§ Mr. Protheroepresented 286 petitions from Bristol, praying for annual parliaments and universal suffrage. The hon. member observed, that he had conversed with several of the petitioners, upon the subject to which their petitions referred; and although they had not been able to persuade him that he ought to adopt their opinions, he felt it due to their character to declare, that they did not appear to be actuated by any improper design—but to act from a conviction that the establishment of annual parliaments and universal suffrage was the best mode of restoring and preserving the purity of that House.
§ Ordered to lie on the table.