§ NEW MEMBER SWORN.—For Banffshire, Robert William Duff Abercromby, esquire.
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The House being met, the Clerk, at the Table, informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker, and read the following Letter which he had this day received:—
Speaker's House, May 3,1861.
Sir,—I regret to say, that it will not be possible for me to attend the service of the House today, but I am assured, and I have myself a confident hope, that I shall be able to resume my duties on Monday next.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN EVELYN DENISON.
Speaker.
Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart.
§ Whereupon Mr. Massey, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, proceeded to the Table, as Deputy Speaker; and after prayers, counted the House, and Forty Members being present, took the Chair, pursuant to the Standing Order of the 20th day of July, 1855.