§ Mr. STANLEY took the Oaths and his Seat as Member for Windsor.
§ A new Writ was ordered for Bletchingly, in the room of R. W. MILLS, Esq., who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
§ Bills. The Money Payment of Wages Bill, and Building Acts Amendment Bill, were read a second time. A Bill to continue the 54th Geo. 3rd (Scotch Bankrupts Act,) was read a first time.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. BRISCOE, the total number of Lunatic Asylums in England and Wales, stating the number of Patients, &c.:—On the Motion of Mr. GUEST, the Pensions granted out of the Consolidated Fund.
§ Petitions presented. For the Repeal of the Duties on Printed Calicoes, by Mr. TENNANT, from the Calico Printers of Salford, and some other place:— By Mr. GISBORNE, from Calico Weavers at New Mills, in the County of Derby, and from various places in the manufacturing districts. For the Repeal of the Duty on Sea-borne Coats, by Mr. R. GRANT, from Norwich: — By the Marquis of TAVISTOCK, from Bedford:— By Mr. Alderman WOOD, from Cripplegate: —By Sir W. INGILBY, from Gainsborough and Spilsby: —By Sir J. NEWPORT, from Waterford:—By Mr. J. JONES, from the Coal-owners of the Southern District of Durham, and from Cardiff. By Mr. EVANS, from Tavistock, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death. By Mr. HUGHES HUGHES, from the Rev. Thomas Spencer, praying the appointment of a General Synod to inquire into the affairs of the Church, and all that concerns its Revenues and Discipline. For a General Fast, by Sir M. STEWART, from Greenock:—By Mr. PORTMAN, from Long Bredy and Little Bredy, Dorsetshire:—By Lord VALENTIA, from the Congregation of a Chapel in Long-acre:— By Lord BERNARD, from Bandon. Against the Truck System, by Mr. LITTLETON, from a place in Staffordshire:— By Mr. EVANS, from Leicester. By Mr. Alderman WOOD, from the Farmers and Graziers visiting the Annual Christmas Cattle Show, in Goswel-street, praying relief from Tithes; from Cripplegate, in favour of Open Vestries; and from the same place, for the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes. For Reform in Parliament, by the same hon. Member, from Malmesbury:—By Mr. WARBURTON, from Bridport; — By Lord EBRINGTON, from Totness:—By Sir M. S. STEWART, from Paisley, from Stirling, and from Greenock:—By Sir J. NEWPORT, from the Corporation, and also from the Inhabitants of Waterford. By the same hon. Member, from the Catholics of Thomastown, Inistioge, and several other places, 3gainst the Grants to the Kildare-street Society; and from two Parishes in Kilkenny, praying for a Repeal of the Union. For the extension of the Galway Franchise, by the Marquis of TAVISTOCK, from Ballin-dooley:— By the Earl of UXBRIDGE, from the Vicarage of Clare. By Lord STRATHAVEN, from certain Farmers and Butchers, for the Repeal of the Duty on Carts with Metallic Springs. By Mr. BYNG, from Paddington, for an alteration in the New Police Act,