§ Bills. Read a second time:—Election Expenses; Roman Catholic Marriages; Civil Bill Courts' (Ireland).—Read a third time:—Annual Indemnity.
§ Petitions presented. By Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, from Smeirden (Kent), for a Commutation of Tithes—By Mr. F. FRENCH, from Roscommon, against the Glass Duties.—By Mr. ROBERT WALLACE, from Johnstone, Wigan, and Swansea, for the Repeal of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers.-—By Mr. F. FRENCH, from several Places, for Measures to improve the Navigation of the River Shannon.—By Mr. M'KINNON, from several Individuals, for Means to Moderate the Expenses on taking out Patents.—By Mr. DUGDALE, from Birmingham, for Poor-Laws to Ireland; from Coventry, in favour of a Clause in the Municipal Corporations' Act Amendment Bill.—By Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, from Birmingham, against Slave Apprenticeship.—By Mr. BARLOW HOY, from the Fly Owners of Southampton, against the Tax on their Drivers; also from a Benefit Society, for Amending the Laws concerning Friendly Societies.