HL Deb 27 April 1847 vol 92 c1

PUBLIC BILLS. 1a Lunatic Asylums.

2a Commons Inclosure (No. 2); Prisons (Ireland); Incumbered Estates (Ireland.)

3a and passed:—Customs Duties; Insolvent Debtors Act Amendment.

Received the Royal Assent.—Fever (Ireland).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Morley and a great number of other places, against the proposed Government Plan of Education.—From Awre, against any further Concession or Support being granted to the Roman Catholics.—From Arbroath and several other places, in favour of the proposed Government Plan of Education.—By the Marquess of Lansdowne, from Guardians of the Mountmelick Union, against any Clause being inserted in the Bill which would throw the Responsibility of Supporting the Poor on the Occupying Tenant.—By Lord Monteagle, from the Parish of Christchurch, Surrey, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.—From Maryborough and Moira, against the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.—From North Greenhoe and the Eastern Division of Norfolk, for the Repeal of the Malt Tax.