§ Bills. Read a second time:—Bills of Exchange—Read a third time:—Clerks of the Peace Double and Treble Costs.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord Elliot, Captain Alsager, Sir G. Staunton, Messrs. Halford, G. W. Wood, Sturt, Bayley, Bethell, Christopher, E. Buller, Hope, Broadley, Cartwright, Maunsel, Mackinnion; and Hurst, from a great number of places, against the Government plan of National Education.—By Messrs. E. Buller, F. Berkeley, Gillon, Hurst, Leader, and Grote, from a number of places, in favour of the same.—By Messrs. Grote, Maunsell, Gillon, G. Hurst, Berkeley, Brotherton, Pattison, E. Buller, Baines, Sir Robert Peel, and Sir F. Trench, from a very great number of places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.—By Sir E. Codrington, from certain Seamen, against being taxed in support of Greenwich Hospital.—By Mr. Lascelles, from the West Riding, against conveying Letters on Sundays—By Mr. Plumptre, from several places, against any further Grant to Maynooth College.—By an hon. Member, from the Archdeaconry of Essex, against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill.—By Mr. Gillon, from Boness, against the Sugar Duties from another place, in favour of the Scotch Prisons Bill and from two places, against any further Grant to Maynooth Colleges.