HL Deb 05 May 1840 vol 53 c1208

Bill. Read a first time:—Non-Intrusion.

Petitions presented. By Earl Fitzwilliam, from Greenwich, for the Bettor Observance of the Lord's Day; from Sheffield, for the Release of John Thorogood, and the Abolition of Church Rates; from Wakefield, against the War with China.—By the Bishop of London, from several Metropolitan Parishes, against Sunday Trading.—By the Bishop of Lincoln, and the Earl of Winchilsea, from several places, against the Grant to Maynooth College.—By the Earl of Radnor, from the City of London, for, and by the Earl of Winchilsea, and Lord Rayleigh, against, the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By the Bishops of Exeter, and Llandaff, from several places, for Church Extension.—By the Duke of Richmond, from Brentford, against Rating Stock in Trade; from several places, in favour of Non-Intrusion; and from Eastbourne, against the Poor-law Commissioners.—By the Earl of Galloway, from Montrose, in favour of Non-Intrusion.