§ Papers ordered. On the Motion of Mr. HUME, an Account of the Number of Warrants granted for Debt by the Sheriff's of London and Middlesex, and of Surrey, in 1831 and 1832; also the Number of Prisoners Committed for Debt in the different Prisons in the Metropolis, stating the Amount of the Debt during the same years: also the Amount paid out of the County, or other Rates, for the Maintenance and Support of such Prisoners as have been Committed to the Whitecross Street and Horsemonger Lane, Prisons, in Process out of the Courts of Request, during the same period; stating the Time each has been Confined.—On the Motion of Sir WILLIAM CHAYTOR, an Account of the Number of Country Banks issuing Notes, which have become Bankrupt, from January 1826 to the present time, stating the Place in which such Banks were kept, &c.—On the Motion of Mr. GILLON, a Return of the Number of Processes for Augmentation of Stipend, before the Teind Court of Scotland, in each year since 1790; stating the Names of Parishes, and the Amount of Stipend.
§ Bill. Read a second time:—Corporation Officers.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord MORPETH, from the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the Repeal of the Woollen Trade Act.—By Sir ANDREW AGNEW, from Kingston-upon-Hull, in favour of the Corporation Officers Bill—By Mr. HALL, from Martyr Tydvil, and other Places, against the Rating of Tenements Bill—By Mr. COLQUHOUN, from Renton, against Slavery.—By Mr. SINCLAIR, from several Places in Scotland, for an Alteration of the Law respecting Church Patronage in that Country.—By Mr. DAWSON, from Roscrea, for Mitigating the Criminal Code.—By Admiral ADAMS, from Alloa and Kincardine, for Inquiry into the Distressed State of the Shipping Interest.—By Mr. CLAY, from the Parish of All Saints, poplar, against taking from the East-India Company the Privilege of Trading to India and China.