§ MINUTES. Petitions presented. By Sir Edward Knatchbull, Lords Ingestrie, and Heniker, sir Edward Sugden, and Messrs. Strutt, Maunsell, Bruges, Plumptre, Duffield, Dimsdale, and others, from a great number of places, for Church Extension.—By Lord Albert Conyngham, from Canterbury, in support of the Privileges of the House, and for Municipal Reform in the City of London.—By Mr. Maunsell, and Alderman Humpheries, from two places, for the Liberation of the Sheriffs.—By Colonel Conolly, from Raphoe, for an Alteration in the Laws of Church Patronage.—By Lord Cole, from Middlewick, against any further Grant to Maynooth College.—By Mr. Fitzpatrick, from a place in Queen's County, for an Extension of the Franchise, and Corporate Reform to Ireland.—By Sir H. Parnell, and Sir George Strickland, from several places, for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Sir G. Sinclair, the Attorney-general, and Mr. Colquhoun, from Edinburgh, and several places, against the Intrusion of Ministers into Parishes contrary to the wishes of the Parishioners,—By Mr. Grote, from Northampton, for the Abolition of Church Rates, and the Release of John Thorogood,—By Mr. Dennistoun, from Glasgow, and Mr. T. Duncombe, from Clerkenwell, for a Free Pardon to the Convicts Frost, Jones, and Williams.—By Mr. Litton, from Dublin, against Corporate Reform.