§ Bills. Read a first time:—Dog Carts.—Read a second time;—Municipal Districts (Ireland); Customs; East India Shipping.—Read a third time;—Insolvent Debtors (Ireland); Insane Prisoners.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Sanford, from Somerset, against Church Extension.—By Sir R. Peel, from Incumbents of Parishes, and Owners of Tithes in the Diocese of Rochester, that in any Alteration of the Law respecting the Rating of the Stock in Trade, their interests might be attended to; and from the Clergy of the Principality of Wales, that no person might be appointed to a Welsh Bishopric not acquainted with the Welsh Language.—By Mr. Baines, from a place in the county of Nottingham, to support Infant Schools and from Lancaster, against any countenance to Idolatrous Worship in India.—By the Attorney-general, from the Owners of a Coal-work in Somersetshire, and a Water-works in Newcastle, that their Property might be Exempted from Taxes for the Relief of the Poor.—By Mr. Hume, from Gallashiels, against the Trade in Opium, and War with China.