The house met at 11 o'clock in the morning, when the royal assent was given by commission to the auditor of the exchequer's bill.—Their lordships then adjourned till five in the afternoon, at which hour they again met.—Lord Eldon observed, that several appeals stood over from the last session for judgment, to the consideration of which he had 156 his leisure would allow. He had intended, at the commencement of the session, to propose to their lordships to fix days for giving judgment on the appeals to which he had alluded, and his purpose in rising now was to give notice, that he should, about the middle of next week, move to appoint a time for pronouncing judgment in those appeals.—Mr. Alexander brought up the malt duty bill, and the pension, &c. duty bill, which were severally read a first time.