§ Bills. Read a first time:—Pleadings in Court (India); Public Works (Ireland).—Read a second time:—Exchequer of Pleas; Borough Courts.
§ Petitions presented. By Sirs C. B. Vere, R. Bateson, T. Freemantle, C. Knightly, C. Burrell, G. Clerk, Lords Norreys, Stanley, Captain Alsager, Messrs. Milnes, Blewitt, O. Gore, Bailey, Christopher, R. Palmer, Wodehouse, and Miles, from a great number of places, against, and by Messrs. V. Smith, and Philips, from two places, 731 in favour of the Government plan for National Education.—By Sir R. Bateson, from Londonderry, against the Grant to Maynooth College; and from King's County, for the Better Observance of the Sabbath.—By the Lord-Advocate, from Aberdeenshire, against Church Endowment in Scotland.—By Mr. Milnes, from Yoole, against the Bastardy Clauses in the New Poor-law.—By the O'Connor Don, from Roscommon, for Corporate Reform in Ireland.—By Mr. D. W. Harvey, from the Sheriffs' Officers of Middlesex, for Compensation.—By Mr. O'Connell, from Waterford, against the existing Prison Discipline.—By Mr. Gillon, from Auchtermuchty, against any Monopoly in Printing the Scriptures.