HC Deb 12 March 1840 vol 52 c1154

Petitions presented. By Messrs. Strutt, W. Evans, Baines, Dennistoun, Brotherton, Easthope, Grey, Aglionby, E. Buller, Gisborne, Hume, Wyse, Ewart, and Sir George Strickland, from an immense number of places, for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Lord Eliot, and Mr. Waddington, from several places, against the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Messrs. F. W. Campbell, G. Craig, Lockhart, Houston, and Duff, from a number of places, in favour of Non-Intrusion.—By Mr. P. Howard, from Carlisle, and Mr. Lascelles, from Wakefield, against any Interference with the Internal Laws and Regulations of China.—By Mr. Corbally, from Meath, against the Importation of Foreign Flour into Ireland.—By Mr. Dennistoun, from Glasgow, for Universal Suffrage, and in favour of the Designs Copyright Bill.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Clerkenwell, for a Free Pardon to Frost, Jones, and Williams—By Messrs. Baines, Hawes, Swart, and Easthope, from several places, for the Release of John Thorogood, and the Abolition of Church Rates, and of the Jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Salford, for the Abolition of the Rural Police.—By Sir R. Inglis, from three places, against the Irish Municipal Bill.—By Sir G. Clerk, from Dalkeith, for an Alteration in the Laws of Patronage.—By Sir T. Acland, from one place, for Church Extension; and from others, against any further Grant to Maynooth College.—By Messrs. Wyse, and S. O'Brien, from two places, against the Importation of Foreign Flour into Ireland.—By Mr. Stansfield, from Huddersfield, in favour of the Copyright Assignment Bill.