HL Deb 23 April 1847 vol 91 cc1239-40

PUBLIC BILLS. 2a Customs Duties; Insolvent Debtors Act Amendment; Vexatious Actions, Protection against; Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses.

3a and passed:—Fever (Ireland).

Received the Royal Assent. — Exchequer Bills; Mutiny; Marine Mutiny; Indemnity; Markets and Fairs Clauses; Gas Works Clauses; Commissioners Clauses; Waterworks Clauses; Troops during Elections; General Register House (Edinburgh).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Redesdale, from Petworth, for Repeal of the Poor Removal Act, and for Inquiry whether it may not be advisable to adopt a National Assessment for the Relief of the Poor.—From Guardians of the Epping Union, and Magistrates of Sussex, or the Adoption of a Measure, making the Landlords of Tenements, where the Rents are under Six Pounds, liable to the Poor's Rates.—From Dissenters of Portsmouth, and Loddiswell, against the Government Plan of Education.—From Plymouth, for the Enactment of Sanitary Regulations.—By the Bishop of Durham, from Holsingham, in favour of the Government Plan of Education.—From Dursley, and other places, for the Repeal of the Poor Removal Act.—By the Duke of Richmond, from Maers- car, and other places, for Alteration of Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatic Acts.—From Dublin, and several other places, against the Customs Duties Bill.—From Scotch Distillers, for Alteration of the present Bonding System.