1530-1537; Ludlow, 619 et seq.] Richard's opening speech was in a good strain.

It assumed loyalty to the memory of his father and to the _Petition and Advice_, and recommended immediate attention to the arrears of the Army and to other money-exigencies, with zealous prosecution of the war with Spain, and consideration of what might be done for the King of Sweden, the cause of European Protestantism, and English interests in the Baltic.

The speech was delivered in the Lords, only a few of the Commons attending.

They were busy with swearing in their members, and with the election of a Speaker.

Mr.Chaloner Chute, a lawyer, one of the members for Middlesex, was unanimously chosen; but, short as the session was to be, the House was to have three Speakers in succession.