HL Deb 15 June 1846 vol 87 c438

PUBLIC BILLS.—1a. Small Debts; Juvenile Offenders.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Campbell, from Derry and other places, praying that a Bill may be passed compensating Proprietors of Lands for the Purchase of Sites for Free Churches (Scotland).—From Bedford, and other places, against the Corn Importation and Customs Duties Bills.—From Chichester, for the Substitution of Affirmations in lieu of Oaths where persons having Conscientious Scruples object to be sworn in Courts of Justice.—From the Parish of All Saints, Wandsworth, complaining of the Inadequate Remuneration and Inconvenience that Petit and Common Jurors are subject to at Assizes, and for a Revision of the Laws relating to Jurors.—By the Duke of Buckingham, from Inhabitants of Falmouth, in favour of the Corn Importation and Customs Duties Bills.—From Railway Passengers on the Bristol and Birmingham Line, complaining of the Inconvenience attending the change of Carriages at Gloucester resulting from the Break of Gauge.—From the City of London, against the Corn Importation Bill.—From Westminster, for the Adoption of a Measure for the Employment and Reformation of Discharged Prisoners.—From Guardians of the Droitwich Union, for Repeal of Lunatics Act and Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Act.