§ Bill. Read a second time:—Qualification of Members.
§ Petitions presented. By Sir G. STRICKLAND, from Barnsley, Yorkshire, against the Small Debts Courts Bill.—By Mr. WALLACE, from the Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh, for Post-Office reform.—By Lord A. CONYNGHAM, from Canterbury, for the Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, and Triennial Parliaments.—By Sir G. STRICKLAND, from Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, for the immediate abolition of Negro Slavery.—By Mr. WAKLEY, from Huddersfield, and other places, that counsel might be 773 heard at the bar on behalf of the Glasgow Cotton-spinners.—By Sir R. INGLIS, from Darlaston, Staffordshire, against the proposed suppression of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man.—By Lord SANDON, from Liverpool, against the Rating of Small Tenements Bill.—By Mr. HUME, from Middlesex, and two places in Devon and Suffolk, for Vote by Ballot.—By Lord EBRINGTON, from the Union of Rochampton, against any alteration in the principles of the Poor-law Bill.—By Mr. BAINES, from a place in Yorkshire, for the abolition of Negro Apprenticeship.—By Mr. C. BULLER, from Dissenters of Staffordshire and Pentonville, to the same effect.—By Mr. O'CONNELL, from the county of Cork, and the city of Dublin, against the Poor-law Bill for Ireland.