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[LONDON LETTER. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) SPECIALLY WIRED. LONDON, Monday Night. THE GUILDHALL BANQUET. Mr Chamberlain has not accepted the Station to the Guildhall banquet to- morrow week, and it is understood that he ill not be present on the occasion. If Mr Balfour, about whom there is uncertainty, is also absent, the task of replying to the foast of the House of Commons will de- volve upon either Lord George Hamilton or Sir Matthew White Ridley. The entire interest seems likely to centre in the Speech by the Prime Minister, but Lord Salisbury is not generally expected to make any startling declaration of either foreign Or home policy. NOVELTIES IN THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW. Great preparations are being made to give distinction to the Lord Mayor's Show by introducing among the old features with which we are all familiar some novelties. In recognition of the fact that Alderman Davies represents Chatham in the House of Commons, there will be side by side on Olle car models of the Minerva battleship of the types of 1837 and of 1897. In honour Of Mr Sheriff Dewar there is to be a sports' car, on which will be depicted cricket, football, racing, and other athletics. The four-horse Rocket coach is also to take part 111 the procession. I have not yet heard Whether it is to be accompanied by a traction engine or a motor car or a bicycle Squad giving practical exemplification of the advances in locomotion. TORY RESIGNATIONS IMPENDING. A rumour is prevalent not in Liberal but in Conservative circles that several Ministerialist members of the House of Commons are exceedingly anxious *o relieve themselves of their Parliamentary duties. It is indeed even said that sundry weary legislators are only awaiting the result of the elections for the three vacant seats. If in these the Government hold their own, there will be competition for the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds or of the Manor of Nortbstead. THE ELEVATION OF MR DARLING. When in 1859 there was a legal outcry because the then Lord-Chancellor had made an unknown stuff gownsman a judge, the appointment of Mr Justice Blackburn Was successfully vindicated on the ground that the sole qualifications required had been proved-legal learning and attain- ments. That is just the defence which cannot be made in the case of Mr Darling, and probably it is almost unprecedented for a protest to be got up in the form of a Petition from the Inns of Court asking the 13ar Council whether that representative body intends to give expression to what is believed to be the general feeling of the Miole Bar against the recent exercise of judicial patronage in the appointment of lIrtr Justice Darling. Mr Asquith's out- spoken condemnation of the appointment has attracted much attention, and has gi, en general satisfaction. RAILWAY SERVANTS' GRIEVANCES. The Railway Regulation Act"of 1893, giving power to the Board of Trade to put Pressure upon railway companies in cases of excessive working hours exacted from their servants, has been by no means a dead letter. A report issued to-day shows that the total number of grievances in- quired into in four years has been 401, and the return, giving particu- lars of 31 cases standing over from previous Years1 together with 71 new instances of unduly long work, inadequate respite for meals, and so forth, shows that almost all the companies have been brought to book. The schedule is full of complaints of long hours of signalmen, drivers, guards, shunters, porters, and others. Although sometimes there was held to be no valid ground for complaint, and though in some cases the board is still awaiting remedies, on the whole the railways have responded to the demands made upon them, and from the diminution in the number of complaints received it is assumed that the men are better satisfied, and that the companies have done much in the direction of voluntarily revising their time tables. In the opinion of Mr Hopwood the Act has been exceedingly useful in I putting a check upon, if not a stop to, the long hours of work which are cruel to the tnen and sometimes endanger the safety of the travelling public. Nearly every class of railway servant has benefited, and the further operation of the Act can, he Says, be watched with equanimity by all but thoae who are interested in railway Management and who view with alarm the rapid increase in the wages bill. A WELCOME REAPPEARANCE. This evening Mr and Mrs Beerbohm Tree received a warm welcome back to Her Majesty's Theatre with their company after a brief provincial tour of more than ordinary success. Again was presented that clever suggestive adaptation of French comedy which, under the title of The Silver Key," was in the flowing tide of popular approval when the summer season ended. The two chief female characters are finely played and as finely contrasted, Mrs Tree as the gay marquise with her fascinating wit, Miss Willard as the fair embodiment of injured innocence. Mr Fred Waller is as sturdily uncompromising as before; Mr Tree perhaps a trifle more gaily com- promising. Apparently, The Silver Key will not require to be hung up for many a night to come. The performance con- cluded with a one act version of the Shakesperian farce" Katherine and Petruchio," for which David Garrick was originally responsible. Mrs Tree as the Shrew and Mr Tree as the Tamer acquitted themselves with distinction. THE CARL ROSA SEASON. On the authority of Mr Manager Bruce, one is glad to report that the Carl Rosa opera season at Covent Garden has been a. financial success. One or two blemishes -notably in "The Meistersingers "—gave Some ill-natured critics opportunity to be spiteful in their carping notices, but the paying public were satisfied, and eagerly paid moderate prices to see and hear their favourite operas very creditably performed. TIBERALS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The London members of the National Liberal Club met this evening and resolved to throw themselves energetically into the School Board contest which is now in progress. It has been a constant reproach to the political clubs of London of all social grades that the members do so little for political causes, and the committee of the National Liberals are taking steps in many ways te stimulate their members, as an example to others. Earl Carrington, the presidant ot the club, in opening the pro- ceedings this evening, made a touching reference to the Joss which all good causes had suffered by the death of the Duchess of Teck. In the course of the subsequent proceedings it was stated that the leaders of the Progressives had more confident expectation of victory in the coming elec- ion than they have allowed themselves to indulge in for many years past.

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ENGINEERS' DISPUTE.

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