the tornado of bitter, brilliant speech. Dull enough after dinner, when walking-match began. Performance announced for ten o'clock; began punctually; MELLOR acted as starter. Course, round the Division Lobbies and back to seats. Time, by Benson's chronometer, varied from 16 mins. 25 secs. to 18 mins. 3 secs. Programme included eighteen races; numbered Clause 9 to 26 inclusive; betting 5 to 1 on Government to pull through; some uncertainty round first division; talk about plungers in Ministerial team; when made known that majority was 27, it was seen that Government were safe. Interest in subsequent races fell away as Government majority mounted up. For some of the events the Opposition did not appear at starting-post; Government walked over. "Demmit, DOUGLAS," said Lord NOM TODDY, coming in mopping his brow, after eighth Division, "this is not good enough. Next Thursday I shall send my man down, and let him do the walking round. No use keeping a dog and barking yourself." _Business done._--Clauses 9 to 26 added to Home-Rule Bill. _Friday._--DON'T KEIR HARDIE made bold bid to-day for cheap advertisement. Motion for Address to QUEEN in congratulation on Royal Marriage. DON'T KEIR tacked himself on to performance with attempted Amendment on behalf of the poor and needy. Found no probability of anyone seconding his Amendment, which therefore could not be put. Still, served his purpose; suggested visions of portrait of Benefactor of the People (penny plain, twopence coloured) hung in all the cottage homes of England. "Curious," says the Member for Sark, "how rapidly DON'T KEIR HARDIE has played himself out; perhaps rather notable than curious. House of Commons is the quickest machine ever invented for taking the measure of a man. Has looked at Member for West Ham, measured him, weighed him, and set him aside. When, less than a year ago, he came down, with his brass band and his trumpets tootling, he was DON'T KEIR HARDIE. Now, if I may say so, the boot's on the other leg; it's the House of Commons that Don't Keir for Hardie." _Business Done._--More about Home-Rule Scheme. * * * * * QUEER QUERIES. A MUNICIPAL HALL.--I see the County Council are thinking of spending nearly a million of the ratepayers' money in buying a site for a municipal palace in Parliament Street, because the members--pending the time when they are all elected to the Legislature--want to be as close to it as possible. Why not let them be still closer, in Westminster Hall itself, which is now untenanted? Or if the members don't like that, why not make a working arrangement with the House of Commons to use that chamber in the mornings before the M.P.'s come down to it? This would be something like an "in-and-out" clause, and would save no end of money. TRUE ECONOMIST.