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Took the Oaths.—Several Lords.
PUBLIC BILLS.—1a Land Improvement and Drainage (Ireland); Account of Turnpike Trusts (Scotland); Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colonies.
2a Sewers Acts Amendment; Small Debts (Scotland) Act Amendment.
Reported,—Bankrupt Law Consolidation. 3a Poor Laws (Ireland) Rate in Aid.
PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Earl Somers, from Hereford, for a Reduction of the Public Expenditure, and for a protective Duty against foreign Competition.—From Kilkenny, and other Places, against the Rate in Aid (Ireland).—By the Bishop of Winchester, from a great Number of Places, for the Adoption of Measures for the Suppression of Seduction and Prostitution.—By Lord Stanley, from Brakeney and Clay, against any Alteration of the Navigation Laws.—From Bath, for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death.