§ Bills. The Bankrupts' Act Continuation Bill (Scotland) was read a second time. A Bill to amend the Statute of Frauds, was read a first time; as was a Bill to amend the Law as to the Attestation of Instruments.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of the Marquis of CHANDOS, several, respecting the Slaves and the Trade with the West-India Colonies:—On the Motion of Mr. STKES, an account of the Excise Duties levied upon hard and soft Soap for the last ten years, ending 10th January, 1831.
§ Petitions presented. For Parliamentary Reform, by Lord F. OSBORNE, from Royston:— By Sir G. ROBINSON, from the Borough of Northampton:—By Mr. LABOUCHERE, from Taunton:—By Lord MORPETH, from Sheffield, Halifax, and other places in Yorkshire:—By Mr. HUNT, from Glasgow:—By Mr. PENDARVIS, from Penzanee, and St. Ives; and from Redruth, in favour of the Local 486 Jurisdiction Bill. By Mr. HUNT, from the Rotunda (Blackfriars) Meeting, complaining of the Judges who presided at the late Commission. For the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes, by Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, from the Ward of Bishopsgate. For the Repeal of the Duty on Coals, by Sir E. KNATCHBULL, from Deal, Ramsgate, and Margate:—By Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, from the Cordwainers' Ward. By Mr. HOBHOUSE, from the Cotton Manufacturers of Stockport, praying for the Consolidation of the Laws respecting Workmen. By the Marquis of CHANDOS, from Shernington and Emberton, for alterations in the Poor-laws. For a National Fast, by Mr. PUSEY, from a place in Wiltshire:—By Sir E. KNATCHBULL, from the Inhabitants of Bedborough and its vicinity:—By Mr. HUGHES HUGHES, from the Inhabitants of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight:—By Lord MANDEVILLE, from the Inhabitants of Huntingdon:—By Lord MORPETH, from Jevington and Soothill:—By Mr. SHAW, from the Congregation of Sandford Church, near Dublin. In favour of the Vestries' Bill, by Mr. Alderman WOOD, from certain Inhabitants of the Parish of Mary-la-bonne:—By Mr. HOBHOUSE, from St. Paneras, and St. Leonard's, Shore-ditch. For the abolition of Tithes, by Lord F. OSBORNE, from the Landholders of Ely. By Mr. W. BROWN, from Killarncy, against the Subletting Act. By Mr. WYSE, for the Repeal of the Union, from certain Parishes in the County of Tipperary; for the better appropriation of the Funds for the Education of the Poor, in Ireland, from the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of a Parish in the County of Mayo; from Tuam, and from Galway, in favour of the Elective Franchise Bill; and from the Soap-boilers of Clonmell, for a revision of the present Duties and Drawbacks. Against the Repeal of the Union, by Mr. SHAW, from Sir H. Lees. By Mr. LEADER, from Navau, Kilcommon, and Dundalk, for Reform of Corporations in Ireland.