§ This day, the House met pursuant to adjournment: at about a quarter past three o'clock, the lord Chancellor Lyndhurst (late sir John Copley), arrived in state. He was introduced by lords King and Howard de Walden, and took the oaths and his seat. Viscount Goderich (late Mr. Robinson), took the oaths and his seat. He was introduced by lords Melville and Dudley and Ward. Lord Plunkett (late sir W. Plunkett), was introduced by the marquis of Clanricarde and lord Seaford. Lord Tenterden (late sir C. Abbott), was introduced by lords Bexley and Kenyon, and took the oaths and his seat. His 448 lordship was followed into the House by all the gentlemen of the bar practising in the Court of King's Bench.
§ At five o'clock, the lord Chancellor again took his seat on the woolsack, and the business of the House commenced. Here, as in the House of Commons yesterday, most of the Opposition members left the benches which they had been so long accustomed to occupy, and took their seats on the Ministerial side. The marquis of Lansdown and lord Holland were on the ministerial bench. Earl Grey and lord Ellenborough remained on the opposition side. The late ministers sat on the cross benches.