RE-DISCOVERED ORDERS.
Mr James E. Thorokl Rogers writes in the Daily News ;—Sir, —The particulars to which Lord Edmund Fitzmaurico and I have invited attention are four orders of the House of Commons :
“1. April 14, 1604.—1f any man speak impertinently, or beside the question in hand, it stands with the order of the House for Mr Speaker to interrupt him, and to know the pleasure of the Honso whether they will further hear him.”
“2. April 17, 1604.—1f any superfluous motion or tedious speech be offered in the House, the party is to be directed and ordered by Mr Speaker.” “ 8. May 2, 1610.—Mr Speaker may stay impertinent speeches.” “4. November 10, 1640.—When a business is begun, and in debate, if any man rise to speak to a new business, any man may, but Mr Speaker ought to interrupt him.” These orders are unrevoked, and are therefore still binding, for orders in parliament are its laws. They were according to Hart’s Manual regularly put into execution by Speaker Onslow. They arc strangely omitted from the printed order book, though they were constantly found in such books during the eighteenth century, and are contained in the last edition of Hart’s Manual.
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Patea Mail, 28 April 1881, Page 4
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