§ MR. SPEAKERacquainted the House, that he had received from Lord Charles James Fox Russell the following letter:—
§ "House of Commons,
§ April 5th, 1876.
§ "SIR,—
§ "I have the honour to make application to yot that you will be pleased to sanction my retirement from my Office, by Patent, of Her Majesty's 299 Serjeant at Arms attending the Speaker of the House of Commons. I have held this honourable Office for twenty-seven years, and I feel that the time is come when it is desirable that I should no longer retain it.
§ "I have the honour to be, Sir,
§ "Your very obedient Servant,
§ "CHAULES J. F. RUSSELL,
§ "Serjeant at Arms.
§ "The Eight Honble.
§ "The Speaker."