The Birthday Honours this year are not specially remark- able.
Two Irish lawyers are made Peers,—Lord Morris, the ex-Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and Sir Peter O'Brien. Sir Richard Webster also becomes a Peer, and Lord Strathcona is given a new patent with remainder to his daughter. The new Baronets number five, among whom are Sir George Hayter Chubb and Sir James T. Chance. Among the new knighthoods the most interesting are those conferred on Professor Jebb and Mr. Berry, the Speaker of the Cape House of Assembly. Among the K.C.B.'s is to be found Sir William Conyngham Greene, the late, and also last, diplo- matic representative of Great Britain at Pretoria. No more difficult and arduous post could be found than that held by Sir William Conyngham Greene, and his new honour is one that is thoroughly well deserved. Another honour which will be grudged or criticised by none is the knighthood con- ferred on the Premier of Natal, Mr. Hime. Among the new military K.C.B.'s we are glad to see the name of General Maurice, who will be doubtless remembered by our literary readers not only for his books on military subjects, but for his able Life of his father, Frederick Maurice.
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