§ Bills. Read a first time:—Real Property; Ecclesiastical Courts.—Read a second time:—Music and Dancing Licenses.—Read a third time:—Linen Manufacturers' (Ireland).
§ Petitions presented. By Captain BERKELEY, from the Burgesses of Gloucester, against Clauses in the Municipal Corporations' Bill.—By Mr. EWART, from Liverpool, for the Vote by Ballot; from Stockport, for placing Retailers of Beer on the same footing as Licensed Victuallers.—By Mr. Alderman Wood, from Gloucester, in favour of the Municipal Corporations' Act.—By Mr. GRAHAM SPEIRS, from the Western Districts of Stirlingshire, for Improving the Mode of taking Polls at Elections.—By Mr. BALDWIN, from the Cork Association, for Reform in Municipal Corporations (Ireland).—By Mr. ROBERT WALLACE, from Greenock, praying that no Alteration be made in the Laws relating to Bonding Warehouses; from the same Place, against Alteration in Timber Duties; and from Fife, against the present System of Fanning Post-Horse Duties. By Dr. BOWRING, from Santhorpe, for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge.—By Mr. WILLIAM DUNCOMBE, from the Clergy of Cleveland, for Support for the Established Church.—By Mr. ROBINSON, from Journeymen Bakers of Worcester, against Baking on Sundays.—By Capt PECHELL, from Shoreham, against any Alteration in the Timber Duties.—By Mr. POULETT THOMSON, from the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of Manchester, for the Equalization of Coffee Duties.—By Mr. N. FITZSIMON, from the Inhabitants of Clara, Complaining of Distress.—By Mr. FINN, from Mountrath, for Poor-Laws (Ireland).