§ Moved, "That the Select Committee appointed on the 8th of July 1881 to inquire into the present state of the law as to claims and assumptions of titles of peerage in the United Kingdom and in Scotland and Ireland respectively, and the means of proving and establishing the same; and as to the proceedings and claims to vote at elections of Representative Peers of Scotland and Ireland respectively; and whether it is desirable that the present state of law or practice as to any of the matters aforesaid should he amended; and also to inquire into the present procedure and practice of this House in its Committee of Privileges; and whether such procedure and practice can be amended so as to diminish the delay and expense incident to the determination of claims of peerage and claims to vote at elections of Representative Peers of Scotland and Ireland respectively, be re-appointed."—(The Earl of Galloway.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ The Lords following were named of the Committee:
| M. Abercorn | L. Inchiquin. |
| E. Mansfield. | L. Ker. |
| E. Belmore. | L. Moncrieff. |
| E. Redesdale. | L. O'Hagan. |
| V. Sherbrooke. | L. Watson. |
| L. Balfour of Burley. | L. Brabourne. |
| L. Stewart of Garlies. |
§ The Committee to meet on Tuesday the 21st instant, at Four o'clock, and to appoint their own Chairman.