§ Bills. Read a second time:—School Rooms; Land Tax Commissioners Names.
§ Petitions presented. By several MEMBERS, from various Places, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.—By Mr. BAINES, from Merchants of Leeds and Halifax, for the Repeal of the Tax on Marine Insurances; and from Carl-ton, for the Revision of the Criminal Code.—By Sir E. KNATCHBULL, from the Eastern Division of Kent, in favour of the Tithes' Commutation Bill.—By Mr. T. ATTWOOD, from Birmingham, for the Repeal of the Duty on Newspapers.—By Mr. WILKS, from Weymouth, Melcombe Regis, and the Corporation of Lincoln, for the Abolition of Flogging in the Army and Navy,—By Captain PECHELL, from Brighton and Bognor, for the Repeal of the Window-tax.—By the ATTORNEY GENERAL, from the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Edinburgh, that the Pace of the Northern Mail may be accelerated; and from Solicitors at Birmingham, that a Clause may be introduced into the Municipal Corporations Act, conferring a County Vote on all Persons having an Estate of sufficient value and duration without reference to any Vote enjoyed by himself or any other Person in respect to the said Property.