HC Deb 07 March 1845 vol 78 cc429-30

NEW MEMBERS SWORN.—For Kent (Eastern Division), William Deedes, Esq. — For Shaftesbury, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq.

BILLS. Public. — 1°. Infeftment (Scotland); Heritable Securities (Scotland).

Reported.—Bastardy.

Private.—1°. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway; Foulmire Inclosure; Glasgow Junction Railway; Amicable Society Assurance; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway.

. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway, Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford and Biggleswade Line).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Shaw, from Donadea and several other places in Ireland, for Encouragement to Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Lord Ashley, from Vicar, Churchwardens and others, of Powerstock, against any Increase of Grant to College of Maynooth.—By Viscount Clive, from Dormington, and by Mr. W. Miles, from Shepton Mallet Church of England Lay Association, against the Union of St. Asaph and Bangor.—By Viscount Ingestrie, from Landowners and others, of Church Eaton, and 3 other places in County of Stafford, and by Mr. Eliot Yorke, from Landowners of the Isle of Ely, for Agricultural Relief from Taxation.—By Mr. Cobden, from Avebury, for Repeal of Corn Laws.—By Mr. Bright, from James Hills, of Sunderland, against the Window Duties.—By Mr. A. Oswald, from Magistrates and others, of the county of Ayr, and by Lord James Stuart, from Irvine and Montrose, against any Alteration in the present system of Banking (Scotland).—By Viscount Clive, from Ebenezer, and 2 other places in Wales, in favour of County Courts Bill (1844).—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Factory Workers employed by Messrs. Macleroy, Hamilton and Co., Catherine-street, Glasgow, in favour of Ten Hours' Bill.—By Mr. Bright, from Hunsworth, and by Mr. T. Duncombe, from Pershore, for Repeal of Game Laws.—By Mr. Hume, from Robert Richardson and others, for Regulating the Practice of Midwifery.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Females of Baptist and Independent Congregations, and from Society of Friends, of Reading, for Alteration of Law relating to Promiscuous Intercourse. — By Mr. Aldam, Lord Ashley, Mr. Bright, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Pole Carew, Mr. Greene, Mr. Henley, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Ord, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. W. Mites, Mr. O. Morgan, Colonel Paget, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Tancred, and Mr. Stuart Wortley, from an immense number of places, for Diminishing the Number of Public Houses.—By Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. George Duncan, Mr. F. Mackenzie, and Mr. Smollett, from 4 places in Scotland, for Improving the Condition of Scotch Schoolmasters.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Workmen of Glasgow, for Protection from Arrestment (Scotland).