HC Deb 21 February 1849 vol 102 c1040

PUBLIC BILLS—2° Bribery at Elections; Petty Sessions; Distraining for Rates.

Reported.—Consolidated Fund 8,000,000l. Commons Inclosure.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Cayley, from a Public Meeting held at Whitby; and by Mr. Cowper, from the Borough of Hertford, for an Alteration of the Law respecting the Church of England Clergy.—By Mr. Osborne, from several Congregations of Protestant Dissenters, for the Abolition of Church Rates, Ecclesiastical Courts, &c.—By Sir W. Somerville, from Drogheda, for a Removal of the Jewish Disabilities.—By Mr. Hume, from Leith, for Reduction in the Public Expenditure.—By Mr. Octavius Duncorabe, from the Parish of St. Florence, Pembrokeshire, for Protection to British Produce.—By Mr. Napier, from Members of the Irish Branch of the United Church of England and Ireland, for Encouragement to Schools in Connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland)—From several Inhabitants of the Counties of Waterford and Cork, for a Repeal of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act.—By Mr. Cowan, from Edinburgh, for a Repeal of the Game Laws.