§ PUBLIC BILLS. — 1°. Patent Commissions; Waste Lands (Australia).
§ 2°. Ecclesiastical Patronage; Railway Commissioners.
§ Reported. Court of Exchequer (Ireland}.
§ 3°. and passed. New Zealand Loan Act Amendment; Customs Duties (No. 2); New Zealand Government; Tithes Commutation; Marriages (Ireland).
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. John Fielden, from Inhabitants of the Town of Abergele and its Vicinity, in the County of Denbigh, for the Adoption of Measures for Securing and Enforcing the Due Observance of the Lord's Day—By Mr. Charles Buller, from Inhabitants of the Settlements of Wellington, Nelson, Plymouth, and Wanganui, in the Colony of New Zealand, for Inquiry into the Affairs of that Colony.—From Chemists and Druggists residing at Bridgewater, against the Spirit Licenses and Duties Bill.—By Mr. John Fielden, from Inhabitants of Todmorden, for an Investigation into the Working of the Anatomy Act, with a View to its Repeal.—By Mr. D'Eyncourt, from Inhabitants of Peckham, and by Mr. Wakley, from Braintree, Booking, Kendal, and Newark, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Flogging in the Army and Navy.—By Mr. Cornwall Legh, from Inhabitants of Lymm, in the County of Chester, complaining of the Practice of putting Children to the Business of Fustian Cutting under the Age of Thirteen Years, and Working them longer than they are able to bear, and praying the House to adopt Measures for Effectually Remedying the Evil complained of.—By Captain Pechell, from Philip Herring, a Prisoner in the Queen's Prison, in the County of Surrey, under Attachments from the High Court of Chancery, praying for Inquiry into his Case.—By several hon. Members, from a great many Members of the Medical Profession, in favour of the Medical Practitioners Bill.—By Mr. Masterman, from Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, and from Journeymen Pawnbrokers of the Parishes of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and Christ Church, Spitalfields, in favour of the Pawnbrokers Bill.—By Lord Courtenay, from Board of Guardians of the Kingsbridge Union, County of Devon, for Alteration of the Poor Law—By Mr. Antrobus, from Shopkeepers, Ratepayers, and Inhabitants of and in the Vicinity of the South District of the Borough of Lambeth; by Mr. D'Eyncourt, from Wholesale and Retail Dealers, Householders, and Inhabitants of and in the Vicinity of Grosvenor Square, Hyde Park; by Sir De Lacy Evans, from Householders, Workmen, and Inhabitants of Chelsea; and by Mr. Muntz, from Inhabitant Householders, Traders, and Inhabitants of Bedford Square, for the Adoption of Measures for Redeeming and Extintinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges.