HC Deb 18 August 1846 vol 88 c845

NEW MEMBER SWORN. For Saint Alban's, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq.

PUBLIC BILLS.—1°. Consolidated Fund; Public Works (Ireland) (No. 4); Public Works (Ireland) (No. 5); Poor Employment (Ireland); Constabulary (Ireland).

Reported. Small Debts; Income Tax Deductions; Lunatic Asylums (Ireland).

. and passed. Naval and Military Departments; Ejectments, &c. (Ireland); Rateable Property (Ireland); Steam Navigation.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Hume, from Inhabitants residing in the Town of Bungay, in the County of Suffolk, and in the Town of Harlestone, in the County of Norfolk, complaining of the Monopoly of Printing Bibles.—By Lord George Bentinck, from Inhabitants of Manchester, praying the House to investigate the Working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its Repeal.—By several hon. Members, from a great number of Chemists and Druggists, against the Spirit Licenses and Duties Bill.—By Mr. Corbally, from Clerks of Petty Sessions of the County of Meath, for Alteration of Law respecting Clerks of Petty Sessions (Ireland).—By Mr. Wakley, from Protestant Dissenters assembling for Religious Worship in the General Baptist Chapel in the Town of Saffron Warden, in the County of Essex, and from Inhabitants of Hammersmith, in Vestry assembled, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Flogging in the Army and Navy.—By Mr. Wakley, from Jean Mitchell, residing in the City of Glasgow, complaining of certain proceedings in the Glasgow Small Debts Court—By Mr. Wakley, from Debtor Prisoners of the Queen's Prison, Kingston upon Hull, for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt.—By Mr. Hume, from Ratepayers of the Parish of Kensington, against the Erection of a Workhouse for the said Parish.—By Mr. Spooner, from George Walter, Lieutenant of Royal Marines, praying the House to Examine and Report upon the Efficiency of a Life Boat invented by him.—By Mr. Wakley, from a great many Members of the Medical Profession, praying that the Medical Practitioners Bill may pass into a Law.—By Lord Marcus Hill, from Inhabitants of the Borough of Evesham, and from Retail Traders of Nottingham, praying the House to refuse to Railway Companies the Power sought by them to open Parcels committed to their Care.—By several hon. Members, from various places, in favour of the Small Debts Bill.—By Mr. Barclay, Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Bernal, and Mr. John Dundas, from several places, for the Adoption of Measures for Redeeming and Extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges.