§ Bill brought in. By Mr. CRAMPTON, to continue for a limited time, the Acts for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. SHAW, of the several Hospitals in Ireland, for the Reception of Fever Patients only, receiving Public Aid either from Parliamentary Grant or from Local Assessment, with various particulars:—On the Motion of the SOLICITOR GENERAL, of the Duties performed by the present and former Secretaries of Bankrupts, before the passing of the Act constituting a Court of Bankruptcy, and of the Number of Hours in each Day in which they were respectively engaged in the Public Duties of the Office; and also a Return of the Number of Clerks and other Officers employed in the Secretary's Office, before and since the passing of the Act, and of the comparative attendance of the Secretary at his Office, before and since the passing of the Act; of the Number and Names of other Offices or Appointments held by the present or former Secretaries, while being Secretary of Bankrupts, or subsequently to their quitting that Office, to which any of them may have been appointed by the LORD CHANCELLOR; of the Hours of Attendance of the last Deputy Secretary of Bankrupts on the Duties of his Office, and a specification of what such Duties were; of the Number of Bankrupt Petitions heard in Court by the LORD CHANCELLOR and the Vice-Chancellor, respectively, during the years 1829, 1830, and 1831:—On the Motion of Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE, of the Number of Persons on the 17th March last, who had been Rated to the Relief of the Poor of the Parish of St. James's Westminster, the whole year immediately preceding, and had paid all the Parochial Rates, Taxes, and Assessments, due from them, except such as had become due within the Six Months im- 1276 mediately preceding; of the total Number of Declarations or Votes delivered to the said Churchwardens for and against the adoption of the Act passed in the last Session for the better Regulation of Vestries, &c., specifying the Number (after the summing up thereof) rejected, and the Number given for, and the Number given against, the adoption of the said Act, accepted or allowed by the said Churchwardens.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. ROBINSON, from the Retailers of Beer, in Worcester, for extending the Time for keeping open their Houses; and from the Members of the Council of the Political Union of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, in favour of the Factories Regulation Bill:—By Mr. WEYLAND, from the Inhabitants of Potton, in favour of the Poor Allotments Bill:—By Sir FRANCIS VINCENT, from the Inhabitants of St. Alban's, for the Abolishment of Slavery:—By Lord ACHESON, from the Parishioners of Maree, Galway, for a Provision in the Irish Reform Bill to preserve the peculiar Franchise of Galway; from the Presbyterian Congregation of Brigh, against the New Plan of Education for Ireland, and from the Protestant Dissenters of Killeavey, for the Abolition of Tithes:—By Mr. EWART, from certain Hotel Keepers, for Relief from their Liability to make Restitution for the Loss of Property by their Guests:—By Sir EDMUND HAYES, from the Archdeacon, Clergy, and others of the Diocese of Raphoe; from the Presbyterian Congregations of Latterkenny, andUpper Moville; and by Mr. JAMES E. GORDON, from Bandon, Cork, against the New System of Education in Ireland; and from Tullevar and Templemartin, signed chiefly by Catholics, in favour of the Kildare Street Society.