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HOUSE OF LORDS. Fee. 217.
The LORD OHLICELLIOR toot his seat ups* the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
Earl FEI,ZWI PA presented a Petition for the Repeal of
the Testatid Corporation Acts, from the Protest= Dissenters of
York sod of Hull.
Lord OWYDYR presented a similar Petition from the Pro-
testant Dissenters of Teston, in Yorkshire.
Lord CAWDOR presented two Petitions to the same effect,ll
from places in the County of Lincoln.
Lord KING presented similar Petitions from the Protestant
Dissenters of Taunton; and of Mitcham, in the County of Surrey.
Ilse Earl of H fIRLIOW BY presented a similar Petition from
the Protestant Dissenters of Cheadon, in the County of Stafford.
These Petitions were severally ordered to Ile upon the Table.
The Robeck Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed.
Lord SHAFTESBURY moved that there be laid before the
;louse the 16th and 17th Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry
into Charitable Foundations.
The Earl of HARROWBY presented a Petition from the Ge-
neral Quarter Sessions of the County of Stafford, praying the House
to take into its consideration the increase of Juvenile Offenders.
Mr. Josmrrons, from the Once of the Chief Secretary for Ire.
land, presented an Account of the Stamp Duties received in the
Courts of Law and Equity in Ireland, since 18111; and other Pa-
pers relating to tbose Courts.
The House then adjourned until to-morrow (this day).
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Mr. JOHNSTON!, from the 'Office of the Chief Secretary for
Ireland, presented a return of all Sums paid into the Exchequer
of Ireland during the last year.

in the several Colonies ;also Corks of all Orders in Council Issued
for the Regulations of the Co ' He thougkt it very important
that Gentlemen should have an opportunity•trfoortsulting important
documents of this kind in the library of the House, without being
under the necessity, as now, of going far that purpose to the Colo-
nial Mee. Without cogitating these documents.it was impossible
they could clearly undetstand the real situatieo of the slave popula-
tion of the Colonies.
After a few words from Mr. CURTRIS, in support of the
motion, and recommendini some better regulations in the library
of the House.
Mr. HUSKISSON said he could have no other Wish
but to communicate the fullest ittfottflatlon. In INS a motion,
similar to this, was made, and the doCuments were not ready till
four years after. They bad since greatly accumulated, both in
print and to manuscript. It would be a work of great labour and
great expense, both in time and money, to transcribe the whole. In
many of the colonies none of their Acts were printed. 'Yhey wee'
sent over here in manuscript. All these must be transcribed, so
that it would not be possible for him to say when the work could
be executed. If the Honourable Gentleman was willing tu con-
fide in hint, be should take care to have such parts of those nume-
tour documents selected as bore upon any matter of public interest.
They amounted already to two hundred volumes. Any documents
which this selection might not contain would be readily produced
when required.
Dr. LUSH INGTON said, that great inconvenience
arose in cases of Appeal from the Colonies, from not having a *col-
lection of the Acts of the Colonial Legislatures in a printed form.
Mr. HUSKISSON said, these Acts would, of course,
form a part of the selection.
Mr. HUME said, his principal object was to make
hismotion prospective, and it was confined to documents already
printed. He concurred in the suggestion of the Right Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Huskision).—The motion was agreed to.