2 MAY 1835, Page 4

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0 The House of Peers met on Thursday ; but very few of their Lordships were present. As Lord Shaftesbury was one of the ab- sentees, Lord Kenyon moved that the Duke of Richmond should act as Chairman ; which being agreed to, the Duke took his seat on the Woolsack. Prayers having been read by the Bishop of Bristol, the Duke of Richmond moved that Lords Rossiya, Sheffield, and Wharncliffe, be added to the Gaol Committee ; as, in consequence of the late Ministerial changes, there was not a sufficient number of members to proceed with business before that Committee. A number of witnesses were then sworn to give evidence before the Gaol Com- mittee, and their Lordships adjourned to twelve o'clock on Friday.