§ Bills. Read a first time:—Militia Ballots Suspensions Clerks of the Peace; Lancaster Compensation; Houses of Industry (Ireland).—Read a second time:—Parish Constables.—Read a third time:—Vaccination.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Leader, Mr. Wilbraham, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Easthope, and other hon. Members, from Westminster, Loughborough, Sutton, Bridgewater, West Hackney, and a great many other places, for a Repeal of the Corn-Laws.—By Mr. Easthope, from a great many places, for the substitution of Affirmations, and against Church Extension By Lord Worsley, Lord Henniker, Colonel Verner, and others, from Lincolnshire, Woodbridge, and other places, against Alteration of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Thornely, and Mr. Brotherton, from Staffordshire, and Salford, for the Release of Mr. Baines, and the Abolition of Church Rates.—By Mr. Elliot, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Wrightson, and others, from Southwark, Galashiels, Warrington, and other places, in favour of the proposed Alteration in the Import Duties—By Mr. Gil-Ion, from Greenock, against any Alteration in the present system of Banking in Scotland.