HC Deb 22 March 1844 vol 73 cc1366-7

BILLS. Public.—Reported.—Indemnity; International Copyright.

Private.—1o. Pulteney Town Harbour and Improvement; Clerkenwell Improvement; Dowager Lady Nugent's Naturalization; North Wales Mineral Railway; Ness Fisheries; Reversionary Interest Society; Weaver Navigation; Bow Brickhill Estate; Lakenheath and Brandon Drainage.

2o. Gorbals Statute Labour; Eastern Union Railway; Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Tyne Bridge; Pontop and South Shields Railway; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway; South Eastern Railway; Monkland Railways (No. 2).

Reported.—Severn Navigation; Beccles Navigation.

3o. and passed:—Birmingham Canal Navigation; Ramsay Inclosure; Bury Inclosure; Liverpool New Gas and Coke.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. From City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, respecting Railroad Companies.—By Colonel G. Langton, from Debtors in Wilton, and by Viscount Howick, from Durham Gaol, against the Law of Bankruptcy and Insolvency.—By Mr. C. Round, from Sudbury Union, and by Mr. S. Crawford, from Rochdale, against the Poor Law Amendment Act.—By Lord F. Egerton, from Silk Hand Loom Weavers of Leigh, complaining of Distress.—By Lord R. Grosvenor, from Chester, and by Mr. T. Duncombe, from Finsbury, and Westminster, for Reduction of Duty on Tobacco.—By Mr. Estcourt, from Jesus College, Oxford, and by Mr. Darby, from Ticehurst, against Union of Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.—By Mr. Macaulay, from Edinburgh, for Abolishing Religious Tests in Universities (Scotland).—By Mr. Hope Johnstone, from the Presbytery of Dumfries, for Ameliorating the Condition of Schoolmasters (Scotland).—By Mr. Rashleigh, from J. H. Nankwill, for Reform in Medical Profession.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in favour of Universal suffrage.—By Sir H. W. Barron, from Waterford, is favour of Municipal Reform (Ireland).—By Mr. Macaulay, from Edinburgh, and Dunbar, against the Prisons (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. P. Borthwick, from Marylebone, and from William Roberts, for Inquiry into the Working of the Anatomy Act.—By Mr. O'Connell, from Newfoundland, against Coercive Measures for Ireland.—By Mr. O'Connell, from Liverpool, and several other places, in favour of the Repeal of the Union with Ireland.—By Lord G. Somerset, from Merchants and others, respecting Carriage of Goods by Railways.—From Ross, complaining of the Omission of Roman Catholics from the State Trial Jury (Ireland).—By Mr. O'Connell, from the Loyal National Repeal Association, for Inquiry into the late State Trial (Ireland)—By Mr. Williams Wynn, from Llangwrig, for Exempting Lime used as Manure from Toll.—By Viscount Howick, from Coal Owners, for Repeal of Export Duty on Coals from Warkworth Harbour.—By Sir R. Inglis, from Members of the Bath Church of England Lay Association, against the Abolition of Church Rates.—By Mr. Cowper, from J. M. Morgan, for Appropriating Waste Lands to the benefit of the Working Classes.—By Mr. Cresswell, from Rothbury, Felton, and Shilbottle, against any Alteration in the Corn Laws.—By Mr. S. Crawford, from Braintree, for Withholding the Supplies.—By Sir J. Easthope, and Mr. W. Patten, from Leicester, and Preston, against Limiting the flours of Labour to Ten Hours in Factories.—By Lord Ashley, and Mr. Fielden, from 97 places, in favour of Limiting the Hours of Labour to Ten Hours in Factories.