The Bishop of Exetersaid, that he wished to call their Lordships' attention to a matter of some importance. It appeared by the votes, that on the 29th of last month, certain ordinances from Canada were laid on the Table and ordered to be printed. Some delay having occurred, he sent to the Queen's printer, and the answer was, that the ordinances were sent to the Colonial Office for revision, and that there were some deficiencies to be supplied. This answer, he must say, he thought rather extraordinary. According to the Act of Parliament, these ordinances must lay thirty days on the Table of the House, before they could become law; but they were not printed till the 16th of this month, and so there remained only eight or ten clays for their consideration. He did not know what the proper course was, whether the Queen's printer should be called to the Bar to answer what questions might be put to him on the subject. He should like to know what was the proper course. Before he presented the petition to-morrow, of which he had given notice, he would ask the noble Viscount what explanation he could give on the subject?
§ Adjourned.