Lords Sitting of 14 February 1833

MINUTES.
Petitions presented. By Lord King, from the Wesleyan Methodists of Axminster; and by the Earl of Essex, from Leominster,—for the Abolition of Negro Slavery.—By the Bishop of BATH and WELLS, from Bath, for a Repeal of the Sale of Beer Act.—By Lord KINO, from certain Trades of Loudon, for the Better observance of the Sabbath.

TURNPIKE ROADS.
Lord Teynhaminquired, whether it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to take the management of the turnpike roads into their own hands?
The Duke of Richmondsaid, he was not aware that such was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers; but that when the Returns which he moved for last Session should be laid on the Table, he should move for a Special Committee to examine them, as it would be found that the debts on the turnpike roads of England and Wales, amounted to more than 8,000,000 l., and that their present expenditure far exceeded their receipts.