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EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE LOBBY. There was an extraordinary scene in the outer Ijobby of the House of Commons on Mon- day evening. Hundreds of electors invaded the lobby in their efforts to induce their local members to oppose the Licencing Bill otofture. • The police had all their work cut out to control the crowd, and at one moment it was absolutely impossible for the constables' messenger? and attendants to send in the cards which were despatched to Conservative members in the hope of bringing them into the lobby. One Metropolitan member in the course of the evening had no less than twenty- eight cards sent in to him alone, and was asked to receive three deputations. Dr. Clifford walked into the outer lobby in the course of the evening and was cheered, in spite of all the efforts of the police to suppress the unparliamentary exhibition of feeling. In the end the police had to insist on the greater part of the orowd moving to the Old Palace Yard.

THE GOVERNMENT MAJORITY. An analysis of Monday's division upon Mr. Asquith's amendment to Mr. Balfour's motion for closuring the Licensing Bill by compart- ments shows that the majority vote of 301 was made up of 299 Conservatives and Unionists, one Liberal (Sir John Austin), and one Nationalist (Major Eustace Jameson). The minority of 238 consisted of 169 Liberals, 54 Nationalists, and the following eleven Comer* vatives and Unionists:—Sir J. Dickson- Pojaoder, Sir J. Gorwt, Messrs. R. F. Ossendish, Cameron Corbett, Ed word Htein, Henry Hobhouse, J. T. Middlemore, Edward Mitchell, H. C. Smith, John Wilson (Falkirk Burghs), and J. W. Wilson (North Worcestershire), with Major Seely, Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. T. W. Russell, and the Hon. Ivor Guest.

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MINOR MATTERS. POLICE-COURT AND OTHER PICKINGS. CARDIFF SINGER'S SUCCESS. Miss Ethel Thomas. Cardiff, won the prize for the soprano solo at a competitive concert at Gumos Ohapel, Ystalyfera, on Saturday. FURIOUS CYCLING AT ABERDARE. At Aberdare on Tuesday a young fellow, named Samuel Beer, was charged with furiously riding a bicycle on the evening of the 23rd ult. at the Aberdare Park, and was fined 20s. and costs. SWANSEA DOCTOR'S HONOUR. Dr. T. D. Griffiths, Swansea, on whom the Oxford University has just conferred the degree of Doctor of Science, was last year's president of the British Medical Association, and great satisfaction is expressed at Swan- sea at the fact that such a distinguished citizen has been honoured. INCORPORATION OF MERTHYR. In reply to a communication sent by him to the Privy Council, Mr. Aneuryn Rees, clerk to the Merthyr Urban District Council, has, we understand, received a private letter, from which it appears that no indication can yet be given as to the date when the charter of incorporation may be granted. FURIOUS CYCLE RIDING. Arthur Jones, collier, Brithdir, was charged at Caerphilly Police-court on Tuesday with furiously riding a cycle between Bargoed and Penga-m. Police-constable Hopkins stated that defendant was riding at the rate of about sixteen miles an hour. Jones was fined 20s. and costs. MONMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL. The Mayor (Councillor G. R. Edwards) pre- sided at the monthly meeting on Monday. Mr. Ballinger asked if Mr. Barling was stall a member of the town council, as he had not attended for some time.—The Clerk said Coun- cillor Ba-rling had not retired.—The clerk waa asked to look into the matter by next meet- ing. ROBBING HER EMPLOYER. Alice Gulliford, single, aged 24, native of Castle Cary, was fined £2 or fourteen days at Aberavon on Monday for stealing a quan- tity of bedclothes, table-cloth, towels, Ac., from Mr. Edwin Price, chemist, Abertillery, in whose employment she had been. When arrested prisoner said that she was going to be married. DASHED AGAINST A WALL. Henry King, a ginker, of Bargoed, was charged at Caerphilly on Tuesday with assaulting Wilfred Withers, aged nine years, of Bargoed, on July 1.—From the evidence it transpired that defendant ran after the lad and dashed him against a wall, causing a wound on the head.—The Bench imposed a fine of 20s. MARRIED MAN AND HIS NIECE. At Ystnad Police-court on Monday Frank Russell, Abergorky, a married man, with three children, was ordered to pay 3s. a week and costs in respect of the illegitimate child of Mary Jane Jones, a niece of his. The defendant had, it was alleged, misconducted himself with the complainant whilst she was staying at his house for about three months. BARRY AND SPORTING NEWS. At a meeting of the Barry Public Libraries' Committee, held on Monday evening, Mr. D. W. Roberts presiding, the question of inking over betting news in the reading-rooms was again raised, but it was decided that the present method of omitting the mid-day editions, that contained so much betting news, should continue. CLAIM AGAINST A BARRY MAN. At Barry County-court on Tuesday, before his Honour Judge Owen, Mr. F. P. Jones- Lloyd, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Junior Conservative Club and Institute, Cadoxton, against G. E. Wessendorf (who did not appear). The claim was for £1128. Defen- dant was late secretary of the club. The Judge granted a commitment order for ten days, suspended for fourteen days. "THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. ALL ROUND." On Monday at Merthyr Police-court Julia. Saggerson, an old offender, was oharged with being drunk and disorderly in High-street Merthyr.—The prisoner, who had been away from the neighbourhood for two years, pro- mised she would never get drunk again, and the Bench, determining to give her another charts allowed her to go. Curtseying, she vented her gratitude by saying, Thank you, gentlemen, all round." WENT TO SLEEP ON THE ROOF. At Merthyr Police-court on Monday Fredk. Wood was charged with being on enclosed premises, supposed for the purpose of com- mitting a felony. The prisoner was seen on the roof of the premises of Mr. Judd in Bridge-street, Merthyr, and when he came down to the ground he pretended that he had been looking for pigeons. To the magistrates the prisoner said he went to sleep on the roof because he had been unable to get into his lodgings.—He was discharged. "INSUI/T" TO JUDGE GWILYM WILLL\MS. At Mountain Ash County-court on Monday tiie name of a certain Gwilym was called to explain why he had not paid for some goods which it was said had been supplied to him. At Mir. Kenshole, the head-bailiffs pronun- ciation of the name, Judge Gwilym Williams said:—"Why don.t you pronounce the name correctly, Mr. Kenshole P You have been in Wales lone enough now. saTely! You must not make a mistake in the pronunciation of my name; it is thoroughly insulting." SCARLET FEVER AND INFECTION. Henry M'AJlister, travelling showman, was summoned by the Abertillery District Council at Abertillery on Monday for removing a child suffering from soarlet fever from Aber- tillery to Blaina without giving notice, and he WMa-leo summoned for unlawfully expos- ing the child. Mr. J. A. Shepard, clerk to the council, prosecuted, and after hearing the evidence of Drs. D. C. Muir and H. C. Beavan and Sanitary Inspector Padfield defendant, who was represented by his wife, was fined inea.ch case £ 1, or fourteen daye. TENBY TOWN COUNCIL. A meeting of the Tenby Town Council was held on Monday, the mayor presiding.—The finance committee recommended the adoption of a revised estimate for the district and water rates for the year, the bank having objected to thoee previously prepared. By seven votes to five the council adopted the estimates, which will involve a district rate of 5s. 3d. in the £ and a water rate of 6d. Mr. C. J. Williams was elected to represent the corporation on the governing body of the University College of Wales, Aherystwyth. A LITTLE DONNYBROOK FAIR. At Swansea Poliee-oourt on Tuesday there were charges down for hearing against Den- nis O'Connor, labourer, 5, Ann-street, for assaulting and wounding John Birmingham; against Patrick O'Connor, 5, Ann-street, for similar treatment to Margaret Sheean; and against Mary Whitby, married, 4, Ann-street, fo" assaulting and wounding Margaret Connor by striking her on the head with a bottle. Mr. Henry Thompson, who defended, said "it was only a little Donnybrook Fair. I think they enjoyed it." The charges were withdrawn. A PONTLOTTYN FAILURE. A meeting at the crodirtons of Richard Ryan, boot and shoe dealer, Northampton Heme, Waterloo-terrace, Pontlottyn, was held on Monday a.t Merthyr. The statement of affairs showed—liabilities, JE386 7s. 6d.; assets, JE33 14s. deficiency,.£200 136. 6d. The following were the causes to Which the debtor attributed his failure:—Depreciation in value of stock owing to the premises being very damp, ill-health of himself more or lees for four or five months, having to support a heavy family, and insuffi- cient trade owing to a new road being made, which has considerably diverted the traffic. CAERPHILLY BREAD CASE. At Caerphilly Polioe-oourt on Tuesday Hy. Coles, Oaerphdlly, was summoned for selling bread without having sufficient weights in the cart, amd also for selling a loaf which was deficient in weight.—Police-constable Fhay said he purohased a loaf from t.he defendant, and having weighed it in a neighbouring grocer's shop found it to be two ounces short of four pounds. The evidence waa rather complicated, the defendant denying that the loaf which the officer purchased was the one which it waa alleged was deficient in weight. The case waliadjourned for a fortnight. PLAINTIFF'S ERROR AT BARRY. George Spoke, decorator, Barry, sued Samuel Griffiths, house a-gent, Barry, at the local county-court on Tuesday for the value of goods alleged to have been supplied. Mr. J A. Hughes, solicitor, appeared for the plain- tiff—Defendant presented an account, show- ing that the claim in dispnte was not included, but Mr. Hughes explained that this was a mistake on the part of the plaintiff, who did not discover the error till after the action was entered.—His Honour Judge Owen gave judgment for the defendant, with treble costs, remarking that this was not a matter of dis- cretion, but was provided for by Aot of Par- liament. BURIALS AT CARDIFF. It was reported to the Cardiff Burial Board on Tuesday by the manager of the ceme- tery that there had been 126 more interments during the first six months of the present year than during the corresponding period of last year. The Chairman (Alderman Trounce) men. tioned that during the past two years Cardiff had been remarkably free from zymotio diseases. After remarking on the efficiency I of the sanitation, Alderman Trounce said, that a great many of uiose who had passed away had reached a ripe old age. Cardiff is healthy," concluded the Chairman, with elDpMØ.

LAUGH & GROW FAl HUMOUROUS PARS rtt°)l EVERYWHERE. Doctor: You need exercise. Patient: Why, I'm engaged iB bouses now. Doctor: Working by the day I Patient: Yes. Doctor: Well, yoa had better pieoe for at while. Smith: What was the result of promise case in which Green *ae fendant? QI W*" Brown: Oh, he got off, on the pw* porary insanity. Smith: How did he manage it?_. Brown: The love-letters he wW" plaintiff were read to the jury. —— She had just accepted him. and blissf ully discussing the ''ofl* "Darling," he inquired, in the too who knows what the answer will ling, why didn't you accept that 1Ø of a fop?" "Because," she answered, dream"" • '1 another." — j*, J" "I know what you have pome Jones," said little Willie. "Well, my little mail," replied "what have I come here far?" "You a,re going to ask my sriater be your wife." t< "Indeed! Why do you think so?" "Because I heard her telling r going to get you in a comer f¡o-GI¡t.t make you say it." OOMFORTTNG. oil!. One night, as a messenger from of an evening paper was passing w* quays on the banks of a river, he sound of someone struggling in t.àe Are yon drowning?" he shoaledV? I am," replied a. feeble voice » "WhaA a. pity!" said the lad You are just too late for the 1«^~ t to-night; but, cheer up, you'll little paragraph all to yourself in 1 ing." CARE OF CHILDREN. Young Matron (with theories oB children, to nurse); Jane. Nurse: Yessam.. fl*jli Young Matron: What the baby rtfJL his bottle, lay him in the cradle on side. After eating a child should on the right side; that relieve* i on the heart. Still (reflectively), th # VT on the right side; perhaps, after ali. j better lay him on the left sid«- fVjjj sure the treatise on Infant right side. On the whole, Jane, the baby on his book until I matter more thoroughly." WAITING AT STATIONS. 1 «* This is from ""Punch's" "Deportment for Trains" :— it f Your time being of importance, 1 ZglF duty and privilege of the railway to see that your train is ready for as you have purchased a ticket jjdj the bookstalls. If, therefore, owing gence on their part, you should be c to await its arrival, you are Perfect #"c fied in expressing disapprobation 0 conduct. f This may be fittingly exhibited, of demeanour (something between t})6t Cabinet Minister at a. crisis and pK schoolmaster) with which you pace. form. Any observations or inqtur'€* you address to the officials should vered as loudly as possible, so that sengers in the neigh boor'•"od may eJ}J pleasure of sympathy. NO TIME TO WASTE. When George Westinghouse, *s inventor, was trying to interest cov )< in his automatic brake, he wrote o* to "Commodore" Cornelius Vandero fully explaining the details of the » & i Very promptly his letter came bac*^ j# endorsed in big, scrawling letters in of "Commodore" Vonderbilt: „ ij. "I have no time to waste on fools- ftj After-wards, when the Penusylva*> road had taken up the automatic it was proving very successful, Vanderbilt sent young Mr. WeswU&^tP. request to coll on him. The inventor I the letter, endorsed on the bottom lows:— ■> "I have no time to waste on foo»* FLUSTERED. They wen* certainly very ftne chiW^ their mother was exceedingly proud tfpr. But as she stood at the font waiting to be christened she felt h-erselt deeper and deeper into a state of Perhaps the attention she attracte". mother of boy-and-girl twins had her; but, at any rate, she oAueed expression to come into the vro^ clergyman's face when he give him the names with which tB« ■were to be christened.. <J. J, "Oh—er—Steak and Kidney! 9be„ There was a shocked silence for which was broken by a younger members of the party. tiJlSfI f "This is neither the place uor.^pt, 1erib, was the severe clerical oOJØ •1 |f An atmt stepped forward. "She means Kate and Sidney. 9lL0* tY plained softly. And the tinned. AN ANXIOUS WIFE. As the young and beautiful the door to bid her husband \o0> put her arms round his neck, painful anxiety came over her "Darling," she said tenderly, t. of r motor cars. Do not crroas a.ny atre" will surely be run over." "All right, dear." "And remember, darling, not to jitf1 Every oyster contains three germs, and they may be all typ»° "Very well. dear." Tj* "And, oh. darling, have yoa r new sanitary underwear, the mended by our famil* phJllieiaD before yesterday?" "I ha»e." "And while I ttrinSr of it, deareq^s^ don't use the telephone. I heara there isn't an antiseptic hwtrum town. The brave young husband toarnea his thoughtful wife. j-jc "Darling." he said, "do you fv better go to town at all to-day, dangers that threaten me? It is know; but is it worth while to run j f risks for the few paltry pounds tb bring home with me?" ,t.red- But his Spartan wife new "Yes, dearest," she said. "Go— our daily bread. But. oh? please that money home with you until thoroughly eterilMed."

THE WISDOM OF GLAD#*0* The late Mr. Gladstone used J remark bow oawtew bi6 frJwd» t was of his health. It was genera* that Mr. Bright never sought but this was not quite correct, for Liberal orator one day astonished ^jl-#" Clark with his presence in that physician's consulting-room. And yet Mr. Bright lived eight; so that we see, in spite o carelessness in matters of healtu. be an old man, and overlapped Vj <jJ term of life. Mr. Gladstone up into the nineties; but, then. ttp was all his life keenly waiefcrtri -ut. 1^0* and wisely safeguarded it. Even 'i had made a better reoord than »r- iP" still the latter'e practice wouM Jt right and the former's wrong- general average that tells the st In the autumn of 1889 (the yea died) Mrs. M. A. Bathurst, of YeW^jtf»V Ferrers, began to realise that n ;thoft'J ^| failing. She felt low and weak w» {0od' ing why. She lost all relish often after her meagre meals j pain at the chest and sides, a increased until eating chanS^^rfjf pleasure to a dreaded necessity. 9&Z this misery was intensified by acute rheumatism. "My leg«» knees were stiff and painful, swollen," wrote Mrs. Batburst cm i*1$ 1898, "so that I had great about. I tried many medicines. external, but obtained no more temporary relief from tbe best efJ*yp. my attention was called to M » (r Syrup. That remedy completely of indigestion and rheumatism. live and work in comfort." As it is sometimes alleged p* cures that their good effects ol we would again refer to tree Bathurst in proof that, however be of many other medlcin«. A- not true of Mother Seigel's have now passed," writes -red March 24th, 1904, "since I w Vot»<>r gestion and rheumatism by" » f0 ol J>* J Syrup, and there has been no re aJj(j complaint. My appetite is gooy'ae no need to exercise special car -g of eat. In fact, my general heal though I still take a dose of .o8t and again as a safeguard a# of the rheumatism." -.jd (I Mrs. Bathurst's precaution ™ mended itself to Mr. Glad»t^ jjot&'JJf matter of health, would leavp chaaog, 1

WORKMEN'S NOTES. THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN SOUTH WALES. By WILLIAM BRACE. tVice-president of the South Wales Miners' Federation.] It is not too much to sav that the articles published in the Western Mail" from the Special Commissioner upon the housing problem in Wales have aroused very great interest in this all-important subject. As a result, enthusiasm and determination to deal with the question must take the place of the prevailing lethargy and time-marking. As a matter of fact, evidence of this even now is not far to seek. That the urban and other local governing bodies are seriously handi- capped owing to the cavalier treatment they receive from ground landlords and others there can be no doubt; but, still, even with the limited powers they possess under the Housing Acts of 1890, 1900, and 1903 much more, I think, could be done than has been. I suppose it would be futile to expect that some of our wealthy colliery owners, ground land- lords, and royalty owners would follow the excellent example set by Messrs. Rothschild, who have given £400,000 to create a scheme for the erection of cheap, healthy dwellings for the workers of Paris. The New Tredegar Enterprise. I am glad to place upon record my appreciation of what Dr. Rees Davies, J.P., of New Tredegar, is endeavouring to do by way of dealing with this housing problem. I am informed that Dr. Davies has advanced over £ 5,000, free of inte- rest or profit, to enable the workmen to become owners of their own houses. Under this scheme twenty-eight well- built houses have been erected in that locality. It is intended that the houses shall be owned by the workmen, who will be obliged to pay only the principal sum expended upon them, without interest. In connection with the general housing question, a very interesting gathering will take place at Bournville, near Bir- mingham, which is a model village, on July 9, under the presidency of Councillor Thompson, of Richmond, the recognised expert upon the workmen's dwellings problem. The New Model- The National Housing Reform Council have selected Bournville as the place of meeting so that the delegates may inves- tigate at first hand the most complete and carefully-planned scheme yet estab- lished upon practical lines. There one can see, not only model dwellings, but properly planned areas, which, after all, are vitally essential, if slum areas are to be permanently abolished, for it does not take us very far if after clearing away one slum area another is to be permitted to grow up. Commendable experiments are now being tried under the auspices of the Durham Miners' Association in their Aged Mine Workers' Homes Scheme. In the village of Wrekenton upon a site given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners a batch of commodious two-roomed cottages has been erected. This, with a number of others, brings the number of cottages for aged miners under this scheme to nearly 300. As these homes are let to aged workmen rent free, it is certainly a step in the right direction and worthy of emulation in other parts of the kingdom. I cannot but think that the action taken by the "Western Mail in the publication of its special articles must, naturally, make the paths of housing reformers in South Wales and Monmouthshire easier in the future than in the past. Disciplining: Irregular Workmen. The executive of the Boilermakers' Society gives a word of caution to those members who are desirous of making application for an advance in wages. While they unhesitatingly express the opinion that any further reductions would be unfair, even if the trade does not improve, they declare the present time is not opportune to attempt to improve the wage-rate. The last return is gratifying in so far that, regardless of the depression in the industry, an increase in the mem- bership is shown. The South Wales dis- trict reports that the notice for a 5 per cent. reduction asked for by Mr. Parfitt, the proprietor of a works at Troedyrhiw, has been amicably arranged between Mr. Jose, the district delegate, and the pro- prietor. and the notice for the reduction has been withdrawn. I read with much interest of a complaint that some of the members have been neglecting their work, and of the threatened interposition of the society to punish those members who habitually lose the first quarter or whole days. It is well for employers when a society possesses the power to deal with members whose conduct is likely to increase the cost of production by losing! time, for, without doubt, it is the work- men ultimately who have to suffer from this. The employers, having to deal directly with the cost of production, are the first party to notice this, but, as they manage the wage on a profit fund, they have an opportunity to protect their inte- rest by turning any loss from this cause back upon the workmen, which they do generally, directly or indirectly. But no society can take such a matter in hand unless the employers are sympathetically disposed toward the organisation. A Trade Information Bureau. I notice in the June report of the Iron Founders' Organisation, which was estab- lished in 1809, and which, by the way, is the Trades Fnion that finances Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., some particulars of the Metallurgists' International Bureau of Information, of which Mr. W. J. Davis, Brassworkers' secretary, Birmingham, is the chairman. This bureau embraces all the chief iron trade organisations both in this country and abroad, and has been established solely for the collecting of reliable information in the particular. trades affiliated. As a sample of the work undertaken by this international move-1 ment, the following quotation from the report will be of interest "A very important department of the bureau's work, and which is in frequent demand, is when disputes arise on the question of wages or hours of work. At such times employers frequently incor- rectly quote the wages paid to German and other workmen, and, being in constant touch with the officials, we can obtain accu- rate information, correct the figures by producing the letters from the secretary of the Union, by which means the men at home have been successful in resisting the employers' attempts to reduce wages. Another class of useful work is that some- times the employers' agent goes over to the Continent with the object of bringing men to this country. He makes certain representations as to wages paid, cost of living in London and other large centres of industry, which are the very reverse of the truth. The trade secretary appeals to the secretary of the bureau, who gives the fullest information, with the result that the men remain at home. and the objects of the agent are frustrated, and further trouble averted." international Miners. Under a different name, the Interna- tional Miners' Federation is engaged upon the same work, for their industry, and, as a consequence, the old bogey of: foreign competition, has for years been dead. But, apart from the mutual pro-I tection these international movements offer, nationalities have much to gain: from their workers being in touch with' each other, for competition that means! starvation wages is good neither for workmen, employers, nor the common- wealth. And as a medium for interna- tional peace, combined with the work in this direction that is being done by chambers of commerce, the movement should be a mighty influenoe for good. R of Mr. Barnes. For the position of secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Mr. G. Barnes, the present holder of the office, has been elected by a handsome majority ever all other competitors. I should have been surprised if the result had been otherwise, for out of the many gentlemen who have held the secretary- ship of the Amalgamated Society of Engi- neers since the inception of that organisa- tion (and it is one of the oldest and most substantial in the country) no one has displayed greater courage and ability than Mr. Barnes.

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PERSONAL PARS. PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. Here is a story from the Tatler." At a big crush the other evening in London the resources of the cloak-room were rather overtaxed, and the supply of tickets gave out. Towards midnight, as the guests were beginning to depart, an old gentleman made his way to the cloak-room and asked for his coat and hat, adding, It's a fur-lined coat with a sable collar." Oh," was the reply, "the fur coats have all gone long ago!" For some reason or other some persons were peculiarly anxious, on the demise of the late Duke of Cambridge, to prove that he had received very little from the public purse, and that he had lived-and died-a poor man. Recent events have falsified this statement. Christie's sales have shown that Duke George had accumulated a pretty con- siderable pile. His wealth was not, perhaps, in stocks and shares, in bricks and mortar, in acres and castles-but it waa there. Articles of virtue and bigotry are just as good as gold when it comes to the point of selling- just as good, and a great deal better. In all likelihood the King and Queen will be among the audiences whom Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will entertain during her season at His Majesty's. Her brilliant talent appeals to their Majesties, and they forgive ma.ny eccentricities in her which would be inadmissible in others less gifted. A typical instance of this was afforded by an inter- view which the King, when Prince of Wales, had with the gread, actress, when he was accompanied by the King of Greece. "My brother-in-law," he said, as he presented King George. The actress bowed, and remained tete-a-tete with King George, whom, however, she addressed all the time merely as "Monsieur." The time oame for her to leave for her dressing-room. "Well, how did you like the King of Greece?" the members of her com- pany asked her. "What King?" she replied W, hy, the gentleman to whom you were talk- ing, of course." Upon hearing this, she ran off to King Edward. "Ah, Prince," she cried, "it was treachery not to tell me it was the King of Greece." The King was twink- ling with suppressed merriment as he answered, "But I told you it was my brother- in-law." There followed one of the divine Sarah's 6taggering inconsequences, How was I to know he was a King? He might have been a tallow merchant. Everybody knows that Mme. Bernhardt is a gifted sculptress. It was demonstrated rather cleverly at a great London house at which she was appearing in private. She had only a few lines to speak; the rest was acting. She was a great lady turned sculptress. For a quarter of an hour she sat modelling. It was simply a study in poses that her act represented. But when she got up to leave the stage she had done a perfect little clay medallion which was a lifelike likeness of the person who had served her as model. While many fine British sports are being revived or stimulated, the increased interest taken in yachting is, from a patriotic point of view, by no means the least satisfactory. Yachting is not, of course, a working man's sport; but the more such contests as the Dover to Heligoland race (with its fine trophy given by the Kaiser) rouse the working man's national pride and a healthy spirit of inter- national rivalry, the better it will be for Great Britain, and the better for other great Powers. It is .bought by many Englishmen, newly concerned to follow the fortunes of a big yachting race, that America's hope, the Ingomar, m' st have been designed and built with an especial view to the winning of international honours. The inference is in- correct. Her owner, Commodore Plant, had no idea, when he built her, of her entry into so exciting a competition. She was roomy enough for a cruise round the world, but the fact tha.t she was a Herreshoff boat which had earned exceptional honour by the defeat of all comers in local regatta races led Mr. Plant to try her prowess in more ambitious war. Apart from yachting, the commodore's chief hobby is golf. and his doings on the links are nothing to ne ashamed of. In a cf-rtarn well-Known regimerat of the line, at present stationed abroad, there is (says the "Club Chatterer" in "To-Day'j an officer who is something more than merely disliked by the men, on account of his strict- ness in little matters that the Tommies think immaterial. One evening, after a card-party, which was prolonged into the small hours, this officer was returning to his quarters, and, in passing a deep pond, stumbled and fell into it. Not being able to swim, he would most certainly have been drowned had it not been for a private of his regiment, who. happening to pass at the moment, suc- ceeded in pulling him out, not much the worse for his dip. The officer was very profuse in thanks. and asked his rescuer in what way he could repay him. "Well, sir," said the soldier, "the best way you could repay me would be to say nothing aboui, it." "How's that?" asked the other. "Well, sir," was the reply, "if the other fellows knew I'd pulled you apt they'd chuck me in." Mr. J. M. Barrie, when a student at Edin- burgh University, on many occasions gave evidence of that quaint and delightful humour with which his admirers are familiar. In those days, as now, smoking concerts— symposiums, as they are called—were, as they are still, a feature of student life in the capital, and it was in connection with one of these that the following incident occurred. One student, distinguished for the length of his visage, and the portentous solemnity of his manner, had been called upon to make a few remarks. In lugubrious tones he began by saying that he was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet. What he intended to say further was never known, for at this point he was interrupted by Barrie, who, in a voice of well-modulated sympathy, thus addressed him "Don't take it too hard, old man. Although yon are neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, there is no reason why you shouldn't be the father of one." In the disorder that ensued the solemn man resumed his seat, and was heard no more that night. I used to pose a great deal for the late Mr. L. C. Henley. says Mr. Herbert Morris in To-Day," who was for many years Treasurer of the Royal Society of British Artists. I remember his description of the scene when the late Mr. Whistler was forced to resign the Presidentship of that, body of artists. When the decision was known, Mr. Whistler's followers, to the number of twenty or so. handed in their resignations and filed out, with their leader at their head, who remarked as he went out: "The Artists have gone, but the British still remains." Another story concerning the great impressionists, which I never remember seeing in print. A certain model was posing to Mr. W. P. Frith, R.A. fthe painter of The Derby Day "), and at the same time was also going to Mr. Whistler. On his day for going to Mr. Frith, he a-sked him: "Well, who have you been to since I saw you last?" Mr. Whistler, sir," replied the model. Oh, and what did Mr. Whistler say?" Why, he asked me the same question, sir, and I told him I had been posing to you." "Oh! and what did he say to that?" Well. sir, when I told him I had been posing to you. Mr. and Mr. —— (mentioning two other Academicians), he said: Good ——! What an awful crew!' William Crawfard-Stirling-Stuart, of Castle Milk and Milton, Lanarkshire, is a good fellow with three of the oldest and most honoured names in Scotland by which the world may know him (says Jehu Junior in "Vanity Fair"). Two of them brought property to his family; for his father, Captain Jamfes Stirling Crawfurd-Stirling- Stuart, assumed the name of Stuart on succeed- ing to Castle Milk, and the name of Craw- furd on coming into Milton. His pedigree is eminently Scottish. The descent of the family embraces the comparatively insignifi- cant period of seven centuries, and included a mere trifle of twenty generations. He has in his veins blood of the Royal House whose name he bears. Mr. Stirling-Stuart was educated privately at first, but later went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where his fox-hunting development was more noticeable than his academic pro- gress. Afterwards he improved across country, under the tuition of the late Lord Willoughby de Broke, in Warwickshire, until he became famous as one of the boldest riders in the Midlands. In 1889, however, his active pursuit of the chase was unfortunately cut short by a bad fall while riding Slippery Sam in the Ladies' Plate at Rugby. There are many stories of his courage in the hunt- ing field. In 1890 he married the daughter "f Mr Alexander Denistoun, of Golfhill, Lanark- shire, and since that time he has resided .almost entirely in Scotland during the autumn and winter months, though he is still a well-known figure during the London season. He is one of the most popular members of the Turf Club, and, though he is neither an owner nor a backer, he is fond of racing. He is the father of two sturdy boys who are about to go to Eton. He describes them after his own fashion as being well bred for nose and tongue." He has a great many friends, who appreciate him as a genial' host and a good sportsman. He is a brilliant talker, illustrating his sense of humour by a style of metaphor which is as striking as it is peculiarly his own. He has clothes which only one man may wear-ånd that is himself. He considers himself a. remarkably plain person. Everyone knows him as the "Hatter," and anyone who has seen him will understand tho,reasou for his nickname. 1;

FURTHER ONSLAUGHT ON THE GOVERNMENT. The deba.te on Mr. Balfour's motion Wall continued on Monday by Mr. JOHN MORLEY (R., Montrose Burghs), I who said he would not have intervened in the debate but for the remarkable proposi- tion on which the Prime Minister had founded his case for adding a further Par- liamentary revolution to that revolution in the principle of the solidarity and loyalty of Cabinet government for which the right hon. gentleman had been responsible. (Oppo- sition cheers.) The motion of the Prime Minister and the arguments on which it Was based were as huge a revolution in Parliamen- tary power and authority as had ever taken place in our history. The Premier wished to ring down the curtain upon one of the most squalid political scenes that had ever disfigured the Parlia- mentary stage. (Opposition cheers.) The urgency of the Licensing Bill was to be found in a statement made at a trade" dinner last year by the president of a licensed victuallers' association. That gentle- man had said, I do not think the Govern- ment will go against the trade,' for we put them in power, and if they treat us properly we will keep them in power, but if they do not. we will chuck them out." (Laughter and Opposition cheers.) Mr. JOHN REDMOND (N., Wateirford) desired to say nothing as to the merits or demerits of the Licensing Bill, but the Nationalist mem- bers were united in opposition to closure by compartment. This House was attempting a task which was becoming day by day more impossible. It was physically impossible for one legislative Assembly to fulfil the duties of a great Imperial Senate and also the duties of half a dozen local Parliaments. (Nationalist cheers.) Mr. BALFOUR, who was received by the Ministerialists with loud cheers, said he under- stood the desire of Mr. Redmond to support the Opposition on this occasion, but the hon. member voted for closure by compartment in the case of the Home Rule Bill. He deeply regretted that Mr. Whittaker should have thought it desirable to make a personal attack upon him which involved the reputa- tions of two other persons. One of those persons was long since dead, and the other was in no sense open to the insinuation which the hon. member, taking advantage of his position in that House, had made against him. The hon member had chosen to attack his (Mr. Balfour's) present chairman. That gen- tleman had never made any observation, direct or indirect, to him (Mr. Balfour) upon this question. But the attack was far worse with regard to one who many years ago was his (Mr. Balfour's) chairman, and who was a brewer. Mr. WHITTAKER: I made no reference to the right hon. gentleman's previous chairman. I vas referring to the well-known scandals in connection with the watch committee and the police of Manchester. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. BALFOUR If the hon. gentleman wishes t) attack the Corporation of Manchester or any member of it, he is at liberty to do so, but do not let him associate me with matters of that kind. (Ministerial cheers and Oppo- sition laughter.) He had also declared that the Government were slaves of the trade." (Opposition cheers.) The Government had never disguised that in their view, apart from its benefits as a measure of temperance reform, the Bill would do justice to the "trade." If that were true, were they disgraced because that particular trade expressed a desire to see justice done to it? If the present motion were rejected, and they were to proceed with the 65 pages of amendments to the Licensing Bill, th-a Parliamentary machinery would break down. Were the Government to be debarred from taking a course which as compared with what the Opposition had taken was a modest proposal? Mr. LLOYD GEORGE (R., Carnarvon Boroughs) said that there was this justifica- tion for closuring the Home Rule Bill: that it was introduced as the result of a mandate from the country. There was no mandate for this present Bill. The Government were closuring it because they could not rely upon the continued attendance of their own sup- porters. The Government had lost the con- fidence of the country. The one question in which the country was interested at present was when the Government was going to take out its off-licence. (Opposition cheers and laughter.) They had even thrown over Mr. Joseph Chamberlain as a kind of Jonah, although it was probable that he was not drowned, but only ducked, and was lurking near the steering gear. (Opposition laughter.) The only other measure the Premier was anxious to pass was the Welsh Coercion Bill. This was a fine piece of electioneering. The Government would stagger to the polls arm- in-arm with a trade which had filled the gaols with criminals and deepened the degradation and the destitution of hundreds and thousands of homes. (Opposition cheers.) The bishops objected to the Licensing Bill. but to keep them in order the Government had the Welsh Coercion Bill still in hand. Mr. S. T. EVANS (R-, Glamorgan, Mid) saw no reason why the Licensing Bill should not be carried over to another session if it could not be adequately debated this session. Mr. BRYCE (R., Aberdeen, S.) expressed him- self as sorry for the pitiable bleatings of tnose supporters of the Government who, whilst desirous of securing a longer time for the discussion of the Licensing Bill, yet found it necessary to find some excuse or other for supporting the Prime Minister. Mr. OH A MBKRLA IN (U., Birmingham, W.) was perfectly prepared to admit that the action of the members on both sides with regard to this matter of the closure was guided very largely by party sympathies. He himself had an intense sense of the im- portance of temperance reform, and it had always been a matter of very great regret that during the many years he had been a member of the House nothing of substantial importance had been done by legislation owing to the extreme views of men whose conscientiousness he fully recognised. In his opinion, this Bill was an advance in temperance reform, and that was the honest conviction of many of them who. while not thinking it went far enough, were glad to accept it for what it actually did give. (Minis- terial cheers.) Neither party had a special interest in preserving the methods of obstruc- tion. Each party, in turn, would be paralysed and unable to pass their legisla- tion. When the gentlemen now in Opposi- tion came into office they would have full power to give effect to every promise they had made. (Laughter.) He himself might be rising from the Opposition bench and repeat- ing the arguments Mr. Bryce had just used. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. W. CHURCHILL (Oldham) was particu- larly pleased to see Mr. Chamberlain again in his place, because Mr. Chamberlain and himself were in the same boat—(Opposition laughter)—because they both wanted to see this Government turned out. (Loud laughter.) The only difference was that he (Mr. Churchill) expressed his opinion, while Mr. Chamberlain dissembled his. (Cheers and laughter.) Why did the Prime Minister give them six days more for the Licensing Bill? He would now say publicly to the Prime Minister what the right hon. member for Birmingham must often say to him in private, Why not go the whole hog?"—(roars of laughter from the Opposition)—why, not compress the whole debate on the Bill into one day. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Churchill's further remarks were only partially audible owing to the loud buzz of conversation going on amongst the Unionist members, until Mr. SHACKLETON (Lab.. Clitheroe) angrily rose and called upon the Speaker to keep order in the House. The SPEAKER appealed to hon. members to be silent. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. CHURCHILL proceeded again to speak at great length, and gradually the increasing tones of the private conversations going on drowned his voice. The Radicals then helped to increase the din by vehement shouts of "Order, order." "Order in the compounds." The SPEAKER again intervened, and said that every member, whether popular or other- wise, ought to be given a hearing. (Opposition cheers.) Sir GEORGE BARTLEY (U., Islington, N.): Have we no right to express dissent when strong personal attacks are being made upon the Leader of the House? The SPEAKER: Personal attacks, so long as they are orderly attacks, ought to be borne. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. CHURCHILL, in concluding: his remarks, complained that he had not received fair treatment, and suggested that there was an organised attempt to prevent hie being heard, and the member for West Birmingham was either an accomplice or a consenting party. (Ministerial cries of Order.") Amid loud cries of Order" and booing from the Opposition benches, which drew a reproof from the Speaker, Mr. QHAJOERLAIN rose and aeked the ruling of the Speaker whether it was in order for an hon. member to say that there was a conspiracy against him to which he (Mr Chamberlain) was an accomplice—a statement which was absolutely untrue. (Ministerial cheers and Opposition cries of "Order.") The SPEAKER was understoood to say that charges of that kind should not be made. Mr. CHURCHILL: If the right hon. gentle- man thinks I have made charges agadnst him I will withdraw them. I have made my protest, and I venture to lease it to the good sense and cheerful consideration of the House. Sir H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, who rose at hatf-past eleven amid Opposition cheers, proceeded to review the work of the season, contending that no time had been unduly wasted in criticising the policy or want of policy of the Government. He observed, amid the delighted cheers of his supporters, that this Government had treated dogs as aliens, and aliens as dogs. At the stroke of midnight Mr. BALFOUR moved that the question be put. The closure was carried by 303 to 223. The House then divided:— For Mr. Aequrth's amendment —. 228 Against Government majority 73 The debate then stood adjourned, and the I House rose at 12.40.

THE "GUILLOTINE" VOTE PASSED. The debate on Mr. Balfour's motion to expedite proceedings on the Licensing Bill was again resumed on Tuesday. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE (R., Carnarvon Boroughs^ as a protest against the guillo- tine motion and the idea that the Committee stage of the Bill could be concluded in the six allotted days, moved an amendment to leave out the words in the motion, "and Com- mittee," so that the six allotted days should be given to the report stage, and the Com- mittee stage be left unlimited. It was, he contended, preposterous to oonflne the Com- mittee stage to six days. It was reducing the consideration of the Bill to a mere farce. (Opposition cheers and derisive Ministerial laughter.) Mr. GIBSON BOWLES (U.. King's Lynn) pointed out that Radical members in voting for this amendment would be actually voting for a curtailment of the powers of the House in the report stage. Mr. BALFOUR opposed the amendment. It was really contradictory to the conclusion arrived at a few hours ago on the Asquith amendment. The House divided, and there voted: — For Mr. Lloyd-George's amendment 160 Against 220 Government majority 60 Mr. YOXALL (R., Nottingham, W.) next moved to leave out the words "and on report," so that the six days should be allotted to the Committee stage, and the report stage not come within the guillotine. Mr. BALFOUR characterised this amend- ment as an attempt to stultify the decision just arrived at in the last division, because the 66 pages of amendments standing on the paper for the Committee stage could be transferred bodily to the report stage. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M'KENNA (R., Monmouthshire, N.) said that if the Prime Minister wished to give even a colour of decency to this proposal he should not ask them to curtail discussion upon por- tions of the Bill of which they did not even yet know the provisions. The public at large would not accept the Bill in its final form as the judgment of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SAMUEL EVANS (R., Glamorgan, Mid) said that when Opposition members were charged with obstructing it was very remark- able that more thaji half the new clauses which had been put down were in the names of supporters of the Government. An easy remedy for the difficulty would be to suspend the Twelve o'clock Rule. Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE having spoken again, The amendment was rejected by 258 to 188 -70. Dr. MACNAMARA (R., Camberwell, N.) pro- posed to amend the Prime Minister's motion by allotting eighteen days, instead of six, for the proceedings in Committee and on report. Mr. BALFOUR said he had considered and re-considered this point, and, on the whole, he was inclined to think the House would be well advised to adhere to the limits originally laid down. He had no desire to act in an arbitrary manner. Sir ROBERT RiEID (R., Dumfries Burghs) pointed out thai the Prime Minister had not ventured to state that the time allotted for discussion was sufficient. Mr. H. HOBHOUSE (U., Somerset, East) strongly appealed to the Prime Minister to reconsider his decision. Am extension of time would make it easier for members to reconcile their constituents to the passing of the Bill, because they would be a.ble to say tha.t objections had been laid fairly before the House. Sir EDWARD GREY (R., Berwick-on-Tweed) declared this licensing Bill filled him with despair. Its scope was not merely large, it was eternal. (Radical cheers.) But the Bill itself did not seem to be in the mind of the Prime Minister at all, but only the con- venience of his own supporters. Mr. BALFOUR announced that he was willing, if it was for the convenience of the House, to undertake that Friday should not be one of the allotted days. A UNIONIST REBEL. Mr. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, 8.) asserted that at every bye-election the Government's funeral knell was tolling. (Delighted Opposi- tion cheers.) Those who had taken the respon- si-bility of ojomiring this Bill could not imagine that the people of England would allow their Parliament to be turned into a mere machine. (Derisive Ministerial, and Opposition cheers.) The Government had out- stayed their welcome. They had no moral right to do what they were doing. The beet thing they could do was to closure themselves. (Uproarious delight amongst the Opposition.) PREMIER REFUSES TO BE DRAWN. Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE maintained that the House bad the right to know whether the Prime 'Minister really believed that fix days would be adequate or not. Mr. BALFOUR: You have no right to ask me that question. Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE: Why; it is the one question relevant. (Loud Radical cheers). This is treating the House with a measure of contempt with which, certainly, no Leader of the House had ever treated it. (Cheers.) The mere fact that the House of Commons stood this sort of thing year after year showed that the Prime Minister had taken the right measure of the House. The House deserved the contempt with which its Leader treated it. (Prolonged Opposition cheers.) Mr. M'KENNA said they had to remember that it was of the essence of the Prime Minister's proposals that the most important amendments should not be discussed. Mr. SAMUEL EVANS asked why could not the Houee sit till the end of August and then meet again in October? The House divided: — The House divided: — For Dr. Macnamara's amendment. 202 Against 260 Government majority 58 Mr. BALFOUR, amid the cheers of the Ministerialists and the strenuous protests of the Opposition, moved that the main ques- tion be put. The closure was carried by 265 to 201—64. The SPEAKER proceeded to put the quee- tion, which was greeted with an emphatic No" by the Opposition, and an equally vigorous "Aye by the Ministerialists. A VOLUNTARY MARTYR. Mr. CROOKS (R., Woolwich), in spite of the persuasions of the Liberal Whips- and a number of other members of the Opposition, refused to leave the House and enter the lobby to take part in the division, remarking in a loud voice that somebody must pro- test." Addressing the Speaker, he said: Mr. Speaker. I do not want to seem unruly or disobedient to the orders of the House, but I do wa.nt to do what is strictly in order, and I think the best thing I can do is to ask you to suspend me from the service of bhe House. When I am to be closured in this manner without the opportunity of speaking I think It would be better it should be done forthwith. (Nationalist cheers.) I shall be rejoiced to be relieved from responsibility." The SPEAKER: The hon. member is asking me to do something which I have no power to do. It is the House which would have to suspend him if he should do what I hope he will not do—that is, show disrespect to the Chair and to the rutee of the House. The bon. member has made his protest openly, and no doubt some note will be made of that fact. Mr. CROOKS: I agree that that is the proper way, but what can one do when one is closured down ? I want to be respectful to you and respectful to the House, but it is the only way one has of bringing before the public the iniquitous Act of this Government in regard to this Bill. The SPEAKER: I hope the hon. member will see that what he is doing is really not in the nature of a protest, but is really acting obstructively to the House. The hon member then walked from the II House into the lobby. The House divided:- For Mr. Balfour's motion 262 Against. 207 Government majority 55 I The House again went into Oommittee upon the Licensing Bill, and resumed the conside- ration of Clause 1 at the point where pro- gress waa reported on the 29th of Jtrne.