§ The Colonial Acts Validity Bill was read a third time and passed.
§ Writs. On the Motion of Mr. PLANTA, a new Writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Member for the Borough of Lostwithiel, in the room of the right hon. VESEY FITZGERALD, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. H. DAVIS, from the Inhabitants of the parishes of All Saints, St. Werburgh, and St. Mary, Bristol, for a repeal of the Assessed Taxes. For the abolition of Slavery, by Lord LOWTHER, from Kendal and Appleby, in Westmoreland:—By Colonel CAVENDISH, from Derby, and another place:—By Mr. KENNEDY, from a place in Ayr:—By Mr. WM. DUNCOMBE, from Holmfirth, Yorkshire:—By Sir R. H. INGLIS, from Turvey, Bedford:—By Sir T. ACLAND, from several places in Devonshire:—By Mr. ELIOT, from Liskeard: —By Lord BRABAZON, from Carnew:—By Mr. BORRODALE, from Newcastle. By Lord LOWTHER, from the Land-owners of a parish in Westmoreland, for an amend- 1042 ment of the Tithe Laws. For the repeal of the Duties on Sea-borne Coals, by Mr. WALPOLE, from King's Lynn, Norfolk:—By Sir W. FOULKES, from Diss, in Norfolk:— By Mr. WM. DONCOMBE, from Whidley:—By Sir THOS. ACLAND, from Torquay, and several other places in Devonshire.