279 et seq.)] Friday, June 26, 1657, was the last day of the present Single House, and a day of high ceremonial in London.

The House, having met as usual in the morning, and transacted some overstanding business, rose about two o'clock to meet his Highness in the Painted Chamber.

There, with the words "The Lord Protector doth consent," the _Additional Petition and Advice_, and therefore the whole new Constitution of the Protectorate, as just described, became law, and assent was given also to a number of Bills that had passed the House since the 9th.
Among these was an "Act for convicting, discovering, and repressing of Popish Recusants," an "Act for the Better Observation of the Lord's Day," and an "Act for punishing such persons as live at high rates and have no visible estate, profession, or calling, answerable thereto." There were also two Money Bills for temporary supplies: viz.

one for raising L15,000 from Scotland, to go along with the L180,000 from England, and the L20,000 from Ireland, voted for the three months just ended, and another general and prospective one, assessing England at L35,000 a month, Scotland at L6000 a month, and Ireland at L9000 a month, for the next three years.

All these assents having been received, there was an adjournment to Westminster Hall for the solemn installation of his Highness in his Second Protectorate .-- The Hall had been magnificently prepared, and contained a vast assemblage.