§ Bills. Read a second time:—Inns and Alehouse Sale of Spirituous Liquors.
§ Petitions presented. By several MEMBERS, from various Places, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.—By Sir C. B. VERE, from those interested in the Mackarel Fishery at Lowestoft, for a Clause in the Sabbath Bill, Allowing them to sell Mackarel as heretofore.—By Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, from Sunderland, Complaining of the Confiscation of their Property by the Danish Government, and praying for Relief; and from Auchtermuchty, Complaining of the Inefficient Manner in which Merchantmen are built and put to Sea.—By Captain PECHELL, from Aeundel, for the Repeal of the Land Tax; and from Brighton and Plymouth, in favour of the Fisheries' Bill.—By Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND, from Wath-upon-Deame and Thorne, for an Alteration of the Law relating to Coroners.—By several MEMBERS, from various Places, for a Revision of the Criminal Code.—By Mr. BRADSHAW and Mr. BROTHER-TON, from various Places, for an Equalization of the Duties on East and West-India Sugar.—By Mr. JOHN FERGUS, from Kirkaldy, for the Revision of the Laws relating to the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland).—By several MEMBERS, from various Places, for the Amendment of the Factories' Act.—By Lord GEORGE LENNOX and Mr. FLEMING, from various Places, against the Fisheries' Bill.—By Mr. ARTHUR TREVOR, from various Places, against the Bishopric of Durham Bill.—By Mr. HUME, from the Legal Profession at Kingston-upon-Hull, for the Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. GROTE, from the Parishioners of Christ Church, Newgate-Street, and St. Leonard's, Foster-Lane, praying that no Law may be passed which shall sanction Clergymen holding Livings, unless Resident and performing the Duties thereof; and from Great Yarmouth and Stockton-upon-Trent, in favour of the Vote by Ballot.—By Mr. S. CRAWFORD, from Dundalk, for the Repeal of the Duty on Marine Insurances.—By Mr. DIVETT, from Exeter, against transferring Ecclesiastical Courts to London.—By Mr. HUME, from the Dissenters of various Places, praying for Relief; and from London for the Alteration of the Stamp Duties' Bill.—By Mr. S. CRAWFORD, from various Places, for the Abolition of Tithes.—By Mr. GUEST, from Mandson, against the Tithes' Commutation Bill.—By Sir ROBERT BATESON and Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, from various Places, in favour of the Excise Licences' (Ireland).