HC Deb 13 March 1846 vol 84 c978

NEW MEMBER SWORN. For Nottingham County (Northern Division), Lord Henry Bentinck.

PUBLIC BILLS.—1O. Lace Factories; Poor Removal; Fever (Ireland).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Arthur Taylor, from Landowners, Farmers, Tradesmen, and others of Bell-broughton, against the proposed Government Measure respecting Customs and Corn Importation.—By Lord John Russell and Mr. Wynn Ellis, from Importers and Manufacturers of Silk Goods, for a Speedy Adjustment of the Silk Duties.—By Mr. Hinde, from Members of the Committee of the General Shipowners' Association of London, against the proposed Measure respecting Timber.—By Mr. Jervis, from Churchwardens and Vestrymen of the United Parishes of Saint Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, against Institution of Night Asylums for the Poor.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Factory Workers in the Employ of Mr. Lord, in the Township of Manchester, for Limiting the Hours of Labour of Children and Young Persons employed in Factories to Ten.—By Mr. Thomas Duncombe, from George Phillips, Licensed Victualler, in the Borough of Leicester, complaining of Post Office Mismanagement.