HC Deb 11 February 1848 vol 96 cc458-9

PUBLIC BILLS.—1° Poor Removal; Administration of Justice (No. 1).

2° Administration of Justice (No. 2); Courts of Special and Petty Sessions; Protection of Justices from Vexatious Actions; Jewish Disabilities.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By a great many hon. Members, from an immense number of places, for and against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—By Mr. Christopher, from In- habitants of Humberstone (Lincoln), for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Mr. Lushington, from Ministers of various Denominations in North India, respecting the Validity of Marriages (India).—By several hon. Members, from various places, complaining of the Conduct of the Roman Catholic Clergy (Ireland); and for and against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.—By Mr. Frewen, from Clyst Honiton (Devon), against the Establishment of Romish Bishoprics.—By Mr. Pattison, and the Earl of Shelburne, from several places, for Inquiry respecting the Rajah of Sattara.—By Sir T. Acland, from South Molton, Mr. W. Miles, from Attorneys of Wincanton, and Mr. Ward, from Attorneys and Solicitors of Sheffield, for Repeal of Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Viscount Mahon, from Hertford, for Repeal of Duty on Carriages and Horses.—By Mr. Walter, from Nottingham, for Reduction of the Duty on Tea—From Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, of Cheltenham, for Extension of the Benefit Societies Act.—By Colonels Conolly and Verner, from several places in Ireland, for Encouragement to Schools in connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. Gibson Craig, from Kirkcaldy, for Repeal of the Game Laws—From the Hon. Sir Richard Broun, Bart, for Production of the Correspondence relating to the Halifax and Quebec Railway.—By Lord Ashley, from several places, for Sanitary Regulations.—From Cork, for Alteration of Law respecting Landlord and Tenant (Ireland).—By Mr. G. Craig, from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, for Reform in the Medical Profession.—By Mr. W. Miles, from Guardians of the Wincanton Union, for Alteration of the Law relating to Mendicancy.—By Sir J. Y. Buller, from Torquay, and Mr. E. Ellice, from Coventry, for Retrenchment of the Naval and Military Expenditure.—By the Earl of Mulgrave, from Scarborough, against the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Mr. Walter, from Nottingham, for Alteration of Law respecting Parochial Assessments.—By Mr. E. Ellice, from Poor Law Officers, of various places, for a Superannuation Fund; from Coventry, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death.—By Mr. Walter, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, for Alteration of the Law of Settlement, and Parochial Assessment.—By Mr. G. Craig, from Kirkcaldy, for Inquiry respecting Turnpike Roads (Scotland).