Sitting of 13 August 1895

Preamble
The House met at Twelve of the Clock.

Summary of Day
The House being met, and Mr. Speaker-Elect having taken the Chair, a Message was delivered by the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, as followeth:—
"Mr. SPEAKER,—The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers."
Accordingly, Mr. SPEAKER-ELECT, with the House, went up to the House of Peers, where he was presented to the said Lords Commissioners for the Royal Approbation.
The LORD CHANCELLOR,one of the said Lords Commissioners, signified Her Majesty's Approbation of Mr. Speaker-Elect.
The House being returned,
MR. SPEAKERsaid: I have to report that, in the House of Peers, Her Majesty, by her Lords Commissioners, has been pleased to signify her gracious approval of the choice which you have made of me as your Speaker. I have also to report that I then, in your name and on your behalf, laid claim by humble petition to Her Majesty to all your ancient and undoubted rights and privileges—especially to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, and free access to Her Majesty whenever occasion may require, and that the most
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favourable construction be put upon all your proceedings—all of which Her Majesty, through her Commissioners, was pleased to confirm and allow in as full and ample a manner as the same have ever been granted or confirmed by herself or by any of Her Majesty's Royal predecessors. I have now again to make my grateful acknowledgments to the House for the honour done to me in placing me again in this Chair, and to assure it of my complete devotion to its service. It is now my duty to remind hon. Members that their first duty in the House is to take the oath of allegiance in the form required by law, and perhaps the House will allow me, as some confusion has arisen at times from too great a number of Members crowding to the Table at once to take the Oath, whereas the accommodation for that purpose is limited—perhaps the House will allow me to suggest that hon. Members should act in conformity with the suggestion made in the paper laid on the Benches of the House and that not more than five Members should come to the Table at once for the purpose of being sworn. I think that will greatly facilitate the speed and the order of the proceedings.
And thereupon, Mr. SPEAKER, first alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath.
Then other Members took and subscribed the Oath; other Members made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law.
At Two of the Clock, the Sitting was suspended.
On the return of Mr. SPEAKER, other Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law.
At half-past Three o'clock,
MR. W. JOHNSTON MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.) moved, "That the House do now adjourn."
MR. SPEAKERsaid that perhaps the hon. Member would withdraw the Motion for the present.
Motion, by leave, withdrawn.
House adjourned at Four o'clock till Twelve o'clock to-morrow.

Preamble
The House met at Twelve of the Clock.
The Lords Commissioners—namely, The LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord Halsbury), The EARL OF LATHOM (Lord Chamberlain), The EARL OF COVENTRY (Master of the Buckhounds), LORD ASHBOURNE (Lord Chancellor of Ireland), and LORD BALFOUR (Secretary for Scotland)—being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know that—"The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate attendance in this House."
And the Commons being at the Bar:—

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PRESENTED AND APPROVED.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM COURT GULLY,Speaker-Elect, said: My Lords, I have to acquaint your Lordships that, in obedience to Her Majesty's commands, Her Majesty's most faithful Commons have, in the exercise of their undoubted rights and privileges, proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that their choice has fallen upon myself. I now present myself at your Lordships' Bar, and submit myself with all humility to Her Majesty's gracious approbation.
Then—
THE LORD CHANCELLORsaid: Mr. Gully, we are commanded to assure you that Her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal in the public service, and your ample sufficiency to exercise the arduous duties which her faithful Commons have selected you to discharge, that she does most readily approve and confirm you as their Speaker.
Then—
MR. SPEAKERsaid: My Lords, I submit myself with all humility to Her Majesty's gracious commands. And,
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my Lords, it is now my duty, in the name and on behalf of the Commons of the United Kingdom, to lay claim, by humble petition to Her Majesty, to all their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges; specially to freedom of speech in debate, to freedom from arrest, and above all, to free access to Her Majesty whenever occasion shall require, and that the most favourable construction may be put upon all their proceedings. As to myself, I pray that if, in the discharge of my duty, I should inadvertently fall into any error, it may be imputed to myself alone, and not to Her Majesty's most faithful Commons.
Then—
THE LORD CHANCELLORsaid: Mr. Speaker, we have it further in command to inform you that Her Majesty does most readily confirm all the rights and privileges which have ever been granted to or conferred upon the Commons by any of her Royal predecessors. With respect to yourself, Sir, though Her Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need of such assurance, Her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon your words and actions.
Then the Commons withdrew.
House adjourned during pleasure.
House resumed.

ROLL OF THE LORDS.
Garter King of Arms (Sir Albert Woods) attending, delivered at the Table (in the usual manner) a list of the Lords Temporal in the First Session of the Twenty-sixth Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
Several Lords took the Oath.
The Right Hon. Henry Thurston, Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.G., having been created Viscount Knutsford, of Knutsford, in the county palatine of Chester, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
The Right Hon. Henry Matthews, having been created Viscount Llandaff, of Hereford, in the county of Hereford, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
The Right Hon. Sir Henry Brougham Loch, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., having been created Baron Loch, of Drylaw, in the county of Midlothian, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Sydney James Stern, Esquire, having been created Baron Wandsworth, of Wandsworth, in the county of London, was (in the usual manner) introduced.
House adjourned at Ten minutes past Four o'clock, to Thursday next, Two o'clock.