HC Deb 08 May 1848 vol 98 c760

PUBLIC BILLS.—1° Copper and Lead Duties.Reported.—Removal of Aliens; Petty Bag Once. 3° and passed;—Evicted Destitute Poor (Ireland); Poor Houses (Ireland); Great Yarmouth Freemen Disfranchisement.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Macgregor, from Members of the Free Kingston Church, Glasgow, respectingquoad sacra Churches.—By Sir John Hope, from the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—By Mr. Drummond, from Lympsfield, Surrey, and other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Captain Dalrymple, from Members of the Free Church Congregation, Glenluce, Wigtonshire, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Alteration of the Law respecting Sites for Churches (Scotland).—By Mr. Hodgson, from Carlisle, and by Mr. Octavius Morgan, from Newport, for Repeal of Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. Deedes, from the Board of Guardians of the Isle of Thanet Union, for Rating Owners in lieu of Occupiers of Tenements.—By Mr. Walter, from the Congregation of Primitive Methodists, Canaan Street, Nottingham, for Reduction of Duties on Tea, Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa.—By Mr. Cobden, and Captain Vyse, from several Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, for Extension of Benefit Societies Act.—By Mr. G. S. Duff, from the Provisional Synod of Moray, of the Free Church of Scotland, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, against the Diplomatic Relations, Court of Rome, Bill.—By Mr. Urquhart, from Charles Ellerman, of Brompton, for Inquiry into his Case.—By Mr. Heywood, from Inhabitants of Bishops Stortford (Hertford), for Repeal of the Game Laws.—By Mr. Benjamin Smith, from the Town Council of Queensferry, and by Mr. Ewart, from Dumfries, for Alteration of the Law of Entail (Scotland).—By Sir W. Somerville, from the Board of Guardians of the Union of Kells (Meath), for Alteration of the Poor Law (Ireland).—By Viscount Duncan, from Bath, against; by Sir T. Acland, from Inhabitants of St. Giles, Camberwell, and other Hon. Members, in favour of; and by Mr. Drummond, from Governors and Directors of Greenwich, for Alteration of, the Public Health Bill.—By Sir. Cobden, from Athlone, for Inquiry into the Public Works (Ireland).—By Mr. J. B. Smith, from Dunfermline, suggesting Loans on Railways (Scotland).—By Sir T. Birch, from Pawnbrokers of Liverpool, for Alteration of the Law of Remedies against the Hundred.—By Mr. Joseph Bailey, from Hay District, to take the Case of Turnpike Trusts into Consideration.