Peer. 3 [68-71; Chairman of Ways and Means '83.5. Born 11. M.P. (L.) Sandwich '47-66; Sec. to the Admiralty '59-66. Is an admiral retired, and was commander-in[chief in Mediterranean '66-70. Born 23. Has been in the dip. service since '43. Minister at Dresden '58-9, Stockholm '59-62, Copenhagen '62-6, [Portugal '66-7, Rome '76-84, Vienna since '84. Born '10. Called to the bar Inner Temple '36. Has been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Calcutta. App. a [judge of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council 72. M.P. Born 23. Is second son of Sir R. Peel, the famous Prime Minister. M.P. (L.) Leominster '49-52, Bury '52-7 and '59-65. Under Sec. Colonies '51-2 and 53-5; Under Sec. for War '55-7; Sec. to Treasury '59-65. Called to the bar [Inner Temple '49; app. a Railway Commissioner '73. Born 22. Eldest son of the Prime Minister of that name. Was in the dip. service. M.P. (L.C.) Tamworth '50-80, Huntingdon '84-5, Blackburn '85-6. Was Chief Sec. for Peer. [Ireland '61-5. Born '46. Is eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland. M.P. (C.) N. Northumberland '68-85. Treasurer of [Household '74-5. M.P. Plunket, Hon. D. '80, Mar. M.P. Poltimore, Lord. '72, Mar. Peer. Ponsonby, Sir Henry '80, April Frederick. Portland, Duke of '86, Aug. Peer. Raikes, H. C. '80, Mar. M.P. Richmond and Gor '59, Mar. Peer. don, Duke of. Ripon, Marquis of Ritchie, C. T. Robinson, Sir Her '83, May Born 24. Formerly in the army, but entered the Civil Service '46. President of Montserrat '54-5; Governor of St. Kitts 55-9, Hong Kong '59-65, Ceylon '65-71, New South Wales '72-8, New Zealand '78-80; Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for South Peer. [Africa since '80. Born 20. Called to the Canadian bar '43. Was Minister of Public Works '60; Finance Minister of Canada '69-73. Is a banker in London. Was one of the Royal Commissioners for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition '86, and Chairman of the Finance Committee. App. Receiver[Gen. for the Duchy of Cornwall '83. Peer: Born 17. Has been for many years in the dip. service. Born 38. M.P. (L.U.) Tynemouth '65-8; Hawick Dist. Born 1801. Born 1806. M.P. (C.) Midhurst '46-56; Cambridge University M.P. Prince of. Peer. '80, April Peer. Winmarleigh, Lord † Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond. '67, June Westminster, Duke of Peer. Born '30. Was for some years in the dip. service. Public Sec. to the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands '59-64; Private Sec. to Lord Malmesbury when that noble earl was Foreign Sec. in '58, and in the same year to Sir E. B. Lytton, who was then Sec. for Colonies. M.P. (C.) Christchurch '74-80, Portsmouth '80-5. Represented Great Britain on the Eastern Roumelian Commission '78. Was one of the celebrated "Fourth Party" (q.v.), and on the Conservatives accepting office, '85, was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Sultan on a special mission with particular reference to the affairs of Egypt; High ComPeer. [missioner in Egypt Nov. '85. Born '15. Was for some years in the army, and was afterwards on the general staff of the late King of Hanover. Entered the dip. service in '45, and was subsequently Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, to the Kingdom of Hanover '66; Minister to Denmark '67-81, and to Lisbon Peer. ['81-4. Born '19. Called to the Scotch bar '40. M.P. (L.) Wigtown Dist. '65-74. Sol.-Gen. for Scotland '62-6 and '68-9; Lord Advocate '69-74; app. a judge of the Court of Session '74. Clerk of the Council-Chas. Lennox Peel, C.B. Deputy Clerk of the Council-Herbert Manson Suft, Esq. President-The Most Hon. the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Lieutenant. Born '15. Called to the Irish bar '40; Q.C.'54. M.P. (C.) '74 Bruen, Henry Belmore, Earl of '67 Peer. '80 Carlingford, Lord Cambridge, Duke of '68 '66 Chatterton, Hedges '67 Eyre. Born '19. Called to the Irish bar '43; Q.C. '58. M.P. (C.) 1 Cogan, William Henry '66 22 Peer. 3 Born 23. M.P. (C.) Kildare '52-80. A Commissioner of [the Board of Education, Ireland. Born 15. Was formerly in the Royal Artillery. Chairman of Directors of Convict Prisons, Ireland, 54-62; Commissioner of Prisons, England, '66-8; Chairman of Irish [Prisons Board '77-8. Born 24. Called to the Irish bar '52; Q.C. '63. M.P. (L.) Derry City '68-72. Sol.-Gen. Ireland '70-2; Att.-Gen. '72 for a short time; app. a Baron of Exchequer, Ireland, Peer. 45 Crofton, Sir Walter Dowse, Richard. Drogheda, Marquis of '56 Dyke, Sir W. H., Bart. '85 Fitzgerald, Lord Fitz-Gibbon, Gerald 79 Leinster, Duke of *Lowther, J. May, GeorgeAugustus Chichester. Meath, Earl of Monck, Viscount Monroe, John Morley, John Morris, Sir Michael Naish, John M.P. ['72. Born '37. Called to Irish bar '60, English bar '61; Q.C. '72; Sol.-Gen. Ireland '77-8; appointed a Lord Justice of [Appeal, Ireland, '78. Born '17. M.P. (C.) Dublin city '42-7, and Galway co. ['57-72; Governor of Ceylon 72-7. Born '28. Called to the Irish bar '53; Q.C. '72. M.P. (L.) Mallow '72-83. Sol.-Gen. Ireland '80-1; Att.-Gen. '81-3; [app. a judge of Queen's Bench Division, Ireland, '83. Born 31. M.P. (C.) Wexford '66-8; Carlow co. '68-80. Is [L.L. co. Carlow. Born '26. App. Resident Commissioner of National Edu[cation, Ireland, '71. M.P. 75 '69 *69 '86 '86 '66 O'Conor, Don, The '81 Ormsby, Henry. '75 Peer. Born '15. Called to the Irish bar '44; Q.C. '65; Att.-Gen. Born '39. Called to the Irish bar '63; Q.C. '77; Sol.-Gen. Born '27. Called to the Irish bar '49; Q.C. '63. M.P. Born '37. Called to the Irish bar '60; Q.C. '72; M.P. (L.) Clerk of the Council-Sir William Kaye, Q.C. * For biographical facts relative to these right hon. gentlemen see Her Majesty's Privy Council above. Privy Council Office. See CIVIL SERVICE. Prix du Jockey Club. See SPORT. Probate, Legacy, and Succession Duties. The law relating to these duties is intricate and bulky. Their general nature may be shortly explained. (1) Probate Duty.-Every will of personal property must be deposited in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court, a copy thereof being given to the executor. This copy is called the pro- £500; duty at the rate of £1 for every £50 or 1000; duty at the rate of £1 5s. for every £50 or fraction of £50. Estates exceeding in value £1000; duty at the rate of £3 for every £100 or fraction of £100. Where the gross value of the estate does not exceed £300 it is cleared of duty by depositing with the proper officer 15s. for fees of court and 30s. for stamp duty. (2) Legacy Duty.-Upon payment or delivery of any legacy, or of the share taken by any person in the event of an intestacy, the legatee or recipient of the share must give a stamped receipt. The stamp duty in these cases is known as legacy duty. It is not levied upon any legacy or share out of a personal estate of less than £100 in all, nor upon any legacy or share taken by the husband or wife of the deceased, or by any child, grandchild, etc., or any parent, grandparent, etc., of the deceased, or by any of the royal family. Where the legacy, etc., is taken by a brother or sister of the deceased or by any of their descendants, the duty is at the rate of £3 per cent. Where the legacy, etc., is taken by an uncle or aunt or by any of their descendants, the duty is at the rate of £5 per cent. Where the legacy, etc., is taken by a grand-uncle or grand-aunt or by any of their descendants, the duty is at the rate of £6 per cent. And in all other cases the duty is at the rate of £10 per cent. (3) Succession Duty.-The probate duty can be levied only upon personal estate, because only such estate passes through the hands of executor or administrator. Legacy duty can be levied only upon fragments of the personal estate given by will or taken under an intestacy. But there are other modes in which personal property may devolve from the dead to the living, and real property so devolves as much as personal. By the Succession Duty Act of 1853, a duty graduated like legacy duty is imposed on every succession, whether to real or personal property, not covered by legacy duty. For the purpose of this Act real property upon devolution is taken to be of value equal to the value of an annuity for the life of the successor, and equal in amount to the annual value of the estate. The duty upon a succession to real property is paid in eight equal instalments, the first falling due twelve months after the successor becomes entitled, and the others at successive intervals of half a year. Procedure, Proposed Rules of. The following are the Rules of Procedure which the Government proposes for the acceptance of the House of Commons:-I. Closure of Debate. That at any time after a question has been proposed a motion may be made, if the consent of the Chair has been previously obtained, "That the question be now put.' Such motion shall be put forthwith, and decided without amendment or debate. When the motion "that the question be now put" has been carried, and the question consequent thereon has been decided, any further motion may be made (the consent of the Chair having been previously obtained) which may be requísite to bring to a decision any question already proposed from the Chair; and also, if a clause be then under consideration, a motion may be made (with the consent of the Chair as aforesaid) that the question, that the clause stand part, or be added to the Bill, be now put. Such motion shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate. Provided always that questions for the closure of debate shall not be decided in the affirmative, if a division be taken, unless it shall appear, by the numbers declared from the Chair, that such motion was supported by more than two hundred members, or was opposed by less than forty members and supported by more than one hundred members.-II. Motions for Adjournment at Question Time. That no motion for the adjournment of the House shall be made until all the questions on the Notice Paper have been disposed of, and before the Orders of the Day, or Notices of Motions have been entered upon, when a member may propose to move the adjournment for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance. Provided that the previous consent of the Speaker, to whom a statement of the subject proposed for discussion shall be submitted in writing, has been given on the ground that the motion does relate to a definite matter of urgent public importance.-III. Divisions. That Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman, may, at his discretion, take the vote of the House by calling upon the members who support, and who challenge his decision, successively to rise in their places, and he shall thereupon, as he thinks fit, either declare the determination of the House or Committee, or name tellers for a division.-IV. Sittings of the House. That, unless the House otherwise order, the House shall meet every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, at 2 of the clock, and shall, unless previously adjourned, sit till half-past 12 of the clock at night, when the Speaker shall adjourn the House without question put. That at half-past 7 of the clock the Speaker or Chairman, as the case may be, shall leave the Chair until 9 of the clock. If, after the resumption of business at 9 of the clock, and before a quarter-past 9, notice be taken that 40 members are not present, the Speaker or Chairman shall, unless 40 members are sooner present, suspend the sitting until a quarter-past 9, when he shall count the House or Committee.-V. Interruption of Debate. That at midnight on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and at half-past 5 of the clock on Wednesdays, the proceedings on any business then under consideration shall be interrupted, and, if the House be in Committee, the Chairman shall leave the chair and make his report to the House; and if a motion has been proposed for the adjournment of the House or of the debate, or in Committee that the Chairman do report progress, or do leave the chair, such motion shall lapse without question put, and the business then under consideration shall be appointed for the next day on which the House shall sit, unless deferred until a later day by the general consent of the House. Provided always that on the interruption of business the motion "That the question be now put (as aforesaid) may be made, and the Speaker or Chairman shall not leave the chair if that motion be carried until the questions consequent thereon, as provided in the rule "Closure of Debate," have been decided. That after the business under consideration at the hours before mentioned has been disposed of no opposed busieess shall be taken, and the Orders of the Day not disposed of at the close of the sitting shall stand for the next day on which the House shall sit.-VI. Committees of the whole House. That whenever an Order of the Day is read for the House to resolve itself iuto Committee, not being a Committee to consider a message from the Crown, or a Committee of Supply, or of Ways and Means, Mr. Speaker shall leave the chair without putting any question, and the House shall thereupon resolve itself into such Committee, unless notice of an instruction thereto has been given, when such instructiou shall be first disposed of.-VII. Amendments on Report. That upon the report stage of any Bill no amendment may be proposed which could not have been proposed in Committee without an instruction from the House.-VIII. Government Business. That on days on which Government business has priority, the Government may arrange such Government business, whether Orders of the Day or Notices of Motions, in such order as they may think fit.-IX. Address in Answer to the Queen's Speech. That the stages of Committee and Report on the Address to Her Majesty to convey the thanks of the House for Her Majesty's most gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament at the opening of the session be discontinued.-X. The Deferring or Discharge of Orders. That when a member in charge or an Order of the Day moves to defer such Order, this House will not entertain, without notice, an amendment either to discharge such Order, or to defer it for a longer period than one month from the day on which such Order stands in the Order-book. -XI. Public Bills. That after Whitsuntide public Bills, other than Government Bills, be arranged on the Order-book so as to give priority to the Bills most advanced, and that Lords' amendments appointed to be considered be placed first, to be followed by third readings, considerations of report, Bills in progress in Committee, Bills appointed for Committee, and second readings. -XII. Bills originating in the House of Lords. That, in order to facilitate the passing of Bills through Parliament, this House will not insist upon its privileges in respect of any Bill, clauses, or amendments which may be brought from the House of Lords, whereby tolls and charges for services performed are authorised, imposed, or regulated, provided the same shall be assessed and levied by local authorities and for local purposes, and shall not be applied to the public service.-XIII. Bills relating to Religion and Trade. That the standing order of the 9th and 30th of April, 1772, concerning Bills relating to religion and trade, be rescinded.XIV. Standing Committees. That the resolutions of the House of the 1st of December, 1882, relating to the constitution and proceedings of Standing Committees for the consideration of Bills relating to law and courts of justice, and |