§ Bills. Read a first time:—Lord Seaton's Annuity; Law of Evidence (Scotland).
§ Petitions presented. By the Marquess of Lothian, Earl Beauchamp, and the Earl of Mountcashel, from a very great number of places, against, and by Earl Fitzwilliam, from Liverpool, for, the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—By the Bishop of Durham, from Durham, for Church Extension.—By the Duke of Buccleugh, and the Earl of Aberdeen, from places in Scotland, against the General Assembly, and in favour of Non-Intrusion.