HL Deb 25 March 1847 vol 91 c368

PUBLIC BILLS. 3a and passed:—Drainage of Land.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Brougham, from Spitalfields, that Persons holding Property in Ireland may be made Responsible for the Maintenance of the Labouring Poor of that Country.—From Radford, Nottingham, for Alteration of the Law of Settlement, and for a National Rate.—By Lord Stanley, from the Isle of Thanet Union, for the Adoption of a Measure making the Landlords of Tenements not exceeding Eight Pounds liable to the Poor's Rates.