HC Deb 10 June 1842 vol 63 cc1423-4

BILLS. Public.—1°. Perth Prison; Law of Evidence; Justices Jurisdiction.

. Postponed for six months.—Turnpike Roads.

. and passed:—.Slave Trade Suppression (Hayti); Slave Trade Abolition (Argentine Confederation); Slave Trade Treaties; Witnesses Indemnity.

Private.ߞ—1°. Ashton's Divorce; Rouma's Naturalization; Lesbazeille's Naturalization; Duke of Argyle's Estate.

. Bathurst's Estate.

Reported.—Bromyards Roads.

. and passed:—Kilmington Inclosure; Britwell Inclosure.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. O'Connell, from St. John's, Newfoundland, complaining of Delay in Convening the Legislative Assembly, and in support of the Existing Constitution of that Island.—By Mr. Fielden, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Ferrand, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Brotherton, and Lord Ashley, from Oldham, Chorley, Stockport, Royton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Harwich, Warrington, Charlton-upon-Medlock, Todmorden, Littleborough, Wigan, Manchester, Little Bolton, Crompton, Darlington, Huddersfield, Oversden Marsh, Mienden, and other places, for a further Limitation of the Hours of Labour of Young Persons in Factories.—By Mr. Fielden, and Mr. Stuart Wortley, from Honley, Foulston, Golcar, Shepley, Almondbury, Todmorden, and Wakefield, for Alteration or Repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Act.— From the Ross Union, for Reduction of the number of Assisstant Commissioners. — From St Michael's, and Holy Trinity, Coventry, Todmorden, and other places, against the Poor-law Amendment Act.—From Ash, Puttenham, Sealandlong, Sutton, Ash (Surrey), and Farnborough, against the Repeal of Gilbert's Act.—From Dublin, for the Repeal of the Municipal Corporations Act (Ireland).—By Viscount Bernard, from Killaloe, Knockbridge, Taghmon, Ballycormick, Kilcolgan, Kuaria Aughrina, Killaghton, and other places, for the Alteration of the Present System of Education (Ireland).—From Frome Selwood, for the Substitution of Oaths in Lieu of Affirmations.—From Bristol, for Inquiry into the mode of Education at Maynooth College.— From Bristol, Brecon, Wexford, Brecknock, and the Great Western Railway Company, against any Alteration of the Present System of communication with the South of Ireland.— From the Catholics at Shefford, and Newport, Isle of Wight, for Equalization of Civil Rights.—From Artlechmed, for the Repeal of so much of the Act of 6 & 7, Geo. 4, c. 77, as provides for the Union of the Sees of Bangor and St. Asaph's; and the Appropriation of Surplus Revenue.—From Birkenhead, and Wendover, against Railway Travelling on the Sabbath.—By Mr. Hastie, from the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, for the Reduction of the Duty on its Importation into Great Britain.—From St-Leonard's Shoreditch, for the Redemption of the Tolls on Waterloo and other Metropolitan Bridges.—By Mr. Mackinnon, from Residents in Belgium, for Improved Post-office communication with that country.— From Newport, Bucks., against the Importation of Cattle and Meat.—From Ormskirk, for the Reduction of the duty on Sugar and Coffee.ߞ—From the Governors of the Glenslough and Emyvale Dispensary, against placing such Institutions under the Control of the Poor-Law Commissioners.