§ Bills. Read a first time:—CriminalJustice; Boroughs Improvements; Drainage of Towns; Vaccination! Buildings Regulation; Courthouses (Ireland).— Read a second time:—Stamp Duties (Law Proceedings). —Read a third time:—Slave Compensation; Arms (Ireland).
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Hutt, from Gateshead, for the Abolition of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. W. Gladstone, Mr. A. Chapman, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Cresswell, Captain Mathew, Dr. Lushington, and several other hon. Members, from St. Vincent, the Ship Owners Society, London, Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow, Liverpool, and many other places, against the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to Colonial Produce.— By Mr. Thornely, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Wood, Mr. Clay, Mr. Aglionby, and several other Members, from Liverpool, London, Kendal, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and other places, for the Chancellor of the Exchequer's plan for the Reduction of the Duties on Foreign Produce. —By Mr. G. Strickland, and Mr. W. Williams, from Saddleworth, and Coventry, for a Revision of the Import Duties.