§ The House met at twelve o'clock, and shortly afterwards the Speaker, accompanied by several Members, proceeded to the House of Lords. On his return, the Speaker informed the House, that the Royal Commissioners had signified his Majesty's gracious approbation of the choice which his faithful Commons had made of a person to fill the Chair. He had claimed all the rights and privileges heretofore enjoyed by the House of Commons, and the Commissioners had declared that his Majesty granted them to as full an extent as had been done by any of his predecessors.
§ The process of swearing in Members was then continued.