§ BILLS. Public.—Reported.—Auction Duties Repeal; Sugar (Excise Duties).
§ Private. — 1°. Duddeston and Nechell's Improvement (No. 2).
§ 2°. Hemel Hempstead Small Tenements: Manchester Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway; Watermen's Company (Poor's and Endowment Fund); Clifton Bridge; Bristol Parochial Rates.
§ Reported.—Foulmire Inclosure.
684§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Colquhoun, from several places in Ireland, for Encouragement of Schools in connexion with Church Education Society (Ireland).—By several hon. Members, from an immense number of places (581 Petitions) against the Grant to Maynooth College.—By Mr. Colquhoun, and Colonel Wyndham, from several places, against the Union of Saint Asaph and Bangor.—By Viscount Ebrington, from several places, against the Importation of Hill Coolies into the Colonics.—By Mr. Baillie, from Jamaica, complaining of Distress there.—By Mr. Morgan, from several places, for Establishment of County Courts.—By Mr. Bramston, Mr. Burroughes, the Earl of March, and Mr. Waddington, from several places, against Justices Clerks' and Clerks of the Peace Bill.—By Mr. Colquhoun, from Newcastle, in favour of the Museums of Art Bill.—By Mr. Baillie, Mr. Oswald, and Mr. Pringle, from several places, for Ameliorating the Condition of Schoolmasters (Scotland).