§ Bills. Read a first time:—Frivilous Suits Bill Amendment; Rated Inhabitants; Transfer of Aids.
§ Petitions presented. By the Marquess of Lansdowne, and the Earl of Radnor, from a number of places, for the Release of John Thorogood, and for the Abolition of Church Rates.—By the Duke of Sutherland, the Marquess of Bute, and the Earls of Errol, and Aberdeen, from a number of places in Scotland, against the Intrusion of Ministers into Parishes without the consent of the Parishioners.—By the Duke of Sutherland, from several places in Staffordshire, against Church Rates.