HL Deb 01 August 1844 vol 76 cc1640-1

BILLS. Public.—1a. Piccadilly Improvement; Slaughtering Horses; Clerks to Attorneys; Tralee Navigation and Harbour; Spirits (Ireland); Savings' Banks; Woods and Forests Accounts; Grand Canal (Ireland); Consolidated Fund (Appropriation).

2a. Militia Pay; Joint Stock Companies Remedies at Law and in Equity; Poor Law Amendment; Joint Stock Banks Regulation; Criminal Justice (Middlesex); Municipal Corporations; Customs (New South Wales); Books and Engravings; Protection of Purchasers, etc. (Ireland).

Reported.—Railways; Turnpike Trusts (South Wales).

3a. and passed:—Transfer of Licenses (Post Horses); Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal; Law Courts (Ireland); Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions; Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.

Private.—Reported.—Duke of Hamilton and Brandon's Estate; London and Croydon Railway; Swansea Improvement.

3a. and passed:—Duke of Hamilton and Brandon's Estate.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Banbridge, and Stranorlar Unions, against the Poor Laws (Ireland).—From G. C. Rapier, of Newcastle, against the Poor Law Amendment Act; and from Guardians of Holywell Union, for Alteration of Bastardy Clauses.—From British-born Jews of Portsmouth, for Removal of Disabilities.—From Debtor Prisoners in Durham Gaol, and Queen's Bench, in favour of the Debtors and Creditors Bill.—From Bishop, Clergy, and Lay Members of the United Church of England and Ireland in Dioceses of Down and Connor, for Educating the Children of the Poor in the principles of the Established Church.—From Guardians of the United District of Montgomery and Pool, against any Alteration of the Local Acts of said District.