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Petitions . Signatures . 30 . Against the Factories Regulation Bill « ... 18 2 , 087 3 . For the same 88 112 , 863 9 . In favour of the hand-loom Weavers .. .. 48 41 , 000 27 . In favour of Poor Laws for Ireland .. . „ . . 13 2 , 775 29 . Against Spirit and Beer Shops . 2 2 , 164
v . taxation . 12 . Against Tithes in Ireland 65 21 , 549 14 . Against the Assessed Taxes * .... 45 19 , 783 16 . Against the Corn Laws 16 18 , 239 5 . Against the House and Window Tax .... 104 64 , 597 10 . Against the Malt Duty .., 70 33 , 236
25 . Against the Soap Duty .. 35 4 , 466 31 . For exempting Agricultural Property from - the Police rate 5 1 , 022 33 From Ship Owners , complaining" of Distress 8 655 82 . For an Increase of the Circulating Medium 4 735 21 . Complaining of Distress 20 8 , 065 7 . For a Reduction of Taxes 38 45 , 513
VI . 38 . For the Impeachment of Ministers 1 1 In addition to the information contained in the above Table , it may be observed that the first twelve topics in the order of the number of petitions presented are , 1 . The Abolition of Slavery ; 2 . For the better Observance of the Sabbath ; 3 . For repeal or alteration of the Beer Act ; 4 . For the Abolition of Lay Patronage
in the Church of Scotland ; 5 . For Corporation Reform ; 6 . Against the House and Window Tax ; 7 . By Protestant Dissenters for relief from the Marriage Ceremony of the Established Church ; 8 . Against the Irish Church Reform Bill ; 9 . For the Factories Regulation Bill ; 10 . Against the Malt Duty ; 11 . Against Tithes in Ireland ; 12 . From the hand-loom Weavers .
The first twelve , in the order of the average number of signatures to each petition , are the following : 1 . For the Factories Regulation Bill ; 2 . For Reduction of Taxation ; 3 . Against the Corn Laws ; 4 . Against repeal or alteration of the Beer Act ; 5 . For removing the Civil Disabilities of the Jews ; 6 . Against the New System of Education in Ireland ; 7 . Against the Taxes on Knowledge ; 8 . From the hand-loom Weavers ; 9 . For Vote
by Ballot ; 10 . Against the House and Wiadovv Tax ; 11 . For the repeal of the Septennial Act ; 12 . For Corporation Reform . From this list we have thrown out the single petition against the Huddersfield Volunteers , and the two petitions against Spirit and Beer Shops ; the first as relating merely to a local grievance , and the latter , because the total number of petitioners is so far below any included in our list . In looking over this analysis , one cannot help observing the discrepancy between the average number of signatures to a peti-
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442 Petitions to Parliament .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1833, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2618/page/2/
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