§ Bills. Read a first time:—School Sites; Drainage of Towns s Assessed Taxes Composition; Frivolous Suits.—Read a second time:—Militia Ballots Suspension.—Read a third time:—Entails (Scotland); Victoria Park.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. Plumptre, Mr. W. Patten, Colonel Lowther, and other hon. Members, from various places, against Alterations of the Corn-laws.—By Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Easthope, and other hon. Members, from Wigton, Hackney, and various other places, for Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Mr. Greig, from Incorporations of Perth, to sanction the financial measures proposed by her Majesty's Ministers, for an Alteration in the Scotch Royal Burgh Municipal Bill; and from the Associate Congregation of Original Seceders in Perth, for the Abolition of Church Patronage in Scotland.—By Mr. Hume, Mr. Hodges, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. T. Duncombe, from Tonbridge, Stockport, Newport, Malvern, Chorley, and an immense number of other places, for the Release of all persons confined for Political Offences.