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"THE TEMPLE OF LIES." By J. B. HARRIS-BURLAND. I Author of "Gabriel Janthry," "The Broken Law," "The Guardian of HL3 I Hofiour," "The Splendid Felon,&c., &c. I I I "CHAPTER I. "Well, Jones, what do you think of the place? You've been up here before, of oourse?" "Yes, one.e," the doctor replied grimly. "On o of my patients died here." Emrys Morgan shrugged his shouklers and laughed. He was lean and thin-chested, with 10110w cheeks and unnaturally brilliant eyes. His bearded face was tanned by wind and Bun, and his hands rough with toil. Yet, for all these .gn9 of a hard life lived in the open air, it was evident to the most casual observer that this man had been a dweller in cities for the best part of his life. "A glorious view, isn't it?" he said, after a pause. Dr. David Jones made no reply. He was etanding by the window of the 3 mall cottage, and he saw the driving snow -weep across the landscape, blotting out white Peaks and valleys, and hiding the black crags of Moel Cethin from his si;ht. A few moments ago the view had been on.e of the :finest in the world. Now it was nothing but a stormy sea of snowflakes, writhing a fid whirling in their countless millions. Healthy, too, continued Morgan, who was sitting on a plain wooden chair clcse to the fire, "for those who want health." "It's come on to snow again," said the doctor thoughtfully. I shall have to be making my way back to Trethol." You'd better wait till the morning, Jones. It will be dark in half an hour." "No, J must goo at once. I might be snowed up here for days." "You won't hurt," said Morgan with a smile. "The place is provisioned for a fort- night. I was warned about that when I came here There's a g-cod supply of water." "I must go," the doctor insisted quietly. "I've only half-a-dozen, patients, and I might lose them if I were absent for a day or two." "A, things are bad with you in Trethol?" "As bad as can be, Morgan. I don't earn the wages of a labourer. You've only to look at me and see that things a,re bad. Emrys Morgan looked at the sallow, clean- shaven face,, and the meagre little body, with its worn, but well-brushed clothes. Then he laughed. "We're birds of a feather," he said, "I'm wasted with disease, and you with the lack -).f it-in other folk. These Welsh are so infernally healthy. aren't they?" The doctor did not smile, and began to pat on a heavy overcoat, which had once been black. bn.t was now green with age, Then he looked once more out of the window. The snow was now falling so thickly that he could not see more than a couple of yards in artll direction. It was growing dark, too, with the shadows of approaching night. ¡(You'd better stay," said Morgan, inter- nupting the doctor's thoughts. "You'll never Teach Trethol alive—think of it, man-six miles, and the pathways blotted out. And the c<>ld! We're two thousand feet above the s-ea level here, and the. wind goes through one like a knife. We'll heap coal on the fire, and laugh at the storm. I'd be glad of a companion, and——" here he lowered his voice and leant forward with an eager look in his eyes, "and I'd like a talk with you. I've an idea, and there's money in it-for you. "Money, eh? I couid do with some Of that. I've never had a chance, but if I could buy a. decent practice "Yes, money," said Morgan, clasping his thin hands and st.a.ring at the fire. "For you, but not for me, Jones. A dying man j 'has no use for money." "Dying? Nonsense! You have years before! you yet. If you talk like that, I shall have j to stay. You're not fit to be left a ne I want you to stay. I will make it worth your while. Take off that coat, my dear fellow. If you go out in it, it'll be your j shroud." Dr. Jones took off the coat, flung it over the back of a chair, and seating himself by the fire, held out his hands to the blaze. It's cold over there by the window," he said, but this is a snug little room, and the walls are thick." Emrys Morgan was silent. Outside the wind toated overhead through the gathering dark- ness. But the fire blazed cheerfully in the grate, and though the room was poorly fur- j nished, and the only covering on the stone floor was a rug made of cocoa-nut matting, j the wild storm outside gave everything an air of comfort that it would not have pos- sessed on a wafm summer's day. Dr. JOLes filled his pipe with the last few rrumbs of tobacco in his pouch, and lit a match. His companion watched him with half-closed eyes. For more than a minute neither of the two men spoke. "Well?" queried the doctor sharply, M the fctcwling of the wind in the chimney began to prey on his nerves. "You had some echerne to propound? You spoke of money?" Yes," Morgan afiswered, stroking his nmkempt brown beard. "But let us start from the beginning. I'ye known you for a year, Jones; ever since I've been in this place. I daresay you've often wondered who I am, and why l' am here." "You are in consumption," the doctor replied. "You need a life in the open air, and at a high altitude. That is why you a.re here. You are Emrys Morgan, a rioh man W ,? r a n, a rich man who has lost all his money. I believe you are a bankrupt. That is 13.11 I know about I you. "You shall know more," said Morg-in slowly. "1 will explain my position to you. L want to drive certain facts into your head. Please take careful note of every one of them. In the first place, I have two, or at the most three, years of life before me." I don't admit that as 3. fact—oh, I know what Sir Henry said v hen he examined you. Bat these j-pecialis^s are often mistaken. Their brains are so full of special knowledge that they think the worst of every case that Is brought to them." "I have c t most three years to live," Mot- Can repeated. "Sir Henry is not the sort of man to make a mistake, and he is, as a rule, merciful in his verdicts. That is thi? j first fact. The second is that I am insured for £ 10,000. The next premium Ls due in two months' time. The last was paid by my mother-at enormous sacrifice to herself, She cannot find the money to pay another. Have" you got that quite clearly in your head ?" The doctor nodded. You can raise money en the policy," he said after a pause. Money has already been raised on its ■orrender value—before the crash came. The wirrender value is not more than half what will be paid if I die. You see, I am still a young man." As he spoke the last words he covered his face with his hands, as if to shut out some horrible sight from his eyes. For a few minutes there was no sound but the roaring of the wind in the chimney and the loud ticking of a cheap American clock on the mantelpiece. The doctor shivered slightly, as though some cold blaft of air had pierced the thick walls of the cottage and swept through the room. Then suddenly Morgan laughed and raised hie head. "I beg your pardon," he said. "I forgot that I was stating a case for your considera- tion. I must try not to think of myself in this matter. Now, the third fact is this, Jones. My mother is in immediate want of a considerable sum of money. I need next go Into the details, but you can take it from me that if she does not have this money in the next six months she will be tui-ned out of her humble home, and be forced to seek refuge in the workhouse. She is 59 years of age an4 a confirmed invalid. Her little bit of money werat in the smash—in an effort to esve me. Are all these facts quite clear to you, Jones?" Quite," the doctor answered mechanically. Then he struck a match and re-lit his pipe, which had gone out. "Why. are you telliug me all this?" he asked after a pause. Because I want. your help. My mother must be saved, at a.ny cost. She must have this money, and I must find it for her." She will have it in a few years," said the doctor, slowly. "At least, that it what you believe." "It will be no use in a fe,w years' time. The shock and disgrace will kill her. I must have the money now. and there is only one way to get it." The dodc.r' tct', closed hard on the stem cf his pipe, and broke tho vulcanise. He knew wh".t was ccming. Emrys Morgan rose to his feet, and towered cvsr him, gaunt, thin, and haggard—a veritable scarecrow cf a. man—something that seemed to stand on tho threshold of another world. "Thre is only way to get it," Morgan You must give a certificate of my death." repeated in a harsh voice. "I must die." Suicide will invalidate the policy," eaid the doctor, coldly, pretending not to under- j stand. You must give a certificate of my death," Morg-an continued. I will die here to-night. We are cut off from the world for a day or two. perhaps for a week." Dr. Jones's lip-s tightened. He still pro- fessed not to understand. If you were to spend the night in the snow," he said, after a pause, "you would certainly be dead in twenty-four hours. But I should feel it my duty to prevent you from doing so." Are you a fool?" shou ted Morg-an, hoarsely. If I had wanted to do that, do you think I should have needed your help? I have offl, y three years of life, but I must live—every hour of them. Good Gcd, man, do you think I haven't tried to make up my mind to do that." And you are afraid?" Yes, I'm a coward, if you like to call me one. Life is very precious, when one has only three years of it left." "Car¡. you spare me some tobacco?" said Jones quietly. I've run out of it." The request was intended to check Morgan in his wildness of speech, to bring matters down to the level of common sense. But Morgan disregarded it. If you'll do what I ask," he continued. I'll see that you get a thousand pounds. You can buy a fairly decent practice with that—t-omething that, you can work up, any- way. I want you to give a certificate of death. You can put anything in the coffin you like. The trick has been played before, and will continue to be played so long as doctors have such absolute power placed in their hands. The details will want thinking out- that is all." "That is not all," said the doctor, coldly. "It is not altogether a question of being found out." "You're thinking of the morality of the thing. Well, what is the fraud, after all? The insurance company will have to pay up the money in three years time. I'm robbing them of two of their premiums. On the other hand, I am saving my mother, to whom I owe a great deal, from disgrace and death." "And your death will give her no paip. sneered the doctor. "She knows that I have to die. She will be spared the agony of waiting." "And is there no one else?" Jones asked after a long silence. "There is no one else," Morgan replied bitterly. "My sif-er cares little for me. The II woman I love-ell, she has been forced to give me up because I know that it would be a crime for her to marry a consumptive. There is everything to be gained and nothing to be lost." "Save honour," said the doctor in a low voice. "There is much to be weighed against that mere shibboleth of a word," cried Morgan, and then he began to plead, and slowly, inch by inch, he drove back the doctor to the latter's last line of defence. In ten minutes the battle was won. "You hava bought me," said Dr. Jones as he stood by the window and stared out into the darkness. "You have not persuaded me that you are right." Emrys Morgan crouched over the fire and coughed. He was utterly exhausted, a.nd his flushed face and shaking hands bore witness to the severity of the contest in which he had triumphed. "I doubt if we can carry the fraud through," continued the doctor, "but if we do, I don't see how I am going to get the money. And mark you, as far as I am concerned, the n.oney is the only thing that matters." Emrys Morgan turned his haggard face from the lire, and the light of tie candle showed his bloodshot eyes and the smile on his lips. "I've sett-led that," he gasped. "I made my will a week ago. I provided for you. I thought tliat, perhaps, I might persuade you." "Show me the will," said Jones silowly. Morgan rose to his feet, went to a cheat of drawers, and returned with a long enve- lope in his shaking ba,nds. "There it is," he said, and he repeated him- self in his C'hr, and leant back with closed eyes. Dr. Jones read the will, noted that it was duly signed and witnessed, and placed it in his pocket. "I will keep it, if you don't mind," he said. "Certainly," Morgan replied with a ghastly smile "Now as to the details." The two men sat far into the night, their chairs drawn close to the fire for warmth. And outside the thick walls the gale swept across the peaks and crags of the mountain range, piling up a great barrier of snow between the cottage and the town in the valley beneath. I CHAPTER U. I In a deep, wide armeJiair, set with it3 back ¡ to the window, an elderly woman slept peace- f fully. At her feet lay a large black cat 1strtebed at full length on the beartbruc. 1 On the oth?r lid. of the RMpiMe & SW iMrat- forward, holding a book so as to catch the fading light of a winter afternoon. There could be no doubt about the relation- ship of the two women, for the younger was absurdly like what the elder must have been. The features were the same—clear cut, deli- cate, with a short upper lip, eyes set rather wide apart, a hand-some curved mouth, a straight thin nose. The black ha.ir had changed to iron grey, and* the soft colour of youth had faded and the smooth skin was seamed and wrinkled by sorrow and sickness and age. But Mrs. Morgan was still a good- looking woman, who looked her best wnen her eyes were closed in sleep. The girl had been reading aloud to her mother, and when she saw that the latter was asleep, she continued to read to herself. Then as the light grew too bad, she rose to her feet, laid the bock on the table, and walked across the little room to the window. Outside, in a mean street cf Cardiff, the road lay white and silent under the mantle of snow. For five days it had been snowing, and all the efforts of the sweepers and shovellers had failed to keep pace with the fall. Now, at las-t, the snow had ceased, and the wind had died away. There was no stream of traffic to melt the whiteness into slush, no steady tramp of fe.8t to smirch the spotless pavements. Penpompren-road looked almost beautiful in the twilight. But the girl frowned as she gazed at the silent scene. Then, as though the very silence was odious to her, she returned to the fireplace, seized the poker, and plunged it among the coals. The cat sprang to its feet and arched its back, and Mrs. Morgan opened her eyes. Gwladys, my dear," she said, plaintively. I wish you wouldn't frighten me like that." You don't want the room to get cold do you?" the girl answered petulantly. "The fire was going out." You might be more gentle, dear. What time'is it?" "Half-past four. Shall I get some tea?" "-No, dear, not yet. I was wondering if the post had come." I am sure I don't want it to come. It brings nothing but unpleasant news." Gwladys, dear," faltered Mrs. Morgan. I oan't help being anxious about poor Emrys. We generally hear from him by this post. I can't bear to think of him being up there in the mountains in this terrible weather." Oh, I expect he's snug enough," the giri replied, carelessly. He wrote and told you he expected to be snowed up before the winter was over; that he had laid in a large stock of provisions—I'm sure you needn't worry about him, mother." But if he were ill, Gwladys—aLl alone there in that desolate cottage," and Mrs. Morgan began to cry softly, like one who is too tired to give way to any strong emotions. Gwladys .Morgan lit a small oil lamp and drew down the blinds. I'll get your tea," she said, briskly. "You always feel better after your tea, don't you?" A knock rattled on the hall door, and the light of hope leapt into the mother's eyes. She leant forward in her chair, holding on to the arms with trembling hands. "Quick, Gwladys dear," she cried; "it's the post." The girl left the room, and, after a brief conversation at the hall door, returned with a stranger. Mr. Edmunds, mother," she said, hur- ,riedly, a solicitor from London. He wants to see Emrys." Mrs. Morgan frowned at the new-comer through her glasses; then she inclined her head. Edmunds, a short, thin man, with grey side whiskers, bowed. "My son is not here," said the old woman. He is at present in Cardiganshire." Ah, that is unfortunate," Mr. Edmunds replied, but still-you are Mrs. Morgan, are you not, widow of the late William Morgan, I of Penybont?" "That was my husband's name." Well, I have come to you with good news, madam. I suppose you did not kno, the late Richard Morgan, of the Plas Brynboul, in Cardiganshire?" No, I have never heard of him." "He was a distant cousin of your hus- band's, and he died on Wednesday. He has left real estate of the estimated value of £ 500,000. It is entailed, and will pass to the I next of kin." "To whom?" Gwriadys cried eagerly, "To whom ?" "To Mr. Emrys Morgan, if he wa-s alive at the time of Richard. Morgan's death; if he was not, "Alive!" exclaimed Mrs. Morgan, "of course, he is alive." "I am glad to hear it, madam," the soli- citor replied. I congratulate you all on this stiddan—er—stroke of good fortune. I have hea-rd bad accounts of your son's health, mada-m -that is why—I trust I have not pained you." "Three hundred thousand pounds!" cried Gwladys. "Three hundred thousand pounds!" There was a double knock on the hall door, and an eager look came again into Mrs. Mor- gan's eyes. Gwladys left the room, looked in the letter-box, and, finding nothing there, opened the door. A boy handed her a tele- gram addressed to "Miss Gwladys Morgan." She tore it open, read the contents, and gripped the edge of the door for support. For the moment everything swam in a grey mist. Then she controlled herself with a supreme effort of will. "There is no answer," she said, faintly, no answer." She closed the door with a crash, and, leaning against it, stared at the telegram from Trethol. "Your poor brother died on Tuesday," the message ran. "Should have sent news before, but have been snowed up in the hills. Please come at once. David Jones, doctor." She stood there motionless, white faced, and gasping for breath. Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday!" clangld and echoed in her ears. Bichard Morgan, the wealthy landowner, had died on Wednesday For second big instalment of this stirring story see Evening Express" on Monday. Thereafter the serial will appear every day in the Evening Express.

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CONTESTS FOR 74 SEATS Sixty-six London and English provincial boroughs are polling to-day, and, as eight of the latter are double-member con- stituencies, the number of members to be returned is 74. At the dissolution the boroughs to be polled to-day were represented by the various parties as follows;- Unionists 17, 1 tiS: i. I Labour 8 1 LONDON. FULHAM 21,009. ) Mr. W. Hayes fisher U ¡ I Captain Fitzroy Hemphill L I 1392. W. D Bamett E 4,154 211 1895. \V. Hayes Fisher ..TJ 5,376 E. A. Cornwall ..R 3,913 W. Parnell Lab 191 1,463 1900. W Haye.s Fisher ..U 6,54t L. A. Corn wall. R 4, £ 47 2.294 1906. Timothy Da,ies R 8,037 \V. Hayes Fisher ..U 7,407 630 I HAMPSTEAD.-12,050. I -Nfl-. J. S. Fletcher TJ I Mr. F. G. Howard. L 1892. 12 Biodie Hoar? TT 3,848 •J C Swinburne- Hanhain E 2,239 1,609 1395. E. Brodie Hoc:,e U unop 1300. I E. Brodie Hoare U unop 1S02, Jan. 24 i,on Mr. B. Hoare's retirement). 'f. Mil?ain, K.C.U 3,843 G. F Howe R 2,113 1,725 1906. J. S. Fletcher TT 4,934 G. F. Rowe R 4,461 473 ISLINGTON (North) 12,677. Mr. G. A. Touche U I Mr. D. S. Waterlow L I GeT. 1892. U 4,456 r :r r;. C. T, i9M. U 4,881 C T. B:titley..U 4,??'-6 S?r G C. T. Bartlev IT 4,881 .lamc-s H:U E 3,646 E. C. Bawlings .K 2,567 810 2,314 1895. 1906. G C. T. Bartley..tT 4.6?G D. S. Waterlow R 5,284 T. B jNa-pier .B 3,317 Sir G. C. T. Bartley.U 4,418 1.309 866 ISLINGTON (West).—8,5 44. Sir S. Crossley, Bart. U I -Mr. T. Lough. L 1 1892. Thomas bough R 3,385 R Chamberlain U 2,655 730 1895. Thomas Lough E 3,4^4 .;Ir G Barham ..U 3,031 463 1900. Thomas Lough R 3,178 r H. Medhurst ..U 3,15-0 28 1906. Thomas Lough E 4,116 F. H. Medhurst ..U 3,618 498 I ISLINGTON Mr. J. H. T. Keeves U "Mr. G. H. Radford L 1892. B L, Cohen TT 3,375 P W Bunting- E 3.510 .P W Buntiilg R .?510 1&95. 465 B. L Cohen ,.U 4,383 I. M'K. Wood E 3,159 1,224 1900. B. L. Cohen IT 4,205 A M. Torrance E 2,586 1,619 1906. G. H. Radford.R 4,477 Sir B. L. Cohen ..U 3,710 j 767 I ISLINGTON (South).-8,268. I Mr. D. Faber U I *Mr. T. Wiles L ¡ 1832. Sir A. K. lioliit ..IT 3,194 1 W. Digby B 2,873 If 1 18S5. Sir A. K. Roll it ..IT 3,563 H L. Hart B 2,342 1,221 1900. Sir A. K. Rollit T7 3,881 J. A Strahaa B 1,665 2,216 1906. Thomas Wiles B 3,606 Sir Albert Rollit U 1,951 W. Hunt U (T. R.) 870 1.655 I LAMBETH (North).8,440. -r- Major Houghton Gastrell U ¡ I *Mr. H. Myer. L I lsaz. E. M. Coldwells.B 2,521 H. M. Stanley U 2,334 I 130 1895. Sir H. M. Stanley..U 2.873 C. I*. Trevelyan ..R 2,473 4mj 1300. I F. W. Horner U 2,677 CoL C. Ford R 1,7t!S 1 882 I 1906. Horatio Meyer R 2,162 Major Gastrell U 1;004 I Dadabliai Naoroji ..R 733 F. W. Hcrner U 108 I LAMBETH (Kennina-ton).-10.0RR- I "Mr. S. Collins l Colonel F. A. Lucas U 1892. Mark H. Bpaufoy. ,R 3.860 F. F. Begg U 3,253 1892, 607 J 1895. F. L. Cook tT 3,764 M. H, Beaufoy R 2,769 >v Wigirtman B 730 4s5 ) 1900. Sir r. L. Cooi .U4,195I R. W. Essex .R 2,309 1906. St"phen COI)inO .R 4,639 Sir F. L. Cook .U 3^054 U i, 0 5 4 ?, 58 51 LAMBETH (Brixton).-11.442. I Mr. D. DatzieI. tt I *fr. J. H. Seaverns T. 1892. Marquess of Car- I warthen TJ 4,061 R Staple?- .R 3,204 857 Ws5. Marquess o i Car- marthen u 4,198 Sir E. G. Head, Sii3ari:' '.R 2,199 1 M9' 1300. I Sir IR. G. C. mow- Dray U. Unop H06. J. H, Seaverns R 4 52] Davison DaJziel U 4,235 286 LAMBETH (NarwrOPfl).—13,908. I Sir A. Lawrence, Ba?. L Sir H. S. Samuel U I 1892. C. E. T,itton U 4,147 ii W. Verdon B 2,534 1.563 1895. C. E. Tritton U Unop 1900. I C. E. Tritton U U:Dop 1906. G. S. E^les TT 5,567 X W. Hubbard B 4,748 819 NEWINGTON (West).-9,635. I Mr. Warwick Brookes U I *Oaptain C. Norton L 1892. Capt. C. W. Norton R 3,421 G, W. Tallents ..U 2,328 1,0?3 1895. Capt. C. W. Norton R 3,219 O. W. Tallents U 2,759 (, 450 1900. Capt. C. W. Norton B 3,559 L 1. Bicarde- Seaver U 2,413 1,146 IP06. 11 ide CaPt- C. N(iton ..R 4,446 R. E. Belilios U 2,425 tMl NEWINGTON (Walworth).—s.kk.  I Mr. JR. E. Belilios t. Mr. A. Dawes L 1892. W Saunders 2,514 Lewis H. Isaacs ..U 2,218 296 1895. James Bailey U 2,822 R. Spokes. R 2,269 G. Lansbury Soc. 203 553 1900. 1 Sir James Bailey..U 3,093 R. Spokes R2,2i!3 865 1906. C. J. O'Donnell R 3,137 Sir James Bailey ..U 2,418 1 769 PROVINCES. I ASTON MANOR.-11,894. I Mr. J. H. Allen r. f  I *Mr. E. Cecil 1892. Cpt. G. Hutch.iœan.U 5,300 John LawsQn R 1,6751 » 3,625 1900. Evelyn Cecil U Unop I 1906. Hon. Evelyn Cecil..u 7,134 J. Richardson R 2 431 4,703 ASHTON-UNDZR-LYMIL-815 95. 1 Mr. W. Ge. e. Soc. I *Mr. A. H. Scott L Mr. H. Whiteley U isse. J. Addison, Q.C U 3.351 O. Y. Morgan B 3,225 135 1895. ill H. J. Whlteley U 3,434 W. Woods R .61r) I J. Sexton Iab 415 754 1900. H. J. Whiteley. U 3,545 E. A. Pa.rky,n. R 2,400 J. Johnson. Soc 737 1.145 1906. A. H. Scott R 4,310 H. Whiteley U 3,342 968 BATH (Two Members).—8,144. I •Mr. G. P. Goúh L I *Mr. D. Maclean L I Sir C. Hunter U I Lord A. Thynne U 1892. Col. C. W. Murray .U 3,198 E. R. Wodehouse.U 3.177 T. P. Baptie B 2,981 Gen. Sir J. M. Adye .R 2,941 217 1835. Col. C. W. Murray.U 3,445 Bt. Hon. E. R. Wodehouse .U 3,358 Sir NV. M. Conway.R 2,917 J. M. F. Fuller.R 2,865 328 1900. Col. C. W. Murray.U 3,486 Rt. Hon. E. R. Wodehouse .U 3,439 Donald Maclean R 2,605 A. C. Mortem R 2,549 tpl 1906. Donald Maclean .B 4,102 G. P. Gooch R 4,069 Lord A. Thynne U 3,1« Sir C. W. Murray..U 3,088 2,020 BIRMINGHAM (Edrbaston).-13,383. ) *Sir F. W. Lowe U I Mr. J. H. Morgan L I 1892. G. Dixon U Unop 1895. G. Dixon u Unop 1900. F. W. Lowe U Unop I 1906. Sir Frank W. nowe.TT 7,263 Hon. L. B. Holland.R 3,103 4,160 BIRMINGHAM (Central).-9,908. I Mr. A. Brampton L I *Mr. E. Parkes U 1892. J. A. Bright U 5,525 Jesse Herbert 1,522 4.003 1m. Eben. Parkes U Unop 1900. Eben. Parkes .UUnop 1906. Ebenezer Parkea U 5,684 T. Grosvenor Lea ..R 2,075 3,609 BIRMINGHAM (North).-8,452. I Mr. Joseph Dawson I *Mr. J. T. Middlemore U I 1392. W. Kendrick U 4.811 Eli Bloor Lab 2,0 £ & 2,725 1895. Bt. Hon. W. Ken- drick C 4.547 W. J. Lancaster ..R 1,213 3,334 1900. J. f. Middlemore. ,U Unop 1906. J. T. Middlemore ..U 5,172 Joseph Hood R 1,275 3,897 BIRMINGHAM (East)—15,244. I Mr. A. D. Steel-Maitland U I Mr. A. J. Stephenson Lab. I 1892. Bt. Hon. H. Mat- thewe. U 5,041 H. C. Fulford B 2,532 D. S. Collin Ind 296 S.209 11"- yAlr XJ- CaepV 1900. Sir J. B. Stone U 4,983 J. V. Stevens .R 2,335 2,154 1906. Sir J. B, etone .P 5,928 J. Molmei .Lab 3,444 44 BIRMINGHAM (Bordesley).—1 7,3 5 8. I *Mr. Jesse C-ollings U I Mr. F. Hughes Lab I 1862. Rt. lion. J. Col- linSS U 6,380 W. J. Davis .Lab 2.653 1895. 1895. 3,722 Et. Hon. J. Col- U 6,004 W. X. C. Cook B 2,154 3,250 1900. Rt. Hon. J. Col- liags. U Unop 1906. Jesse Coliings U 7,763 J. Bruoe Glasier..Soc 3,976 3,787 BIRMINGHAM (South).-11,178- I Mr. A. E. Butler L *Lorcll\1orpeth U 1892. P. Williams U 5,183 W. J. Lanoister ..B 2,270 2,923 1395. J. P. Williams .U 4,830 W. Priestman li 1.257 3,573 1900. Rt, Hon. J. Powell Williams U UnoD 1304 Fell. 26 (On the death of Mr. J. P. Williams.) Viscount Morpeth U 5,299 j. ii. Holioweil E 2,223 3,076 1905. ViCOllllt Morpeth ..U 5,541 John Y. Stevens..Lab 2,641 2,900 BOLTON (Two Members).-21,341. Mr. P. As.hlHJrth U Mr. W. M. Mattinson, K.C. U *Mr. A. H. Gill Lab *Mr. G. Harwocd L 1692. U. Sbepherd-Cross U 8,429 Col. Hon. F. C. Bridgeman V 8,140 F. Taylor B 7,575 John ilarwood 7,53d 854 1895. H. Shepherd-Croes U 8,494 G. Harwood R 8,453 Hon F C. Bridge- ma;: U 7,901 F. Brocklehurst .R 2,694 41 1900. H Sh lphlrd-Cros? U Unop G. ?liaj-wo?d.R??<'P 1906. George Harwood ..R 10,953 A. H. Gill Lab 10,416 G. J. Go:chen U 6,693 4,260 j BURNLEY 16,922. Mr. G. A. Arbuthnct U I Mr. H. M. Hyndham Soc *Mr. F. Maddison Lab 1892. Jabe7 Balfour R 6,451 Sir E. Lawrence..U 035 1,415 1895. Hon. P. Stanhope.B 5,454 A. Lindsay.TJ j.1^3 ii. Hyudman.Soc J.,43:; 3.856 r 1900. 1 W. Mitchell U 6,573 Hon. r. Stanhope..B-u,173 500 1906. F. Maddirou E 5,288 Gerald Arbuthnot U 4,964 H. 1. Hyndman..Soc 4,932 324 1 BURY.— 9,65 7. I Mr. E. L. Hartley. U J *Mr. G. Toulmin L 189a. Et. Hon. Sir A. J-ne.° ° ,11 4,070 ?ii. John Pare.J{ 3,241 829 1895. 8291' J. Kenyon U 3,890 J. F. Cheetha.m .B 3,213 675 1000. J. Kenyon 4,132 C. Toulmin B 3,283 849 lV. May 10 (On Mr. Kenyon's retirement). G. Toulmin E 4,213 Hon. II. L. W. L.wson. U 3,799 414 19Q6. G. Toulmin E 4,626 B. J. Lucas U 3,493 1,127 CAMBRIDGE.-9,392. I 'Mr. S. 0. Buckmaster, K.C. L I Mr. A. H. Paget  U I Wi. B. U. P. Fitzg-erald U 3,299 R. C. Lehmann .B 3,044 255 1895. Sir R. D. P. Fitz- gHald U 3,574 A J. David B 2,920 654 law. I Sir E. U. P. Fitz- I gerald U Unop 1906. S. O. Buckmaster.. R 4,232 A. H. Paget U 3,924 308 DARLINGTON 10,097. Mr. J. T. T. Lincoln L I *Mr. H. Pike Pease. U 1892. Sir Theodore Fry..R 2,866 Arthur Pease U 2,810 56 18155. Arthur Pease U 3,354 Sir Theodore Fry..R 2,697 657 1900. ±1. Fike Pease U Unop 1906. R. Pike Peai U 4,575 Aid. I. Mitchell Lao 4,087 4i3 DERBY (Two Members) 20,113. Mr. A. E. Beck U Mr. A. Page U *Sir T. Itoe L Mr. J. H. Thomas. Lab 1892. Bt. Hon. Sir W. Harcourt R 7,507 Sir Thomas Eoe R 7,339 W. B. Hextall U 5,546 Sir A. S. Haslam..U 5,363 1,961 1895. Sir H. H. Bemrose U 7,907 G. Drage. U 7,073 Rt. Hon. Sir W. Harcourt R 6,785 Sir Thomas Roe ..E 6,475 1. 1,2f-I I 1900. Sir' Thomas Roe R 7,322 R. Bell R 7,640 Sir H. llH:' Bemrose.U Y,397 G. Drage U 6,775 625 1906. Richard Bell .Lab 10,361 Sir Thomas Roe ..B 10,239 :apt I-Iolford U 61421 ?pe')cer ChurchU: U 6,409  ?W DOVER 6,247. Mr. A. M. Bradley L I *Mr. G. Wyndham U 1892. G. Wyndham U 2,531 Maj E. G. Edwards.R 978 1,253 1895. G. Wvmiha..n U Unop 1900. G Wvndham U UnOD 1906. G. Wyndham U 3,269 E. J. Bryce R 1,705 ?564 e DEVONPORT (Two rAombers).-12,125. I Sir C. Kinlooh Cooke U Sir J. Jackson U I Mr. S. Lithgow. L *Sir J. W. Berin L 1392. H. E. Kearley B 3.354 E. J. C. Morton.R 3,325 Cap. G. E. Price..U 3,012 Sir Bobt. Harvey..U 2,972 342 1895. H. E. Kearley E 3,570 E. J. C. Morton.K o,oll P. P. Wippell.-U j.303 T. U. Thynne .U 3,263 267 1900. H. E. Kearley .R 3,626 E. J. C. Morton ..B 3,538 John Lock!" U -,tM hI'?ck' '¿¡¿óY- -,458 hMt. U 3,395 '?6S 1904. J. I. Benn. R ,21a 6ir 4. 04j) i-j06. 6,9?,3 H. E Kearley B 6,923 'J WIlliams Benn R 6,?27 Sir Join Jac.fcson U 5.23a F. noime Sumner U 5,O-3ú 1,5,,4 DUDILEY.-17,483. I Major Griffith Boscawen U I *Mr. A. G. Hooper L I 1892. Brooke Bobineon ..U 6,668 Hon. H. Spensley..R o,619 J.,Jot9 1895 Brooke Robinson TT 6 536 C. J. Fleming, Q.C..R .).? 741 r 1900. Brooke W. Belcher R ^876 I 585 1906. A. G. Hooper .R 8,296 G. H. Claughton U 7,542  754 GLOUCESTER.—8,4 7 5. I *Mr. Russell Rea. L I Mr. H. Tyrrell, K-C U I 1892. Sir T. Robinson.R 2,885 C. J. Monk .U 2,800 1!5 1895. C. J. Monk TT 3,326 Sir A. S. Wellfl B 2/791 473 1900. Russell Rea. R 3,267 Pandelli Balli U 3,044 223 1906. Russell Rea B 3,921 Hecry Terrell. U 3,619 311 GRAVESEND.—6,733. I Mr. S. A. Jenkins Ir L I *Sir G. Pa.-ker U 1892. J. D. Palmer U 2,370 J. G. Shtpman — B 1,61» 751 1895. J. D. Palmer IT- 214a L. M. Johnson B 1,218 1,187 1900. I Sir G. Parker U <i,542* H. H&rm3worth ..R 1,804 1M6. 738.1 Sir Gilbert P,??k- U ? I.-I 738 Sir WtU'MM Geary ..R 1,413 J. J. Macpherson Lab 873 1,689? i ORaAT GRIMSBY—18,02-9. I *Sir G. Dough-ty — U I Mr. T. Wing L I 1892. H Josse B 4,202 Bt Hon E. HeneageU- 3,566 636 1895. G. Doughty R 4,347 Rt Hon E. HeneaigeU 4,166 181 Sir G. Doughty. U'U.uop. Sir G. Doughty. UUaop.? '9w. 1 1906. U 6,349 ? ?' Haldenetein L ?'? T. Prc?ct? S? ?''?? 2,243 2,509 HARTLEPOOI 13,708. 1 I *Sir C. Furness  L I Mr. W. G. H. Gnt-ten U I 1892. Sir C. Furness B 4,626 T. Bi;hardeon —U 4,550 76 1895. Sir T. Richardson..U 4,853 Sir C. Furnese, Kt.B 4,Vi 81 1900. Sir C. Furne-, Kt-E 6,491 Sir ?. nichard?wn, Kt 4.612 W 1906. Sir Christopher Furness R Unop HALIFAX (Two Members)-15,528. I Mr. J. F. W. Galbraix-n U I *Mr. J. Parker Lato. I *Mr. J. H. Whitley. L 1892. Thomae Shaw B 6,4el Kt Hon J Stansfeld.B 6,361 Alfred Arnold. U 4,665 1,613 im. Sir Alfred Arnold..r 5,475 W. R. Shaw.R 5,085 Jaiseg Booth B 4,283 John Lister Lab 5,818 1,192 1900. Et Hon Sir S. Cross. ley u 5,931 J H. Whiteley .8 5,543 A. Billson B 5,325 James Packer .Lab.3,27«i "608 1906. J. H. Whiteley .R 9,354 James Parker .Lab.fi,937 Rt. Hon. Sir S. Crossley tr-6,0U 4,313 HASTINGS.-9,02 7. *Mr. Arthur du Cros U I Mr. R. Tweedy Smith L 1892. Wilson NoBie U ..377 Serjeant Hemphill. QC. B 2.628 .9 18S5. W. Lucas-Sha Jwell U 3,20a Cec.l H. B. luce..E 2,863 342 1900. F. Freeman Thomas 3,3991 R 3,399 Sir E. Boyle, Q.C.U 3,1"11 20S 1906. Harvey Du Crœ U 4,W F. Freeman ThomasR ?9!5 413 1908. (On retirement of Mr. Harvey Du Cros.) A. P. Du Cros ..k.U 4,495 K. r l1;t :m 1,018 PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.-3,215. I *Sir J. ]Barker L I Mr. C. S. Goldman U I 1892. \Y. G. C. Bentinck.U 1,213 A. D. Serena R 880 M8 1896. ;)33 F. i, W. 0 L- I H 1900. F. J. Honiiman ..R 1,184 N. I- Cohen U 1.1M 20 1906. Jfbn Barker, B 1145 D, X. a.11 u 1,244 IPSWICH (Two Members).-12,641. I Mr. B. H. Burton U Mr. A. C. Cliui-chman U *Sir D. F. Goddard L I Rev. C. Silvester Home L 1632. Sir C Ddryllple, Bt. U 4,360 Lord E!ch0 U 4,277 D. F. Goddard R 4,054 A. VV. Soames E 3,828 296 1895. D. F. Goddard E 4,396 6?i7 C L. Balrynopls, ?t U 4,293 A W. Soames It 4,250 Lord Eicno U 4,219 103 1900. D. F. Goddard .R ,557 Sir C Da-lrvmplc. Bt U 4,527 Noc. E. Buxton R 4,283 J. F P. Eawiinson, u 4,207 244 1906. D. Ford Goddard ..R 6,396 Felix Cobbold R 6,290 Sir C. Dairytnple ..U 4,591 S, Gurney Hoare .U 4,232 KING'S LYNN.-3,755. I Mr. T. Gibson Bowles I.F.T. Hon E. Cadogaii U 1892. T. G. Bowles U 1,319 T. R. Kemp, Q C..R 1,303 11 1895. T. G. Bowles U 1,335 H G. Beaumont ..E 1,325 69 1900. T. G. Bowies U 1,439 F. H. Booth E 1,332 167 1906. Lieut. Bellairs R 1,506 T. G. Bowles U 1,164 A. H. Burgoyne U 772 342 LINCOLN. -11,577. Sir R. Filmer U I mt-. C. Roberts L Mr. C. H. Seely. U.F.T., 1392. W. Crosefield ..R 3,410 F. H. Kerans U 3,136 224 1595. C. H. Seely. U -,808 W. CrossId R 3,3^0 2i3 1900. C. H. Seely U 4,001 C. H. Roberts R 3,933 67 1906. C. H. Roberts R 5,110 ('. H. Seely IU 3,710 H. Page Croft .U 1,163 1,400 I MANCHESTER (East).-12,646. I Mr. E. Elvy Robb. U Mr. J. E. Sutton Labi 1892. 1900. Et.Hon.AJ.Ba]- m. Hon, A. J. Bal- four .U 5,147 four, U 5.'CZ Pro J. E. C. Munro A. H. Scott E ?50 R 4,749 ?_ — 2,453 ,?8 -1906. 185. T. G. Horridge, K.C. Rt. Hon. A. J. Bal- R 6,403 four U 5,380 Rt. Hon. A. J. Bal- Pro. J. L. C. MunroE fom .U 2:; ??? foul U 4? 2? 7Ë4 1,980 MANCHESTER (North).-10,284. Mr. H. E. Howell U *Sir C. E. Schwann. L 1392. C. E. Schwann B 4,258 J. M. Yates, Q.C.U 3,953 305 1895. C. E. Schwajm R 4,327 A. H. A. Morton..U 3,872 455 1900. C. E. Schwann R 4,258 W. Joyn&on-Hicks..XJ 4,232 26 1906. C. E. Schwann .R 5,713 Henry Sowler U 3,262 [ 2,454 MANCHESTER (North- East).-9,9 2 5. I *.Mr. J. R. Clyiies Lab Sir W. H. Vandrey IT 1892. Et. Hon. Sir J. Fer- guon U 4,239 C. P. Scott B 4,129 110 1895. Rt. Hon. Sir Fer- Russon U 3,961 Eawyn Ho!t. R 3,72) James Johnston..Lab 546 241 1SOO. Rt. Hon. Sir J. Fer- guec-on .U 4,316 A. Birrell, Q.C.B 3,010 7C6 1906. 7C6 J. _B. Clynes Lab 5,386 Sir J. Fergusson U 2,951 2,432 MANCHESTER (North-Weet).-11,961. *Mr. W. Joynson Hicks. IT Sir G. Kemp. L 1892. Sir W. H. Hot Ids- worth. U Unop 1895. Sir W. H. Houlde- worth. U 4,997 T. F. Byme.B 3,526 1,471 1900. Sir W. H. Houlds- worth U Unop 1906. Winston Churchill..R 5,639 W. Joynson H'cks..U 4,398 1,241 1908. (On Mr. Churchill accept- ing office.) W. Joynson Hscks..U 5,417 Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill B 4,9$8 D. D. Irvjng Soc 276 429 MANCHESTER (South-West).—8,180. I Mr. H. A. Colefax U Mr. J. M-Liachlan Lab Mr. C. T. Needliam L 18!t2. Rt Ho-n. J, 8 Bright.R 3,924 A. Hopkinsooi, Q.C..U 3,776 148 1895. W. J. Galloway -.TT 3,694 J. M. Astbury .B 3,466 498 1900. !\V. J. Galioway ..U 4,017 F. Brocklehurst .B2.39B 1,619 1906. G. D. Kelley Lab 4,101 W. J. Galloway U 2,375 1,226 I: MANCHESTER (South).-15,594. *Mr. A. A. Hawortn L Cant. C. Ward Jackson U 1892. Sir H- Eoscoe B 4,24o Ykoount Emlyn U 4.064 181 189s. nt. Hon. Marquess of Lome. U 4,457 Sir H. Boscoo .R 4,379 78* 1900. lion. W. R. W. Peel U 5,122 Edwyn Holt B 3,850 1,272 1906. A. A. Haworth R 8,002 L. Eaton Smith ..U 3,770 4,232 MORPETH.-10.010. I *Mr. T. Burt L I Hon. Jasper Ridley U I 1892. TlicttM Burt .R Unop 195. Thomas Burt B 3,104 M. M. Barry U 1.235 2,163 4-' "r. 1900. M. M. Barry .U 2,707 410 1306. T. Burt .Lab 5,518 S. Ctates U 1,919 1^599 [ OXFORD.—9,2 2 7. OXFORD.-9,227. "'Lord Valentia U Mr. G. Whale L 1892. Gen. Sir G. Chesney U 3,276 A. B. Souttar B 3,U<6 1:(; 1895. Viscount Valentia..U 3,02i T. ll. Klngerlee .R 2,975 648 190C Rt. Hon. Viscount Valentia U Uaop 1306. Viscount Valentia ..U 3,910 George Whale B 3,310 100 PLYMOUTH (Two Members).—18,085. Mr. Waldorf Astor U Sir H. Mortimer Durand. U *Mr. C. E. Mallet L I Mr. A. Williams L 1892. Sir E. Ciarke, Q.C..U 5,081 Sir W. G. Pearce, Bart, U 5,081 G. Harrison R 4,921 C. Lidgett B 4,861 160 1895. Sir E. Clarke, Q.C..U 5,576 C. Harrison B 5,482 Hen. E. Hubbard..U 5,456 6. F. Mendl B 5:298 36 1900. H. E. Duke, Q.C..U 5,009 Hon. I. C. Guest..U 6,005 S. F. Mendl b 5,463 H. do R. Walker..R 5,264 549 1906. Thomas W. Dobson.R 9,021 Charles E. Mallett.R 8,914 H. E. Duke U 6,547 Herbert G. Smith..U 6,234 2.474 READING.-I-1,016. I '*Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C. L I tMajor A. L. Renton U I 1892. CL W. Palmer R 3,990 C. T.,Murdoch U 3.700 290 1895. C. T. Murdoch U 4,278 G. W. Palmer R 3.927 351 1900. G. W. Palmer .R 4,592 C. E. Keyseir U 4,353. 239. 1904—Bye. R. D. Isaacs, K.C.R 4 770 C E. Keyser u 4,540 230 1906. Rufus Isaacs, K.C..R 5,407 G. H. Johnstone .U 4,710 697 I ROCHDAEt909. I Mr. W. B. Boyd Carpenter. TJ I *Mr. A. G. C. Harvey. L Mr. D. Irving Soc 1892. T. B. Pottr B 5,460 C. M. Boyds U 4,480 960 1895. Col. C. M. Boyds..U 4,781 W. L. Bright B 4,359 G. N. Barnes .Lab 1,251 422 1900 Col. C. M. Royds..U 5,204 A. G. C. Ha.rvey..R 5,165 C. Allen Clarke..Soc 901 19 "1906. A. G. C. Harvey B 5,912 Col. C. M. Eoyds ..U 4,449 S. G. Hobaon Lab 2,506 1.463 ROCHESTER—5r6 2 9. I *Mr. E. H. Lamb L I Mr. S. F. Ridley U I 1992. D Bye—1903. Aid. (Sir) H. D. c Tuft u 2,504 Davies tJ 2,119 sir H. H. John- F. B. Maddie<m^B 1,712 etone B 1,983 407 K1 1896. 1906. Viisc,t Cranborne .U 2,152 E. H. Lamb 2,967 Cecil A. Grenfell B 1,67S C. Tuff u 2,374 479 593 1900. Visct Cranborne Unop 8ALFORO (North).—9,850. I *Mr. W. P. Byles L I Mr. Ian Malcolm U I 1892. BIT W. H. Holland..R 3,686 A, A. Baamaim U 3,399 287 1695. F. Platt-H*gins U 3.787 tir W. K. HoUand-.B e 1900. F. Platt-Higfrhxs ..U 4,370 J. E. Lewton .R 3,497 873 1906. W. P. Byles R 4,915 F. Platt-Higgins ..U 3,728 1,187 SALFORO I *Mr. G. W. Agnew L I tMr. C. Bellairs U Mr. A. A. Purcell Lab I 1392. Lcee Knowles U 4,152 b. Armitage R 4,112 40 1295. Left? Knowies .U 4.3^ 'V. K. Armitage ..R 4,1 'K.ATnittage..B4,25? 1 1903. Sir Lees Knowles U 5,503 C. E. Mallett R 4,341 1,162 1906. G. W. Agnew. R 7.329 Sir Lees Jlnowles ..U 5,119 2,210 SALFORD (South).-8,344. I Mr. C. Montague Barlow. U I *Mr. H. Belloc L I 1892. Sir H. H. Howorth U 3,406 A. Forreet R 3,363 W. K. Hall Lab 553 37 1895. Sir H. H. Howorth U 3,384 k f?f? < K !M £ w. U, ..?M 413 w 1900. J. G., Groves U 4,207 A. Mond R 2,930 1,22V 1906. H. Belloc R 4,230 J. G. Groves U 3,378 863 SALISBURY 3,386. I Mr. G. Locker-Lampson. U II *Sir .E. Tennant, Bart. L I 1892. E. H. Huk-j U 1,374 U 1,374 Sir W. R. Brown..R 1,136 238 1695. 8ir E. YI. U 1,404 Sir W. li. Brown ..B 1,187 217 1903. Sir .W. Palmer TJ 1,339 F. Low R i,leo 239 1906. Sir E. P. Tennant.B 1,646 Sir W. Palmer U 1,605 411 SCARBOROUGH 6,16 6. I Hon. G. V. A. Monokton- Arundell U *Mr. W. R. Rea L 1392. Sir G. R.-Sitwell .U 2,293 J. Eowntree E 2,122 171 1895. J- C. Rickctt B 2,415 24 190-0. J C. Rickett R 2,548 Sir G. E. Sitwell .U 2,441 107 1906. W. R. Bea R 3,128 C. E. Hunter U 2,61,d 509 SOUTHAMPTON (Two Members).- 20,205. I Major Kenneth Balfour U Mr. C. T. Giles, K.C U Lieut.-col. Ivor Philipps. L *Mr. Dudley Ward L 1892. T. Charnb¡;'ne, U. 5,443 '?il F.I-I. E..R 5 1,2 C. Burt. E 4,!j?j A. Giles. U 4,734 529 1895. T Chamberlayne .U 5,924 Sir F. H. Evans,E 5,131 H. G. Wilson R 4,173 J. F. MaodonaJd.Lab 867 713 1900. T. Chamberla5'ne.U 6,888 Sir J. B. Si,eo,U 6?53 Sir F. H. Evant..E 5.575 C. G. Ilyde B 4,652 1,513 1906. C<J], !vor Phillips.. R 7,032 Hon. Dudley Ward..R 6,255 T. Chamberlayne ..U 5,754 John Aird U'5,535 Hurry Quelch Soc 2,146 STAFFORD.-4.13 7. I Mr. R. Mortimer U I *Sir C. E. Shaw. L I 1-92. 1900. T. F. C. E. Shaw..R 1,684 T. F. C. E. Shaw..R 1,633 Sir D. Straight .U 1,322 G. Cawcton U 1,528 362 105 1895. 1906. 105 T. F. C. B Shaw..R C. E. Shaw R 1,947 I- 1 -1- U 1,556 S, R. C. Bosanquet. U 1,636  "1 12 1 STALYBRIDGE.—7,860. Mr. Allan Bright L I Mr. J. Wood TT I 1892. T. H. Sidcbottom..U 3.28 J. Mace-r Wright ..R 2,943 337 I 1895. 337 T. H. Sidebottom..U 3,389 I J. Mac-.er Wright ..E 2,757 632 1500. Hon. M. Whit&- li'diey U 3,32] J. F, i?heet R 3,241 80 Jan. 7.—Mr. M. Ridley succeeding to Peerage. J. F. J. T. Travis Clegg. U 3,073 651 1906. J. F. Cheetham R 3,836 J- F. T. Clegg U 3,382 454 I STOXE-ON-TRE NT.—15.0 79. 1 Mr. D. H. Kyd TT I -Mr. J. Ward L 1892. G. W. Leveson- GGwer R 4,629 S. Waters U 2.846 1,783 1895. D. H. Cogbill.U- 4,396 G. 1\ Leveson- Gower R. 4,195 200 1900. D. H. Coghill U 4,932 G. Baring P. 4,732 200 1906. John Ward Lab 7,660 D. II. Cogil, .U 4,288 3,372 I WEDNESBURY.-13,479. I Mr. J. Norton Griffiths U *Mr. C. G. Hyde L 1892. Wilsor Kloyd .U 4,9o6 Hon. P. Stanhope..R 4 \-°.b 60 1895. Walford T). Green..n 4,9'i4 C. H. Bobeits .B 4,733 ::11 1900. Walford D. Green..TT 4,73, E. Horton R 4,558 175 '1906. Clarendon Hyde .R 6,150 Alf. F. Bird U 5,206 944 WINCHESTER 3,200. *Capt. Hon. G. V. Baring U Mr. G. W. Ricketts T. 1892. W. H. Myers .1X1,213 T 1,213 C. W. Mathews .B 853 354 1895. W. H. Myers U Unop 1900. W. H. Myers U 1,342 IE. G. Hemmerde..R 846 496 1906. C-pt. th,- H-n G. Ba ring. U 1,322 C. 'A M'Curdy R 1,272 50 WOLVERHAMPTON (West).-13,170. I Mr. A. F. Bird U I Mr. T. F. Richards Lab I 1892. Sir A. Hi km.4 tr -4 772 Sir W. C. Plowden.B 3,656 1,116 1895. Sir A. Hickman..U 4,770 G. R. Thorne R 3,947 823 1900. Sir A Hickman. ,U Uaop 1906. T. F. Richards ..Lab 5,766 Sir A. Hickman U 5,588 178 WOLVERHAMPTON (East).-10,238. Mr. L. S. Amery U I *.Mr. G. R. Thorne L I 1692. Rt, Hon. H. H. Fowler E Unop 1895. Rt. Hon. H. H. Fowler B 4,011 B. E. P. Kettle.. U 2,977 1,034 1900. Rt. Hon. Sir H. H. Fowler R Unoo 1906. Sir H. H. Fowler., R 5,610 C.L.M.S.Amery.U 2,745 2,865 1908. (Sir H Fcwler elevated to peerage.) G. R. Thorne B 4.611 L. S. Amery ,,JjU 4,f>08 8 WOLVERHAMTON (South).-10,253. I Colonel T. Hickman U I | *Sir H. Norman L 1892. Rt. Hon. C. P. Vil- Jiers U Unop 1835. Rt. Hon. C. P. Vil- liers U Unop 1900. H. Nftrman R 3,701 W. Oultoa U 3,532 169 1906. Henry Norman B 4,823 Maj. Hyde Villiere.11 4,137 636 'Asterisk denotes the late member. tDagger denotes, those who sat in the late Parliament, but for other seats.

The Elections. I WALES—30 SEATS. CANDIDATES. I BOROUGHS. CARDIFF: I/ard Ninian Orich.ton Stuart (U.) tD. A. Thomas .(L.} CARAIARrfl-IEN: Lo.rd Tiverton (U.) *Llewelyn Williams .(L.) CARNARVON *D. Lloyd George .(L.) H. C. Vincent (XJ.) DENBIGH: *Olem. Ediwards .(L.) Hon. W. Ormsby Gore (U.) FLINT: J. W. Summers .(L.) H. A. Til by (U.) MERTHYR TYDFIL (2): A. C. Fox-Daries .(U.) *Keir Hardie Edga.r Jones .(L.) Pritehiard Morgan (L.) MONMOUTH: Sir Charles Cayzer (U.) ♦Lewis Haslaan (L.) MONTGOMERY: Colonel E. Prjtce Jones (U.) *J. D. Rees (L.) PEMBROKE and HAVERFORDWEST: Sir G. Armstrong .(U.) *Sà.r Owen Philipps (L { SWANSEA: TOWN. tA. Mond (L.) Ben Tillett .(Lab.) Coicnel J. R. Wxight (U.) DISTRICT. R. Caanpbell (XJ.) *Sir Bryniaor Jones .(L.) COUNTIES. I AaYU-UESEA: *E. J. Griffith .L.) R. O. Roberts (U) BRECKNOCKSHIRE: Hon. R. C. Devereux (U.) *S. Robinson (L) CARDIGANSHIRE *Vaucrhan Davies (L.) Captain G. F. Roberts (U.) CARM AKTH ENfi HIRE: EAST (I?LAMDIDO). Mervyi?Peel (U.) *AZIV T Y-h(>m I-L) WE8T (ST. CLEARS)? W. J. Cremlyn .?.(U.) *J. Hoyd Morgan (L) CARNARVONSHIEE: NORTH (ARVON). A. E. Hughes (XJ.) *W. Jones (L) SOUTH (EIFluef). *EJlis W. Davies (L.) C. F. L. Priestly .(U.) DENBIGHSHIRE: WEIST (VALE OF CLWYD). •Sir J. H. Roberts .(L.) Sam Thompson (U. and La..b.) EAST (BROMFIELD). *E. G. Hemmorde .(L.) David Rhys .(U.j FLINTSHIRE: *J. Herbert Lewis .(L.) Colonel Howard Lloyd (U-) GLAMORGAN: WEST (GOWER). P. Simner .(U.) *J. Williams (Lab.) RHONDDA *W. Abraham .I. (.'[.ab.) Harold Llcfyd .(U.) EAST (CAERPHILLY). je. H. Gaskell .(U.) *Sir A, Thomas .(L.) MID (VALE OF NEATH). *Sir S. T. Evans .(L.) Godfrey Williams (U.)

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For Women Folk. I HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES 1 HOMELY HINTS AND VAINlY DISHES I It is always better to keep clean than to I make clean. Lemon Drops I Upon ilb. of confectionery sugar pour I enough lemon juioe to dissolve it and boil it to a thick syrup. Drop the result on plates and put them away to harden. For a Bad Cold I Mix loz. of pure glycerine, loz. of pure honey, one tableapoonful of brandy, and the juice of two lemons all together. Take a, tca- epoonf-ul four or five timet4 a day. It is epilendid. Another good thing for the voica is to bake some letnons covered with good sugar in the oven, cut them in hahœ. The juice is ?ocd and clears th?! throat wonderfully. French I pple, Pudding I Melt in a saucepan Hoz. of butter, stir in till smoot,h 2oz. of flour, add three gills ol" milk, stirring constantly. Let it boil for three minutes, then pour mixture into a' basin, and add to it loz. of sugar, half tea- spoonful vanilla. Beat in two yolks of eggs. one at a time. Whisk two whites a stiff froth, stir lightly in. Put a thick layer of stewed apples in a iiiedLsh, pour the batter over, and bake for 40 minutes. Baked Haddock 4J I A large haddock, two onions, four tomatoes, ¡ salt, pepper, thyme, stock, vinegar, oil, flour, batter. Cut the onions into thin slices and I fry them, but do not let them brown; then fry the tomato out in slices. Batter a deep piedish, cut the head and tail off the fish, and put it in the piediah; put in the onions and tomatoes, a little thyme, salt, and pepper, pour in a large cupful of stock or water, a taiblespooiiful of vinegar, and a teaspoonful of salad oil; sprinkle with flour, and bake for one hour in a good oven. Serve in the piedish.

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Passing Pleasantries. The rich baclielor sighed and looked a< the b-ea-liltiful girl fixedly. Then he spoke:- "Things are at sixes and sevens with e. feel the great need of a woman in my horn' —one who could straighten out my tangie^ affairs and make life worth living again." Her glance spoke an interest which approxi mated expectation. "Yes?" she queried softly. "Do you know of any good, able-bodie<. woman whom I could get to clean house?" "Tell me the worst, doctor!" cried th' hollow-eyed patient in tones of anguish., can't sleep, or think, or drink; food' is ate tasteful to nie, work abhorrent! What is ití Is it death?" v "Oh, no!" smiled the physician. "Just keep a glass of milk and a biscuit beside y, and every night, the last thing you do, make 3, light meal." "But, doctor," cried the patient, "you told me 011 no efccount to eat anything- before retiring!" "Pooh, pooh!" said the doctor. "That waS three months ago. Science has made enor- mous strides since then." The old man had evidently dropped some- thing in the muddy road, and he began searching for it. In throe minutes about thirty strangers had joined in the search, and every addi- tional minute brought additional searchers, till at last one, bolder than the rest, plucked up heart and spoke. "What are we looking for?" he inquired- My friend," mumbled the old man, "I have dropped a. piece of toffee." "But great Scott!" cried another of the crowd angrily. "Why do you go looking for it when it will be covered with dirt?" Becaure, my inquisitive friend," replied the old man, my false teeth are sticking to that toffee!"

LADIES 1st. GROOMS 2nd. A sporting faxmer, who in the hunting field had waited patiently for seven ladies to go through a gap in a fence, was sud- denly charged by a pushing groom. To him he spoke: "Please remember when riding over tenant farmer's land that it i9 ladies first, gentlemen second, farmers third. and grooms last.

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SOUTH (LLANDAFE). *W. Braoe (Lab.) Alderman L. Morg-an (U.) MERIONETHSHIRE: Haydn Jones .(L.) R. Jones Morris .(U.) MONMOUTHSHIRE: NORTH (ABERGAVENNY). Evelyn G. M. Carmichael (U.) 'Reginald M'Kenna (L.) WEST (BEDWELLTY). J. Cameron (U.) *Tom Richards CLab.) SOUTH (CHEPSTOW). *Sir Ivor Herbert .(L.) L. Foreetier-Waiker (U.) MONTGOMERYSHIRE: ♦David Davies A. W. Williams-Wynn (U.) PEMBROKESHIRE: *Walter' F. Roch ,(L.) E. Marlay Samson .(U.) II RADNOPuSHIRE: (L.) *Sir P. Edwards (L.) C. Venables Llewelyn (U.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE: I D-EAN FOREST. -Sir Charles Dilke .(L,) J. H..Renton .(U.) HEREFORDSHIRE I NORTH. *E. Lamb (L) :;1' J. m¿;;ki" «: I SOUTH: *Captain Olive .(UJ Harry Webb .(L.) HEREFORD: *J. S. Arkwright (U.) E. Lewie Thomas .(L.) Retiring members. t Sitting in last I Parliament for other constituencies.