HC Deb 28 March 1849 vol 103 c1442

PUBLIC BILLS.—2° Sequestrators' Remedies.

Reported.—Affirmation; Indictable Offences (Ireland); Summary Convictions (Ireland).

3° Larceny Acts Amendment; Mutiny; Marine Mutiny; Indemnity.

PETITIONS PRESENTED.

By Colonel Thompson, from several Inhabitants of London, and its Vicinity, for the Adoption of Universal Suffrage.—By Mr. Page Wood, from Leith, and several other Places, in favour of the Affirmation Bill.—By Mr. Lennard, from the Borough of Maldon, and its Neighbourhood, in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill.—By Mr. Alexander Hope, from the Parish of Lawshall, Suffolk; and by Mr. Drummond, from the Parish of Haslemere, Surrey, against the Marriages Bill,—By Mr. Arkwright, from Leominster, Hereford, for Repeal of Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. Wad-dington, from the Parish of Wortham, Suffolk, and from several other Places, for Repeal of the Duty on Malt.—From Ratepayers of Lambeth, for Reduction of Public Expenditure,—By Sir J. V. Buller, from Arthur Howe Holdsworth, Esq. of Dartmouth, for Inquiry into his Case.—By Mr. Hume, from John Charles Hall, of East Retford, Nottingham, complaining of the Pernicious Character of certain Medical Advertisements in Newspapers.—By Lord Lewisham, from the Guardians of the West Bromwich Union, in the Counties of Stafford and Worcester, for the Suppression of Mendicancy.—From William Stephens, of Bedford Row, London, for the Production of Certain Papers connected with the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Mullingar to Athlone) Bill (1846).—By Sir Thomas Birch, from Operative Ship and Anchor Smiths, of the Port of Liverpool, against the Navigation Bill.—By Mr. Corry of Tyrone, and from several other Places, against the proposed Rate in Aid (Ireland).—By Mr. Henry Drummond, from Overseers, and Others, connected with the Farnham Union, in the County of Surrey; for a Superannuation Fund for Poor Law Officers.—By Mr. Hardcastle, from the Guardians of the Parish of St. James, in the Borough of Colchester, in favour of the Poor Law Union Charges Bill (1847–8).—By Mr. Busfeild, from the Parish of Bradford, Yorkshire, for the Suppression of Promiscuous Intercourse.—By Mr. Divett, from John Remington Mills, Esq., of Englefield Green, in the County of Surrey, respecting Abuses in the Election of the Sheriffs of London.—By Mr. Sidney Herbert, from Inhabitants of the District of Christchurch, Warminster, for the Suppression of the Slave Trude.—By Mr. Compton, from the Parish of Eling, Hampshire, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Referring War Disputes to Arbitration.