HC Deb 23 March 1848 vol 97 c898

MINUTES. PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Mutlinavat (Kilkenny), for Repeal of the Union.—By Sir De Lacy Evans, from the Parish of St James, Westminster, for a Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Mr. George Hamilton, against a Relaxation of the Law of Marriage.—By Mr. George Hamilton, from Members of the Bath Church of England Lay Association, complaining of the Conduct of Roman Catholic Clergy (Ireland).—By the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, from Broughton and Skipton; and by Mr. H. Baillie, from Lochaber, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.—By Mr. Henley, from Witney (Oxford), and Bury (Lancaster), for Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. Anderson, from Lerwick, for Inquiry into the Excise Laws.—By Mr. Ewart, from Leighton Buzzard, for Retrenchment in the Expenditure.—By General Arbuthnott, from Justices of the Peace of Kincardineshire, for Repeal of the Inventory Duty (Scotland).—By Mr. H. Baillie, from Inverness, and other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Exemption of Charitable Bequests from the Legacy Duties.—By Mr. Macgregor, from Glasgow, and by Mr. Hume, from Brechin (Scotland), against Increase or Continuance of the Property Tax.—By Mr. C. Buller, from Bedford and Hertford, for Rating Owners instead of Occupiers of Tenements,—By Mr. Hume, from Charles Evans, of Tavistock Place, Saint Pancras, for Revision of Stamp Duties.—By Dr. Bowring, from Great Bolton, and by Mr. Ewart, from Reading, for Reduction of Duty on Tea,—By General Arbuthnott, from Justices of the Peace of Kincardineshire, for Alteration of the Banking Law.—By Mr. W. Fox, from several Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, for Extension of the Benefit Societies Act.—By Alderman Copeland, from the London Association for the Protection of Trade, for Alteration of the Law respecting the Central Criminal Court.—By Mr. Cumming Bruce, from the Presbytery of Tain, and by other Hon. Members, from a number of Places, against the Diplomatic Relationns, Court of Rome, Bill.—By several Hon. Members, from a number of Places, for Repeal of the Game Laws.—By Mr. Beckett, from Leeds, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Sanitary Regulations.—By—Lord J. Stuart, from Inverary, respecting the Herring Fishery (Scotland).—By Mr. Devereux, from Wexford, for Alteration of the Law of Landlord and Tenant (Ireland).—By Mr. Bateson, from Dunboe (Derry); and from Garvah (Londonderry), against the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill,—By Dr. Bowring, from Cheltenham, and by Mr. Hume, from Ledbury (Hereford), for Retrenchment in the Naval and Military Expenditure.—By Mr. Fergus, from Charleston, Limekilns, and its Neighbourhood, against Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Dr. Bowring, from Bolton, and by Mr. Walter, from Nottingham, respecting Deductions from Half Pay Pensioners (Army).