§ PUBLIC BILLS.—3°. and passed. Administration of Criminal Justice.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By several hon. Members, from an immense number of Places, complaining of Refusal to grant Sites for the Building of Churches for the Free Church of Scotland.—By Sir John M'Taggart, from Inhabitants of the Parish of Portpatrick, for the introduction into all Railway Bills of such Provisions as may appear sufficient for securing the Observance of the Sabbath according to the Commandment.—From Proprietors in, and Inhabitants of, the City of Dublin and Neighbourhood, against the Places of Worship, &c. Sites (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Philip Howard, from Secular Clergymen and Laymen of the Town of Maryport and its Vicinity, professing the Roman Catholic Religion, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.—By Mr. Colquhoun, from Rural Deans and Clergy of the Rural Deaneries of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-upon-Trent, in the County of Stafford, against the Union of St. Asaph and Bangor, but providing for the Immediate Appointment of a Bishop to the newly erected See of Manchester.—By Mr. Hope Johnstone, and Mr. Lockhart, from a great number of places, against the Abolition of the existing Religious Tests in the Universities of Scotland.—By Mr. Deedes, Mr. George Palmer, and Mr. Robert Palmer, from several places in the Counties of Kent, Essex, and Berks, for rating Owners of Small Tenements to the Poor Rates in lieu of Occupiers.—By Mr. Milner Gibson, from Owners of Houses and Small Tenements in the Borough of Manchester, and by Mr. Robert Palmer, from Owners of Tenements of Small Value in the Parish of Wokingham, against the Rating of Tenements Bill.—By Sir George Grey, from Parochial and other Clergy of the Metropolis, and from Bankers, Merchants, Traders, and others connected with the Commercial Pursuits of the City of London, for promoting the Establishment of Public Baths and Washhouses.—By Captain Pechell, from Robert Blythe, heretofore Assistant Clerk to the Commissioners of the late Property Duties and Assessed Taxes for the District of Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk, complaining of Injury inflicted on him by the Crown, through the Instrumentality of the Solicitor to the late Board of Taxes, and praying for Inquiry.—By Mr. Young, from Clerks of Petty Sessions of the County of Cavan, for Alteration of Law respecting Clerks of Petty Sessions (Ireland).—By Sir Robert Ferguson, from Members of the Board of Guardians of the Londonderry, for Extension to Ireland of the Death by Accidents Compensation Bill.—From Masters, Wardens, and Councils of the several Chartered Trades Guilds of the City of Dublin, against the Abolition of the Guilds of Dublin.—By Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Robert Price, from several places in the Counties of Monmouth and Hereford, for Repeal or Alteration of the Lunatics Act and Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Act.—By Sir John Yarde Buller, from Ratepayers of Buckfastleigh, in the County of Devon, and by General 615 Lygon, from Board of Guardians of the Martley Union, in the County of Worcester, for Alteration of the Poor Removal Bill.—By Mr. Hope Johnstone, from Parish Schoolmasters within the Presbytery of Penpont, and from Ministers and Elders of the Presbytery of Dumfries, duly met and constituted, for the Adoption of Measures for Ameliorating the Condition of the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland.