§ The DUKE of WELLINGTONmoved that the Earl of Shaftesbury be the Chairman of the Public Committees of their Lordships' House.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in seconding the Motion, said that the ability, judgment, and, above all, the firmness which his noble Friend had manifested in the discharge of the duties of that office, induced him to believe that the Motion would be carried nemine dissentiente.
§ The Motion having been agreed to,
The EARL of SHAFTESBURYthanked their Lordships for the honour they had thus for the thirty-third time conferred upon him.
§ House adjourned.