§ MINUTES. BILLS Public.—1°. Lunatics; Small Debts.
§ Reported.—County Rates.
§ 3°. and passed:—Fresh Water Fishing (Scotland).
§ Private.—1°. Dublin Pipe Water (No. 2).
§ 2°. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch).
§ Reported.—Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway; Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway; St. Helen's Canal and Railway; Cromford Canal (re-committed); Westminster Improvement (No. 2).
§ 3°. and passed:—Dublin and Drogheda Railway; Lancaster and Carlisle Railway; Aberdeen Railway; Chelsea Improvement; Leeds and Thirsk Railway; York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch).
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. G. Hamilton, from Dublin, for Encouragement to Schools in connexion with Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. Hindley, from several places, for Discontinuance of the Regium Donura Grant.—By Sir R. H. Inglis, from Minister and Elders of the Presbytery of Dumbarton, against Universities (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Rutherfurd, from several places, in favour of Universities (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Somes, from the General Shipowners Society of the City of London, for Reduction of Tolls and Dues levied by Lighthouses.—By Lord C. Wellesley, from several places, for Repeal of Malt Duty.—By Captain Bateson, from Magherafelt, for Alteration of Banking (Ireland) Bill.—By Mr. Divett, from Charles Bird, of Exeter, for Reappointment of Committee on Courts of Justice.—By Mr. Hornby, and several other hon. Members, from a great number of places, in favour of the Ten Hours System in Factories.—By Mr. Rutherfurd, from several places, for Better Regulation of Fisheries (Scotland) Bill.—By Viscount Clements, from several places, for Alteration of Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Act.—By Mr. Gore, Mr. Mangles, Sir J. Owen, and Mr. C. Smith, from a great number of places, for Alteration of Physic and Surgery Bill—From Tonbridge Wells and Rotherfield, for Diminishing the Number of Public Houses.—By Sir William Clay, from John Dalston Jones, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, for Inquiry (Royal College of Surgeons).