§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Speaker, Whether the direct allusions made that evening by the right hon. Gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) to what had taken place in the House of Lords was in order?
§ MR. SPEAKERThe rule of the House is, that allusion to debates in the other House of Parliament should not be made in this. It would have been competent to the hon. Member to have risen to order, if he had thought fit this evening; but it is scarcely possible that, under all circumstances, the rule can be construed in an absolutely literal manner. When declarations have been made by Ministers of the Crown, particularly as affecting the position of this House, exceptions have been made to the strict observance of this particular rule.