§ Bills. Read a second times:—Pensions (Civil Offices); County Rate; Dramatic Performances.
§ Petitions presented. By the Earl of ROSEBERY, from Whit-born, for a Better System of Church Patronage in Scotland.—By Viscount STRANGFORD, from three Places, for Protection to the Church of Scotland.—By the Earl of DURHAM, from a Dissenting Congregation in Leeds, for Relief to the Dissenters.—By the Bishop of St. ASAPH, from several Places, against the Admission of Dissenters to the Universities.—By Viscount MELVILLE, from the Schoolmasters of Dalkeith, for an increased Stipend.—By the Earl of HARROWBY, from Almondbury, for the Repeal of the Sale of Beer Act.—By the Dukes of GLOUCHESTER and WELLINGTON, the Archbishop of YORK, Marquesses of BUTE and BRISTOL, Earls HARROWBY and WINCHILESEA, Lords ROLLS, DYNEVOR, KENYON, and the Bishop of St. ASAPH, from a great Number of Places, for Protection to the Established Church, against the Separation of Church and State, and the Admission of Dissenters to the Universities.