HL Deb 07 June 1844 vol 75 c395

BILLS. Public—3a. and passed:—Assaults (Ireland); Gold and Silver Wares.

Private.—la. Nottingham (West Croft Canal) Improvement; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway.

2a. Manchester Police; Manchester Improvement; Southampton Marsh Improvement; Rother Levels Drainage; South Eastern Railway; Whltehaven and Maryport Railway; Salisbury Branch Railway; South Devon Railway; Pulteney Town Harbour and Improvement.

Reported. — Earl of Guilford's Estate; Necton Tithes (Bishop of Norwich's).

3a. and passed:—Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company; Sheffield United Gas; Manchester Royal Infirmary.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Earl of Faversham, from Wycliffe, and several other places, for Protection to Agriculture.—By Earl of Powis, from Horsham, and a great number of other places, against the Union of St. Asaph and Bangor.—From Protestant Association of York, for Inquiry into the Course of Instruction adopted at Maynooth.—From Steeple Bumpstead, and 2 other places, against any further Grant to Maynooth.—From Dews-bury, against any Measure which shall Exempt Railways from the Payment of Parochial Rates.—From Clarks Bridge, and 5 other places, for Legalizing Marriages solemnized by Presbyterian and Dissenting Ministers in Ireland.—By Lord Portman, from county of Somerset, for better Regulation of Remuneration paid to Clerks of the Peace. — By Lord Campbell, from Cupar, for Abolishing Religious Tests in Scotch Universities. — From Bradford, against, and from Prisoners confined in White Cross Street Prison, in favour of the Creditors and Debtors Rill.—From Moorfields, for Alteration of Law respecting Friendly Societies. — From Magilligan, and several other places, against the Dissenters Chapels Bill. —From Roman Catholics resident in London, in favour of the Repeal of the Roman Catholic Penal Acts.