§ Bills. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the following Bills:—Deanery of Exeter; Seditious Societies Act Amendment; Designs Copyright Extension; Purchasers Protection; British Museum; and a number of Private Bills.
§ Petitions presented. By Lord BROUGHAM, from Lennox-town, against the further Extension of the Church of Scotland; from Glasgow, for the Improvement of Prison Discipline.—By the Bishops of RIPON, EXETER, and GLOUCESTER, from several places, against the Church Discipline Bill.—By the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, and Lord TETNRAM, from several places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.