HL Deb 12 February 1872 vol 209 c191

SELECT COMMITTEE—Thanksgiving in the Metropolitan Cathedral, The Lord Gwydir added.

PUBLIC BILLS—First ReadingUnion of Benefices Act Amendment* (12).

Second Reading—Burial Grounds (6)

The House met at Four of the clock, and a Royal Commission was read; and Five of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS, namely—The LORD CHANCELLOR, The LORD PRIVY SEAL (The Viscount Halifax), The LORD STEWARD OF THE HOUSEHOLD (The Earl of Bessborough), The EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY, and The VISCOUNT EVERSLEY, being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate attendance in this House."

And the Commons being at the Bar;