§ MINUTES.] Petitions presented. By Messrs. O'Connell, Estcourt, Thorneley, Brotherton, Colonel Gore, and Langton, from a number of places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.—By Lord Sandon, from Merchants of Liverpool, and by Mr. M. Philips, from Manchester, for Equalizing the Duties on Coffee and Sugar.—By Mr. Villiers, from Stockport, for reducing the Duty on Foreign Timber; also for Church Extension in the Colonies.—By Mr. G. Palmer, from Hertford, against, and by Mr. Finch, from Walsal, in favour of, the Government plan for National Education.