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& not at that moment acknowleg'd to be King by Law -- & in the second the Vacancy of the Throne, render'd these formalities in the choice of a Speaker absolutely impossible. Whereas, in the present case, The political Character of The King remaining, & his Will being, in some instances & to some purposes, to be signified under his Great-Seal, What prevents the Great Seal being in this instance applied, as in former instances, to a Commission for holding & opening the Parl. which would include The Royal Permission or Direction to elect a Speaker, & would authorize a subsequent Royal Approbation?

Whether these Ideas have occur'd to any other Person, or if they have, whether They deserve any weight, You, Sir, must determine. They appear to me to constitute an essential distinction between the present instance, & the two Precedents, as much, as between underline a Parliamt. /underline legally summon'd, & where the Will of the Crown, to these purposes, can be legally express'd, & an underline Assembly /underline call'd from necessity, &