§ Public Bills.—Reported—Sewers Acts Amendment; Small Debts (Scotland) Act Amendment.
§ PETITIONS PRESENTED. From Gloucester and Liverpool, and a Number of Places near London, against Seduction and Prostitution.—By the Earl of Stradbroke, from Canterbury, and several other Places, for Protection from unrestricted foreign Competition.—By Lord Brougham, from Yorkshire and Huddersfield, against the Granting of any New Licenses to Beer Shops.—From Stamford, in favour of the Freemen's Lands Bill.—By Lord Redesdale, from the Clergy of Bridport, for the Prevention of the Sale of Tithes.—From Atherstone, for an Alteration of the Poor Rates, and for a System of National Rating.—By Lord Lyttelton, from Chew Magna, for an Alteration in Dispensing of the Educational Grant.