HL Deb 28 July 1831 vol 5 c461

Petitions presented. By the Marquis of SLIGO, from Gentry, Merchants, and Inhabitants of Sheffield, in favour of the Manchester Rail Road Bill. By the Duke of NORFOLK, from Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Kilshannick, for an alteration of the Grant for Education (Ireland). By Viscount GODERICH, from 15,000 Workmen and Labourers, in several Parishes in Stafford; and by the Marquis of BUTE, from Land Owners, Tradesmen, and Inhabitants of Merthyr Tydvil, against the Truck System. By the Earl of GLASGOW, from the Provincial Synod of Caithness and Sutherland, for the abolition of Slavery.