§ New Members sworn. Sir JOHN OWEN, for Pembroke county; Hon. ANTHONY HENRY ASHLEY COOPER, for Dorchester; FRANCIS RUSSELL, Esq., for Tavistock; RICHARD GREAVES TOWNLEY, Esq., for Cambridgeshire; and Lord Viscount SANDON, for Liverpool.
§ Bills. Brought in by Mr. JOHN CAMPBELL, and read a first time, for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property; to abolish Fines and Recoveries; to amend the Law relating to Tenants by the courtesy of England; to amend the Law relating to Dower; and to amend the Law of Inheritance.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE, of the number of resident Householders and Persons rated to the Poor in the Parish of St. James's Westminster, and the same Returns from all the Parishes within the Metropolitan Police District:—On the Motion of Mr. HUME, the number of Persons convicted of publishing and selling unstamped Publications, the Magistrates by whom they were convicted, and the period for which they were imprisoned.
§ Petitions presented. Complaining of undue Returns for the Town of Drogheda; for the Borough of Wallingford, the county of Dorset, and the county of Forfar. By Mr. HUNT, from certain Persons of Falmouth, deprecating all Penalties in consequence of Religious Opinions, and praying for the release of Robert Taylor. By Mr. GRANVILLE VERNON, from the Inhabitants of Misserton, Notts, praying for Parliamentary Reform.
§ The usual Sessional Standing Orders were read, and agreed to.