§ Bills, Read a second time;—Court of Chancery.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Easthope, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Labouchere, from Bromsgrove, Great Dunmow, Devizes, Dunstable, and a great many other places, for the Abolition of Church Rates, and against Church Extension.—By Mr. Easthope, from Newport Pagnell, that the Inmates of Union Houses may be permitted to attend Divine Worship according to their Religious Persuasion.—By Mr. Brotherton, from Baptist Congregations at Beecles, Snarden, Alcester, and Chelmsford, that Baptists be allowed to make a Declaration or Affirmation Instead of an Oath.—By Mr. Raikes Currie, from the Mayor and Corporation of Northampton, for a Revision of the Import Duties.—By Mr. Thornely, Mr. Ainsworth, and Mr. M. Phillips, from Tamworth, Stockport, Paisley, and other places, for a Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Lord Hotham, from an Individual, complaining of the misappropriation of the Emigration Fund of Australia.