§ Bill. Read a second time:—Prisons.
§ Petitions presented. By Colonel G. Langton, Messrs. C. Lushington, Baines, Hume, and Hawes, from a number of places, for the Abolition of Church Rates, and for the Release of John Thorogood.—By Mr. Lockhart, F. Maule, Sir James Graham, and Lord John Russell, from a number of places, against the Intrusion of Ministers into Parishes without the consent of the majority of the Inhabitants.—By Messrs. Grimsditch, Baines, Blackburne, Greg, and Muntz, from Manchester, and other places, in favour of the Inland Warehousing Bill.—By Colonel Rushbrooke, and Mr. Barneby, from two places, against any further Grant to Maynooth College.—By Messrs. R. Steuart, Brotherton, Villiers, Hume, Baines, Grey, and White, for, and by Lord Eliot, Mr. W. Duncombe, and Mr. Baring, against the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Sir James Duke, Mr. Hope, Mr. Blakemore, Mr. Pattison, Sir R. H. Inglis, and Sir M. Wood, from a number of places, for the Release of the Sheriffs.—By Sir G. Staunton, Sir C. B. Vere, and Messrs. W. Evans, Planta, R. Palmer, Wilbraham, Goulburn, Barneby, Sir R. Peel, and Lord Stanley, from a great number of places, for Church Extension.—By Mr. Roche, and Mr. S. O'Brien, from several places, for an Extension of the Franchise, and Corporate Reform in Ireland.—By Messrs. Hume, W. Ellis, Baines, Wallace, and Wakley, from a number of places, for a Free Pardon to the Convicts Frost, Jones, and Williams.—By Sir G. Staunton, from Portsmouth, for Religious Education.—By M. Grey, from Brixton, against the Poor-laws.—By Mr. Litton, from Dublin, and other places, against the Municipal Reform Bill.—By Mr. Wakley, from two places, for an Inquiry into the Principles of Socialism, with the view to the new-modelling Society.