§ The House having gone into Committee for the purpose of considering Her Majesty's most gracious Message in answer to the Address from the Commons relative to the retirement of Mr. Speaker—
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONMr. Chairman, I rise to propose to the House a Resolution for the purpose of giving effect to the gracious Message sent by Her Majesty to this House in reply to the Address praying that Her Majesty would be pleased to confer some mark of signal favour upon the present Speaker. Her Majesty's reply was, you will remember, that it would require the concurrence of Parliament to enable Her Majesty fully to carry out the wishes of this House: I therefore propose a Resolution That the annual sum of £4,000 net be granted to Her Majesty, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the said annuity to commence and take effect upon the day on which the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, now Speaker of the House of Commons, shall cease to hold the office of Speaker of the House of Commons: to be settled in the most beneficial manner upon, and to continue during the life of him, the said Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre.
§ The Resolution was agreed to, Nemine Contradicente.
§ To be reported To-morrow.