§ MINUTES.] BILLS. Public.—2° Norfolk Island.
§ Private. —3° and passed:—Lagan Navigation.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Messrs. Sheppard, and P. Howard, Sir J. Hanmer, the Earl of Leicester, and a number of other Members, from a great number of places, against the Factories Bill.—By Mr. Villiers, from Kent, for the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By Sir II. Inglis, from Whitchurch, against the Union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.—By Mr. W. S. O'Brien, from Medin, and Milltown, against the Irish Arms Bill. —By Mr. Ferrand, from the Sawyers of Rochdale, and other places, for a Duty on Wood cut by Saw-mills.—By Mr. T. Duncombe, from Forfar, for the Release of Cooper the Chartist.—From Bredbury, against the Turnpike Roads Bill. — From Beverley, and Bradford, in favour of the Scientific Societies Bill.—From Bristol, against the Commons Inclosure Bill.—From Suffolk, against the Parochial Assessment Act. — From Leicester, and Loughborough, for Protection from Machinery.—From the Frame-work Knitters of Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester, for Relief and Inquiry.—From the Bleachers of Glasgow, Lanark, etc., for extending to them the Provisions of the Factories Act, and for Relief.