HC Deb 01 June 1842 vol 63 c1056

BILLS. Public.—1° Slave Trade Suppression (Hayti); Slave Trade Abolition (Argentine Confederation); Slave Trade Treaties.

Private.1° Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Reported. —Forth Marine Insurance Company; Kilmington Inclosure.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Sir G. Staunton, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Hindley, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Rushbrooke, from Bradford (York), Sudbury, Lichfield, Maidstone, Portsmouth, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Bristol, Sheffield, and Warwick, against the Introduction of any Clause to compel Public Houses to remain Closed from 12 o'clock on Saturday night until 1 o'clock on Sunday morning.— By Mr. Brotherton., from Salford, against the New Poor-law Amendment Bill.— From Bridport, against any Reduction of the Import Duty on Cordage. From Ministers of Baptist Churches, for Abolition of Church Rates. — From Glanmine, and Poole Gabbot, against the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill. From Leeds (East Ward), for a further Limitation of the Hours of Labour of Children in Factories.— From Lichfield, for Inquiry into the Proceedings at the last Election for that City.— From Ministers of Baptist Congregations, for the substitution of an Affirmation in lieu of an Oath.—From the Mayor and Aldermen of Sudbury, against the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill.—From the Trustees of the Birmingham, Redditch, Pershore, Leeds, and Otley Turnpike Roads, against the Turnpike Roads Bill.— From John Christopher, for inquiry concerning the quickest Route for conveying the West India and Mexican Mails. From the Electors of Southampton, Relative to the Late Election for that Borough—From the Rev. Henry Thomas Grace, against the Tithe Commutation Bill.— From Edward Gill Flight, for Amendment of the Precription Act.