the Lord President of the King's most honourable Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Great Chamberlain of England, the Constable of England, the Lord Marshal of England, the Lord Admiral, the Grand Master or Lord Steward of the King's most honourable Household, the King's Chamberlain, and the King's Secretary-have not heretofore been appointed and ordered for the placing and sitting in the King's most high Court of Parliament, by reason of their offices:" It is therefore now ordained and enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Treasurer, the Lord President of the King's Council, and the Lord Privy Seal, being of the degree of Barons of Parliament, or above, shall sit and be placed, as well in this present Parliament as in all other Parliaments hereafter to be holden, on the left side of the said Parliament Chamber, on the higher part of the form of the same side, above all Dukes, except only such as shall happen to be the King's son, the King's brother, the King's uncle, the King's nephew, or the King's brothers' or sisters' sons.

THE GRAT CHAMBERLAIN, THE CONSTABLE, THE LORD MARSHAL, AND THE LORD ADMIRAL of England; ALSO THE LORD STEWARD OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD, and the king's CHAMBERLAIN.

V. And it is also ordained and enacted by authority aforesaid, that the Great Chamberlain, the Constable, the Marshal, the Lord Admiral, the Great Master or Lord Steward, and the King's Chamberlain, shall sit and be placed after the Lord Privy Seal, in manner and form following; that is to say, every of them shall sit and be placed above all other personages, being of the same estates or degrees that they shall happen to be of; that is to say, the Great Chamberlain first, the Constable next, the Marshal third, the Lord Admiral the fourth, the Grand Master or Lord Steward fifth, and the King's Chamberlain the sixth.

THE KING'S CHIEF SECRETARY, BEING a baron.

VI. And it is also enacted by authority aforesaid, that the King's Chief Secretary, being of the degree of a Baron of the Parliament, shall sit and be placed afore and above all Barons not having any of the offices above mentioned; and if he be a Bishop, that then he shall sit and be placed above all other Bishops not having any of the offices above remembered.

DUKES, MARQUESSES, EARLS, VISCOUNTS, AND BARONS.

VII. And it is also ordained and enacted by authority aforesaid, that all Dukes not afore mentioned, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, not having any of the offices aforesaid, shall sit and be placed after their ancienty, as it hath been accustomed.

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OFFICERS OF STATE WHO ARE NOT PEERS.

VIII. And it is further enacted, that if any person or persons which any time hereafter shall happen to have any of the said offices of Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, Lord President of the King's Council, Lord Privy Seal, or Chief Secretary, shall be under the deof a Baron of the Parliament, by reason whereof they can have no interest to give any assent or dissent in the said House, that then, in every such case, such of them as shall happen to be under the said degree of a Baron shall sit and be placed at the uppermost part of the sacks, in the midst of the said Parliament Chamber, either there to sit upon one form, or upon the uppermost sack; the one of them above, the other in order as is above rehearsed.

PLACES OF OFFICERS OF STATE IN TRIALS BY THE PEERS.

IX. Be it also enacted by authority aforesaid, that in all trials of treasons by Peers of this realm, if any of the Peers that shall be called hereafter to be triours of such treason shall happen to have any of the offices aforesaid, that then they having such offices shall sit and be placed according to their offices, above all the other Peers that shall be called to such trials, in manner and form as is above mentioned and rehearsed.

THEIR PLACES IN OTHER ASSEMBLIES.

X. And be it also enacted by authority aforesaid, that as well in all Parliaments as in the Star Chamber, and in all other assemblies and conferences of Council, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Treasurer, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Great Chamberlain, the Constable, the Marshal, the Lord Admiral, the Grand Master or Lord Steward, the King's Chamberlain, and the King's Chief Secretary, shall sit and be placed in such order and fashion as is above rehearsed, and not in any other place, by authority of this present act.

INDEX

ΤΟ

THE STANDING ORDERS

OF THE

HOUSE OF LORDS.

A.

ACCUSATIONS in the House of Commons, Lords not to answer

Act of Parliament for placing of the Lords

117

Address, Mode of, in speaking

Allegiance, Oaths of, &c. to be administered to Peers before the

commencement of business

Amendments to Bills, Reports of

Answering Appeals, Peremptory days for.

XXXIV.

CVI.

133

71

53

75

Answers to Appeals, Dates of, to be endorsed, and names entered

Appeals and Writs of Error, Cases in, An Appendix of proofs to

CVII.

75

Times limited for putting in

House to be called over on the first Monday after meet-

Method of balloting for Lords who are to attend, &c.
Lords to attend, or some other in their stead, under a
penalty

CCIV.

CCV.

ib.

Lords unable to attend from age, &c. to be excused

from ballot

CCVI. 114

R

Lords under ill health, &c. to be excused on the day
fixed
Lords taking their seats by descent, after ballot, to be
set down, and days appointed for attendance
Copy of Standing Orders relative to the attendance of
Lords in causes, to be transmitted to each

Appeals, Answers to, Dates of, to be endorsed, and names en-
tered on the Journals

not heard in one session, to be brought on

CIX.

CVII.

CXXIII.

CXXVII.

from judgment of the Court of Session in Scotland, to
be certified by two counsel

of murder and felony, Trial of Peers in Parliament not
to extend to

Notice to be given to a respondent of the time when the
same is to be presented

or Writs of Error, The question to be put for reversing,

only, in giving judgment on

--, Peremptory days for answering

Printed cases of, must be signed by counsel in the cause
Recognizances on, to be entered into, in eight days

-" Revived, Supplemental cases to be delivered in, stating

Time limited for bringing in

Time for laying cases in, on the table

to be heard, in consecutive sessions, as they stand ap-

Unanswered, to stand dismissed, unless prosecuted at
the commencement of next session

Arrest, Attorneys and Solicitors of Lords not privileged from
Privileges of the servants of Lords, from

82

Attorney-general, &c. not to be counsel for private persons at the
Lords' bar
Attorneys and Solicitors of Lords not privileged from arrest

Balloting, Method of, for Lords who are to attend at the hearing
of causes

Lords unable to attend from age to be excused from
Lords taking their seats, by descent, after, to be set
down, and days appointed for attendance
Banbury, Earl of, Precedency granted to the

CXLII. 88

CLIV.

365

92

Bar, Caution in calling Peers to the

Bill, Addition to the Standing Order that none is to be read twice

for Restitution in Blood to be signed by the King, and to begin in the Lords' House

Divorce, none to be received without a clause prohibiting the offending parties from marrying.

Petition for, to be accompanied by a copy of the trial
Petitioners for, to attend on the second reading
Enclosure, Road, Navigation, &c., Provision to be made
in, that the purchase money be paid into the Bank
First and second reading of.

for Bodies Corporate to be referred to a Committee, and threefourths of the joint stock to be vested in the Bank, &c. Similar provisions for Bills in favour of bodies already corporate giving extended powers to bodies corporate, not to be read a third time, until certain conditions are reported to have been complied with

for Canals, Navigation, Roads, or other public local purposes, none to be read a third time, unless notice be given in the county newspaper, &c. .

A map or plan, with list of landowners, estimates, &c. to
be deposited with the Clerk of the Parliaments
The map, one inch to a mile, to be annexed to the Bill
Application to landowners, &c., with assents and dissents,
to be appended in like manner
The same to be done where power is given to deviate from
the line described
Application to be made to the owners, &c. of lands, streams,
and mills, who may be prejudiced

Such notices to contain the names of towns and parishes
concerned

.CLXXXIV.

105

. CLXXXV.
.CLXXXVI.

106

CLXXXVII.

ib.

A map or plan to be deposited, in case of making a new
road, or varying the line before used

All powers given by any Bill for such purposes to cease, if
the work be not completed within time

Four-fifths of the probable expense to be subscribed Provision to be made for canals, &c. crossing public roads for Naturalization, None to be read a second time without certificate of conduct

for regulating Trade, &c. Committee to report upon the expediency of

CXCI.
CXCII. ib.

CXCIII. 109