§ The Earl of Warwickpresented a petition from Atherstone, in the county of Warwick, praying that the hundred in which it was placed might not be assessed to make good the damages done at the riots at Birmingham in the year 1839. The noble Earl stated, that he had before presented a similar petition, and that he thought the case was one of peculiar hardship. Atherstone, which was thirty miles from Birmingham, received no advantage whatever from that town, and, therefore, he thought it was most unjust that it should be assessed in the way which was proposed. He trusted that the noble Marquess opposite would give the subject his best consideration.
The Marquess of Normanbysaid, that he 970 had seen a deputation from the county of Warwick on the subject some lime ago, and he was prepared to admit, that the case was one of some hardship; but as the law was general it was very difficult to apply a particular remedy in this case. He could only assure the noble Earl that he would give the subject the best consideration.
§ Adjourned.