§ Bills. Read a first time:—Insolvent Debtors (Ireland).
§ Petitions presented. By several MEMBERS, from a great Number of Places, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.— By Mr. LABOUCHERE, from Witnesses attending the Assizes at Taunton, for an Enactment whereby Justice may be brought to the doors of all Classes at the least expense of Time and Money.—By several MEMBERS, from various Places, for the Abolition of Tithes (Ireland).—By various MEMBERS, from various Places, for the Repeal of the Duty on Spirit Licences.—By Mr. MAXWELL, from Campsie, for Relief.—By Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, from Gloucester, for transferring the Trials of minor Crimes from the Quarter Sessions to the Jurisdiction of the Magistrates in their Local Courts.—By Mr. R. WALLACE, from legal Practitioners of Inverness, for the Repeal of the Attornies' Tax.—By Mr. R. WALLACE, from the Chamber of Commerce, Greenock, for the House to reject any Measure for the Erection of any Asylum Harbour at Portdysilloea and Pollokshaws, for the Abolition of Flogging in the Army.— By Dr. BOWRING, from Workington, for the Alteration of the Marriage Bill.—By several MEMBERS, from various Places, against the Tithes' Commutation Bill.—By Mr. LEADER, from the Licensed Beersellers of Bridgewater, to place them on the same footing as the Licensed Victuallers. by Lord ASHLEY, from the Medical Association of Dorset, for Remuneration for Attending Coroner's Inquests.—By Mr. BOLLING, from Bolton, for the Amendment of the Factories' Act; and for the Repeal of the Duty on Newspapers.—By Lord Viscount EBRINGTON, from various Places, against the Turnpike Trusts Consolidation Bill.—By Mr. Fox MAULE, from Denny, and Dunnypace, for the Alteration of the Law relating to Statute Labour (Scotland).