HL Deb 26 March 1841 vol 57 c608

Bills. Read a first time:—County Bridges.—Read a second time:—Turnpike Act Continuance (Ireland); Consolidated Fund; County Rates.

Petitions presented. By the Bishop of London, from Kirkleavington, against any further Grant to Maynooth; from Staines, Bridgewater, and other places, against Idolatry in India; and from Bethnal-green, Whitechapel, St. Giles's, St. George's-in-the-East, and other Parishes of the Metropolis, for Improvement in the Sewerage, Drainage, and the Construction of the Houses of the Poor.—By the Duke of Argyle, from various places, and by the Marquess of Downshire, from places in the North of Ireland, against Church Patronage (Scotland).—By the Archbishop of Canterbury, from Farringdon-street Ward, and by Viscount Strangford, and Lord Ashburton, from several parts of the Metropolis, for the Abolition of the Metropolitan Bridge Tolls.—By Viscount Duncannon, from Tiverton, for Alterations in the Poor-law.