§ Petitions for opening the East-India and China Trade were presented from North Shields, by the Duke of SOMERSET; and from Carlisle, by the Earl of WESTMORLAND. The Earl of VERULAM presented a Petition from Hertfordshire, for a Repeal of the Malt and Beer Taxes.
§ On the Motion of the same noble Lord, at the request, he said, of his noble friend, the Marquis of SALISBURY, a message was sent to the House of Commons, requesting the attendance of Messrs. DUNDAS and COMPTON, Members of that House, to give evidence before their Lordships relative to the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill; and all Papers, Documents, &c elucidatory of that Bill were ordered to be printed.
§ Sir A. GRANT, Sir G. CLERK, Mr. CALCRAFT, and other Members, brought up the Grand Jury Extension Bill (Ireland), the Smugglers' Families' Maintenance Bill; the Ellenborough Divorce Bill, and several private Bills, to which the House of Commons had agreed.