HC Deb 15 May 1839 vol 47 c1022

Petitions Presented:—By Sir DE LACY EVANS, Captain WEMYSS, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Lord ASHLEY, Messrs. GLADSTONE, BARNARD, HUME, PATTESON, AGLIONBY, and BERNAL, from a great number of Places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.— By Mr. PRAED, from Cheshire, for Amending the Beer Laws.—By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, from Edinburgh, against Sunday Travelling, and the Delivery of Letters on the Sunday.—By Lord SANDON, from several Places, for Church Extension in England.—By Mr. PLANTA, from Hastings, against appointing Catholic Chaplains to Prisons.—By Sir G. CLERK, Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR, and Mr. M. LOCKHART, from several Places, for Church Extension in Scotland.—By Mr. PAKINGTON, from places in Yorkshire, for Church Extension in Canada, and against any System of Education, not founded on the Scriptures.—By Mr. E. BULLER, from Staffordshire, for Reforming the Abuses in the Collection of County Rates.—By Mr. YOUNG, from two Places, for appointing Presbyterian Chaplains to Presbyterian Regiments, instead of compelling Presbyterian Soldiers to attend Places of Worship, not of their own Persuasion.—By Lord ASHLEY, from one Place against the Ecclesiastical Duties, and Revenues Bill.—By Mr. GLADSTONE, from Newark, against the Appointment of Catholic Chaplains to Prisons.