§ Bills. Read a first time:—Joint Tenants Voting (Ireland); Prisons (Scotland); Brick Duties; Paper Duties—Read a second time:—Watch Rates.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord Portman, from Shepton Mallet, in favour of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill. —By the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Bangor, and the Earl of Devon, from several places, against the Government plan for National Education.—By the Duke of Rutland, from Walton, against allowing any but Church of England Chaplains to Gaols.