§ Bills. Read a second time:—Bills of Exchange; Loan Societies.—Read a third time:—Highway Rates.
§ Petitions presented. By Sir M, Chapman, from Westmeath, 1564 by Lord Barrington, from Brighton, and another place, by Sir C. Burrell, from Sussex, and by Colonel Perceval, from Mayo, against any Alteration of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Hayter, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. Baines, from various districts of the Metropolis, by Mr. Villiers, from various counties in England and Scotland, and by Mr. Pryme, from Cambridge, for a Repeal of the Corn-laws..—By Mr. Macaulay, from Scotland, against Church Patronage.—By Mr. Fielden, from various places, for a Repeal of the New Poor-law; and for a Law to limit the Labour of hands in Factories.—-By Mr. A. Chapman, from the Chamber of Commerce of Greenock, against the Alteration of the Timber Duties.—By Sir W. Follett, from Solicitors of Exeter, praying for a change in the Site of the Law Courts