HC Deb 14 March 1845 vol 78 c887

BILLS. Public—2°. Infeftment (Scotland); Heritable Securities (Scotland).

Reported.—Railway Clauses Consolidation; Customs (Export Duties); Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland); Railway Clauses Consolidation (Scotland).

. and passed:—Bastardy.

Private.—1°. Eastern Union Railway; Battersea Poor; Dublin and Drogheda Railway; Shepley Lane Head and Barnsley Road; Lowestoft Railway and Harbour; Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway; Manchester Court of Record; Midland Railways (Swinton to Lincoln); Stokenchurch Road; Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln).

. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway; Amicable Society Assurance; Edinburgh and Hawick Railway; Foulmire Inclosure.

Reported.—Birkenhead (Commissioners) Docks.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Leslie, from Protestants of Monaghan, for Encouragement to Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. Maxwell, from Grand Jurors of Cavan, against Increase of Grant to College of Maynooth.—By Mr. Christopher, Sir Charles Knightley, and Mr. Newdegate, from a great number of places for Agricultural Relief from Taxation.—By Mr. Somes, from Operative Ropemakers of Port of London, against the Repeal of the Duty on Hemp.—By Sir W. Clay, from John Fairrie, for Compensation to Sugar Refiners.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Emma Martin, for Alteration of Law relating to Blasphemy.—By Mr. M. J. O'Connell, from Priests of Dublin, against the Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Act.—By Colonel Wood, from several Parishes in the County of Brecon, in favour of the County Courts Bill (1844).—By Mr. P. Stewart, from Renfrew, in favour of the Infeftment (Scotland), and Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bills.—By Mr. Henry Berkeley, from Metropolitan Tradesmen, and from Birmingham, for Alteration of the Insolvent Debtors Act.—By Sir John Rae Reid, from Dover, against Increase of Naval and Military Establishments.—By Mr. Brotherton, Sir J. Hanmer, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Langston, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Stansfield, and Colonel Wood, from a great number of places, for Diminishing the Number of Public Houses.—By Mr. Colvile, from Proprietors of Cromford Canal Navigation, by Mr. Spooner, from Proprietors of Worcester and Birmingham Canal Navigation, and from Proprietors of Stourbridge Navigation, for regulating Charges by Railway for Conveyance of Goods.—By Mr. Cumming Bruce, from County of Nairn, by Sir Thomas Hepburn, from Dunbar, by Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, from Presbytery of Dingwall, by the Lord Advocate, from Presbytery of Mull, and from Dunoon, and by Mr. Pringle, from Presbytery of Selkirk, for Improving the Condition of Schoolmasters (Scotland).