§ Mr. RADFORDI beg to present a Petition signed by over 6,000 citizens of Manchester as follows:
To the honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in Parliament assembled. The Petition of the undersigned humbly sheweth: That believing vivisection upon man's best friend the dog to be morally unjustifiable, scientifically useless, and dangerous and demoralising to the community, your Petitioners earnestly pray your Honourable House to pass a Bill withdrawing the sanction of the law from the practice. And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.