HC Deb 22 March 1805 vol 4 c95

—A petition of several of the directors of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, appointed in and by virtue of an act, made in the last session of parliament, was presented to the house, and read; taking notice of the bill for repealing the said act, and for making other provisions in lieu there of; and setting forth, that the petitioners conceive the said act, is, adequate to every purpose of parochial regulation and building a work-house, and the powers thereof sufficiently extensive; and that the present bill has originated with only a few of the directors, unknown to the major part of such directors and the parish at large; and the same contains powers and provisions which, if passed into a law, will in many respects be highly prejudicial to the interests of the petitioners; and therefore praying, that they may be heard, by themselves or counsel, against the said bill passing into a law." Ordered to lie upon the table, until the said bill be read a second time; and that the petitioners be then heard, by themselves or counsel, against the said bill, upon their petition, if they think fit.—Adjourned.