HC Deb 10 February 1848 vol 96 c367

PUBLIC BILLS.—1° Public Health.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By a great many hon. Members, from an immense number of places, for and against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—By Mr. Burroughes, from Norwich Operative Protestant Association, complaining of the Conduct of the Roman Catholic Clergy (Ireland); and from Westmoreland, against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill—By Mr. Anstey, from several places, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.—By Sir H. F. Davie, from Dunbar, and Mr. Hume, from Brechin, for Alteration of Law respecting Sites for Churches (Scotland).—By Mr. Pinney, from Tiverton, and Mr. Scholefield, from Birmingham, for Inquiry respecting the Rajah of Sattara.—By Mr. M'Gregor, from Glasgow, and Sir R. Peel, from Inhabitants of the Island of St. Vincent, for Consideration of the West India Colonies.—From Attorneys of Somerton, Langport, and Martock (Somerset), for Repeal of Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. H. F. Davie, from North Berwick, for Inquiry respecting the Excise Laws; and for Revision of the Sugar Duties.—By Mr. M'Gregor, from Glasgow, and Mr. Fox Maule, from Perth, for Reduction of Duty on Tea.—By Mr. Lushington, from Parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, for Repeal of the Window Tax.—By Mr. Hume, from Brechin, for Repeal of the Banking (Scotland) Act.—By Mr. Moffatt, from Sligo, respecting the Bonding of British Spirits.—By Mr. G. Hamilton, from several places in Ireland, for Encouragement to Schools in Connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. H. Berkeley, from Inhabitants of Bristol, for Sanitary Regulations, and for Discontinuing Interment in Towns.—By Mr. Hume, from East and West Somerton, and Winterton (Norfolk), for Alteration of Law regulating Leases By Mr. Du Pre, from Buckingham, for Alteration of the Lunatic Asylums Act.—By Mr. Pinney, from Wincanton, for Alteration of Law respecting Mendicancy.—By Mr. E. Bunbury, from Bury St. Edmund's, and Mr. Cobden, from several places, for Retrenchment of the Naval and Military Expenditure.—By Mr. Fagan, from Clogheen Union Poor Law Guardians, for Alteration of Poor Law (Ireland).—By Mr. Waddington, from Poor Law Officers of several places, for a Superannuation Fund.—By Sir H. F. Davie, from Dunbar, and Mr. Hume, from Arbroath, for Alteration of Law respecting Prisons (Scotland)—By Lord Courtenay, from Guardians of the Kingsbridge Union, for a Union Settlement.—By Sir H. F. Davie, from North Berwick, and Mr. Hume, from Montrose, for Alteration of the Law of Settlement, and Parochial Assessment.