HC Deb 03 February 1832 vol 9 c1227

New Members sworn. Lord HOTHAM, for Leominster.

New Writs ordered. For the Ayrshire District of Boroughs, in the room of THOMAS FRANCIS KENNEDY, Esq., who had accepted the Office of Clerk of the Ordnance.

Bills brought in. For Regulating the Care of Lunatics. Read a third time and passed; Sacramental Test (Ireland.)

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. CROKER, of the Population in, and Assessed Taxes paid by all Towns not sending Members to Parliament, and having more than 5,000 Inhabitants; and of the number and amount of Exemptions from the Assessed Taxes on account of Yeomanry Cavalry Horses, for the year 1831, in each of the 110 Boroughs in Mr. Drummond's List:—On the Motion of Mr. ATTWOOD, of Bank Notes, and Bank Post Bills in circulation in every week from 31st July, 1851; of the Monthly Return paid by the Commissioners for the redemption of the National Debt, from 6th November, 1830; of the Value of Gold and Bullion received into the Mint, and the amount of Gold Coined from 6th August, 1831, up to the latest period all the Accounts can be made up to:—On the Motion of Mr. SPRING RICE, all Correspondence relating to Canal Communications in Canada, with the Expenses attendant thereon.

Petitions presented. By Mr. HUNT, from the Reform Association of Paisley, against the Anatomy Bill; from the Members of the Manchester Political Union, in favour of Reform. The Petition prayed for Householders' Suffrage, Annual Parliaments and Vote by Ballot; and from the Members of the Manchester Political Union, praying for an Inquiry into the Manchester Affair of 1819:—By Mr. WALTER CAMPBELL, from Campbell town, Collessie, Dunoon, and Bourncre, in favour of Reform:—By an HON. MEMBER, from Inhabitants of Calverly for restricting the Hours of Children working in Factories:—By Mr. ROBINSON, from Householders of Worcester, for an Inquiry into the manner in which public Hospitals are conducted in England; and from the Master Silk Throwsters of Sandbach, for an Inquiry into the Causes of the Distresses in the Silk Trade.