§ BILLS. Public.—2°. Customs (Import Duties); Public Museums, &c.
§ Private.—1°. Boddam Harbour; Sheffield and Rotherham Railway; Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland.
§ 2°. London and South Western Railway (No. 2); Midland Railways (Ely to Lincoln); Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln); Midland Railways (Swinton to Lincoln); Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough); Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway; Paisley Gas; Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway, (Keymer Branch); Standard Life Assurance Company; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway; Clerkenwell Improvement; London Orphan Asylum.
§ Reported.—Nottingham Waterworks; Britten's Divorce; Manchester Division Stipendiary Magistrates.
1239§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Sir George Grey, from Chelsea, for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. W. Miles, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Ord, Mr. Sanderson, Lord H. Vane, and Mr. Stuart Wortley, against the Grant to Maynooth College.—By Mr. Macaulay, from the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh, for Abolition of Tests in Universities (Scotland).—By Dr. Bowring, from Dublin, against Importation of Hill Coolies into the Colonies.—Lord John Russell, from New Zealand, for Inquiry.—By Mr. Beckett, from Leeds, and Mr. Thornely, from Wolverhampton, for Repeal of Duty on Copper Ore.—By Mr. Cartwright, from an immense number of places, for Repeal of Malt Duty.—By Lord John Russell, from Ceylon, for Reduction of Duty on Colonial Produee.—By Mr. H. Berkeley, and Viscount Emlyn, from several places, in favour of the County Courts Bill.—By Mr. Dundas, from Mr. E. W. James, against the Fisher Lane (Greenwich) Improvement Bill.—By Mr. Dodd, from the London and Croydon Railway Company, for Referring back the Report of Trade on Kentish and South Eastern Railway Schemes.—By Mr. Bramston, from Guardiaus of the Poor of the Romford Union, against Parochial Settlement Bill.—By Mr. Young, from Guardians of the Cootehill Union, for Alteration of Poor Relief (Ireland) Act.—By Sir C. Coote, from Guardians of the Abbeylix Union, for Relief from Payment of Loan.—By Mr. E. Ellis, from Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Cupar, for Alteration of Prisons (Scotland) Act.—By Lord E. Bruce, Mr. E. Ellice, Sir George Grey, Mr. Fuller, and Mr. Broadley, from a number of places, for Diminishing the number of Public Houses.—By Mr. Wakley, from members of the Royal College of Surgeons (Gloucester), for Inquiry respecting Charter.