§ Bills. Read a first time:—Exchequer bills.—Read a third time:—Church Building Acts Amendment.
§ Petitions presented. By the Earl of Winchilsea, from Ely, and the Marquess of Bute, from several places, against the Grant to Maynooth College; and by the same, and the Bishop of Gloucester, from several places, for Church Extension.—By the Earl of Stradbroke, and Lord Port-man, from several places, for, and by the Earl of Verulam, from several places, against, the Repeal of the Corn-laws.—Byihe Bishop of Exeter, from Leicester, against the Clergy Reserves Bill.—By the Earl of Warwick, from Warwick, for Medical Reform; and from several Unions, against additional Poor-law Commissioners.—By the Earl of Redesdale, from several places, against the new system of Rural Police.—By the Earl of Stanhope, from several places, against the Opium Trade.