§ Bills. Read a first time:—Lower Canada Government; Highway Rates.
§ Petitions presented. By Messrs. T. Egerton, Bewes, W. Patten, Christopher, R. Hill, Clive, Gladstone, Codrington, Burroughs, Blackstone, Bagge, Round, W. Duncombe, Godson, Sirs J. Graham, R. Peel, G. Sinclair, R. Inglis, J. Y. Buller, W. Follet, C. Knightly, T. Freemantle, C. B. Vere, R. Bateson, Lords Elliot, Worsley, Sandon, Ingestrie, C. Manners, Stanley, Dungannon, and Ashley, and Colonel Sibthorpe, from a great number of places, against, and by Messrs. Crawley, Hawes, T. Duncombe, F. H. Berkeley, Lords Melgund, and A. Conningham, and Captain Pechell, from a number of places, in favour of the Government plan for National Education.—By Mr. M. Parker, from the county Palatine of Lancaster, against the County Courts Bill.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Finsbury, and Mr. R. Currie, from Northampton, for a Uniform Penny Postage.—By Lord Dungannon, from Chepstow, against any further Grant to Maynooth College.—By Mr. Macauley, from Edinburgh, for Church Extension in Scotland.