The Marquisof Salisbury having in the early part of the afternoon postponed his motion for the appointment of a Committee on the Poor-laws, as soon as the usual hour (five o'clock) for transacting public business arrived,
Lord Suffield, after observing that it was not usual in that House to transact public business before five o'clock, declared his acquiescence in the postponement of the motion of the noble Marquis. He thought that nothing could be more improper or more indecorous than to hamper a Ministry, so lately formed, by the immediate introduction of any subject surrounded with so many difficulties as was that of his noble friend; but as, at the same time, it happened to be a motion of such importance that all others sank into insignificance beside it, he trusted the noble Marquis would pledge himself, in all cases, and under all circumstances, to bring forward his motion for the Committee on Monday next.
The Marquis of Salisburyapologised for having given the notice of postponement so early. He stated, it was his firm intention to bring forward his motion on the day he had named, (Monday next) and he added, that he hoped for the assistance and support of the Government.
| Master of the King's Buck-Hounds | Viscount Anson | Lord Maryborough |
| Attorney General | Mr. Denman (knighted) | Sir J. Scarlett |
| Solicitor General | Mr. Home (knighted) | Sir E. B. Sugden |
| Lord Chancellor for Ireland | Lord Plunkett | Sir A. Hart |
| Attorney General for Ireland | Mr. Pennefather | Mr. Joy |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | Mr. Doherty | |
| Lord Advocate for Scotland | Mr. Francis Jeffery | Sir John Rae |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Mr. James Cockburn | Mr. Hope |
§ New Treasury Board.—Charles, Earl Grey; the Right Hon. John Chas. Spencer (commonly called Viscount Althorp); the Right Hon. George, Baron Nugent; Robert Vernon Smith, Esq.; Francis Thornhill Baring, Esq.; and the Hon. George Ponsonby.
§ New Admiralty Board.—The Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart.; Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart. K. C. B., Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet; the Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas, C. B., Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet; Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Bart., C. B., Captain in the Royal Navy; and the Hon. George Barrington, Captain in the Royal Navy.