HC Deb 05 August 1845 vol 82 c1432

NEW WRIT. For Chichester, v. Lord Arthur Lennox, Clerk of the Ordnance.

BILLS. Public.—1°. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

. and passed:—Exchequer Bills (£9,024,900); Consolidated Fund (Appropriation).

Private.—Reported.—Shuldham's Divorce; Marquess of Westminster's Estate; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.

. and passed:—Shuldham's Divorce; Marquess of Westminster's Estate.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Wyse, from Chelsea, for Extension of Elective Franchise.—By Mr. Bright, from Members of Central Committee of Glasgow Free Church Lay Association, complaining of Refusal of Landowners to grant Land on which to erect Churches for those who have left the Establishment.—By Mr. Plumptre, from Newton Barry, and several other places, for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Mr. Pakington, from General Assembly of Newfoundland, for securing Steam Communication with that Colony.—By Mr. Divett, from C. Bird, of Exeter, Barrister at Law, for Reform in the Administration of Justice.—By Mr. Wyse, from William Power, of Seafield, Waterford, for Alteration of Law relating to Landlord and Tenant (Ireland).—By Mr. Wakley, from Inhabitants of Finsbury, for Inquiry into Treatment of Lunatics, etc—By Mr. Ewart, from Gentry, Clergy, aud others, of Aylesbury, for Abolition of Punishment of Death.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Persons confined in the Queen's Prison, for Alteration of Rules relating to that Prison.—By Mr. Hume, from Trustees, Secretary, and Depositors of St. Clement Danes Savings Bank, Searl's Place, Carey Street, for Alteration of Law relating to Savings Banks.