HL Deb 21 May 1849 vol 105 c683

PUBLIC BILLS.—2a Land Improvement and Drainage (Ireland).

Reported.—Small Debts (Scotland) Act Amendment. 3a Land Improvement and Drainage (Ireland).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By the Earls of Harrowby and Eglinton, Lords Stanley and Redesdale, and the Duke of Richmond, from Liverpool, Great Yarmouth, Torquay, and other Places, against the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.—By the Earl of Rosebery, and the Marquess of Lansdowne, from Leith, Dundee, and Liverpool, in favour of the Navigation BilL—From North Berwick, in Scotland, for the Repeal of the Game Laws; also for an Alteration of the Law respecting Elections of Members of Parliament.—From Cambridge, for an Extension of the Provisions of the Freemen's Lands Bill.—From Places in Yorkshire, and a Number of small Towns, for the Suppression of Seduction and Prostitution.—From Greenwich, that Boards of Guardians may be Empowered to grant Superannuation Allowances to Poor Law Officers.—By the Earl of Beauchamp, from Worcester, for a protective Duty on foreign Produce.—By Lord Lyttelton, from Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, for a Repeal of the Law of Settlement, and that a uniform Rate may be substituted in lieu thereof.—From a Number of Persons, that Measures may be taken for preventing the Sale of Tithes.—From Queensferry, against the Marriage (Scotland), and the Registering Births, &c. (Scotland) Bills.—By Earl Fitzhardinge, from Gloucester, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death.