House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 9 February 1831

Die Mercurii, 9° Februarii 1831.

DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Bedfont Road Bill.

The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Powder Mills on Hounslow Heath, in the County of Middlesex, to the Twenty Milestone on Egham Hill, in the County of Surrey," was committed; "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Attornies, & Certificates, Petition of Procurators, Perthshire, for Repeal of Duties on.

Upon reading the Petition of the Members of the Society of Procurators practising before the Courts of Law in Perthshire, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to repeal the Duties chargeable on Certificates granted to Solicitors, Attornies, Notaries, Agents and Procurators in Scotland:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Coals carried Coastwise, Petitions from Ward of Bridge, London, & Bristol, for Repeal of Duty on.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Ward of Bridge, in the City of London, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That the Tax on Coals imported into the Port of London may be repealed, or that such other Relief may be granted, as the Wisdom of their Lordships shall deem just and equitable:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Upon reading, the Petition of the Inhabitants of the City of Bristol and its Neighbourhood, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will enquire into and consider the partial and injurious Operation of the Coastwise Duty on Coal, as it affects the Consumers of the City of Bristol and its Neighbourhood, to the end that such Alterations may be made and such Relief afforded as to their Lordships may seem meet:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Welsh Slates carried Coastwise, Petition from Carnarvon for Repeal of Duty on.

Upon reading the Petition of the Deputy Mayor, Bailiffs, Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Carnarvon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "for a Repeal of the Duty on Slates quarried in the Principality of Wales, on being taken Coastwise to any of the English Markets:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, decimum diem instantis Februarii, horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.