Wednesday, May 22, 1844

BILLS. Public.—1°. Slave Trade Treaties.

2°. Forestalling, etc.; Courts Martial (East Indies); Smoke Prohibition.

3°. and passed:—Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland).

Private.—1°. Rigby's Estate; Campbell's Estate.

Reported.—Ventnor Improvement.

3°. and passed:—West Croft (Nottingham) Inclosure (No. 2).

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By several hon. Members (8 Petitions) against Dissenters Chapel Bill, and 2 in favour of same.—By Viscount Sandon, from Liverpool, against Ecclesiastical Courts Bill—By Mr. Boyd (30), by other hon. Members (3), from Ireland, for Legalising Presbyterian Marriages.—By Viscount Sandon, from Liverpool, respecting Coopers' Trade.—By Mr. Astell, from Beds, for Repeal of Stamp Duty on Hail Insurances.—By Mr. Vesey, from Maryborough, for Alteration of Dublin and Limerick Road Act.—By Mr. Warburton, from Kendall, (2), and Totncss, for Alteration of Poor Law.—By Mr. Muntz, from Birmingham, respecting Poor Law Commissioners,—By Viscount Sandon, from Liverpool (14), against Rating Owners of Tenements.—By Captain Gordon, from Turriff, and Strathbogie, for bettering Condition of Schoolmasters (Scotland).