§ Bills. Read a second time; Hop Duties; Military Accounts (Ireland.) Read a third time; Arms (Ireland.)
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Colonel EVANS, an Account of the Customs levied in Rye, Nuthaven, and Shoreham, between January, 1814, and December 1851; and an Account of the Tonnage entered inwards and outwards from the said Ports; and an account of the number of the recruiting districts in the United Kingdom, with the number of Officers attached thereto, and an account of the Expenses:—On the Motion of Colonel TRENCH, of all the Houses now rented or employed as Public Offices in the different departments of the State:—On the Motion of Mr. GEORGE LAMB, an account of the Expenses of the Office of Secretary of Bankrupts, on an average of three years, ending March, 1830; and an Estimate of the Annual Amount received by the Commissioners of Bankrupts, with all the Expenses attached to their department;—On the Motion of Mr. HUME, an account of the Surplus of the Sinking Fund to be applied for the reduction of the National Debt during the last eight quarters; of the Amounts voted by Parliament for Supply, under the several heads of Service, for each of the three years, 1829, 1830, and 1831; an abstract account of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Sheriffs and Stewards of Scotland, on account of the Public Service, as passed before the Barons of Exchequer for each of the three years, 1793, 1816, and 1819; for a Copy of all new regulations between 1793, and 1829, authorizing the Payment of Fees to Sheriffs, and relating to the administration of Criminal Justice in Scotland; an account of all Colleges and places for Education; the number of Printing Presses Licensed, and the number of Periodical Publications published under License, or sanctioned in the Territories of the East India Company in the East Indies:—On the Motion of Sir JOHN HAY, of Sums due to the Excise under 4th and 6th George 4th, for Spirits produced being short of the charge by quantity, &c.
§ Petitions presented. By Colonel EVANS, from the Finsbury Union, for a Repeal of the Duties upon Newspapers:— By Mr. HUNT, from George Hewitt and Francis Watt, praying that Persons who sought for admission to the Office of Justice of the Peace, might be previously examined as to their ability; from the Union of Bloomsbury, for the Repeal of the Tax upon Newspapers:—By Mr. KEARSLEY, from Wigan, praying that Beer-shops should be closed at nine o'clock at night:—By Sir ROBERT INGLIS, from the Clergy of Southampton, for an Amendment of the Beer Act.