§ Bills. Read a first time:—Constabulary; Vaccination.—Read a second time:—Tithe Commutation (Ireland); Consolidated Fund.
§ Petitions presented. By Colonel Butler, from Kilkenny, for an Extension of the Franchise, and Corporate Re form.—By Messrs. Villiers, Bannerman, Morrison, G. W. Wood, Wallace, Greg, T. Duncombe, Hume, Ashton, Yates, Sir U. Peel, and Lord James Stuart, from a very great number of places, for, and by Messrs. Hodges, Dugdale, Holdsworth, Codrington, Clive, and Lord G. Lennox, from a number of places, against the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Sir C. B. Vere, Mr. Dugdale, and Mr. Estcourt, from several places, for, and by Mr. C. Lushington, from a Meeting held at the Freemasons Tavern, and Mr. Villiers, from Bilston, against, Church Extension.—By Mr. Round, from Maldon, against the Poor-law Amendment Act.—By Mr. Crawford, from the Merchants of London, for Inquiry into the Opium Trade.—By Sir R. Peel, from Belfast, in favour of Non-Intrusion; from Nova Scotia, in favour of the Established Church; and from Galway, against the Importation of Flour into Ireland.—By Mr. R. Alston, from Ware, for the Release of John Thorogood, and the Abolition of Church Rates.