HL Deb 23 March 1831 vol 3 c825

Bills. The Colonial Trade and Sugar Duties brought up from the Commons.

Petitions presented. By the Earl of ILCHESTER, from Buckland Newton, for a Commutation of Tithes. By the Earl of HARDWICKE, against the General Registry Bill. By Lord SUFFIELD, from the Cotton Spinners of- Manchester, and from the Inhabitants of Preston, complaining of the unreasonable length of time in which children of an early age, employed in Cotton Manufactories, were compelled to work. In favour of Reform, by the Earl of HARDWICKE, from Wisbeaeh:—By Lord KENYON, from Wrexham:—