HL Deb 25 May 1849 vol 105 cc968-9

PUBLIC BILLS.—1a Landlord and Tenant; Grand Jury Cess (Ireland).

2a Protection of Women.

3a Sewers Acts Amendment.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Derby, for the Repeal of the Malt Tax.—By Earls Nelson, St. Germans, Carlisle, Cawdor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of Lichfield, Salisbury, Norwich, and Oxford, from Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, and several other Counties, for the Adoption of Measures for the Suppression of Seduction and Prostitution.—By the Earl of Carlisle, from the City of York, in favour of the Freemen's Lands Bill.—From Cantley and Sedbergh, against the Granting of any New Licenses to Beer Shops.—From Dublin and Westmeath, for the Adoption of Measures for the Protection and Relief of Clergymen seceding from the Established Church.—From Liverpool and Balcombe, for the Adoption of Measures for preventing the Sale of Tithes.—From Menai Bridge, for Extending the Jurisdiction of County Courts.—By Lord Redesdale, from Bromford and Abingdon, that Boards of Guardians may be Empowered to grant Superannuation Allowances to Poor Law Officers.—By Lord Monteagle, from the Society of Friends in Ireland, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death By the Earl of Eglinton, from Ayr, against the Repeal of the Navigation Laws.