfries, and other places, for a Settlement of the Scotch Church Question.—By Sir C. B. Vere, from Suffolk, against the County Constabulary Bill.—By Mr. G. Wood, from Kendall, against the County Constabulary Bill, and the deportation of Hill Coolies to the Mauritius.