§ PUBLIC BILLS. — 3°. and passed. Small Debts; District Lunatic Asylums (Ireland); Pawnbrokers; Waste Lands (Australia).
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Milner Gibson, from Importers, Dealers, and Consumers of Foreign Coffee, praying that the Duty on Foreign Coffee, may be reduced to Fourpence per Pound.—By Viscount Ebrington, from Guardians of the Poor of the Barnet Union, in the Counties of Hertford and Middlesex, for rating Owners of Small Tenements to the Poor Rates in lieu of Occupiers.—By Viscount Morpeth, from Chemists and Druggists residing at Leeds, in the County of York, praying that the Spirit Licenses and Duties Bill may not pass into a Law.—By Viscount Morpeth, from Committee and Members of the Bridlington and Quay Mechanics' and Scientific Institution, in favour of the Corresponding Societies and Lecture Rooms Bill.—By Mr. Greene, from Medical Practitioners of Axminster and its Neighbourhood, and by Mr. Wakley, from Medical Practitioners of the Borough of Maldon and its Vicinity, and from R. M'Gowan, M.D., and others, in favour of the Medical Practitioners Bill.—By Mr. Granger, from Members of the Relief Committee of the Baronies of Kinsale and Courcies, in the County of Cork, and by Mr. Labouchere, from Inhabitants of the District of Courcies, setting forth the Total Failure of the Potato Crop, and to suggest Measures for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland during the Impending Calamities.—By Captain Pechell, from Prisoners in the Queen's Prison, complaining of Harsh and Severe Treatment from the Keeper of that Prison, and praying that he may be deprived of the Power to inflict Punishment on the Debtor without previously submitting each Case to the Secretary of State.—By Viscount Morpeth, from Booksellers, etc. of the Town of Bradford, in the County of York, and by Mr. James Oswald, from Incorporation of the Company of Stationers of Glasgow, praying the House to refuse to Railway Companies the Power sought by them to open Packets and charge for each separate Parcel therein contained.—By Mr. Aglionby, from Messrs. Holme, Loftus, and others, Attorneys at Law, praying that in case the Small Debts Bill shall pass into a Law, the Lord Chancellor may be empowered to appoint any Attorneys at Law to be Judges of the Courts to be created thereunder whom his Lordship may consider duly qualified.—By Sir Thomas Troubridge, from Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Town and Borough of Deal, in the County of Kent, in Council assembled, praying that the Small Debts Bill may pass into a Law.—From Occupying Tenants of the Parish of Carnmoney, in the County of Antrim, against the Tenants Compensation (Ireland) Bill.—By Mr. Charles Russell, from Wholesale and Retail Traders and Residents of and in the Vicinity of Hatton Garden and Holborn Hill, in the City of London, praying the House to adopt Measures for Redeeming and Extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges.