§ Mr. HOBHOUSE brought in a Bill for the Regulation of Parish Vestries. The Lord ADVOCATE brought in a Bill to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. A. ELLIS, the number of Persons convicted of Forgery on the Bank of England between 1791 and 1829, distinguishing the number of capital convictions, executions, and mitigated punishments:—On the Motion of Mr. F. BUXTON, Copies of Information received from Jamaica, respecting the treatment of a Female Slave by the Rev. Mr. Bridges, with the Minutes of the Evidence taken on the occasion:—Of information relative to the illicit removal of Slaves from one Colony to another, and prosecutions instituted in consequence:—The Record of the Court of King's Bench, Antigua, in the case of a free man of colour named Parker, and the correspondence on that subject between the local authorities and the Colonial Department:—Abstract of the Returns of the Slave Population in each Colony since 1816.
§ Petitions presented. Against the Beer Bill, by Mr. PORTMAN, from the Clergy, Gentlemen, and others of Blandford:—By Mr. CURTEIS, from Hailsham:—By Mr. SYKES, from the Licensed Victuallers of Kingston-upon-Hull:—By Mr. CHAPLIN, from the Inhabitants of Market Deeping; and from the Licensed Victuallers of Oaken-Gates:—By Mr. B. CARTER, from the Publicans of Petersfield:—And by Lord STANEY, from the Publicans of Ashton-under-Line. For the Repeal of the Malt Tax, by the ATTORNEY GENERAL, from Peterborough. Against the proposed Stamp Duties (Ireland), by Mr. PONSONBY, from the Inhabitants of Youghall. For the repeal of the Duty on Hops, by Mr. CURTEIS, from the Inhabitants of Mayfleld. Against inflicting the Punishment of Death in cases of Forgery, by Mr. S. BOURNE, from Ashburton:—By Mr. PENDARVIS, from the Corporation of Falmouth:—By Mr. R. GORDON, from the Inhabitants of Malmesbury:—By Mr. F. BUXTON, from the Inhabitants of Sutton (Isle of Ely), Stourbridge, Dorking, Sunderland, Milford, Bishop Wearmouth, and Monk Wearmouth, and from Protestant Dissenters at Bristol and Exeter:—By Mr. S. RICE, from the Provincial Bank of Ireland at Clonmell:—And by Sir C. COLE, from the Bankers of Swansea. Against the Truck System, by Mr. MUNDY, from the Tradesmen of Ashby Wold. Against the proposed Duty on British Spirits, by Sir J. SEBRIGHT, from the Farmers frequenting Ware Market:—By Sir T. GOOCH, from the Farmers of Suffolk:—And by Mr. A. HAY, from the Magistrates of Linlithgow; and from the Members of the West Lothian Agricultural Association. Against Suttees, by Mr. J. WOOD, from Dissenters at Preston:—And by the same Gentleman, from 1500 Inhabitants of Preston, for a Reform in Parliament. Against altering the Welsh Judicature, by Sir T. MOSTYN, from the Grand Jury of Flintshire:—And by Mr. BLACKBURN, from the Inhabitants of Warrington. Against compelling the Merchant Seamen to contribute to Greenwich Hospital, by Lord W. POWLETT, from the Seamen of Sunderland:—And by Mr. PENDARVIS, from the Seamen of Falmouth. Fox the repeal of the Duty on Coals carried 596 Coastwise, by Mr. HODGSON, from the Inhabitants of Barnstaple:—And by Mr. S. RICE from the Manufacturers of St. Thomas, Dublin. For the abolition of Negro Slavery, by Mr. SYKES, from the Men and Women of Great Driffield:—By Lord MILTON, from the Inhabitants of Nottingley:—And by Mr. O. CAVE, from certain Inhabitants of London. Against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter, by Mr. BLACKBURN, from Warrington:—By Mr. STANLEY, from Prescot:—By Mr. W. WHITMORE, from the Incorporation of Merchants Leith; and from the Inhabitants of the Clothing Districts of Farsley:—And by Mr. PONSONBY, from the Inhabitants of Youghall.