§ Bills. Read a first time:—Right of Voting (Scotland); New Zealand Company.
§ Petitions presented. By Messrs, J. E. Vivian, W. Smith, and Captain Polhill, from several places for Church Extension.—By Messrs. Grey, Baines, and the Attorney-General, from several places, for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Dugdale, from Warwickshire, for Amending the Poor-laws.—By Sir J. Seale, from Dartmouth, for Upholding the Privileges of the House.—By Mr. Parke, from Leicester, for the Liberation of Sheriff Evans; from one place, against the War with China, and the Opium Trade.—By Dr. Lushington, from the Mariners Church, for Relief to destitute Seamen; from Moredon College, against the Ecclesiastical Courts—By Sir W. James, from the Hull Chamber of Commerce, against the Inland Warehousing Bill.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Manchester, and other places, for. Inquiry into the Factory system.—By Mr. J. O'Connell, from three places, for Corporate Reform, and an Increase of the Franchise in Ireland.—By Mr. Bannerman, from Aberdeen, in favour of Non-Intrusion.—By Mr. G. Berkeley, from Cheltenham, against the Delays in the Court, of Chancery.