§ MR. BROWN-WESTHEADsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has received a communication from the Lord Mayor of York on the question which has arisen between the Lord Provost of Edinburgh and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and claiming, on the part of the dignity of the office of Lord Mayor of York, precedence next to that of the Lord Mayor of London; and whether he will direct that the claim of precedence of the Lord Mayor of York over both the Lord Provost of Edinburgh and the Lord Mayor of Dublin be settled by the proper authority?
§ SIR GEORGE GREY, in reply, said, he had received a letter from the Lord Mayor of York upon the subject, and had directed that an answer should be given to the effect that the question of precedence between the Provost of Edinburgh and the Lord Mayor of Dublin had been raised on the occasion of the presentation of an Address to Her Majesty; and that as no Mayor in England except the Lord Mayor of the City of London had a right to present in person such an Address, the question as between the Lord Mayor of York and the Provost of Edinburgh or the Lord Mayor of Dublin could not arise.