HC Deb 14 April 1831 vol 3 c1348

Sir JOHN MALCOLM took his seat for Launceston.

Bills committed. The Corporation Fund; the Elections (Ireland), read a third time. The Growth of Tobacco (Ireland); Deputy Lieutenants (Scotland) Indemnity,

Mr. R. GRANT'S Motion relative to the Emancipation of the Jews, was postponed till May 5th.

Petitions presented. For the Abolition of Slavery, by Lord STANLEY, from Warrington:—By Mr. HUGHES HUGHES, from Dissenters at Oxford:—By Mr. BENETT, from Dissenters at West Lavington, and other places in Wiltshire:—By Mr. JOHN WOOD, from Dissenters at Guisborough, and other places:—By Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE, from Pollok-shaws, and other places. In favour of the Cotton Factories Bill, by Mr. FYSHE PALMER, from Maidenhead:—By Mr. JOHN JOHXSTONE, from the Incorporation of Weavers, Dunfermline. Against the Bill, by Mr. STRUTT, from Silk Throwsters of Derby:—By Lord STANLEY, from Cotton Spinners at Heywood; also from the Clergy, &c. of Bolton-le-moor, against the Beer Bill. For Promoting the Building of Churches, by Mr. HUGHES HUGHES, from the Clergy of Docking, and of Kendal. In favour of the Kildare Street Society, by Mr. J. WYNNE, from Calny Sligo. Against the Duty on Steam Vessels, by Sir GEORGE MURRAY, from Owners of Steam Vessels at Leith:—By Lord WILLIAM GRAHAM, from Dumbarton:—By Mr. MARRYATT from Margate and Broadstairs. For Reform, by Lord STANLEY, from Broughton, Denton, and Houghton:—By Mr. HUNT, from Miles Platting. Against the Reform Bill, by Lord EASTNOR, from the Mayor and Corporation of Hereford:—By Mr. BENETT, from Westbury, complaining that that Borough was to be disfranchised, though it contained more than 6,000 inhabitants. By Sir GEORGE MURRAY, for the Repeal of the Post-horse Duty, from Coach-masters of Perth and Forfar shires. For the Repeal of the Duty on Printed Cottons, from Cotton Manufacturers at Perth.