HC Deb 07 May 1849 vol 104 cc1392-3

NEW MEMBER SWORN.—John Arthur Roebuck, Esquire, for Sheffield.

PUBLIC BILLS—2o Parliamentary Oaths; St. John's, Newfoundland, Rebuilding; Grants of Land (New South Wales).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By the Sheriffs of London, from the City Corporation, for the Abolition of the Oaths of Supremacy and Abjuration.—By Mr. Plumptre, from Bristol, against the Parliamentary Oaths Bill—By Mr. Hume, from Castle Acre, Norfolk, for an Extension of the Suffrage; and from Exeter, for Universal Suffrage.—By Mr. W. Lockhart, for the Separation of Church and State.—By Mr. Cobden, from Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, for the Clergy Relief Bill.—By Mr. Duncan, from Dundee, for Inquiry into the Ecclesiastical Revenues.—By Sir David Dundas, from Golspie, against, and by Admiral Benbow, from Cradley, Worcestershire, in favour of, the Marriages Bill.—By Sir William Morison, from Kinross, against the Marriage (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. E. Ellice, from the University of St. Andrews, against the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill.—By Mr. C. Howard, from Cumberland, for Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. Henry, from several Places, respecting the Lancashire County Expenditure.—By Mr. Lushington, from Westminster, for the County Rates and Expenditure Bill—By Mr. Fuller, from the Cuckfield Union, for Exempting Counties from the Expense of Constructing Gaols—From Places in the Eastern Division of Suffolk, for Repeal of the Duty on Malt.—By Mr. Alexander Hastie, from Glasgow, for Repeal of the Duty on Paper.—By Mr. E. Ellice, from St. Andrew's, for Reduction of the Public Expenditure.—By Mr. Halsey, from the Watford Union, for Rating Owners of Tenements in lieu of Occupiers; and from Sawbridgworth, for Agricultural Relief.—By Mr. Miles, from Frome, for an Alteration of the Conditions on which Grants for Education are Dispensed.—By Mr. Plumptre, from Brighthelmstone, for Encouragement to Schools in Connexion with the Church Education Society for Ireland.—By Sir R. Ferguson, from Dysart, against the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill,—By Mr. Alcock, from the Epsom Union, for a Superannuation Fund for Poor Law Officers. By Sir H. W. Barron, from Waterford, and other Places, for Assistance to complete the Waterford and Limerick Railway—By the Earl of Lincoln, from Falkirk, and by other hon. Members, against the Registering Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Alexander Hastie, from Glasgow, for Inquiry respecting the Roads and Bridges of Scotland.—By Mr. Hume, from Taunton, for Reduction of the Salaries of Public Officers.—By Sir James Graham, from Ripon, for an Alteration of the Sale of Beer Act.—By Mr. W. J. Fox, from Oldham, and by other hon. Members, for referring International Disputes to Arbitration.