§ The House met at Twelve of the clock.
§ The Lords Commissioners—namely, The LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord Halsbury); The LORD PRESIDENT OP THE COUNCIL (Viscount Cranbrook); The LORD PRIVY SEAL (Earl Cadogan); The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (The Earl of Iddesleigh); and The LORD BRABOUENE—being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, commanded the Gentleman 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:—