§ MR. MELDON, in moving that the Order for the said Petition to lie on the Table be read and discharged, said, his reason for the Motion was that many of the signatures to the Petition were forgeries and others fictitious.
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the Order, that the Petition from Dublin, against the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill [presented 28th May] do lie upon the Table, be read, and discharged."—(Mr. Meldon.)
§ SIR CHARLES FORSTER, in opposing the Motion, paid a compliment to the working men for the absence from the Petition of any impropriety, and said he would regard it as an infringement on the right of Petition to interfere with the free expression of their opinions upon a matter which concerned them so nearly. There was no case against the Petition, as only 30 signatures had been objected to out of nearly 12,000.
§ Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
§ House adjourned at Quarter past Two until Monday next.