The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-16 00:00:00

PETITIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

In the House of Commons, on Monday evening,
petitions in favour of legalising marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister were presented by Mr. I'. H. Muntz,
from physicians and surgeons of Birmingham, also from
a public meeting at Birmingham and from 9,656 inha-
bitants of Birmingham; by Mr. T. Chambers, from
75 barristers, solicitors, gentlemen, and others of
Lincoln's-inn-fields and other parts, to the same effect,
and from Mr. J. Morison, for the immediate repeal of
the Vaccination laws; by Mr. Laslett, from Worcester,
in favour of the Municipal Corporation (Borough
Funds) Bill; by Sir It. Anstruther, in favour of
placing the county assessment for lunatics, police
prisons, and the like upon the Imperial Exchequer,
and from Cupar Free Templars against licensing any
house without the consent of the ratepayers; by Lord
G. F. Hamilton, from inhabitants of London, against
encroachments in Epping Forest ; by Mr. Graham,
from the United Presbyterians and other inhabitants
of Creetown, for excluding religious education from
the province of School Boards in Scotland; by Mr. R,
Smith, from Litchurch Local Board, Derby, in favour
of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; by Mr. S. Hol-
land, from the Nonconformist Calvinistic Methodists
of the Western end of Merionetshire, against money
raised from public funds for the purpose of national
education being applied for the instruction of only a
section of the children, and trusting that the Scotch
Education Bill may be so amended As to be consistent
with the principles of equality; by Mr. Magniac, from
St. Ives, against certain alterations of the Education
Act ; by NIL H. W. Fitzwilliam, from Kilquade,
praying that education may be based on religion, and
stating that no educational system can be suitable for
Catholic youths which excludes Catholic teaching;
by Mr. Robertson, from the Free Church Preabytery
ot Dunes and Chirnaide, against the tax upon carts
going to church ; by Mr. Morley, from a meeting
of ratepayers of Bristol. against the re-imposition
of the Income-tax in trades and professions ; also
from Shoretlitch and Whitechapel, and other parts
of the metropolis, in favour of Marriage with a De-
ceived Wife's Sister Bill; by Mr. Samuda, from the
Tower Hamlets, against the monopoly possessed by the
Sailors' Home, in supplying outfit to sailors, and of
boarding inbound ships to solicit custom for their
establishment ; by Colonel Brise, from Lieutenant-
Colonel Napper, Bengal Staff Corps, for redrew; of
grievance of principle admitted in clause 4, Army
Regulation Act of 1871 ; by Mr. H. Richard, from the
Local I.loard of Health, Merthyr, praying that the
provisions of the Parliamentary and Municipal Elec-
tions Bill may be extended to elections for local Boards
of Health; also from the Guardians of the Poor of the
Merthyr Union, that the elections for Poor-law Guar-
dians may be by ballot; and from the Local Board of
Health of Aberdare, in support of the Municipal Cor-
porations (Borough Funds) Bill ; by Mr. Dodson, from
Hawkhurst, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, Goudhurst, Hurst-
green, Burwash, Lamberhurst, and Kildown. against the
sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday ; by Mr. Arthur
Bliss, from the Highway Board of Handsworth, pray-
ing that clauses may be inserted in the Birmingham
and Staffordshire Tramway Bill to compel the company
to construct the tramways to the satisfaction of the
Highway Board, and to pave the tramways between
the rails and 18 inches on each aide; by 11. W. Fitz-
williarn, from the Board of Guardians of the Shille-
lagh Union, Ireland, in favour of the application
of the surplus revenues of the Irish Church to the
relief of the burdens on land ; by Mr. Eaton,
from Coventry, praying for the establishment of
an international system of arbitration ; also by Mr.
Figgins, from Shrewsbury, to the name effect; by Mr.
Trevelyan, for the abolition of capital punishment; by
Major Gavin, from Colonel Mewl, Colonel Schneider,
Captain Gowen, and Captain Gattiscombe, late of the
Hon. Fast India Service, complaining of grievances
and praying for redress; by Mr. Al'eullagh Torrena,
from the vestry of St. Luke's, in the county of Mid-
dlesex, in favour of the Epping Forest and the
Metage of Chain Bills by Mr. W. S. Allen, from
Weshyana at NewciVtle-under-Lyne, against the
sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday ; by Mr.
Wheelhouse, from ladies and inhabitants of Leeds,
against the Bill for the Protection of Infant Life; by
Mr. Dundas, from the Preisbytery of the Free Church
of Scotland in Orkney, praying remission of tax on
carte employed in conveying persons to their places of
worship; by Mr. Pemberton, from Captain Lidderdale,
Corps, Stan Co, ..a l'unoeggi Bengal
Staff Corps, praying redress of grievances under elnuse
four of Army Regulation Bill ; and by Mr. Fothergill,
from miners and underground workers of Cymmer.
Navigation and Deep Duffryn, Lower Duffryn, and
Aberaman, for the better regulation of mines.