§ Bills. The Royal Assent was given to the following Bills:—Assessed Taxes Composition; Soap Duties Drawback; Indemnity; Supreme Courts (Scotland); Pleadings in Courts (India); Bills of Exchange; Turnpike Acts Continuance; and a number of Private Bills.—Read a first time:—Militia Ballots Suspension; Shannon Navigation; Jurors and Juries (Ireland); Public Works (Ireland); Postage Duties; Constables on Railroads.—Read a second time:—Letters Patent Act Amendment—Read a third time:—Timber Ships.
§ Petitions presented. By the Earl of Fitzwilliam, and the Bishop of Exeter, from several places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.—By Lord Lyndhurst, from Bangor, against the Church Discipline Bill.—By Viscount Strangford, from Liverpool, against the Inland Warehousing Bill.