HL Deb 30 April 1847 vol 92 c201

PUBLIC BILLS.—3a and passed:—Prisons (Ireland); Commons Inclosure (No. 2).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Guardians of the Medway Union, for Alteration of the Law of Settlement, and for the Substitution of a Union Settlement in lieu of a Parochial Settlement.—By the Bishop of Oxford, from Repton, and Banbury, in favour of the Government Plan of Education.—From Dunbar, in favour of the Conservancy Of Tidal Waters.—From Haddington, for the Abolition of the Legacy Duty, and Inventory Stamp Duty, or to subject Real Property to a corresponding Tax.—From a great number of persons employed in Factories, for Limiting the Labour of all Females and Minors to Ten Hours.