HC Deb 18 February 1848 vol 96 cc899-900

NEW WRIT.—For Devizes, v. William Heald Ludlow Bruges, Esq., Chiltern Hundreds.

NEW MEMBER SWORN.—For Salop (Northern Division), John Whitehall Dodd, Esq.

PUBLIC BILLS.—5° and passed: New Zealand Government.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Bramstone, and other hon. Members, from several places, against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—By Mr. Grantley Berkeley, and other hon. Members, from several places, in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—By Mr. Henley, from Oxford, and by Colonel Mure, from Paisley, for the Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Sir William Verner, from Orange Lodges, against the Diplomatic Relations with the Court of Rome.—By Mr. Henley, from Oxford, complaining of the Conduct of the Catholic Clergy (Ireland).—By the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, from York, and by Mr. Grantley Berkeley, from Nailsworth, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.—By Mr. Wakley, from Middlesex, for Inquiry into the Case of the Rajah of Sattara.—By Mr. Hume, from Glasgow, for Consideration of the West India Colonies.—By Mr. Headlam, from a great number of places, for the Repeal of Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. M'Gregor, from the West of Scotland Auxiliary Association, for Inquiry respecting the Excise Laws.—By Mr. Wakley, from St. Luke's, for the Equalisation of the Land Tax.—By Lord J. Stuart, from Cardiff, for the Rating of Owners instead of Occupiers of Tenements.—By Mr. Fordyce, from Aberdeen, for the Revision of the Stamp Duties—By Sir Thomas Birch, and other hon. Members, from several places, for the Reduction of Duty on Tea.—By Viscount Duncan, and other hon. Members, from various places, for the Repeal of the Duty on Windows.—By Mr. Foley, and other hon. Members, from numerous Orders of Odd Fellows, for the Extension of the Benefit Societies Act.—By Sir Harry Verney, from Mrs. Jemina Vans Robertson, for Inquiry respecting the Deccan Prize Money.—By Mr. George Hamilton, from Kildare, and other places, and by Sir William Veiney, from Armagh, for Encouragement to Schools in Connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. Baines, and other hon. Members, from several places, for Sanitary Regulations—By Mr. Sharman Crawford, from Kildare, for the Alteration of the Law of Landlord and Tenant (Ireland).—From William Clarke, 29, Coleman Street, London, for the Production of Papers respecting the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Bills (1846). From Physicians and Surgeons of the Cork Dispensary, for Redress to Members of the Medical Profession (Ireland).—By Mr. Thomas Baring, and other hon. Members, from various places, for Retrenchment in the Naval and Military Expenditure.—By Mr. Hudson, from Sunderland, and other places, against the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Mr. Hume, from New South Wales, for the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By Mr. Wakley, from a Meeting held at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Theobald's Road, for Alteration of the Poor Law.—By Mr. Thomas Baring, from Clerks, Masters, and Matrons of various Workhouses, for a Superannuation Fund for Poor Law Officers.—By Mr. George Thompson, and other hon. Members, from various places, for the Abolition of Punishment of Death.—By Mr. Alexander Lockhart, from the Parish Schoolmasters of Selkirk, for Ameliorating their Condition.