§ BILLS. Public.—Reported.—Museums of Art; Justices' Clerks and Clerks of the Peace.
§ 3° and passed:—Auction Duties Repeal; Sugar (Excise Duties).
§ Private—1°. Totnes Markets and Waterworks (No. 2); Westminster Improvement (No. 2); North Wales Railway.
§ 2°. Kidwelly Inclosure; Harwell and Streatley Road.
§ Reported.—London Orphan Asylum; Liverpool Guardian Gas.
§ 3°. and passed:—Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company; Manchester Division Stipendiary Magistrate; Amicable Society Assurance.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Lord Claud Hamilton, Visct. Bernard, Mr. Shaw, and Colonel Verner, from several places in Ireland, for Encouragement to Schools in connexion with Church Education Society.—By Mr. Thornely, from Chester, in favour of Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill.—By Sir George Clerk, from Penycuick, and Mr. J. Tollemache, from Middlewich, for better Observance of the Sabbath.—By several hon. Members, from an immense number of places (420 Petitions), against the Grant to Maynooth College.—By Mr. Rice, from Dover, in favour of same.—By Viscount Clive, Viscount Newry, Colonel Paget, Mr. J. H. Vivian, and Mr. Thornely, from a great many places, against the Union of St. Asaph and Bangor.—By Lord Dalmeny, Mr. E. Ellice, and Mr, F. Maule, from several places, for the Abolition of Tests in Scotch Universities.—By Mr. Protheroe, from Halifax, complaining of Grievances (New Zealand).—By Mr. Stewart, from the New Zealand Company, for Redress (New Zealand).—By Mr. Duncan, from Dundee, in favour of Increased Charge for Appraising Auctioneers' Licences.—By Mr. Grogan, from the British and Irish Steam Packet Company, for Reduction of Tolls and Dues levied by Lighthouses.—By Mr. Kemble, from several places, for Repeal of Malt Duty.—By Mr. Entwisle, from several places, for Alteration of Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons Bill.—By Sir Chas. Napier, from Francis William Beaumont, for Inquiry.—By Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Towneley, from several places, for Repeal or Alteration of Insolvent Debtors Bill.—By several hon. Members, from a great number of places, against Justices' Clerks and Clerks of the Peace Bill.—By Mr. Bruges, Marquess of Douro, Colonel Rolleston, and Colonel Wyndham, from several places, against the Parochial Settlement Bill.—By Mr. 761 Barclay, from Chertsey, against, and by Mr. Blackburne, and Viscount Duncan, from several places, for Alteration of Physic and Surgery Bill.—By Lord C. Hamilton, from Guardians of Cookstown Union, for Inquiry into the Poor Law (Ireland) Act—By Sir G. Strickland, from several places, for Diminishing the Number of Public Houses.—By Lord Dalmeny, and Viscount Duncan, from Dunfermline, and Tain, for Ameliorating the Condition of Schoolmasters (Scotland).—By Mr. Tollemache, from Middlewich, for extending the Smoke Prohibition Bill to Salt Manufactories.