HL Deb 23 September 1831 vol 7 c492

[The Select Committee to whom it had been referred to consider what alterations should be made in the interior of the House during the debate on the Reform Bill, recommended that an Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to give directions, that Galleries should be erected in the House in the same manner as had been adopted in the year 1820.—Ordered.]

Bill, Read a second time; Administration of Justice (Ireland.)

Petitions presented. By the Earl of CAMPERDOWN, from the Overseers and others connected with the Spinning Mills of Dundee, for the limitation of the hours of working in Manufactories in that part of the Kingdom. By the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, from certain Beer-housekeepers, for placing them on the same footing as Publicans. By Lord SUFFIELD, from the County of Norfolk, in favour of the Reform Bill. By the Duke of RICHMOND, to the same effect from the Inhabitants of Castle Douglas and its vicinity. By a NOBLE LORD, from the Inhabitants of Louth, Lincoln, praying that the condition of the Irish Peasantry might be taken into consideration.

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