§ Petitions presented. Praying for the abolition of Slavery, by Earl TALBOT, from Dissenters in the North Riding of Yorkshire:— By Lord SOMERS, from the Mayor and Freemen of Hereford, and from a Dissenting Congregation of the Town of Huntingdon:—By the Earl of HARDWICKE, from the Inhabitants of Wisbeach:—By Earl CAWDOR, from Protestant Dissenters at Haverford-west:—By the Earl of RADNOR, from Protestant Dissenters at New Sarum and Downton:—By his Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER, from Truro, and another place in Cornwall:—By Earl GREY, from the Inhabitants of Bishop Auckland, from a Congregation of Baptists at the same place, and from Methodists at North Shields, at Alnwick, and Kimpton:—By Lord KING, from Protestant Dissenters at Ashburton:—By the Bishop of BATH and WELLS, from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Wells, and from the Inhabitants of Bath, from the Inhabitants of Frome, and from Protestant Dissenters at Frome. Praying for the abolition of the Game Laws, by the Earl of RADNOR, from James Hamerton, of Hem-field Park, Yorkshire.
The Lord Chancelloracquainted their Lordships that his Majesty had returned the following Answer to their Address, which his Lordship read.
"My Lords, I have received with great satisfaction your dutiful and affectionate Address. I rely with entire confidence on your loyal attachment to my person and government, and on your zealous cooperation and cordial support in every measure calculated to promote the welfare of my subjects, and to maintain the honour and dignity of my Crown."