§ Bills. Read a second time:—Houghing of Cattle (Ireland); Putative Fathers; Embezzlement and Frauds.—Read a third time:—County Bridges; Consolidated Fund.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. E. Tennent, Mr. C. Wood, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Lockhart, Captain Jones, Mr. Hindley, and others, from Dumbartonshire, Surrey, Glasgow, Antrim, Clitheroe, Donegal, and other places, in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill.—By Mr. W. Duncombe, Lord Sandon, and Mr. Dowdeswell, from the North Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, and Wolverhampton, for Church Extension.—By Mr. Grote, from places in Suffolk, against Church Extension, Church Rates, and for the Release of Mr. Baines.—By Mr. E. A. Sanford, from Somerset, against Taxes on Food.—By Sir E. Knatchbull, from the Mayor and Corporation of Faversham, for the admission of Jews to Municipal Offices.—By Mr. Langdale, and Mr. Pease, from Preston, Knares-borough, and Durham, that Roman Catholic Paupers 571 may attend their own places of Worship.—By Viscount Sandon, from Medical Practitioners of Liverpool, and by Mr. Hodges, from Cranbrook, for Improvement in the mode of affording Medical Relief in Union Workhouses.—By Alderman Thomson, and Mr. W. Duncombe, from St. Mary Old Church, Halifax, and other places, against the New Poor-law.