Lords Sitting of 17 May 1830

MINUTES.
Petitions presented. By Lord DE DUNSTAN-VILLE, from Falmouth, praying the removal of the Civil Disabilities affecting the Jews:—By the Earl of DARNLEY, a similar Petition, from the Jews of Canterbury. By the Earl of RADNOR, from a Reform Society, against the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill, and in favour of a general Reform in Parliament. By Lord ROLLE, against the Punishment of Death for Forgery, from the Inhabitants of Teignmouth (Devonshire); and from Crediton, in the same County. By the Earl of RADNOR, from an Association for the Inmate of, Knowledge, in favour of Mr.

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Owen'a System. By Lord DYNEVOR, from Carmarthen, and another place, against any Alteration in the Welsh Judicature. By the Earl of WESTMORLAND, from the Newspaper Proprietors of Belfast, against the additional Duty of Stamps on Irish Newspapers and Advertisements; and from certain Inhabitants of that Town:—-By the Earl of GLENGALL, to the same effect, from the Letter-press Printers of Clonmel. By the Duke of RICHMOND, from an Individual, in favour of extending Poor-laws to Ireland. By the Duke of BEAUFORT, from Monmouth, against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter. By Viscount CLIFDEN, from Parishes in Ireland, against the Tithe-laws. By the Bishop of BATH and WELLS, from Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, for the Abolition of Slavery:—By Lord FAVERSHAM, from a Parish in Yorkshire, with a similar prayer. By the Earl of DARNLEY, from Parishes in the County of Meath, against the proposed increase of Duty on British Corn Spirits:—By the Earl of GLENGALL, from Carrick-on-Suir, with a similar prayer.
The Examination of Witnesses in support of the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill was proceeded with on the Motion of the Marquis of SALISBURY. Several Witnesses proved they had received packages, containing twenty Guineas each, subsequently to the Elections of 1812, 1816, &c., but by whom the Money was delivered they were ignorant.