Party arguments are rather superfluous after the contest, and therefore have to be avoided. Sorry cannot stay longer in the Division itself, as my presence is required within the precincts of St. Stephen's. Would have the greatest pleasure in life to discuss all these matters of controversy at another time. Sorry cannot give exact date, but why not say just before the next General Election? * * * * * MEMORABLE.--Wednesday, July 10th. Evening Fête at Botanical Gardens. _No Rain!!_ * * * * * [Illustration: OLD WARDER WILLIAM. THE VETERAN (_loquitur_). "DEAR ME! WHAT _HAS_ BECOME OF HARCOURT?"] * * * * * EX-HON. PRIVATE A. BRIEFLESS, JUN., ON THE I. O. C. R. V. C. AT BISLEY. It is scarcely necessary to say that during the sitting of the Courts I have little time for what may be termed recreation. So when I visited Bisley on the occasion of the competition for the Ashburnham Shield, it was in a semi-military and semi-forensic capacity. It was no doubt pleasing to see one's schoolfellows of a later generation maintaining the _prestige_ of a common _Alma Mater_; but the chief attraction in my eyes of the successor to Wimbledon was the presence under canvas of much that is left of the "Devil's Own." And here let me pause for a moment to discuss the traditional derivation of the alternative title of the Inns of Court Rifle Volunteer Corps. I believe His late Majesty King WILLIAM THE FOURTH (of marine memory) is usually believed to have been the first to call his lawyer warriors by the name that, to certain minds, has had since an unsympathetic significance. I am of opinion that the Sailor Sovereign merely confirmed a title that had already been obtained by usage. It is more than possible that the initial supporters of the I. O. C. R. V. C. were counsel seldom holding briefs of their own, but frequently appearing as "learned" but absent "friends." It is needless to hint to the Bench and Bar that I refer to "devils." If my assumption is correct, then indeed would the Battalion be justly known to fame as "the Devil's Own." [Illustration: The Skeleton of a Regiment.]