§ Sir J. Mackintoshobtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal so much of the 39th Elizabeth, the 21st; James 1st, the 4th and 9th George 1st, and the 5th, 6th, 8th, 26th, and 27th of George 2nd, as enacted capital punishments on crimes specified therein. Also a bill to repeal so much of the 1st and 2nd of Philip and Mary, the 18th Charles 2nd, the 9th George 1st, and the 12th George 2nd, chap. 29, as enacted capital punishments on the commission of certain offences specified therein.—The hon. and learned member then said, that he had on a former occasion given notice of a bill to consolidate the laws on forgery; he would now, with the leave of the House, withdraw that notice, and move for leave to bring in a bill "for mitigating the severity of punishment in certain cases of forgery and the crimes connected therewith; and also for more effectually detecting the forgery of notes or bills of the Bank of England."—The notice was withdrawn, and leave given to bring in the bill. The hon. and learned member then brought in the bill, which, with the two already mentioned, were read a first time.