The Ning is having a magnificent new "open made for his use and that of the Queen in the coming i processions, The old richly curtis in which he went to open the first sessions of his. fi went is very magnitiont, but it has of course the disulvintaze of being closet. a therefore be alad ves will be used wh a passing their sovereign a his emsert.
the Court of C ims is gettin:
ntamong the most fine which they will have to conside: are Uiese tothe new four Great Chamberlainey.
nimants—the Earl luis of Choimontel and the Duke of the Duke bases claim is not yet generally known: but in the other eases it is tolerably clear. The Lord Great Chamberlainey was for many generations hereditary in the family of the de Veres. Earls of Oxford and premier Earls of England. That family is, of course, extinct in the male line, but by an extra-decision given more than. two centuries ago, it was held that though the Karldom was confined to heirs male the Great Chamberlainey could he inherited by daughters in default of sons. Tt was held too, that as in the case of peerages, daughters have equal rights of succession irrespective of seniority. The direct line of descent of the Great Chamberlainey has in this way more than once been broken by ce-heiresses. of one or other of whom Lords Ancaster, Cholmon eley. and Carrington are undoubtedly the living representatives. The Great Chamberlain-ey, according to this is "in abe-vance" between these claimants: and in this case it would seem to be within the prerogative of the King to determine the abeyance in favour of one or other of them just as he thinks fit. Another int-resting claim before the Court will be that of the Barons of the Cinque Ports, who of old had interesting ceremonial duties to perform ar. coronations, ceremonies to which valaable privileges were attached.
Motor Cars. lay was the fifth anniversary of the passing of the Light Locomotive Act. Before that no self-propelled vehicle could proceed along the roads unless preceded by aman carrying a red flag, Ithouzh we are still far behind France in the matter of motor cars, a wonderful advance has been made in those five years, and there is now hardly a road in the kingdom in which an ant mobile is not x familiar object. Always on the auniversacy of the charter of seifpropelled vehicles the Automobile Club prganises a great run from London. 'This year the goal was Southsea, and no fewer than 174 cars started in a' dense fog to make their way along the Portsmouth Road. In spite of the darkness there was only one accident—a slight collision by which no appreciable dama e was done. At least a hundred and thirty-five of the cas duly arrived at Southsea, and of the rosta good started with no intention completing tie route. Tt is not at a bad record; and if only the drivers wi curb their desire to race along the roads at any speed up to fifty mil-s an hour the motor-car will become established favourite. As it is, the magistrates are-constantly engaged in inflicting fneson furiously Ariving automobilists; and the other day, when fatal accident occurred, the driver of a motor car narrowly escaped serious injuries at the hands of an indignant mob. The automobilists complain that they are perscented; and no doubt: the low speeds h they are limited by laws and 8 are irritating in their unnecessary caution, seeing that a motor ear is more guided and more quickly brought toa standstill than a horse-drawn vehicle. Still, on the other hand, the owners of motor cara are injuring their cause by the jessness with which many of them tear along the roads at the rate of an xpress train, 22nd November.
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