HC Deb 08 February 1849 vol 102 c439

NEW MEMBER SWORN.—For Truro, Humphry Willyams, Esq.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Horsman, from the Parish of Sunderland, in the County of Durham, for a more Equal Distribution of the Revenue belonging to the Bishopwearmouth Rectory.—By Mr. Saville Ogle, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for an Alteration of the Law respecting the Church of England Clergy.—By Mr. Osborne, from the Baptists of Wakefield, Yorkshire, for the Abolition of Church Rates.—By Mr. George Thompson, from the same Place, in favour of the Abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts.—By Mr. Ewart, also from the same Place, for a Reduction of the Duties on Tea, Sugar, and Coffee, &c.—By Mr. Frewen, from Inhabitants of Roehampton, Surrey, for Encouragement to Schools in Connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. Masterman, from several Watchmakers of the City of London, for Inquiry into the Custom House Sales of Foreign Clocks and Watches.—By Colonel Thompson, from the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, resident in Glasgow, and its Vicinity, respecting the Deductions from their Half-Pay.—By Lord Dudley Stuart, from the Parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex, in favour of an Alteration of the Poor Law.—By Mr. Corbally, from Landowners of the County of Meath; and by Mr. Osborne, from the Guardiens of the Clonmel Union, for an Alteration of the Poor Law (Ireland).—By Mr. Broadwood, from the Borough of Bridgewater, for the Suppression of Promiscuous Intercourse.—By Mr. Hume, from the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Company, respecting Taxation on Railways.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Thomas Watts, Letter Carrier, for an Extension of the Superannuation Act.