§ Petitions presented. By the Earl of HARDWICKE, and other noble LORDS, from various places, against the abolition of Church-rates.—By Lord RAYLEIGH, from Chelmsford, that their Lordships would not sanction any measure to alienate any portion of the ancient revenues of the Church, from the legitimate objects for which those revenues were originally granted.—By Lord SEGRAVE, from the Board of Guardians of an Union in Gloucestershire, for landlords instead of tenants to be rated to the poor.