§ PUBLIC BILLS.—1°. Metropolitan Buildings (No. 2).
§ 3°. and passed. Print Works.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Bright, from Fishermen and others inhabiting the Shetland Islands, and from Arthur Anderson, of the City of London, Merchant, for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws.—By Mr. Halsey, from a number of places in the County of Hertford, against the proposed Government Measure respecting Customs and Corn Importation.—By Mr. Baine, from Shipowners of the Port of Greenock, for Reduction of Duty on Timber.—By Mr. Hume, from Incorporation of Guildry or Merchants in the City of Brechin, in favour of Burghs (Scotland) Bill.—By Sir De Lacy Evans, from Churchwardens, Overseers, and Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, against Exempting any Parties from the Metropolitan District Asylums.—By Mr. Wilson Patten, from Vicar and Clergy of the Town of Preston, for Limiting the Hours of Labour of Children and Young Persons employed in Factories to Ten.—By Mr. Hastie, from Householders of the Borough of Paisley, for Remission of Sentence upon Frost, Williams, and Jones.—By Mr. Henry Berkeley, from Merchants,. Shipowners, and others interested in the Trade of the Port and City of Bristol, for Establishment of Harbours of Refuge.—By Mr. Thomas Duncombe, and Mr. Heathcote, from a number of places, against Enrolment of Militia.—By Mr. Spooner, from Joshua Toulmin Smith, of No. 1, Hare Court, Inner Temple.—From Inhabitants of Hitchin and its Vicinity, for referring Foreign Disputes to Arbitration.