Monday, July 8, 1839.

MINUTES.] Bills. Read a first time:—Timber Ships; Embankments (Ireland).— Read a second time:—Assessed Taxes Composition; Soap Duties Drawback—Read a third time:—Stannaries Courts (Cornwall); Election Petitions Trial.

Petitions presented. By Lord Lowther, and Mr. G. Berkeley, from two places, for a Uniform Penny Postage.—By Sir P. Egerton, from a place in Cheshire, for the Repeal of the Catholic Emancipation Act.—By Sir R. H. Inglis, from the Members of the Royal Academy, for rescinding the Order of the 14th of March.—By Mr. D. W. Harvey, from the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, against a Clause in the New Beer Act.—By Mr. Kemble from the Protestant Association of Camberwell, against any further Grant to Maynooth College.