§ New Writ issued; for Carmarthen (Borough), no return having been made to the last Writ.
§ Bills. Read a first time; Exchequer Courts (Scotland). To extend the provisions of an Act of 1st and 2nd George 4th, for excluding certain Judicial Officers in Ireland from Members of the House of Commons. Committed; being Receiver of Taxes.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. HUME, for a return from each Colony on foreign possession, stating the date at which it was captured, ceded, or settled; the number of the population, distinguishing White from Coloured, and free from Slaves, up to the latest period, and as far as the same can be complied with, and whether governed by Legislative Assemblies, or by order of the King in Council, stating also, the value of the Exports and Imports into each of these Colonies for each of the past three years.
§ Petitions presented. By Sir W. FOULKES, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the county of Norfolk; and by Mr. WATSON, from the Owners of Land, and Corn-growers of the Eastern part of Kent, against the use of Molasses in Distilleries.