HC Deb 25 March 1844 vol 73 c1482

NEW MEMBERS SWORN.—Thomas Bateson, Esq., for Londonderry County.

BILLS. Public.—1°. Detached Parts of Counties.

. Gold and Silver Wares; Parishes (Scotland).

Reported.—Dean Forests' Encroachments.

. and passed: Indemnity Bill; International Copy-right.

Private—2°. Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge Railway; Chester and Holyhead Railway; Swansea Improvement; Paisley General Gas; Ayr Bridge; Southampton Improvement; Blackburn and Preston Railway; Harrogate and Knaresborough Railway.

Reported.—Manchester, Leeds, and Heywood Branch Railway; Edinburgh Cattle Market.

3a. and passed: Beccles Navigation; Severn Navigation.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Strutt, from Derby, and by Captain Rous, from Westminster, Mr. Ord, from Newcastle, and Sir J. Y. Buller, from Honitos, against, and by Mr. Packe, from Hinckley Union, in favour of Poor Law Amendment Bill.—Bill Lord Duncannon, from Bath, for Extension of Elective Franchise.—By Mr. Broadley, and Colonel Rushbrooke, from 142 places, against any Alteration in the Corn Laws.—By Sir Stephen Glynne, and other hon. Members, from Mold, and 6 places, against Union of Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.—By Mr. Collett, from Tipperary, for Relief.—By Mr. S. O'Brien, from Derrygalvin, respecting Poor Relief (Ireland) Act.—By Sir J. Y. Buller, from Ottery St. Mary, against Factories Bill.—By Mr. O'Connell, from Miramichi, and other places in North America, and from 61 places in Ireland, for Repeal of the Union.—By Mr. Beckett, from Leeds, and Mr. Mitcalfe, Tynemouth, respecting Window Tax on Licensed Victuallers.—By Mr. Ewart, from Annan, Sir J. Mactaggart, from Tranraer, Mr. Macaulay, from Linlithgow, and Mr. Balfour, from New Berwick, for Alteration of Prisons' (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Hume, from Scotland, against Religious Tests for Professors.—By Sir H. W. Barron, from Mary Willdridge, complaining of Board of Charitable Bequests.—By Mr. O. Gore, from County Mayo, for Relief from Poor Rate.—By Mr. G. W. Hope, from Southampton, for a Small Debts Bill.