Thursday, March 30, 1848.

MINUTES.] NEW WRIT.—For Wicklow, v. Colonel Acton, Chiltern Hundreds.—For Rye, v. Herbert Mascall Curteis, Esq., void Election.

PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. J. Greene, from Kilkenny, and by Mr. Roche, from Kildare, for a Repeal of the Union with Ireland.—By Mr. Sharman Crawford, from Whitburn (Linlithgowshire), and by Mr. Wilcox, from Southampton, for Adoption of Universal Snffrage.—By Mr. Cowan, from Edinburgh, and by Mr. Edward Howard, from the Borough of Morpeth, for Alteration of the Law as regards the Church of England Clergy.—By Mr. Bouverie, from Liverpool, for Abolishing the Distinction between Ecclesiastical and Civil Courts; and for Assigning Matrimonial Suits from Ecclesiastical Courts to Courts of Common Law.—By Mr. G. Craig, from Edinburgh, for Abolition of Tests (Scotland).—By Mr. Pilkington, from the Blackburn Commercial Association, for Protection to Her Majesty's Subjects in China.—By Mr. Lushington, from Westminster, for Inqiry respecting the Rajah of Sattara,—By several Hon. Members, from a number of Places, for Repeal of the Duty on Attorneys' Certificates.—By several Hon. Members, from a Number of Places, for Exemption of Charitable Bequests from the Legacy Duties.—By Mr. Christopher, from Gainsborough, and by Mr. Octavius Morgan, from Chepstow (Monmouth), against Increase or Continuance of the Property Tax.