HL Deb 02 April 1841 vol 57 c806

Bills. Read a first time:—Titles Recovery.—Read a second time;—Population Acts Amendment.

Petitions presented. By the Bishop of Chichester, from Chichester, for a Lower Qualification for the Guardians of the Poor.—By Lord Sondes, from East Dercham, against the College of Maynooth.—By the Marquess of Normanby, from Beverley, Liverpool, and Feversham, in favour of the Jews Declaration Bill; and from Bermondsey, and two other places, in favour of the Drainage Bill.—By the Marquess of Conynghanm and the Earl of Minto, from a Presbyterian Congregation at Ballyshannon, and from Melrose, for the Abolition of Church Patronage in Scotland.—By Lord Redesdale, from Malmesbury, against the Assessment of Tithes; and from the Board of Guardians of St. Thomas's Union in Devon, for Alterations of 'In' Poor-law Act.