HC Deb 24 February 1846 vol 84 c14

PUBLIC BILLS.—1°. Joint Stock Banks; Election Notices (Ireland).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Sir Edmund Filmer, from Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, of the Borough of Gravesend, for returning a Member to Parliament.—By Sir Charles Coote, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Beckett Denison, and Sir Edmund Filmer, from various places, against a Repeal of the Corn Laws.—By several hon. Members, from various places, against, and by Mr. Wilshere, from Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in favour, of the proposed Government Measure respcting Customs and Corn Importation.—By several hon. Members, from a number of places, for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws.—By Sir Robert Peel, from the President and Members of the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, for a speedy Adjustment of the proposed Commercial Policy.—By the O'Conor Don, from Inhabitants of Castlerea, for a Repeal of the Stamp Duties Assimilation Act.—By Sir Robert Price, from Inhabitants of the City of Hereford, for Reduction of duty on Tea and Sugar.—By Mr. Duncan, from Shipowners of the Port of Dundee, for Reduction of Duty on Timber.—By Mr. Beckett Denison, from Farmers and others, of the Township of Cononley, complaining of unequal Rating.— By Mr. Baine, Mr. Wilson Patten, and Sir George Strickland, from various places, for Remission of Sentence upon William S. Ellis.—By Mr. Walker, from Clergymen and Dissenting Ministers of the Parish of Keighley, for limiting the Hours of Labour of Children and Young Persons employed in Factories to Ten.—By several hon. Members, from a great number of places, for Remission of Sentence upon Frost, Williams, and Jones.—By several hon. Members, from various places, against Enrolment of Militia.—From Members of the Congregation of the Wesleyan Chapel, Bexhill, for Suppression of Promiscuous Intercourse.—By Mr. Fox Maule, from the Presbytery of Jedburgh, against Licensing Toll Houses (Scotland) for the Sale of Spirituous Liquors.