§ MINUTES. Petitions presented. By Mr. W. Evans, Mr. R. Currie, and Mr. G, W. Wood, from Derbyshire' Northamptonshire, Kendal, and other places, for the Abolition of Church Rates.—By Mr. Hodges, from Crondall, Goudhurst, and other places, against the New Poor-law Amendment Bill.—By Mr. Gillon, from a place in Scotland, for the Extension of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths Act to Scotland.—By Mr. Darby, Mr. O. Knight, Mr. Bowes, Mr. E. Buller, and others, from Southampton, and a great many other places, against the Poor-tow Amendment Bill.