HC Deb 09 May 1855 vol 138 c229

PUBLIC BILLS.—2o Marriage Law Amendment.

Reported—Ecclesiastical Property (Ireland).

On taking the chair at twelve o'clock to-day,

MR. SPEAKER

said: Before proceeding to any other business, I beg to express my most grateful acknowledgments to the House for their kind indulgence to me yesterday evening and the evening before; and I very much regret if, in consequence of there being no House last night, which was entirely on my account, any hon. Member should have been put to inconvenience.