§ Papers ordered. On the Motion of the Duck of RICHMOND, an Account of the Number of Parishes in each County in England and Wales in which the Magistrates in petty Session have approved of a Plan agreed to by the Vestry for the Employment of the Poor.
§ Bills. Received the Royal Assent:—Soap Duties; Starch Duties; Dramatic Authors; Savings Banks Annuities.—Read a second time:—Consolidated Fund.
§ Petitions presented. By Lords SUFFIELD and DINORBEN, from several Places,—against Slavery.—By Lord DUNDAS, from several Bodies of Dissenters, for Relief with regard to Marriages, Registration, and Church Rates.—By the Earl of ROSEBERY, from the Ship Builders of the Ports and Creeks of the Frith of Forth, for Equalizing the Duty on Timber; from Dumfries, for Poor Laws to Ireland.