24 JUNE 1949, page 10

One Hundred Years Ago

" England " I why, who cares for her—except the Chartists? Perhaps Lord John Russell does ; because the House of Bedford stands upon England, as the world does upon the tortoise......

Air, Ear And Eye .

By KENNETH BAILY CCUSING the Government of dilatoriness in advancing British television may soon become an electioneering gambit, as Mr. Brendan Bracken indicated at Dumbarton......