(On the other side of the page he added)
"I gave it to you yesterday."
"Life of Eldon," vol. ii. p. 612.
[180] The same difficulty arose in 1878, when Queen Victoria solved it by following the precedent set in 1831, and divided the Seal between Lord Cairns and his predecessor.
[181] "The Runnymede Letters," p. 230.
[182] Hakewell gives a list of Hungerford's predecessors in the Chair, which includes Sir Peter de la Mare, commissioned by Parliament to rebuke Edward III. for his misconduct with Alice Perrers, and imprisoned for so doing.
[183] Phillips's "Curran and his Contemporaries," p. 88.
[184] July 16, 1610.
[185] Palgrave's "House of Commons," p. 51.
[186] "The Institutes of the Laws of England," fourth part (1648), p. 8.
[187] Carlyle's "Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell," vol. i. p. 88. Until comparatively recently it was not permissible for a Speaker to leave the Chair until, at the instigation of some member, the motion "that this House do now adjourn" had been put. In this connexion a pathetic story is told of Speaker Denison. On one occasion the House broke up rather hurriedly, and the necessary formula for releasing the Speaker was forgotten. He was consequently compelled to remain a lonely prisoner in the Chair until some good-natured member could be brought back to set him free.