HL Deb 16 May 1839 vol 47 c1028

Petitions Presented:—By the Earl of RODEN, from one place, for the Repeal of the Catholic Emancipation Act—By the Earl of ROSEBERRY, and the Marquess of LONDONDERRY, from several places, for a uniform Penny Postage.—By Lord BROUGHAM, from Glasgow, for commuting the Sentence of Transportation for Seven Years, passed on Five Cotton Spinners, in January, 1838. —By the Duke of RUTLAND, from several Boards of Guardians, in the Counties of Derby and Leicester, for some trifling alteration in the New Poor Law Act.— By the Earl of CAWOOR, from one place, for Church Extension in Scotland.—By Lord KENYON, from one place against converting Ecclesiastical Revenues to ally but Ecclesiastical purposes.