§ Bills. Read a first times—Common Fields Act Amendment; Clandestine Marriages (Scotland); Registration of Birth (Scotland); Trial by Jury (Scotland).
§ Petitions presented. By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, from Edinburgh, for the Abolition of Church rates.—By Sir G. CLERK, from Glasgow, against Sheriffs Courts (Scotland) Bill.—By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, from Aberdeen and Haddington, for, and by Sir R. FERGUSSON, from several places, against, Municipal Corporations (Scotland) Bill.