HL Deb 08 March 1847 vol 90 c1004

Reported.—Custody of Offenders.

3a Labouring Poor (Ireland.)

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Brougham, from Glasgow, for the Establishment of a Comprehensive and Effectual System of Assessment for the Maintenance of the Poor in Ireland, and for the Relief of Great Britain from the present unprecedented influx of Paupers from Ireland; and from Kingston-upon-Hull, for Amendment of the Law respecting Juvenile Offenders.—From Bridport, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death in all cases.