Lords Sitting of 22 February 1869

MINUTES.
SELECT COMMITTEE—Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and Office of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod appointed.
PUBLIC BILL—First Reading—Parliamentary Proceedings* (7).

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

  ADDRESS IN ANSWER TO HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.
  EARL GEANVILLEsaid, that very soon after the adjournment of the House on Friday he received a communication from Her Majesty's medical adviser, Sir William Jenner, informing him that Prince Leopold had unhappily been attacked by the same disease which on two previous occasions had placed his life in jeopardy. A communication at the same time reached him from Her Majesty, desiring him to express to their Lordships her deep regret at being prevented under those circumstances from receiving at Buckingham Palace their Address and that of the House of Commons. It was, therefore, thought convenient, though somewhat irregular, to apprize their Lordships on Saturday by a Notice appended to their Minutes, that the House would not meet, as had been arranged, to present the Address at noon this day. It was now his duty to move that the Address be presented in the usual manner by the Lords with White Staves.
  The Order made on Thursday last, that the Address to Her Majesty, agreed to on Tuesday last, be presented by the Whole House, discharged.
  Ordered, That the said Address be presented to Her Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

  PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS BILL [H.L.]
  A Bill to facilitate Proceedings on Bills in Parliament—Was presented by The Marquess of SALISBURY; read 1a. (No. 7.)

  OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENTS AND OFFICE OF THE GENTLEMAN USHER OF THE BLACK ROD.
  Select Committee on, appointed: The Lords following were named of the Committee:—

  Ld. Chancellor

  M. Bath

  Ld. President

  E. Devon

  Ld. Privy Seal

  E. Tankerville

  D. Richmond

  E. Carnarvon

  M. Salisbury

  E. Malmesbury

  House adjourned at a quarter past Five o'clock, till To-morrow, half past Ten o'clock.