§ Committee of Privileges met; Petition of Lord Mowbray, etc. (presented on the 21st of February last) considered; and leave given as prayed. Two petitions of Henry Duke of Norfolk, etc. etc. (presented on the 10th of December, 1900, and the 25th of February last), and also a petition of the said Lord Mowbray, etc. (presented on the 26th of April last) considered, and counsel heard thereon; then the Committee resolved, That the said Duke of Norfolk should be allowed to appear and be heard by Counsel and lodge a printed case in opposition to the petition of Charles Botolph Joseph, Lord Mowbray, Lord Segrave, and Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, in the county of Wilts, to Her late Majesty praying Her Majesty to determine the abeyance of the dignity of Earl of Norfolk in his favour, and to summon him to Parliament as Earl of Norfolk; and the Committee further resolved, That the said Duke of Norfolk should not be required to prove that he is the rightful holder of the title of Earl of Norfolk, alleged to have been conferred upon Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey in 1644; and Report of the said resolution to be made to the House; Committee adjourned sine die.
§ House resumed.