The Earl of Shaftesburybrought up the third report from the "committee appointed to inspect the journals upon former trials of peers in criminal cases, and to consider the proper methods of proceeding, in order to bring James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan, to a speedy trial, and to report to the House what they shall think proper thereupon," &c. It referred first to the accommodation that can be provided on the occasion of the said trial, viz.:—
It next laid down regulations for the distribution of tickets of admission, and concluded with recommending that the following orders be made by the House, viz.:—
In the body of the House 300 In the gallery on the right-hand side of the House 60 In the gallery on the left-hand side of the House 60 420 In the present gallery at the west end of the House 120 In the new gallery in front of the same (to be reserved for the tickets issued to the Royal Family, Peeresses, the wives of the eldest sons of Peers, and Peers' daughters) 64 184 Seats below the bar 36 640 That none be covered at the said trial but the Lords.That the Serjeant-at-Arms be within the House to make proclamations, which are to be made in the Queen's name, for keeping silence.These recommendations were put, and adopted by their Lordships.