HC Deb 05 May 1836 vol 33 c611

Petitions presented. By Mr. KEMP and General PALMER, from Bath and Helingley, for the Repeal of the Duty on Newspapers.—By Mr. GILLON, from the Weavers of Airdrie, Bathgate, and Torryburn, for a Regulation of their Wages.—By Colonel VERNER, from Portadown, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.—By Lord CHARLES RUSSELL, from Ampthill, for Mitigation of the Criminal Laws.—By Sir CHARLES BLUNT, from Lewes, that the Vote by Ballot may be used in all future Elections.—By the LORD ADVOCATE, from Inverness-shire, for the Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates; and from Edinburgh, for the Repeal of the Duty on Sales by Auction, Insurances, Legacies, Receipt Stamps; and from the Company of Merchants, Edinburgh, for a Repeal of the Duty on Fire Insurances; and from Leak, for the Abolition of Corporal Punishment; and from Leith, in favour of Spirit Licences' (Scotland) Bill; from Ballindaloch, against Salmon Fisheries' (Scotland) Bill.—By several HON. MEMBERS, from various Places, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.—By Alderman THOMPSON, from Sunder-land, against the Bishopric of Durham Bill.