Lords Sitting of 18 May 1841

Preamble
MINUTES.] Bills. Received the Royal assent:—Exchequer Bills (11,000,000 l.); Excise Collection and Management; Slave Compensation; Lease and Release; Banking Copartnerships Court of Exchequer (Ireland); Dublin Wide Streets (No. 2); Sir Walter Scott's Monument. —Read a second time:—Criminal Justice; Quarter Sessions.—Read a third time:— Frivolous Suits.
Petitions presented. By Lord Portman, from Bath, against Church Rates.—By the Earl of Yarborough, the Earl of Haddington, Lord Stradbroke, the Marquess of Down-shire, and the Earl of Winchilsea, from the Isle of Wight, places in Scotland, places in Ireland, Kent, and other places, against any Alteration of the Corn-laws.—By Earl Fitzwilliam, from Yorkshire, against the Corn-laws.—By the Marquess of Breadalbane, from Scotland, in favour of the Principles announced by her Majesty's Government with regard to the Import Duties.