HC Deb 17 February 1831 vol 2 cc624-5

New Writs. For Saltash, in the room of Mr. GREGSON, and for Ashburton, in the room of the Right Hon. C. ARBUTHNOT, both these gentlemen having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

Bills were ordered to be brought in, to carry into effect the Resolution of the Committee of Ways and Means, and for altering the Game-Laws, and for preventing the abuse of Corporation Funds (Ireland). A Bill to Amend the Laws relating to Apprentices in Cotton Manufactures, was read a first time.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. HUME, of the Establishment of the Royal Marines, with the pay and allowance of each class, and a statement of the contingent expenses of every kind, showing the total expenditure for the past year, on account of that corps:—On the Motion of Mr. ALDERMAN THOMPSON, the Official Value of Goods warehoused in the Port of London, for the years 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, and 1830; and an account of the Goods actually in the bonded warehouses in the Port of London, on the 5th January, 1831, distinguishing the places where deposited, and quantities at each.

Petitions presented. In favour of Emancipating the Jews, by Lord J. RUSSELL., from the Dissenters of the three denominations. For Reform, by Lord G. BENTINCK, from King's Lynn:—By Mr. C. TYRELL, from Mansfield: —By Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, from Hertford, and from Lug-gershall:—By Mr. SLANEY, from Thornton, Lonsdale, and Great Bedwell: —By Sir W. INGILEY, from the Island of Axholme:—By Lord J. RUSSELL, from Monmouth, Lyme Regis, Lymington, and Newport (Monmouthshire), and from Huntingdon, for a Repeal of the Assessed Taxes. By Lord BRARAZON, from Dublin, for a Repeal of the Union. By Sir C. COOTE, from Queen's County, against the Grant to the Kildare street Society. By Mr. N. CALVERT, from Hitchin and Hishop Stortford, for a Repeal of the Coal Duties. By Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER, from the Churchwardens and Vestry of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, against the Vestry Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, by Mr. HUME, from North Berwick: — By Colonel DAVIES, from Worcester. By Lord L. GOWER, from Wick, against Oaths; and from Galway, on the subject of the Kelp Trade: —By Sir. S. RICE, from Limerick, for a Repeal of the Malt Tax; and from Galway, for an extension of the Elective Franchise.