§ MR. ILLINGWORTH (for Mr. W. S. ALLEN)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to the conviction of a Wesleyan local preacher by the magistrates at Tunstall, on the 15th of February, for ringing a bell in the streets of the town, and announcing that a religious service would be held in the Wesleyan Chapel; and, whether the conviction was in accordance with the Law; and, if so, whether he will take steps to remedy a state of things oppressive to Nonconformists?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT,in reply, said, that inquiries were being made on the subject; but as yet he did not know the result of those inquiries.