§ Order of the Day for the House to be put in Committee, and for hearing Counsel against the said Bill, read.
§ Counsel accordingly called in.
§ THE EARL OF VERULAMbegged to inform their Lordships that he had communicated to the Mayor of St. Albans the result of their Lordships' deliberations on a former occasion in reference to their petition that counsel should be heard at the bar of their Lordships' House against the Bill introduced for the purpose of disfranchising their borough. He had received a letter from the Mayor, in which he informed him that the petitioners were very thankful for the permission which bad been granted to them to be heard by counsel; but on re- 1111 consideration they would not take up the time of the House by appearing by counsel at their Lordships' bar.
§ And no Counsel appearing, the House was put into Committee on the said Bill: Bill reported without Amendment.
§ House adjourned till To-morrow.