Another Glimpse of the Obvious.

From the "Standing Orders" of a Military Hospital:--

"Officers confined to their beds will have their meals in their rooms."

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"A gale of great fury raged at Sheffield early on Tuesday morning. Much
damage was done in the city and outlying districts, a number of beings
being unroofed."--_Yorkshire Paper._

Several others have been noticed to have a tile loose.

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"The welcome, amounting to an oration, which heralded the Prime
Minister, was the most remarkable feature of a very remarkable
occasion." _Daily Dispatch._

Is this quite kind to the subsequent speakers?

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"By his colleagues at Bar he has been regarded as a sound lawyer, well
worthy of the high position which he had filled for little over two
hundred years."--_Englishman_ (_Calcutta_).

Lord HALSBURY must look to his laurels.