§ The KING'S answer to the Address of the 16th of May last reported by the Lord Steward (E. Chesterfield) as follows:
§ "I return you My most sincere thanks "for your Loyal and Dutiful Address, expressing sympathy with Me in the great loss which I have sustained by the death of My beloved Uncle, King Frederick of Denmark. It affords Me great comfort and gratification to receive this expression of your cordial feelings towards Myself and the Royal Family, and to be reminded of the warm interest you take in all that concerns Them."
§ The Earl of HADDINGTON—Took the Oath.
§ The Earl of ROSSE—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House. That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:
- Ivybridge Urban District Water.
- Dublin and South Eastern Railway.
- Dover Corporation.
- Fylde Water Board.
- Metropolitan Railway.
§ Also the Certificate that the Standing Order applicable to the following Bill has been complied with:
§ Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2).
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.