HC Deb 02 August 1831 vol 5 c586

Bills. Brought in; by Mr. CRAMPTON, for Consolidating and Amending the Jury Laws in Ireland. By Mr. SPRING RICE, to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating to Hackney Coaches. Ordered to be brought in; to regulate the speed of Ships and Vessels in the Port of London. Read a second time; Exchequer Bills.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. Alderman VENABLES, of the quantity of Malt charged with Duty, from 5th January, 1830 to 5th January, 1831, and from that date to 5th July, 1831, distinguishing the amounts for England and Scotland:—On the Motion of Mr. JOHN WOOD, for an account of all Money received and expended for building two new Churches in St. Mary's, Newington, with all the particulars of the expenditure:—On the Motion of Mr. PUSEY, for a return of the fifty-six English Boroughs, the population of which was lowest of the Census of 1831, of the forty-one Boroughs immediately above them, and of the sixteen Boroughs next in order, according to the local limits of 1821; those to be excluded which returned one Member only, and distinguishing the Boroughs placed in the various Schedules of the Bill.

Petitions presented. By Mr. EWART, from the Churchwardens and Select Vestry of Liverpool, against the Poor Settlement Bill. By Mr. WYSE, from Land-holders and Householders of Castle Grace, for the abolition of Bishops' Courts; from the Inhabitants of Aughagour, complaining of Distress. By Mr. STRICKLAND, from an Association of York, complaining of the Law for stopping Footpaths. By Mr. W. A. WILLIAMS, from the Chairman of the Newport (Monmouth) Patriotic Society, in favour of Reform. By Mr. O'CONNELL, from Catholic Inhabitants of Baltinglass, Castle Lyons, and the Killolan Union of Kilworth, against any further Grants to the Kildare Street Society; from Literary Teachers (Dublin), for the Repeal of the Union:—By Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL, similar Petitions, from Freshford, Tullerson, and Three Castles:—By Mr. BROWNLOW, similar Petitions, from Catholic Inhabitants of three Parishes in Armagh. By Mr. O'CONNELL, from Kilmore, Kerry, complaining of the oppressive nature of Tithes; from the Members of the Irish Bar, for the reduction of the Stamp Duties on the admission of Catholic Freemen (Galway). By Sir W. H. FOLKES, from Corn Growers at Yarmouth, Norfolk, Land Owners and Occupiers, Freebridge Lynn, Freebridge Marshland and its vicinity, and East and West Hogg, Norfolk, against the use of Molasses in Breweries and Distilleries:—By Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, similar Petitions, from the County of Hertford:—By Lord FRANCIS OSBORNE, similar Petitions, from Owners and Occupiers of Land, Cambridgeshire. By Mr. BROWNLOW, from Catholics and Dissenters of Lisnadil, Armagh, complaining of the Bill to oblige them to contribute to build new Churches. By Mr. MULLINS, from the Fishermen of Dingle, complaining of the abolition of bounties for curing Fish.