§ Bills brought in. By Mr. CRAMPTON, for erecting a Nisi Prius Court in Dublin, and a Bill to amend the County of Dublin Road Bill:—By Mr. BENETT, to prevent Bribery and Treating in the Election of Members of Parliament for Liverpool. Read a second time; Cholera Prevention (Ireland); Exchequer Court (Scotland). Committed; Sacramental Test, Court of Session (Scotland). Read a third time, and passed; Corporate Funds; Embezzlement Prevention.
§ Returns ordered. On the Motion of Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE, of the number of rated Householders in each of the Metropolitan Parishes:—On the Motion of Sir GEORGE CLERK, of the number of Officers and Men employed in the service of the Coast Guard in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, shewing the total annual expense of the same; of the total expense of every description of the Coast Guard in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, from the period of the reduction of the Coast Blockade, to 31st December, 1831; of the quantity and value of the seizures of Smuggled Goods, and of the number of Persons apprehended and convicted of Smuggling, on the same coasts during the same period; of the quantity and value of Smuggled Goods seized by the Coast Blockade, and of the number of persons apprehended and convicted of Smuggling, on the Coasts of Kent and Sussex, during the corresponding months of the year 1830:—On the Motion of Mr. COURTENAY, of the Imports and Exports of the United Kingdom, for the year ended 5th January, 1831; distinguishing the trade with each foreign country or British possession, and shewing the principal articles of Import and Export, with the quantities of such articles; and, in 976 the case of the Exports of British Merchandize, their declared value; together with a statement of the quantities of imported articles retained for Home Consumption:—On the Motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, of the number of Troops which his Majesty's Ships Romney and Ceylon, fitted as Transports, are respectively capable of carrying; and the quantity of Tonnage that would be required for conveying the same number of Troops in Merchant Ships hired as Transports; of the cost per Man per Month for wages and victuals, and for wear and tear of the Romney and Ceylon, and also the cost of a hired Transport per Month, of 400 tons, for a voyage to Malta and back, and and also of one to Jamaica and back:—On the Motion of Mr. RUTHVEN, of the Names of the Magistrates included in the Commission of the Peace in Ireland, up to the latest period; specifying those who are in Holy Orders, as well as those who are practising Barristers, Solicitors, or Attorneys at Law; of the number of Magistrates in Ireland who have directed a Writ of dedimus to be issued for the renewal of their Commissions, and have accordingly paid respectively the Fees required thereupon, up to the latest period; of the Names of those persons who have been superseded as Magistrates in Ireland, during the last six Months, by the issue of new Commissions or otherwise; specifying those who were in Holy Orders, practising Barristers, Solicitors, or Attorneys at Law.
§ Petitions presented. Against the General Registry Bill. By Mr. CHAVTOR, from the Inhabitants of Haughton le Skerne, Durham:—By Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of New-castle-upon-Tyne; from the North and South Shields Law Society:—By Mr. HODGSON, from the Inhabitants of New-castle-upon Tyne. By Mr. BLAMIRE, from Whitehaven; Inhabitants of Charlton and Heskett, and Landowners of Llanwix and Crossby; and by Mr. TREVOR, from the Freeholders of Walsingham, Heighington, West Auckland, St. Helen's Averland, and of Lanchester:—By Mr. HODGSON, from the Soap Manufacturers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, against the duty on Soap:—By Mr. HODGES, from Daniel Jervis, praying that Margate and Dover might be united, to form an Electoral District under the new Reform Bill:—By Mr. WATSON, from Inhabitants of the Eastern Division of Kent, against the Tax upon Fire Insurance:—By Mr. BRISCOE, from the North Western Metropolitan Union, for a Repeal of the Com Laws:—By Mr. FOLEY, from the Freeholders of the County of Worcester, against the Division of Counties under the Reform Bill:—By Mr. BLAMIRE, from certain Soap Manufacturers of Whitehaven, for the Repeal of the Duty on Soap:—By Mr. CRAMPTON, from the Cabinet Makers; and by Mr. RUTHVEN, from the Joiners of Galway, praying that provision may be made in the Irish Reform Bill for the peculiar Franchise of that place; and by Mr. CRAMPTON, from the Clerks of the Registry of Deeds Office, Dublin, against any alteration in the present Act for regulation of the Office in relation to them.