HL Deb 20 February 1837 vol 36 c653

Petitions presented. By the Bishop of HEREFORD, from Bridgenorth, against parts of the Fourth Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; and from the Archdeaconry of Ely, against Abolition of Church Rates—By the Earl of RIPON, from Lincoln; Lord KENYON, the Marquess of CLANRICARDE, the Bishop of EXETER, Lords MARYBOROUGH, BEXLEY; the Earls of CLARENDON, SHAFTESBURY; the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, from various places, against the Abolition of Church Rates.—By the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, from the Guardians of the Poor of the Hoxne Union, against the Alteration of Poor Laws Amendment Act.—By Lord BROUGHAM, from Okehampton, for some measure to extend the benefit of the Municipal Corporations Act to that Town.