§ . NEW WRIT. For the County of Chester (Northern Division), v. the Right Hon. Edward John Stanley, now Lord Eddisbury.
§ PUBLIC BILLS.—1° Qualification and Registration of Electors (Ireland); Elections and Polling Places (Ireland). Reported.—Public Health.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. W. J. Fox, from Oldham, for Adoption of Universal Suffrage.—By Mr. J. E. Denison, from Owners of Land, in Norwell (Nottingham), for Alteration of the Law respecting Church Leases.—By Mr. G. Cavendish, from Buxton, in the Diocese of Lichfield, against any Alteration of the Law affecting the present Standard of Doctrine of the Church of England.— 988 By Lord Ashley, from Bath, and Admiral Gordon, from the Presbytery of Ellon (Aberdeen), against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—By General Arbuthnott, from Stone-haven, and its Vicinity, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Better Observance of the Lord's Day.—By Sir John Hope, from the Presbytery of Edinburgh, against the Marriages (Scotland) Bill (1847).—By General Caulfield, from the Presbyterian Congregation of Clare, and by other Hon. Members, from a great many Places, in favour of the Places of Worship Sites (Scotland) Bill.—By Mr. Scully, from the Presbyterian Congregation of Clonmel, complaining of the Withdrawal of the Regium Donum.—By Mr. Shafto Adair, from Cambridge, for Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By Mr. Smollett, from Dumbarton, for Inquiry into the Excise Laws.—By Mr. Headlam, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and its Vicinity, for Alteration of the Legacy Duties.—By Mr. Blewitt, from Newport, for Discouragement of Beer Houses.—By Mr. Packe, from several Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, for an Extension of the Benefit Societies Act.—By Lord Ashley, from Bath, and other Places, against the Diplomatic Relations, Court of Rome, Bill.—By Mr. W. Miles, from Woodville, in the Diocese of Peterborough, for Alteration of the Law respecting Education.—By Mr. George Hamilton, from Abbeymahon and Templequinlan, and several other Places in Ireland, for Encouragement to Schools in Connexion with the Church Education Society (Ireland).—By Mr. Bright, from Alexander Robb, Surgeon, Glasgow, for Inquiry into Glasgow Riots.—By Mr. Bond Cabbell, from Members of the alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, for Alteration of the Law of Lunacy.—By Lord George Bentinck, from Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures in Glasgow, and by Mr. Smollett, from Dumbarton, against Repeal of Navigation Laws.—By Admiral Gordon, from the Parochial Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of Deer, for Ameliorating their Condition.—By Mr. French, from Proprietors and Landholders of Roscommon, for Alteration of the Poor Law (Ireland).—By Mr. Smollett, from Bonhill, for Amendment of the Poor Law (Scotland).—By Mr. Philip Bennet, from Woodbridge (Suffolk), and its Neighbourhood, for Alteration of the Law as regards Promiscuous Intercourse of the Sexes.—By Mr. Beckett, from Leeds, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Alteration of the Public Health Bill.—By Captain Fordyce, from Aberdeen, suggesting Loans on Railways.—By Sir John Hope, from the Presbytery of Edinburgh, against Registering of Births, &c. (Scotland) Bill (1847).—By General Arbuthnott, from Justices of the Peace of Kincardineshire, and by Colonel Mure, from Renfrew, for the Completion of the Survey of Scotland.