HL Deb 23 April 1849 vol 104 c599

PUBLIC BILLS.—1a Cruelty to Animals Prevention.

2a Grants of Land (New South Wales); St. John's, Newfoundland Rebuilding.

Reported.—Society for the Prosecution of Felons (Distribution of Funds); Prisoners' Removal (Ireland).

3a Spirits (Ireland).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Sheffield, and other Places, for the Adoption of Measures for the Suppression of Seduction and Prostitution.—By the Earl of Harrowby, from Portsmouth, and several other Places, against the Granting of any New Licenses to Beer Shops.—By the Earl of Powis, from Clergy and Laity of the Church of England, that Article 11, Sect. 3, Cap. 2, may be Expunged from the Criminal Law Consolidation Bill.—From the Cardigan Union, against the Admission of Vagrants and Tramps into Union Workhouses.—From Cardigan, for the Enactment of a General Conservancy Bill; also for an Alteration in the Law of Settlement.—From Bath, for an Alteration of the Church Temporalities Act.—By the Marquess of Lansdowne, from Manchester, for an Alteration of the Navigation Laws.