HC Deb 27 May 1840 vol 54 c647

Petitions presented. By Mr. Marsland, from Stockport, praying for the Abolition of Church Rates.—By Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, from the Radical Club of Reading, complaining of the harsh treatment inflicted upon Mr. Henry Vincent.—By Mr. O'Connell, from various places, against Lord Stanley's Registration Bill—By Colonel Salwey, from Monmouth, for a reduction of the Duty upon Sugar; and from Egham, against Church Extension.—By Mr. Brotherton, from various places, against the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Sergeant Jackson, from Wicklow, against the system of National Education in Ireland.—By Sir R. Peel, from Troubridge, against the Rating of Stock in Trade; and from the Presbytery of Angus, against the Jurisdiction of the Civil Courts in Ecclesiastical matters.—By Mr. B. Smith, from Norwich, against the Constabulary Bill.—By Mr. Finch, from a Dissenting Congregation in Walsal, against Church-rates; and from various other places, against the Copyright Bill.—By Sir J. Duke, Mr. Hume, Mr. Wakley, Colonel 6. Langton, and others, from Boston, Brentford, Blackburne, Bath, and other places, against Church Extension.