§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. MARRYAT, for a Copy of the Memorial of the Inhabitants of Trinidad to Lord GODERICH in November, 1831, praying for a change in the Legislative Council of the Island, and of his Lordship's reply; of the Statement and Observations of the Committee upon the Taxation and Expenditure of the Colony, transmitted to Lord GODERICH, with his Lordship's Reply, and Copies of Memorials of the Council and Inhabitants of Saint Lucia, respecting the Expenditure of that Colony, with his Lordship's reply:—On the Motion of Mr. COURTENAY, Number of the Annual Finance Accounts presented to Parliament in each of the years from 1824, to 1831, inclusive:—On the Motion of Mr. HOPE VERE, for a Return of all Cases sent by the Court of Session to the Permanent Lord Ordinaries, for their Opinion and Advice, during the last two years:—On the Motion of Mr. SPRING RICE, for a Copy of the Memorial of Messrs. Leafson and Coles, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury 101 on the 4th Instant, praying for a further Investigation with regard to the Importation of Foreign Silks, and for a restitution of the penalty of 20,000l. paid by them on that account.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. SHAW, from the Catholic Artisans of Galway, for the Reservation of the Rights of the Galway Freemen in the Irish Reform Bill, and from the Protestant Traders of the same place, for the Repeal of Stamp Duties on the admission of Freemen to Corporations:—By Mr. SANDFORD, from Wells, Wedmore, and Mark, in the County of Somerset, against the General Registration Bill; and from certain Silk Throwsters complaining of the Distress brought upon them by the introduction of Foreign Silk:—By Mr. PENDARVIES, from the Inhabitants of Falmouth, for Commuting the Punishment of Death for Offences against Property:—By Mr. JAMES JOHNSTONE, from the President of the Board of Health at Inverness, for the Repeal of the Soap Duty:—By Mr. CURTEIS, from the Licensed Victuallers of Brighton, praying for Relief from the Responsibility to make Restitution for the Loss of the Property of their Inmates.