§ Opened by Commission (the Royal Commissioners being the LORD CHANCELLOR (Viscount Cave), the Earl of CROMER, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Earl of DESART, and Lord SOMERLEYTON); and the Commons (who were sent for) being at the Bar, were directed to proceed to the choice of a Speaker, and to present such person whom they should so choose here to-morrow, at a quarter before three o'clock, for His Majesty's Royal approbation.
§ The Lord Chancellor—Singly, in the first place, took the Oath at the Table.