§ PUBLIC BILLS.—1o Apprehension of Deserters (Portugal); Administration of Justice (Metropolitan District); Ecclesiastical Commission; Copyholds Enfranchisement; County Rates and Expenditure; Employment of Labour (Ireland); Sunday Travelling on Railways; Public Health (Scotland). 2o Poor Laws (Ireland) Rate in Aid.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Ashley, from the Parish of Alness, County of Ross, New Brunswick, and by Mr. Plowden, from Newport, Isle of Wight, against the Parliamentary Oaths Bill.—By Lord D. Stuart, from Inhabitants of Somers Town, for the Adoption of Universal Suffrage.—By Mr. Fox Maule, from Perth, and by Colonel Thompson, from Inhabitants of Islington, for the Clergy Relief Bill By Lord J. Stuart, from several Places, and by other hon. Members, from a Number of Places, against any Bill to Compel Railway Companies to Run Passenger Trains on the Lord's Day By Mr. A. Hope, from Shadwell, Middlesex, and from the Parish of Wing, in the Diocese of Peterborough, and by Mr. Plumptre, from St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, against the Marriages Bill.—By Lord G. Hallyburton, from Barry, County of Forfar, and by Admiral Gordon, from Alford, Aberdeenshire, against the Marriage (Scotland) Bill.—By Lord Ashley, from Members of the Church of England, against any Measure for the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Clergy.—From the Citizens of Glasgow, in favour of the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill.—By Mr. Bourke, from Kildare, for the Re-enactment of the Act 28 Geo. HI., Cap. 57, on account of the Robbery and Wilful Destruction of Sheep.—By Lord Gordon Hallyburton, from Barry, County of Forfar, against the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Adderley, from the Board of Guardians of Stone Union, for the Suppression of Mendicancy.—By Mr. E. Ellice, from the Royal Burgh of Pittenweem, and by Mr. Plumptre, from Sandwich, Kent, against the Navigation Bill.—By Viscount Milton, from the County of Wicklow, against the proposed Rate in Aid.—By Lord D. Stuart, from the Parish of St. Marylebone, and by other hon. Members, from several Places, for a Superannuation Fund for Poor Law officers.—By Mr. Arkwright, from Brimfield, Herefordshire, and Ash-ford Bowdler, Salop, and by other hon. Gentlemen, for the Adoption of Measures for the Suppression of Promiscuous Intercourse.—By Mr. Plumptre, from the Mortgage Creditors upon the Turnpike Road from Canterbury to Sandwich, and upon that from Canterbury to Barham, against the Public Roads Bill.—By Admiral Gordon, from Bridge of Alford, and from Garioch, Aberdeenshire, and by other hon. Members, from several Places, against the Registering Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill, and Marriage (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Morris and other hon. Gentlemen, from a Number of Places, for referring International Disputes to Arbitration.