§ Bills. Read a first time;—Speaker's Annuity.—Read a second time:—Army Half Pay; Audit of Accounts (Ireland).
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. EDWARD LYTTON BULWER, from the National Political Union, against the Privileges of Parliament Bill; and from the Booksellers and Pub-lishers of London, for Postponing the Aberdeen College Bill, and from Heydon, and other Places, against the Existing System of Poor Laws—By Mr. SHEIL, from fourteen Places in Ireland, against Tithes and Church Cess; from Leitrim, against the Punishment of Death: and from Dublin, against making Dissection part of the Punishment for Murder; from Galway, for retaining its peculiar 1023 Franchise.—By Mr. HUME, from several Places in Ireland, against Tithes.—By Mr. WILKS, from the Society of Clickers, for Amending the Friendly Societies Act.