§ The House being met, and Mr. SPEAKER ELECT having taken the Chair, a message was delivered by the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod:
§ "MR. SPEAKER,
§ "The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her "Majesty's Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable "House in the House of Peers."
§ Accordingly, Mr. Speaker elect, with the House, went up to the House of Peers, where he was presented to the said Lords Commissioners for Her Majesty's approbation.
§ Then the LORD CHANCELLOR, one of the said Lords Commissioners, signified Her Majesty's approbation of Mr. Speaker elect.
§ The House being returned;
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid,—I have to report to the House that the House has been in the House of Peers; where Her Majesty was pleased, by Her Commissioners, to approve the choice which the House has made of me to be your Speaker; and I have in your name and on your behalf by humble Petition to Her Majesty, laid claim to all your ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, particularly to freedom from arrests and all molestations of your Per- sons and Servants; to freedom of Speech in Debate; to free access to Her Majesty whenever occasion shall require; and that the most favourable construction should be put upon all your proceedings; which Her Majesty, by Her said Commissioners, was pleased to confirm to them in as full and ample a manner as they have been heretofore granted or allowed by Her Majesty or any of Her Royal Predecessors. I beg once more to repeat my grateful and respectful acknowledgments to the House, and to remind the House that now their first duty is to take the oath.
§ Mr. SPEAKERthen took and subscribed the Oath, first alone; and after him several other Members took and subscribed the Oath; and several Members professing the Roman Catholic Religion took and subscribed the Roman Catholic Oath; and one Member, having been one of the people called Quakers, and entertaining conscientious objections to the taking of an 13 Oath, made and subscribed the Affirmation inquired by Law.
§ House adjourned at a quarter after Four o'clock,