18 NOVEMBER 1922, Page 2

The dissolution Honours were published last Saturday. Lord Birkenhead and

Lord Farquhar become Earls and Lord Lee and Lord Leverhulme Viscounts. We should be more pleased if Lord Birkenhead had 'received an earldom for the legal work he has done as Lord Chancellor, which indeed has been admirable, than for his efforts as a statesman. The official list, however, describes the honour as being conferred " for political services." Sir John Bethell, Sir Edward Goulding, Sir Joseph Maclay and Colonel F. B. Mildmay become Peers. Sir Ernest Pollock, the late Attorney-General, is among the new Baronets. Sir Philip Sassoon becomes a G.B.E.