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As regards the Three Kingdoms, England will have 6 seats

more than it at present possesses,—the 6 seats which are in abeyance being again restored to it. Ireland will be left as it is. Wales will be left as it is. Scotland will receive 12 addi- tional seats ; and by this number the House of Commons will be absolutely increased, the number of Members being raised from 658 (as it once was) to 670. Mr. Gladstone concluded by pro- posing to take the Second Reading, pro forma', on Thursday last, and leaving the general discussion to next year, when it would be taken on the motion that the Speaker leave the Chair.

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