§ MR. DALZIEL (Kirkcaldy, &c.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in advising the Crown that His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh should continue a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, notwithstanding that he has become a Sovereign of the German Confederation, the words in the Privy Council Oath were taken into consideration; and will His Royal Highness, as the Sovereign of a Foreign Power, continue to be bound by the terms of his oath as a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE,) Edinburgh, MidlothianSeveral points of great interest and importance arise in connection with the new position of His 1556 Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who has now become the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and I hope my hon. Friend will see that it will be for the convenience of the House that I should take the opportunity of explaining those points together in connection with one another, and show the whole case rather than take it piecemeal. I may, however, say, as to the specific matter touched by the question of my hon. Friend, that members of the Royal Family who are members of the Privy Council do not take any oath in this capacity.