Die Mercurii, 27 °Octobris 1830.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Ds. Lyndhurst,
Cancellarius. |
Epus. Oxon.
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Comes Winchilsea & Nottingham.
Vicecom. Melville.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Ellenborough. |
Comes Bathurst,
Præses.
Comes Rosslyn,
C. P. S.
Dux Manchester.
March. Bute. |
PRAYERS.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to robe.
The House was resumed.
Mr. Manners Sutton Speaker of H.C. approved of.
Then Five of the Lords Commissioners, being in their
Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne
and the Woolsack, The Lord Chancellor in the Middle,
with The Lord President and The Viscount Melville on
his Right Hand, and The Lord Privy Seal and The Lord
Ellenborough on his Left; commanded the Yeoman
Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "The
Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House."
Who being come,
Mr. Manners Sutton said,
"My Lords,
"I am to acquaint your Lordships, that, in obedience
to His Majesty's Commands, His Majesty's faithful
Commons have proceeded to exercise their undoubted
Right of electing a Speaker, and that their Choice has
fallen upon me.
"My Lords, I well know from Experience what are
the Difficulties of so high and arduous an Office, and
I feel, as I ought to feel, great Distrust of my own
Competency; but, my Lords, if it should be His
Majesty's Pleasure to disapprove of this Choice, His
Majesty's faithful Commons will at once select some
other Member of their House better qualified to fill
the Station than myself."
Then The Lord Chancellor said,
"Mr. Manners Sutton,
"We are commanded to assure you that His Majesty
is so fully sensible of your Zeal for the Public Service,
and of your ample and tried Sufficiency to execute
the arduous Duties which His faithful Commons have
selected you to discharge, that He does most willingly
approve the Choice, and confirm you their Speaker."
Then Mr. Speaker said,
"My Lords,
"With the deepest Sense of Gratitude, I bow to His
Majesty's Gracious Decision; and now it becomes my
Duty, in the Name and on Behalf of the Commons of
the United Kingdom, to lay claim, by humble Petition,
to all their ancient and undoubted Rights and Privileges; more especially those of Freedom from Arrest
for themselves, their Servants and Estates; Freedom in
Debate; free Access to His Majesty when Occasion
shall require; and that His Majesty will put the most
favorable Construction upon all their Proceedings;
and I would, in Conclusion, presume to add, that
if Error be committed, His Majesty will be pleased
to attribute it to me, and not to His faithful
Commons."
Then The Lord Chancellor said,
"Mr. Speaker,
"We have it further in Command to inform you, that
His Majesty doth most readily confirm all the Rights
and Privileges which have ever been granted to or
conferred on the Commons by any of His Royal Predecessors.
"With respect to yourself, Sir, though His Majesty is
sensible that you stand in no need of such Assurance,
His Majesty will ever put the most favorable Construction upon your Words and Actions."
Then the Commons withdrew, and the House was
adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
Lords take the Oaths.
The Lords following took the Oaths, and also took
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes:
Henry Earl Bathurst, Lord President of the Council.
William Duke of Manchester.
John Marquess of Bute.
George William Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham.
George Lord Walsingham.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum
octavum diem instantis Octobris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.