The Birthday Honours List, published on Monday, was chiefly conspicuous
for the absence of new peerages. Mr. J. A. Pease, the Chief Liberal Whip, Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office—and one of the Ministerial successes—Sir Charles McLaren, and Sir Edward Clarke are sworn of the Privy Council. Another deviation from the rule of strict party preferment is seen in the baronetcy conferred on Mr. E. F. G. Hatch, a Unionist Free- trader. Baronetcies are also conferred on Sir George Critchett, the oculist, Mr. John Barker, M.P., Mr. Charles Shaw, M.P., and Sir James Low. Amongst the twenty new knights wo may note Mr. Frampton, B.A., the sculptor ; Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, the veteran surgeon ; and Professor J. J. Thomson, the distinguished physicist. The Order of Merit has been bestowed on Dr. A. R. Wallace.
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