The Lord Chancellorstated, that if the noble Lord was merely about to present petitions, without making any observations on them, their Lordships would, of course, immediately receive them; but if they related to matters of Church and State— such as those on which the noble Lord had recently been in the habit of addressing the House, and which the noble Lord would do well to broach in some other manner, as he (the Lord Chancellor) had to address their Lordships on a subject of importance, and as his address would be bounded within some limits—the noble Lord would perhaps allow him precedence.
Lord Kingsaid, that one of his petitions related to a peculiar grievance, and was a subject new to the House; but he would with pleasure give way to the noble and learned Lord.