§ Returns Ordered. On the Motion of the Earl of MALMESBURY of the quantity of Wheat remaining under Bond on January 5th, 1828, the quantity entered for Home Consumption between January 1828 and January 1830; the quantity exported in the same period, and the quantity in Bond on January 5th, 1830:—of the quantity of Flour imported from the Idle of Man into Liverpool, from January 1858 to January 1830. On the Motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, of the quantity of Raw, Waste, and Thrown Silk entered for Home Consumption during the last ten years, specifying the Rates of Duty: —of all Silk Manufactured Articles imported since 1826: —of the quantities of Thrown, Raw, and Waste Silk which have laid Duties during the last three years: —of the number of Skins on which Duties have been paid during the last ten years: —of the Vessels which have passed through the Sound during 1829: —of the number and tonnage of British Ships which entered Inwards and cleared Outwards during the five years ending January 5, 1826, and the five years ending January 5, 1830: — of various Articles, such as China-ware, Earthenware, Cordage, Iron, Lead, Toys, &c &c On the Motion of Earl BATHURST: Copies of any correspondence between the Board of Trade and the Directors of the East-India Company, and of Letters written by the Directors to the Government of India, relative to the cultivation of Cotton and Tobacco in the East Indies.
§ Returns Presented. Extract of a Letter from the Government of Bengal to the Court of Directors, dated June 29th, 1826, respecting the permission given to Europeans to hold Land on Lease for the cultivation of Coffee: —Minute of Mr. Trower, of the Board of Revenue at Calcutta, dated March 25th, 1823, and Resolution of Bengal Government, pasted 7th May, 1824; —extract of g Letter from 961 the Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal, dated Sept. 10th, 1828, in reply to a Letter from that Government, of June 29, 1826, and extract of a Letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal, dated July 8th, 1829, directing that Government to adhere to the terms of the Resolution of May 7, 1824. The East Retford Witnesses Indemnity Bill was introduced and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on April 20, when witnesses were ordered to attend.
§ The Marquis of LANSDOWN gave notice, that on an early day he would move an Address to the Crown, requesting that his Majesty's Consuls in South America be directed to furnish a statement of the exports of the precious Metals from the districts with which they were connected.
§ Petitions Presented. By the Duke of GORDON, from Rossshire, praying for a Repeal of the Malt Tax.— Laid on the Table. By the Earl of CARMARVON, from Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Wilts, praying that as to the Poor-laws, Ireland might be placed on the same footing as England. By the Duke of NORFOLK, from Sheffield, praying for Free Trade to India and China:— By the Duke of GLOUCESTER, from Gloucester, to the same effect: —By the Marquis of LANSDOWN to the same effect, from Pollockshaw, Perth, Hastingden, and the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin. By Lord GRENVILLE, from Wellington, against the Truck System. By the Earl of ESSEX, from Wellingborough, praying for a revision of the Penal Laws. By Lord WHARNCLIFFE, from the Fishermen of Robinhood's Bay, praying for a continuation of the Fishery Bounties. By Lord HOLLAND, from Archibald Hamilton Rowan, and George Cockburn, complaining of the manner of Registering Marriages in the North of Ireland, and praying a remedy.