§ Bills. Read a first time:—Inland Warehousing Spirit Licences (Scotland).
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Power, from Wexford, for an Extension of the Franchise, and for Corporate Reform in Ireland.—By Mr. W. Ellis, from Leicester, and Mr. Hume, from Tooting, for an Inquiry into the Principles of Socialism By Mr. Villiers, Mr. Hume, and Sir G. Strickland, from several places, for the Total and Imme 1218 diate Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. J. Parker, and several other Members, from a number of places, for Church Extension.—By Mr. Colquhoun, from Selkirk, against her Majesty's Ministers By Mr. Maule, from several places in Scotland, against the Intrusion of Ministers into Parishes in opposition to the Parishioners,