HC Deb 28 February 1849 vol 102 c1337

PUBLIC BILLS.—Reported.—Overseers (Cities and Boroughs); Outdoor Paupers.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Viscount Ebrington, from a Public Meeting held in the Assembly Rooms at Kingsbridge, for an Alteration of the Law respecting the Church of England Clergy.—By Mr. Reynolds, from the Parish of Rathcoole, Dublin, and from several other places, for a Repeal of the Paper Duty.—By Mr. Farrer, from the Middlebro' and Redcar Railway, respecting the Taxation on Railways.—By Mr. MacKinnon, from Manchester, for Prohibiting the Employment of Dogs for Drawing Carts.—By Mr. Meagher, from the Waterford Sanitary Association, in favour of an Health of Towns (Ireland) Bill.—By Mr. Dod, from the Board of Guarddians of the Market Drayton Union, for the Suppression of Mendicancy.—By Sir Thomas Birch, from Shipowners, and Others, of the Port of Liverpool, and by other Hon. Members, from several other Places, against a Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Mr. Pole Carew, from the Board of Guardians of the Liskeard Union, Cornwall, respecting the Poor Law Assessment.—By Viscount Ebrington, from the Board of Guardians of the Honiton Union, Devonshire, respecting the Law of Settlement.—By Mr. O'Flaherty, from the Ratepayers of the Scariff Union, for an Alteration of the Poor Law (Ireland).—By Mr. Boyle, from the Borough of Frome, for the Suppression of Promiscuous Intercourse.—From Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke's Bridge House, Bungay (Suffolk) for an Alteration of the Law respecting Public Roads.—By Mr. Meagher, from the Waterford Sanitary Association, for an Accurate Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Ireland).—By Mr. George Thompson, from the Belfast Anti-Slavery Society, respecting the Slave Trade (Trinidad).—By Sir R. Price, from Hereford, and its Vicinity, and from several other Places, for Referring War Disputes to Arbitration.