17 AUGUST 1867, Page 3

The London Traffic Bill is, it appears, to pass. Its

general principles are, that nothing in ordinary streets is to stop the way, and that in particular streets the police are to be absolute. The Bill is approved, but it will be severely felt by men interested in heavy traffic, and Mr. Lawrence in their interest tried on Wednesday to talk it out. He spoke for two hours with a. pluck worthy of a better cause, and might have spoken four more, but a kind-hearted member at last crept up behind him and stole away his glass of water, thus applying the law of is cloture not to him, but to his throat. He sat down momentarily exhausted, and if the heat does not kill it the Bill is to go on.