§ Bills. Read a first time:—Heirs of Entail (Scotland).—Read a second time:—South Australia.—Read a third time:—Indemnity; Metropolis Improvements.
§ Petitions presented. By the Earl of Clarendon, from the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, for a Removal of all Prohibitory and Protective Duties.—By Earl Stan- 1243 hope, from various places in the counties of York, Leicester, Durham, Chester, and Lancaster, against the Poor-law Amendment Act.—By the Earl of Rosebery, from the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons in Scotland, for an Extension of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Bill.—By the Marquess of Lansdowne, from Medical Practitioners of Ireland, for reform in the Medical Professions and from Inhabitants of Penryn, Cornwall, in favour of the Jews Declaration Bill.—By the Marquess of Normanby, from the Corporation of Newcastle, for the Relief of the Jews; and from the Society of Rational Religionists, for Inquiry.—By the Duke of Argyle, from Haddington, for the Abolition of Church Patronage.—By the Earl of Warwick, from Warwickshire, against the Abolition of the Corn-laws.—By the Earl of Clarendon, from Musselburgh, for the Abolition of the Corn-laws.