HC Deb 22 February 1849 vol 102 c1098

MINUTES. NEW MEMBERS SWORN.—For York County (West Riding), Edmund Denison, Esq.; For Stafford County (Southern Division), Viscount Lewisham.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. George Cavendish, from several Clergymen in Derbyshire, in favour of Church of England Extension.—By Mr. Anderson, from Scarborough, and by Mr. Bouverie, from St. Austell, for an Alteration of the Law respecting the Church of England Clergy By Mr. Cardwell, from Members of St. Martin's Congregation, Liverpool, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, against any Alteration of the Law of Marriages—By Mr. Bulkeley, from Solicitors and Others, practising at Pwllheli, Carnarvon, for Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. Reynolds, from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin, for Abolition of Ministers' Money (Ireland).—By Mr. Anderson, from Inhabitants of the Zetland Islands, for a Reduction of the Public Expenditure.—By Mr. Sotheron, from the Parish of Highworth, Wiltshire, for Rating Owners in lieu of Occupiers.—By Mr. Pearson, from several Inhabitants of the City of London, in favour of a Better Supply of Gas By Mr. Ellice, from the various Parishes of Coventry, for the Suppression of Mendicancy. —By Mr. Baines, from Leith; and by Mr. Brisco, from Hastings, against a Repeal of the Navigation Laws,—By Mr. Muntz, from Henry Archer, of 37, Great George Street, Westminster, for Inquiry respecting Patents for Inventions.—By Sir T. Acland, from the Board of Guardians of the Okehampton Union, Devonshire, respecting the Poor Law Settlement.—By Mr. Mackinnon, from Manchester, for the Abolition of Prize Fighting By Mr. Plowden, from the Isle of Wight, for the Suppression of Promiscuous Intercourse—By Mr. Divett, from the Borough of Okehampton, for Referring War Disputes to Arbitration.