HL Deb 29 April 1842 vol 62 c1234

BILLS. Public—1a. Soap Duties Drawback; Timber Ships.

Private.—1a. Charterhouse Estate; London and Black-wall Railway; Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool) Railway; Saundersfoot Railway; New Cross Roads; Granton Pier (No. 2); Great Torrington Market; Kirkintilloch Roads; Northern Coal Mining Company.

2a. Bolton and Preston Railway; Tulloch Estate (Davidson's).

Reported.—Ormesby Inclosure; Stanhope and Tyne Railway; Elegg's Divorce; Kingsclere Inclosure.

3a and passed;—Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway; Castlerigg and Derwentwater Inclosure; Severn Navigation.

Received the Royal Assent.—Spirit Duties (Ireland); Corn Importation; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway; Nottingham Gas (No. 1); St. Austell Market.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By the Earl of Winchilsea, from Fruit Growers in the county of Kent, for an Alteration of the present Import Duty on Foreign Fruit.—From Northumberland, against the Income-tax.—From Gateshead, praying that the Ancient Right of Nominating Justices of the Peace in Boroughs may be restored to the Town Councils.