§ Bills. Read a first time:—Small Debts (Scotland).
§ Petitions presented. By Lords HATHERTON, BROUGHAM, DUNCANNON, Earl FITZWILLIAM, and Viscount MILBOURNE, from Paisley, Northampton, and various other places, for the Abolition of Church-rates.—By the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, and several other Noble LORDS, from Netherwent, Elmly, and various other places, against the Abolition of Church-rates.—By Earl STANHOPE, from several Parishes in London, for Poor Laws Amendment Act—By Lord BROUGHAM, from Mold, for Vote by Ballot.