HL Deb 01 March 1831 vol 2 c1054

Petitions presented. For the Abolition of Slavery, by the Bishop of LITCHFIELD and COVENTRY, from Coventry and other places in his Diocese. By the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, from certain Roman Catholics of the County of Gala-ay, for the extension of the Elective Franchise to the Catholics, in the same manner as to the Protestants. By Lord WHARNCLIFFE, for the Repeal of the Duty on Coals from Newcastle, and from South Shields. For Parliamentary Reform, by the Duke of GORDON, from Banff, Scotland; also from Bristol, praying that Ballot and Universal Suffage might be rejected from any plan of Reform that might be brought forward:—By Lord KING, from Farmers and Landowners in certain Parishes in Sussex, and for a Commutation of Tithes:—By the Karl of SHAFTESBURY, from Warwick:—By the LORD CHANCELLOR, from Manchester, and from Salford, which might be considered as forming a part of Manchester: the former signed by l2,000, and the latter by 2,000; from the Merchants and Manufacturers of Halifax, in Yorkshire, signed by 6,670 persons; from Elland; from Wakefield; and from Harlington, Lincolnshire:—By the Earl of RADNOR, from Basingstoke, Lymington, Cork, and Headcorn:—By the Earl of CARLISLE, from Beverley. Against the General Register Bill, by Lord MELBORNE, from Stradbally and Ballylaneen; for an alteration in the disposal of the Grants for Education (Ireland) and for a Revision of the Poor-Laws, from Sherington.