The House of Commons has during the week been chiefly
occupied with the Evieted Tenants Bill, with, a not very im- portant personal incident (also from Ireland), and with the details of Irish Supply. On Wednesday the Prime Minister, in obedience to the Constitutional form, presented Es Message from the Xing desiring the Commons to enable him to male a grant to Lord Cromer in respect of the services he had rendered to the nation. It is understood that the grant is to be to the amount of 250,000, a sum certainly not in excess, considering the importance of the work done by Lord Cromer, his length of service, and the fact that the official income received by him necessitated recourse to his private resources. Cairo is a more expensive place to live and entertain in than most of the European capitals. As was foreshadowed by some remarks from Mr. Redmond, there will be a certain amount of opposition to the grant, but this need be no source of annoy- ance to Lord Cromer or his friends. It will only servo to
bring out bow great is the gratitude of the majority of the nation to one of the most single-minded men who ever served it.
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