HL Deb 20 May 1842 vol 63 c553

BILLS. Private 1a. Duke of Cleveland's Estate; Earl of Devon's Estate; Viscount Fitzwilliam's (or Herbert's) Estate; Forth and Clyde Navigation; Liverpool Health of Town and Buildings Regulation; Guarantee Society; South Metropolitan Gas; Drogheda Harbour; Aberdeenshire Roads; Ashton's Divorce.

2a. Dundee and Arbroath Railway.

Reported.—Gain's Naturalization; Southwark Improvement (No. 2, specially); Greenock Harbours (specially).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Canwys, and Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, from Catholics of York, Congleton, Stourbridge, Richmond (Yorkshire), Huddersfield, Southport, Darlington, and other places, for better Religious Instruction for the Catholics in the Array and Navy.—By Lord Lorton, from. Clongish, for the Encouragement of Schools in connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland)—By Lord Sondes, from Gressen-hall, for Inquiry into the course of Instruction pursued at Maynooth College.—By Lord Redesdale, from Goudhurst, for the Limitation of the number of Hours of Attendance of Children in the Factories.—From the Literary and Scientific Institution of Lewes, that such Institution may be Exempted from the Payment of Assessed and other Taxes and Rates.—From the Council of the Borough of Plymouth, against the Criminal Jurisdiction (Quarter Sessions) Bill.