THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 901, 25 July 1879, Page 3

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Writing of the Prince of Wales on the Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister question, a London correspondent says : When the orderd of Ins speech was over, the Prince gave himself up to the thorough enjoyment of the novel position he had assumed, and, when the division was called, went out to vote in evident glee. The voting in the House of Lords is rather a curious affair. As in the commons, the House proper is a sort of kernel to an outer shell, which is the division lobbies. Through these the members walk to the right or the left, according as they purpose to vote, Aye or No. At the far end there are two wicket gates, at which are stationed two clerks, and with a full list of members pasted on a piece of cardboard. The clerks know by

sight every member, and as they each pass through the wicket they tick oil the name, and when the division is over, the card thus marked is handed to the printer, and in this way you get the division lists. The voting in the House of T.ords is done on the same system, with a curious difference. In the Commons there stand just outside the wicket the tellers, who call out the number of each number as he passes through. This is all done in the division lobby, the process being hidden from the vulgar eye. In the i ords the four peers who act as tellers, stand within the House. two at either exit from the Aye and No lobbv. These noble lords hold in their hands a white stick about the length of a ri ling whip and as each peer passe? them they tap him on the shoulder, aud call out bis number. It was. I suppose, not without fear and trembling that on Monday night Lord Houghton smote his figure Sovereign ou the shoulder an 1 called out “SS. ”