§ Bills. Read a first time:—Administration of Justice (No. 2); Jews Declaration.
§ Petitions presented. By Colonel Sibthorp, from Lincoln, in favour of the Small Debts Courts' Bill.—By Sir J. Y. Buller, from a Board of Guardians in Devonshire, for the Amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor.—By Sir It. Inglis, from a Wesleyan Congregation, and from the Clergy of the Deanery of Dunstable, for additional Church Accommodation.—By Mr. Colquhoun, from Kilmarnock, for the Abolition of Lay Patronage in the Church of Scotland.—ByMr.F. H. Berkeley, from the Merchants of Bristol, against the Equalization of the Duties 456 on East and West India Sugar.—By Mr. F. Maule, from Glasgow, and other places, for the Abolition of the Patronage in the Church of Scotland By Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. E. Tennent, from Paisley, Glasgow, and Manchester, in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill.