HL Deb 16 February 1838 vol 40 c1225

Petitions presented By Lord SEGRAVE, from the Guardians of an Union in Gloucestershire, for the Amendment on the Beer-licensing Acts; and from Holford, for the immediate abolition of Negro Slavery.—By the Earl of RADNOR, from Richmond, Yorkshire, and from the city of York, for the Vote by Ballot.—By Lord BROUGHAM, from Holbeck, Shrewsbury, Kilmarnock, and Braintree, for an extension of the Suffrage; from Reddington and Gateshead, for a system of National Education; from Breckon, and the Gorbals, against additional endowments for the Scotch Church; from Dundee, for an alteration in the constitution of the Sheriffs' Courts (Scotland); from Montross, to deprive the King of Hanover of his allowance; from Gisburn, for a revision of the Criminal Law; from Cirencester and Walsall, against the system of Negro Apprenticeship; from Ardrossan, for the protection of the Elective Franchise, and a system of National Education; from the Procurators of Cupar, against any law for the regulations of their practice; from Bradford, and Stafford, for a reduction of Postage; from the Poplar Institution, from Berwick-on-Tweed, Leicester, and Gateshead, in favour of National Education; from Dumbarton, and Glasgow, for a repeal of the Corn-laws; and from Braintree, Lambeth, and Buckington, against compulsory measures towards the Canadians.