§ Bills. Read a first time. On the Motion of the Duke of RICHMOND:—Abolition of Oaths' Amendment.—Read a second time:—Tea Duties'; Public Roads'; Militia Staff.
§ Petitions presented. By the Marquess of LANSDOWNE and Viscount MELBOURNE, from a Number of Places, and Lord BROUGHAM, from Cockermouth and Bedford, and a Number of other Places,—in favour of;—and by the Earl of FALMOUTH, from Truro, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Lords SCARBOROUGH and SKELMERSDALE, from several Places, against the Municipal Corporations' Bill.—By a Right Reverend PRELATE, from Stone (Stafford), for Protection to the Irish Protestant Church; and by Lord FITZGERALD, from several Places, to the same effect,—By the Marquess of EXETER, from Stamford, Lord ELLEN-BOROUGH, from Worcester, Earl DE GREY, from Bedford, against the Municipal Corporations' Bill;—and by Lord POLTIMORE, from Crediton; in favour of it.