§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. Bright, the quantity of Tobacco imported into Great Britain and Ireland in 1829, distinguishing whence it came, and in what state imported:—On the Motion of Mr. Hume, the manner in which the sum of 30,500l. voted to defray Salaries and Allowances to the Officers of the Houses of Lords and Commons; and the sum of 17,000l. voted to defray the Expenses of the Lords and Commons were expended:—On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, a Committee was appointed to take into consideration the Laws relative to the growth and cultivation of Tobacco in the United Kingdom.
§ Petitions presented. For the Abolition of the Punishment of Death for Forgery, by Mr. S. RICE, from the Directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland at Limerick:—By Lord G. BENTINCK, from the Inhabitants of King's Lynn:—By Sir J. NEWPORT, from the Managers of the Provincial Bank of Ireland at Cork:—By MR. SCOTT, from the Burgh of Hawick:—By Mr. LATOUCHE, from the Managers of the Provincial Bank of Ireland at Sligo. Against the Administration of Justice Bill, by Mr. JONES, from the Magistrates of Pembroke:—By the Earl of UXBRIDGE, 707 from the Grand Jury and Inhabitants of Anglesey. For Assistance to Emigrate, by Sir M. S. STEWART, from two Emigration Societies at Glasgow. For an alteration in the Grand Jury System (Ireland), by Mr. HUME, from John Ryan, of Tipperary. For extending Poor-Laws to Ireland, by Mr. HUME, from the Inhabitants of Kilmanagan (King's County). For an alteration in the Marriage Laws, by the same hon. Member, from the Free-thinking Christians of London. Against the Tithe System (Ireland), by Mr. O'CONNELL, from several Parishes in Wexford. Against the proposed increase of Duty on British Spirits, by Sir W. J. HOPE, from the Inhabitants of Athlone; and from the Landholders and Occupiers of Dumfries:—By Mr. CAREW, from the Landowners of Ballaghkeen (Wexford):—By Mr. SCOTT, from the Landholders of Roxburghshire:—By Lord GASLEY, from the Landholders of Wigtown:—By Mr. JEPHSON, from the Landowners of Kilmeen, Culen, and Dromtariff. Against the Sub-letting Act (Ireland), by Mr. O'CONNELL, from the Inhabitants of several Parishes in Wexford. For the abolition of the Duties both on Malt and Beer, by Sir E. KNATCHBULL, from the Inhabitants of Rolvenden. Praying for Relief under Distress, by Sir R. VYVYAN, from the Occupiers and Owners of Land in the Hundred of East and in the Hundred of West (Cornwall). Against the proposed Alteration in the Stamp Duties (Ireland), by Sir W. J. HOPE, from the Inhabitants of Athlone. In favour of the Jews Emancipation, by Mr. COKE, from the Inhabitants of Diss, Norfolk.