HC Deb 18 February 1845 vol 77 c638

NEW WRITS.—For County of Kent (Eastern Division), v. the Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., acc. Chiltern Hundreds.—For Thetford, v. the Hon. William Bingham Baring, Paymaster General.

NEW MEMBER SWORN. — For Lewes, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Hutt, from Shipowners and others, of Whitby, for Reducing the Duty, Tolls, and Dues on Lighthouses.—By Mr. Chute, from Landowners and others, of County of Sussex, and by Mr. Wodehouse, from County of Norfolk, for Repeal of the Malt Duty.—By Lord Rendlesham, from East Suffolk Agricultural Protective Society, complaining of Agricultural Distress.—By Dr. Bowring, from Operative Bleachers of Glasgow, and by Mr. Brotherton, from Cathcart and Eastwood, for extending Provisions of Factory Act to Bleaching Works (Scotland).—By Mr. Owen Stanley, from two Parishes in the County of Anglesey, in favour of the County Courts Bill (1844).—By Mr. Bright, from Inhabitants of Aylesbury, for Repeal of Game Laws.—By Mr. P. Miles, from Master Tailors of Bristol, for Alteration of the Insolvent Debtors Act.—By Mr. Eliot Yorke, from Merchants and others, of Wisbeach, against the Insolvent Debtors Act, and in favour of the County Courts Bill (1844).—By Mr. Beckett, from Members of the Medical Profession of Leeds, Mr. O. Duncombe, from York, Sir G. Grey, from Devonport and Stonehouse, Viscount Marsham, from Isle of Sheppey, Mr. P. Miles, from Bristol, Mr. W. Patten, from Blackburn, Mr. Wodehouse, from Norwich, Mr. Stuart Wortley, from Halifax, Mr. Eliot Yorke, from Wisbeach, and from Members of the Council of the Medical Association of Ireland, against the Medical Practice Bill (1844).—By Mr. Brotherton, from Members of Manchester and Salford Peace Society, and by Mr. Hawes, from Peckham and Camberwell, against Increase to Naval aud Military Establishments.—By Colonel Paget, from Amlwch, county of Anglesey, for diminishing the number of Public Houses.—By Sir W. Clay, from George Smith, and James Scott Smith, Distillers, of Whitechapel, for Inquiry.