§ Bills. Read a first time:—Metropolis Police; Register of Births; Gaol Delivery; Lower Canada Government.—Read a second time:—Indemnity; Soap Duties Drawback; Stannaries Courts (Cornwall); Highways and Turnpike Roads Returns.
§ Petitions presented. By the Marquess of Bute, from the General Assembly, for further Grants to the Church of Scotland; from Glasgow, against forcing a Minister upon any Parish.—By Lord Wharncliffe, from Suitors of Halifax, against the Delay in passing the Small Debtors Court Bill.—By Lord Lyndhurst, from Merchants and others of Glasgow, against the Russian Blockade in the Black Sea.—By the Marquess of Bute, the Earl of Stanhope, and Lords Ashburton, and Segrave, from a number of places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.