HC Deb 07 February 1837 vol 36 c205

Bills. Read a first time:—Sheriffs' Court. Petitions presented. By several Hon. MEMBERS, from various places, for the Abolition of Church Rates.—By Colonel CONOLLY from Donegal, for Amendment of Grand Juries Act.—By Captain DUNDAS and Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, from Glasgow and Bristol, for Repeal of Duty on Soap.—By Mr. DAVID ROCHE, from Mungret and Crecora, for Abolition of Tithes—Reform of Municipal Corporations —adoption of Vote by Ballot—and Provision for the Poor of Ireland.—By Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, from the Innkeepers in Hants, for Consolidation of Laws relating to Innkeepers.—By Lord Viscount HOWICK, from the Rate-Payers, Northumberland, for placing the County Rate under the control of Rate-Payers.