§ Mr. PIKEI beg to present to the House a humble Petition from 11,385 electors in the Parliamentary Borough of Attercliffe:
To the Honourable Commons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled:Whereas the excessive taxation affecting the cost of our entertainments denies us the freedom of cheap entertainments, we your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your honourable House will institute an immediate inquiry into the matters alleged in this our petition.And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.