§ PUBLIC BILLS.—2a Custody of Offenders; Prisons.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Joseph Bentley, for the Adoption of Means for the Establishment of a more perfect System of National Education.—From several Poor Law Unions in Ireland for Amendment of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, by equalizing the payment of Poor Rates over the entire of each Union.—By Lord Brougham, from Bodmin, against the Use of Grain and Fruit in Distilleries.—From Hunslet and several other places for Amendment of the Poor Removal Act.