2nd.—A letter exploded at the Post-office—a proof of its being in a
great hurry to go off.
3rd.—Attempt of the varlet Bean on the life of Her Majesty. It appeared
that the little deformity was given to sentiment, and that the hump on
his back weighed heavily on his mind.
7th.—Mr. Hume moved for a Return of the actual services of all flag
officers, which was refused from a fear that many of them would turn out
to be much below the standard. He was denied similar information
respecting _general_ officers, since so many of them had not done
anything _particular_, and had never been in any action except as
defendants.
10th.—M. Claudet, the patentee of the Daguerreotype, undertook to do
likenesses, on a _first_ attempt, in less than a _second_.
13th.—Mr. Hume complained that at the British Museum no children are
admitted under eight; and he declared that juvenile capacity for
instruction was much _under-eighted_.
The same honourable member censured the locality and the expense of the
New Houses of Parliament, objecting to the site of the building, and the
sight of money required for completing it.