§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERbrought up the Report of the Committee on the Earl of Selborne's succession to the Peerage.
The CLERK (Sir REGINALD PALGRAVE)read the Report as follows:—
The Select Committee appointed to inquire and report whether the hon. William Waldegrave Palmer, commonly called Viscount Wolmer, has since his election to this House succeeded to the earldom of Selborne in the peerage of the United Kingdom, have agreed to the following report—The Committee, having considered the matters referred to them, and having taken evidence thereon, report—That the hon. William Waldegrave Palmer, commonly called Viscount Wolmer, has, since his election to this House, succeeded to the earldom of Selborne in the peerage of the United Kingdom.'