HC Deb 19 February 1846 vol 83 cc1165-6

NEW MEMBERS SWORN. For Selkirk, Allan Eliott Lockhart, Esq.; for Cashel, Timothy O'Brien. Esq.

PUBLIC BILLS.—2°. Burghs (Scotland).

. and passed. County Works Presentments (Ireland); Drainage, &c. (Ireland).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Thomas Duncombe, from Members of the Natoinal Association, High Holborn, for the Adoption of Universal Suffrage.—By Mr. Broadwood, from Inhabitants of the Borough of Bridgewater, for better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By several hon. Members, from a great number of places, against Diminishing Protection to Agriculture,—By several hon. Members, from various places, in favour of a Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws.—By several hon. Members, from a great number of places, against, and by Mr. G. Cavendish, and Mr. Evans, from various places, in favour, of the proposed Measure respecting Customs and Corn Importation. — By Lord George Bentinck, from Operative Broad Silk Handloom Weavers, of Spitalfields, against Alteration of Duties on Silk.—By Mr. Broadwood, from Merchants and Traders of Bridgewater, for Reduction of Duty on Tobacco.—By the Lord Advocate, from the Incorporation of Weavers, Dyers, and Clothdressers, of Canongate, in favour of Burghs (Scotland) Bill.—From Guardians of the Poor of the West London Union, against Exempting any Parties from the Metropolitan District Asylums.—By Mr. O'Connell, from Constables in the late City of Dublin Police Force, for Compensation.—By Mr. Cowper and Mr. Sharman Crawford, from various places, in favour of Limiting the Hours of Labour of Children and Young Persons employed in Factories to Ten.—By Mr. Sharman Crawford, from Tillicoultry and Heywood, and by Colonel Fox, from Poplar, for Remission of Sentence upon Frost, Williams, and Jones.—By Mr. Broadwood, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Langston, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Blackburne, from various places, against Enrolment of the Militia.—By Mr. Redington, from Guardians and Ratepayers of the New Ross Electoral Division of the New Ross Poor Law Union, for Alteration in the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act.—By Mr. Chute, from Rector, Owners, and Occupiers of Lands and Houses, in Great Cressingham, against Alteration in the Law of Settlement.—By Mr. Cumming Bruce, from the Presbytery of Strathbogie, against Licensing Toll Houses (Scotland) for the Sale of Spirituous Liquors.—By Sir Henry Smyth, from Inhabitants of Colchester, for referring Foreign Disputes to Arbitration.