§ Bills. The Royal Assent given to the Calico Duties' Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and Marine Forces Bill. The Poors' Settlement Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Irish Population was committed.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord KING, from Bilton, and two other Parishes in Gloucestershire; from Wareham, and several Parishes in Norfolk, praying for a Commutation of Tithes; from St. Luke's, Middlesex, for the Removal of the Metropolitan Police; and from Waterford, for the Repeal of the Duty on Sea-borne Coals. For Reform, by the Earl of RADNOR, from a Parish in Lanarkshire:— By the Earl of Rosslyn, from the Borough of Dysart, Fife: —By the Duke of NORFOLK, from Leslie, in Yorkshire: By the Earl of ROSEBERY, from a Borough in Linlith-gowshire:—By the Marquis of BUTE, from Swansea. By the Earl of CHICHESTER, from the Landholders and others of the eastern Division of Sussex, complaining of the Distress of the Agricultural Classes, and praying for Relief. Against Negro Slavery, by the same noble Earl, from Brighton, Newhaven, and Lewes, and Welmington, in Sussex:—By the Marquis of DOWNSKIRE, from Car-rickfergus and Lisburne:—By Lord CARBERRY, from Congregations of Wesleyan Methodists, and of other Protestant Dissenters:—By the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, from the Shipowners of Newcastle, against an Alteration of the Timber Duties. By the Earl of WESTMORLAND, from the Borough of Kirkby Kendal, against the Punishment of Death for Crimes against Property.