§ Bills. Read a first time:—Illegal Securities—Read a second time:—North American Postage; Marine Mutiny.—Committed:—Smuggling Act Amendment;
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. ROCHE, from Borer, for the Abolition of Tithes.—By Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, from Romney Marsh, for the Abolition of the Horse Tax.—By Mr. HEATHCOTE, and Lord CAVENDISH, from several Places, for Extending the Term of the Labourers' Employment Act.—By Messrs. CAYLEY, PEASE, LOCK, MANGLES, WILKS, RUSSELL, WARD, and BENETT, and by Sir GEORGE SKIPWITH, Sir CHARLES COCKERELL, and Colonel DAVIES, from a Number of Places, for Relief to the Dissenters.—By Mr. ROEBUCK, from Bath, for Corporation Reform.—By Mr. WARD, from Westminster, for an Inquiry into the State of the Sewers in the Metropolis By Mr. BLACKBURN, Mr. SINCLAIR, and Mr. ANDREW JOHNSTON, for an Alteration in the System of Church Patronage in Scotland.—By Messrs. SHEIL, F. O'CONNOR, FITZGERALD, and FITZSIMON, and by Colonel BITLER, from several Places, for the Abolition of Tithes By Lord ACHESON, Colonel BUTLER, and Messrs. SHEIL, F. O'CONNOR, FINN, and C. FITZSIMON,—for the Repeal of the Union.—By Mr. BLAKE, from certain Prisoners in the Town of Galway, against Imprisonment for Debt.—By Mr. BLACKBURN, from Hayley and Clent, for the Repeal of the Sale of Beer Act.—By Lord CAVENDISH, from three Places, for the Abolition of Tithes.—By Mr. HOLDSWORTH, and Mr. Ross, from two Places, against any Measures tending to weaken the Efficiency of the Church of England.—By Messrs. LYALL and BROTHERTON, from Carnarvon, and St. Peter's, Cornhill, for the Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Mr. WALLACE, from Greenock, for making Steam Vessels pay an equitable portion of Lighthouse Duties.—By Mr. CHRISTMAS, from Waterford, that Vessels trading to and from that Port may not be subject to Compulsory Charges for Pilotage, &c.