§ Bill. Read a first time:—Waste Lands.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Wallace, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Morris, from Greenock, Cambridge, Carmarthen, and other places, against, and by Mr. Codrington, from Gloucester, in favour of Church Extension.—By Mr. Hume, from London, Stirling, Stranrear, and other places, against the Copyright Bill; from Antrim, in favour of Medical Reform; and from Paisley, in favour of Universal Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot.—By Mr. East-hope, from Leicester, and an immense number of places, against Church Rates.—By Mr. Plumptre, from Worcester, against the Grant to Maynooth; and from Suffolk, Kent, Gloucester, and several other places, for the Repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Act,—By Captain Jones, from Down, for Medical Reform.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Silk Weavers of Salford, for the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Litton, from Dublin, against the Grant to Maynooth.—By Viscount Dungannon, from South Shields, against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill.—By Sir E. Knatchbull, from Ormskirk, against Clauses of the Constabulary Bill.—By Viscount Sandon, from the West India Association of Liverpool, praying to Encourage the Immigration of Labourers to the West India Islands.—By Mr. Goulburn, from the Tithe-owners of Booking, against the Bill for the Exemption of Stock in Trade from Rates.