§ Papers ordered. On the Motion of Mr. HERRIES, an Account of the Imports and Exports at the principal Ports of the United Kingdom in the first six Months of 1831 and 1832; of the Quantities of those Articles subject to Duties of Excise, and of the total Produce of the Duties of Customs during the last five years.
§ Bills. Read a first time:—Assessed Taxes; Composition.—Read a second time:—Special Constables (Ireland); Arms and Gunpowder (Ireland).—Read a third time; Fisheries (Newfoundland): Sheriffs' Expenses.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. WYSE, from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and London, for an alteration of the Laws regulating the Eligibility of Physicians and Surgeons for Situations in County Infirmaries; from Waterford, for a Repeal of the Drawback on the Exportation of Soap from England; and from the National Political Union of Ireland; and by Mr. HEYWOOD, from Manchester,—in favour of the Ministerial Plan of Education (Ireland).—By Mr. JAMES JOHNSTONE, from Drumgain,—against that Plan; and against the Qualification Clause in the Reform of Parliament (Scotland) Bill.