HC Deb 10 June 1847 vol 93 cc294-5

NEW WRITS.—For Derby, v. Viscount Dun-cannon, now Lord Ponsonby—For the County of Cork, v. Daniel O'Connell, Esq., deceased.

PUBLIC HILLS. 1° Port Natal Collection of Duties; Lunatic Asylums (No. 2); Tithes Commutation; Joint Stock Companies; Representative Peers (Scotland).

2° Lunatic Asylums (No 2).

Reported.—Destitute Persons (Ireland, No. 2); Herring Fishery (Scotland).

3° and passed:—Prisoners' Removal (Ireland); Newfoundland Government; Passengers' Act Amendment; Highway Rates; Out Pensioners (Chelsea and Greenwich).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Liverpool, for Alteration of the Law respecting the Registration of Voters.—By Mr. G. Hamilton, from three places in Ireland, for Alteration of the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act.—By Sir R. H. Inglis, from Burton-upon-Trent, against the Encouragement of Idolatry in India—By Sir W. Codrington, from Clergy of Gloucester and Bristol, for the Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Sir R. H. Inglis, from Committee of the West of England Protestant Alliance, against the Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts Bill.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Leicester, against the Use of Grain in Breweries and Distilleries—By Mr. Watson, from Attorneys, Solicitors, and Proctors, against the House of Commons Costs Taxation Bill.—By Mr. Pusey, from several places, in favour of the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill.—By Mr. Barnard, and Sir FitzRoy Kelly, from several places, for Regulating the Qualification of Chemists and Druggists.—By Mr. Watson, from Solicitors of Liverpool, for Inquiry in relation to the Court of Chancery.—By several hon. Members, from various places, for Alteration of the Proposed Plan of Education.—By Mr. G. Palmer, from Thomas Ford, a Prisoner in the Queen's Prison, Surrey, for Inquiry into his case.—By the Earl of Lincoln, and other hon. Members, from several places, in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.—By Mr. Grogan, from Dublin, for Alteration of the Law of Landlord and Tenant (Ireland).—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Richard Barneby, Clerk of St. Leonard's (Sussex), for Inquiry respecting Lunatics and Lunatic Asylums.—By Mr. Escott, from Michael Meade, of Bridge-street, Winchester, for Inquiry respecting his Trial.—By Mr. G. Berkeley, from John Davis, of Gloucester, Machinist, alleging a Discovery of the Measurement of the Circle.—By Mr. Mild-may, from Medical Practitioners of Southampton, against the Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment Bill; and by Mr. Bannerman, and Mr. T. Duncombe, from several placess, in favour of the same.—By Mr. Chapman, from Masters of British Merchant Vessels, against the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Mr. Duncan, from Dundee, for Alteration of the Poor Law (Scotland) Act.—By Mr. R. Palmer, from Newbury (Berks), for Repeal or Alteration of the Poor Removal Act.—By Mr. Bankes, from Leeds, in favour of the Poor Removal Act Amendment Bill.—By Captain Hatton, from Wexford, and Mr. J. O'Brien, from Limerick, in favour of the Railways (Ireland, No. 2) Bill; and by Lord G. Bentinck, from Chairman, Directors, and Shareholders of the Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland, for Participation in the same.—By several hon. Members, from Farmers and Graziers of various places, against the Removal of Smithfield Market.