§ The Malt Duties Bill was brought up from the Commons. The Earl of ELDON presented a Bill for amending the Bankrupt Laws, which was read a first time.
§ Returns presented. The aggregate Amount of all Balances of Public Money in the Hands of the Bank of England on the 1st and 15th day of each month for 1829:—Bank of England Notes in circulation on February 26th and August 26th in each year, from February, 1819, to February, 1830:—Advances made by the Bank of England to Government on Exchequer Bills, and other Securities, on August 28th, 1829, and February 28th, 1830:—Money paid or payable at the Bank of England for the Management of the Public Debt in 1829:—The quantity of Corn Spirits of Home-distillation, and of Rum which paid Duty for Home-consumption in the four years ending January 5th, 1826, and in the four years ending January 5th, 1829:—Of Exports and Imports from I798 to 1820:—Evidence taken before the Committee relative to Coin in 1828:—Coals shipped from the Port of Cardiff.
§ Petitions presented. For throwing open the China-trade, by the Duke of PORTLAND, from the Magistrates of the Burgh of Ayr and Kilmarnock:—By the Marquis of LANSDOWN, from the Incorporated Trades of Glasgow. For holding the Assizes of the West Riding of the County of York at Wakefield, by Lord WHARNCLIFFE, from Pontefract. For an alteration in the Tithe-laws, by the Duke of RICHMOND, from Mr. James Hantler. Praying for Relief under Distress, by the Earl of RADNOR, from the Inhabitants of High Holder, of Great Yarmouth; and the operative Stone-masons of London and Westminster:—And by Earl.STANHOPR, from several Parishes in Kent. For the Abolition of Death as the Punishment of Forgery, by the Earl of RADNOR, from Bolton, Lancashire:—And by the Marquis of LANSDOWN, from Portsmouth. Against the Duty on Coals imported into Ireland, by the same Nobleman, from the Inhabitants of St. Audeons, Dublin, and of Drogheda. Against the additional Duty on Spirits, by the same Nobleman, from the Magistrates, Farmers, and others of Upper Ossory:—And by Vise. MELVILLE, from the Farmers attending Edinburgh Market. Against the proposed alteration in the Welsh Judicature, by the Earl of ELDON, from the Inhabitants of Haverford west, of Cardigan, and of Pembroke.