§ Bills. Read a first time:—Militia Ballot Suspension; Valuation of Lands (Ireland); Bank of Ireland Repayment; Militia Pay; Oaths Validity; and Stamp Dies.—Read a second time:—Constables on Public Works; and Mails on Railways.—Read a third time:—Juvenile Offenders.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord SEGRAVE, from the Grand Jury of the county of Glocester, for the Repeal of the Beer Act.—By the Duke of WELLINGTON, from certain Individuals, against postponing the period for the Imprisonment for Debt Bill coming into operation.—By the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, from the Ministers of three denominations of Dissenters, for Improvements in Prison Discipline—By the Marquess of SALISBURY, from Hertford, in favour of Mr. Hill's Postage plan.—By the Bishop of LONDON, from Bury St. Edmund's, and other places, against encouraging Idolatrous Ceremonies in India; from the Clergy of Limerick, and other places in Ireland, against parts of the Irish Tithe Bill.—By Lord ASHBURTON, from a place in Essex, against the Beer Act.—By the Earl of RODEN, from Dublin, and other places in Ireland, against parts of the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill; from Bath, against any further Grant to the College of Maynooth.—By the Earl of CHICHESTER, Viscount CANNING, and the Earl of LICHFIELD, several, from various places, against encouraging Idolatry in India.—By the Marquess of DOWNSHIRE, from the county of Down, for the settlement of the Tithe Question.—By the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, from the Dean and Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, in favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of Post-office reform.—By the Earl of RIPON, from Liverpool, against the encouragement of Idolatry in India; from three Individuals, complaining that they had suffered great loss and hardship in consequence of the Seizure of the Vixen.