§ Bills. The Royal Assent was given to the following Bills:—Glass Duties; Paper Duties; Brick Duties; Jamaica; Spiritual Services in Parishes; Rules of Proceedings; Protection against Bankruptcy; Borough Watch Rates; and a great number of Private Bills.—Read a first time:—Militia Officers Exemption Removal. —Read a second time:—Pleadings in Courts (India); Election Petitions Trial; London City Police.—Read a third time:—Turnpike Acts Continuance; Bills of Exchange.
§ Petitions presented. By the Earl of Roden, from several places, against the Irish Municipal Reform Bill.—By the Marquess of Londonderry, from the Presbyterian Synod of Ulster, against causing Presbyterian Soldiers to attend Catholic places of Worship.—By the Marquess of Lansdowne, from a place in Somersetshire, for a Uniform Penny Postage.