HC Deb 12 March 1847 vol 90 c1240

PUBLIC BILLS.—1° Mutiny; Hosiery Manufacture; Prisons; Custody of Offenders.

Reported.—Agricultural Tenant Right; Drainage of Land.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. M. Gibson, from several places, for Alteration of the Law of Marriage.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Salford, against the Rating of Tenements Bill.—By Mr. Brownrigg and other Hon. Members, from several places, respecting Remuneration to Tax Assessors and Collectors.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Reading, for Repeal of the Window Duty.—By Mr. Stansfield, from Huddersfield, against the Government Scheme of Education.—By Mr. M. Gibson, from James Colquhoun, Esq., Agent for the Virgin Islands, in the West Indies, for Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Viscount Castlereagh and other Hon. Members, from several places, for Alteration of the Poor Law (Ireland).—By Sir C. Burrell, from Guardians of the Poor of the Horsham Union, for an Efficient Poor Law (Ireland).—By the O'Conor Don, from Roscommon, against the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.—By Sir J. Hanmer, from Kingston-upon-Hull, against allowing Railway Companies to own Steam Vessels.—By Viscount Duncannon, from Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway Company, against the Railways Bill.—By Colonel Rolleston, from Basford, for Alteration of the Law of Settlement.