HL Deb 10 May 1849 vol 105 cc177-8

Took the Oaths.—The Viscount Melville.

PUBLIC BILLS2a Summary Convictions (Ireland); Indictable Offences (Ireland); Apprehension of Deserters (Portugal).

3a Exchequer Bills.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Earls Mountcashell and Eglinton, from several Congregations of Wesleyan Methodists, for the Suppression of Seduction and Prostitution.—By the Bishop of Exeter, from Torrington and Clapham, for an Alteration respecting the Grants in Aid of Public Education.—By the Marquess of Salisbury and Lord Colchester, from Harpenden, and other Places, complaining of Agricultural Distress, and against the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By the Earl of Roden, from Dublin, and several Poor Law Unions in Ireland, against the Rate in Aid.—From Dunmow, complaining of the Operation of the Law of Settlement.—By the Earl of Harrowby, from York, and a Number of other Places, against the Granting of any New Licenses to Beer Shops.—By the Bishop of Oxford, from Oxford, that Article 11. Sect. 3, Cap 2, of the Criminal Law Consolidation (No. 2) Bill may not pass into a Law.