HC Deb 09 March 1831 vol 3 c248

Reports from the Committees on the Dover and Stockbridge Elections were presented, deciding that the sitting Members were duly elected.

Bills. Mr. GROSVENOR'S Relief Bill was committed, read a third time, and passed. The Bankrupt Act Amendment Bill, the Census (Ireland) Bill, read a third time and passed.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Sir HENRY PAENELL of the amount of Stock transferred from England to Ireland, and from Ireland to England, in the five years preceding the year 1831; distinguishing the amount transferred in each year, and the different kinds of Stock.

Petitions presented. In favour of the Ministerial plan of Reform, by Mr. LAW HODGES, from Hythe, Folkstone, Gravesend, and Milton:—By Mr. BENETT, from the Householders of Devizes:— By the ATTORNEY GENERAL, from the Corporation of Nottingham, and from the Students and Members of the Inns of Courts, practising below the Bar. By Mr. HUNT, from Stradbally, for a Repeal of the Union. For the Repeal of the Coal Duties, by Lord G. LENNOX, from Chichester:—By Mr. ADEANE, from Cambridge. By Colonel SIBTHORP, from Louth, Esk, and Ludborough, against the Register of Deeds Bill; and against the Tax on Steam-Boats, from the Owners of Steam Vessels trading between Lincoln and Boston. By Mr. W. PATTEN, for the Repeal of the Duties on Calicoes, from Lancaster and Garstang. By Sir HENRY PARNELL, from Carlow, against the Kildare-street Society; from Galway, for a protecting Duty on foreign Kelp; from Cotton Spinners of Balbriggan, against any additional Duty on Raw Cotton. For an Extension of the Galway Franchise, from the Chamber of Commerce of Galway; and from several places in Ireland, for the Abolition of Slavery.