HL Deb 06 March 1874 vol 218 c15

The House met;—And a Royal Commission having been read, Four of the Lords Commissioners, namely—The LORD CHANCELLOR, The LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (The Duke of Richmond), The LORD STEWARD OF THE HOUSEHOLD (The Earl Beauchamp), and The LORD SKELMERSDALE (Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard), being in their Robes, and seated on a Form between the Throne and the Woolsack, commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Pod to let the Commons know "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate attendance in this House."

And the Commons being at the Bar;