§ PUBLIC BILLS.—1a Larceny Acts Amendment.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Hume, from Members of a Society formed for the Diffusion of Political Information in Taunton, for an Extension of the Suffrage.—By Mr. Pole Carew, from the Deanery of West, in the County of Cornwall, against, and by Sir Thomas Birch, from Liverpool, in favour of, the Marriages Bill.—By Mr. Bouverie, from the Parish of Tresmere, near Launceston, Cornwall, respecting the Payment of Parish Clerks.—By Sir W. Molesworth, from the Commissioners and Ward-masters of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, against the Transportation of Convicts to that Colony.—By Mr. Frewen, from the Association for the Repeal of the Malt and Hop Duties; and by Lord Rendlesham, from the Beccles Farmers' Club, Suffolk, praying for a Repeal of those Duties.—By Mr. Hume, from the Parish of Pennycuick, in the County of Edinburgh, for the Repeal of the Paper Duty.—By Mr. Whitmore, from the Borough of Bridgnorth, for Reduction of Public Expenditure.—By Mr. Muntz, from several Shareholders in Railways, at a Meeting held at the Queen's Hotel, in Birmingham, respecting Taxation on Railways.—By Mr. H. Drummond, from the Capel Farmers' Club, in the County of Surrey, for the Relief of Agricultural Distress.—By Major Blackall, from Kingstown, Dublin, for Relief of Distress (Ireland).—By Mr. Hume, from James Hill Dickson, respecting the Cultivation of Flax in Ireland—By Mr. Masterman, from the City of London, for a Better Supply of Gas.—By Mr. Disraeli, from the Town of Peterhead, in the County of Aberdeen, for an Alteration of the Merchant Seamen's Fund Act.—By Sir John Yardley Buller, from Dartmouth, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, against, and by Mr. Cobden, from Whit-stable, in the County of Kent, in favour of, the Navigation Bill—By Mr. John Ellis, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Leicester, respecting the Law of Settlement—By Mr. Bourke, from the Board of Guardians of the Edenderry Union, and by Captain Jones, from the Ratepayers of Londonderry, against the proposed Rate in Aid (Ireland)—By Mr. Cornewall Lewis, from the Guardians of the Darlington 630 Union, in the Counties of Durham and York, for an Alteration of the Public Roads Bill—By Mr. H. Baillie, from Members of the Presbytery of Inverness, against the Registering Births, &c., and Marriage (Scotland) Bills.—By Mr. Law Hodges, from Gravesend, Kent, and by other Hon. Members, from several Places, for Referring War Disputes to Arbitration.