HC Deb 22 March 1847 vol 91 cc262-3

NEW WRIT. For the Eastern Division of Somerset, v. Colonel Gore Langton, deceased.

NEW MEMBER SWORN. For Lewes, Robert Perfect, Esq.

PUBLIC BILLS.—2° Array Service.

Reported.—Prisons; Custody of Offenders.

3° General Register House (Edinburgh).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. L. Bruges, from Melksham, for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Mr. Hume, from Hanover (Jamaica), for the Abolition of Commercial Restrictions.—By Mr. Brotherton and other Hon. Members, from several places, against the Use of Grain in Breweries and Distilleries.—By Mr. Gaskell and other Hon. Members, from several places, in Favour of the Rating of Tenements (No. 2) Bill.—By Mr. Ferrand, from Shipley, for Repeal of the Anatomy Act.—By Mr. Bright and other Hon. Members, from a great many places, against the Government Scheme of Education.—By Colonel Mure, from Paisley, and Mr. F. Scott, from Selkirk, against the Marriage (Scotland) Bill.—By Sir W. Clay, from London, for an Efficient Poor Law (Ireland).—By Mr. Blake and other Hon. Members, from several places, for Alteration of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.—By Mr. Sotheron, from Guardians of the Swindon Union, and Mr. Trotter, from West Clandon (Surrey), for Repeal or Alteration of the Poor Removal Act.—By Mr. E. Ellice, from Queen's Ferry, and Mr. Hume, from Cowes, in Favour of the Ports, Harbours, &c. Bill (1846).—By Mr. E. Ellice, from the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company, against the Railways Bill.—By Captain Bunbury, from Castlecomer, in Favour of the Railways (Ireland) Bill.—By Sir G. Clerk and other Hon. Members, from several places, against the Registering Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Forbes and other Hon. Members, from several places, against the Registering of Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill; and Marriage (Scotland) Bill.—By Sir G. Clerk and other Hon. Members, from a great many places, for Compensation relating to the Registering of Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill; and the Marriage (Scotland) Bill—By Dr. Bowring, from Great and Little Bolton, and Mr. Entwisle, from Halshaw Moor, for Alteration of the Law respecting the Sale of Beer.