HC Deb 11 May 1848 vol 98 c835

PUBLIC BILLS.—1°Borough Elections (No. 2); Incumbered Estates (Ireland).

2° Lunatic Asylums (Scotland).

3° Removal of Aliens; Petty Bag Office.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Bright, from one of the Manufacturing Districts of South Lancashire, for Extension of Elective Franchise.—By Viscount Morpeth, from Members of the Congregation of General Baptists, in the Town of Louth, Lincolnshire, for Discouragement of Idolatry in India.—By Mr. Joseph Baily, from Talgarth (Brecon), and by other Hon. Members, from a number of Places, for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Mr. George Duncan, from Members of the Presbyterian Congregation of Hiltown Free Church, Dundee, and by other Hon. Members, from various Places, for Alteration of the Law respecting Sites for Churches (Scotland).—By Mr. Edward Ellice, from the Town Council of Cupar, and by Mr. W. Morison, from Freeholders of Clackmannan, for Inquiry into the Excise, Laws.—From Attorneys and Solicitors, practising at Ormskirk and Southport (Lancaster), for Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates. —By Mr. Gardner, from several Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, for Extension of the Benefit Societies Act.—By Mr. George Hamilton, from Solicitors practising in Ireland, for Inquiry respecting the Court of Chancery (Ireland).—By Mr. Tatton Egerton, from Cheadle (Chester), and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, against the Diplomatic Relations, Court of Rome, Bill.—By Mr. E. Ellice, from the Town Council of Pittenween, in the county of Fife, for Improvement of Elie Harbour; and against the Law of Entail (Scotland) Bill.—By Colonel Muir, from Justices of the Peace of Renfrewshire, for Regulating the Licensing System (Scotland).—By Colonel Watkins, of the Board of Guardians of the Brecknock Poor Law Union, for Alteration of the Law respecting Mendicancy.—From several Clergymen of the Church of England, respecting Certain Pictures in the National Gallery.—By Sir T. Acland, from the rural Deanery of Torrington (Devon), for Alteration of the Law respecting Parochial Assessments.—By Colonel Mure, from Paisley, for Amendment of the Poor Law (Scotland).—By Mr. E. Ellice, from the Town Council of Cupar, for Alteration of the Law for Regulating Prisons (Scotland).—By Mr. Cardwell, from the Committee of the Liverpool Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade, and by the Marquess of Granby, from Stamford, against, by Mr. Bagshaw, from the Mayor and Burgesses of Harwich, for Alteration of, and by Lord Robert Grosvenor, from Brentford, and its Vicinity, in favour of, the Public Health Bill.—By Mr. Ewart, from the Burgesses of Lochmaben, for Amendment of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act.—By Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, from Llanbeblig (Carnarvon), for Alteration of the Law of Settlement.—By Lord George Bentinck, from the Rev. Henry Palmer, M.A., of Withcote Hall, Leicester, for Repeal of the Slave Trade Felony Act.—By Lord Newport, from Samuel Bright, and Others, Bishops Castle district, to take the Turnpike Trusts into Consideration.