Tt would be out of place to attempt any description of the House of Lords as one of the Estates of the realm, of its functions or of its procedure as the First Chamber. The Commons, conscious of their own power, assume an attitude of proud deference towards the Lords. They accept the title of the Lower House and accord that of the Upper House to the Second Chamber, But the Commons do in the course of affairs see much of the Lords, and also the Lords see something of the Commons. There is a general courtesy preserved between, the tivo Houses. They have access to each other's Lobbies. The Lords have their own gallery in the House of Com-mous, the Commons theirs in the House of Lords—and both are fully occupied on occasions of debate or political crisis. The Commons have an additional advantage and facility in the House of Lords which has a Bar of importance. This Bar, which is actually a small space fenced round with metal railing, will in the forenoon he fitted up for the Bausisters who plead before the ouse in its judicial capacity—the Lord Chancellor's seat_being moved down near the Bar, and the Law Lords sitting on the benches close by. In the afternoons, when the Lords sit in their legislative and executive capacity, the Bar will be cleared for the reception of any members of the Commons who choose to. stand there and listen to their Lordships' debates or proceedings.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.