[Illustration: CHAPLIN'S OPPORTUNITY.]
"A ready wit and a fluent tongue are valuable auxiliaries. But force
of character, consciousness of power, masculine ability in grappling
with complicated questions, and that species of eloquence, the effect
of which arises rather from earnestness, straightforwardness, and
elevation of sentiment, than from sparkling or elaborate rhetoric, give
a man a position in the House of Commons which leaves him little in
need of such other gifts as we have mentioned."--_Standard, Dec. 30._
[Illustration:
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
"10 TO 1 ON URGENCY!"]
[Illustration:
SIR P. O'BRIEN.
"SIR P. O'BRIEN INVOKES THE DIVINE SARAH."]
[Illustration:
WM. WOODALL.
"NINE TIMES BEFORE IT BURST!"]
[Illustration:
SIR G. O. TREVELYAN.
"TEMPORARY RETIREMENT."]
[Illustration:
W. H. SMITH.
"FANCY GERMAN PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SIR SMITH,
THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR."
THE REALITY--
"W. H. SMITH, ESQ., WAR OFFICE."]
[Illustration:
DR. TANNER.
"IT'S NO PLACE FOR IRISHMEN!"]
[Illustration:
J. J. O'KELLY.
"THE O'KELLY!"]
[Illustration:
C. A. V. CONYBEARE.
"CONNYBEARE HIM!"
(SCOTCH JOKE.)]
[Illustration:
SIR ROBERT PEEL.
"WENT WRONG ON THE HOME-RULE QUESTION."]
[Illustration:
E. HENEAGE.
"ANY AGE YOU LIKE."]
[Illustration:
G. O. MORGAN.
"A BARD."]
[Illustration:
BARON DE WORMS.
"THAT'S THE DIET FOR WORMS."]
[Illustration:
H. CECIL RAIKES AND SIR LYON PLAYFAIR.
"MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED THE CHAIR."]
[Illustration:
PROFESSOR ROGERS.
"A CLASSIC TONE TO CONVERSATION."]
[Illustration:
J. G. BIGGAR.
"I'M AGIN REPRESSION ANYWHERE."]
[Illustration:
G. J. GOSCHEN.
"A PUZZLE TO HIMSELF."]
[Illustration:
W. V. HARCOURT. J. CHAMBERLAIN.
THE ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE.
(From a report by _Our Young Man_.)]
[Illustration:
G. HOWELL.
"URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE."]
[Illustration:
W. R. CREMER.
"AMENDMENT REJECTED."]
[Illustration:
J. LEICESTER.
"SO EXCITED."]
[Illustration:
E. H. PICKERSGILL.
"HAS HIS EYE UPON HIM."]
[Illustration:
JOSEPH ARCH.
"BUT SICK IN THE SOWL."]
[Illustration:
C. FENWICK AND T. BURT.
"THE WAIL OF MESSRS. FENWICK AND BURT."]
[Illustration:
J. A. PICTON.
[TOBY HAS MANY SELECT PORTRAITS IN HIS ALBUM,
BUT THIS IS A PICTON.]]
[Illustration:
J. O'CONNOR.
"A NOTE OF ADMIRATION!"]
[Illustration:
J. A. JACOBY.
"CAN'T HELP SMILING."]
[Illustration:
SIR G. CAMPBELL.
"AND SUCH A HORSE!"]
[Illustration:
T. SEXTON.
"LIAR!"]
[Illustration:
MUNDELLA.
"THE OLD PARLIAMENTARY NOES."]
[Illustration:
T. D. SULLIVAN.
"FRESH FROM CHANNEL PASSAGE."]
[Illustration:
G. J. GOSCHEN.
"OH, WHAT A SURPRISE!"]
[Illustration:
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD.
"CHARLIE HORNPIPING TO THEM."]
[Illustration:
SIR E. BATES.
"COULD SEE THEM MOVING IN THE AIR."]
[Illustration:
W. H. SMITH.
"READY!"]
[Illustration:
R. GENT-DAVIS.
"DAVIS SUM, NON OEDIPUS."]
[Illustration:
J. ROBERTS.
"ALL IS NOT FLINT THAT LOOKS STONY."]
[Illustration:
G. PITT LEWIS.
"GO IT, LITTLE 'UN!"]
[Illustration:
CHRISTOPHER SYKES.
"EARLY TO BED," AND "EARLY TO RISE!"
OR, "KEEPING UP THE XTOPHER."--_March 22, 1887._]
[Illustration:
SIR B. SAMUELSON.
"LE PERE."]
[Illustration:
W. AMBROSE.
"AMBROSIAL ELOQUENCE."]
[Illustration:
S. MONTAGU.
"SOMETHING IN THE CITY."]
[Illustration:
LORD R. CHURCHILL AND W. E. GLADSTONE.
"WHAT! WOULD THEY GAG HIM?"]
[Illustration:
LORD R. CHURCHILL.
"DOESN'T PUT HIS FOOT DOWN."]
[Illustration:
SIR J. McGAREL HOGG.
"NOT GOING THE WHOLE HOGG."]
[Illustration:
H. NORTHCOTE.
"BURNING QUESTIONS."]
[Illustration:
J. FINLAYSON.
"HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT OUT?"]
[Illustration:
O'GORMAN MAHON.
"KNOCKING AT THE DOOR."]
[Illustration:
A. B. WINTERBOTHAM.
"SMILES AUDIBLY."]
[Illustration:
R. U. PENROSE FITZGERALD.
"ROBINSON CRUSOE, M.P."]
[Illustration:
MATT. HARRIS.
"AWKWARD QUESTION THIS!"]
[Illustration:
W. DAVIES.
"NOT ALL BEER AND SKITTLES."]
[Illustration:
LORD JOHN MANNERS.
"THE NEW DUKE."]
[Illustration:
B. HINGLEY.
"AND, PRAY, WHY DO YOU DO THAT?"]
[Illustration:
I. HOLDEN.
"YOUNG 'OLDEN."]
[Illustration:
ALDERMAN W. COOK.
"PERSONALLY CONDUCTED."]
[Illustration:
SIR A. BORTHWICK.
"WHO'S HE?"]
[Illustration:
F. W. MACLEAN AND LORD R. CHURCHILL.
_Past and present Members for Woodstock._
"A PRETTY SCENE."]
[Illustration:
L. A. ATHERLEY-JONES.
"ON THE WATCH."]
[Illustration:
P. ESSLEMONT.
"WAITING FOR A HEARING."]
[Illustration:
COL. NOLAN.
"COLLAPSED!"]
[Illustration:
DR. J. FARQUHARSON.
"THINKING IT OVER."]
[Illustration:
H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN.
"ORDER IS TIM'S FIRST LAW."]
[Illustration:
M. BIDDULPH.
"LOOK OUT!"]
[Illustration:
SIR E. CLARKE.
"SCANDALOUS!"]
[Illustration:
MORGAN HOWARD.
"HOW 'ARD IS MY LOT!"]
[Illustration:
C. T. RITCHIE.
"MEPHISTOPHELES, M.P."]
[Illustration:
J. LEAHY.
"THAT'S THE WORST OF THESE FELLOWS."]
[Illustration:
H. C. E. CHILDERS.
"H(ERE) C(OMES) E(VERYBODY) CH-LD-RS."]
[Illustration:
H. J. WILSON.
"MUST KEEP UP DIGNITY OF PARLIAMENT."]
[Illustration:
S. SMITH.
"ON THE PROWL."]
[Illustration:
G. NEWNES.
"WHEN FOUND, MAKE A NOTE OF."]
[Illustration:
W. ABRAHAM.
"CLYWCH! CLYWCH!"]
[Illustration:
A. AKERS-DOUGLAS.
"THE SPRIGHTLY WHIP."]
[Illustration:
W. F. LAWRENCE.
"A CONSTITUENT I PRESUME!"]
[Illustration:
SIR WM. HARCOURT.
"THE MORNING'S REFLECTIONS."]
[Illustration:
C. WRIGHT.
"A CLAUSE EVERY SIXTY SECONDS!"]
[Illustration:
W. JOHNSTON.
"STOP THIEF!"]
[Illustration:
SIR J. H. KENNAWAY.
"WE'VE LOST TWO HOURS' PRECIOUS TIME!"]
[Illustration:
SMALL AND BIGGAR.
"THE OULD COUNTHRY."]
[Illustration:
W. CODDINGTON.
"L27,000!"]
[Illustration:
ADMIRAL FIELD.
"TINDAL ROBERTSON'S CONVOY."]
[Illustration:
LORD RAMSAY.
"PROMOTED."]
[Illustration:
JAMES WATSON.
"WHILST JOSEPH GILLIS PASSES."]
[Illustration:
SIR J. E. GORST.
"THINKING OF THE BO'SUN."]
[Illustration:
J. C. BOLTON.
"MR. BOLTON'S COGITATION."]
[Illustration:
W. S. CAINE.
"COLUMBUS, M.P."]
[Illustration:
HON. C. R. SPENCER, M.P.
"MASHER OF PARLIAMENT."]
[Illustration:
SIR W. LAWSON.
"I RISE TO ORDER."]
[Illustration:
ENTER SIR G. O. TREVELYAN.
"RATTLING MAJORITY."]
[Illustration:
EXIT E. RUSSELL.
"POPULARITY WITH BOTH SIDES."]
[Illustration:
J. A. BALFOUR.
"FIRMNESS WITHOUT RASHNESS?"]
[Illustration:
R. B. FINLAY.
"A Q.C., M.P.--THE LONG OF IT."]
[Illustration:
J. J. O'KELLY.
"J. J. O'KILLY, ESQ., M.P., IN HIS GREAT
DUELLIST ENTERTAINMENT, ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH."]
[Illustration:
S. D. WADDY.
"ANOTHER Q.C., M.P.--THE SHORT OF IT."]
[Illustration:
ALDERMAN CHAPLIN, M.P.
"AND OTHER GOOD MEN."]
[Illustration:
GEN. SIR E. B. HAMLEY.
"AN ELOQUENT SPEECH."]
[Illustration:
J. H. A. MACDONALD.
"THE LORD ADVOCATE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS SCOTCH MEMBERS."]
[Illustration:
J. M. McLEAN.
"MCLEAN INTERPOSES."]
[Illustration:
C. C. LACAITA.
"HOW VERY ABRUPT!"]
[Illustration:
LORD R. CHURCHILL.
"DEAR ME! THERE SURELY CAN'T BE ANY DIFFICULTY IN
SELECTING A PRIME MINISTER!"]
[Illustration:
J. D. PYNE.
"REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF FORCING."]
[Illustration:
C. BRADLAUGH.
"WANTS TO KNOW."]
[Illustration:
DR. C. CAMERON.
"THE CAMERON PIBROCH."]
[Illustration:
THOMAS SHAW.
"STRUCK ALL OF A HEAP."]
[Illustration:
T. BURT.
"STILL FULL OF FIGHT."]
[Illustration:
G. H. ALLSOPP.
"THE STATE IN DANGER."]
[Illustration:
HON. C. R. SPENCER.
"A SERIOUS POLITICIAN."]
[Illustration:
P. A. MUNTZ.
"TALKED IT OUT!"]
[Illustration:
J. DODDS.
"HEAD OF THE DODD FAMILY."]
[Illustration:
A. J. BALFOUR AND THE LORD ADVOCATE.
"OBSTRUCTION!"]
[Illustration:
STEPHEN MASON.
"EXIT."]
[Illustration:
SIR CHAS. FORSTER.
"STILL LITHE ENOUGH."]
[Illustration:
SIR J. R. MOWBRAY.
"COME, COME, NOW!"]
[Illustration:
SIR W. C. BROOKS.
"CONGRATULATORY CUNLIFFE."]
[Illustration:
J. F. X. O'BRIEN.
"LOOKING DAGGERS."]
[Illustration:
T. B. POTTER.
"LAID IN A GOOD STOCK."]
[Illustration:
ARTHUR H. D. ACLAND.
"EDUCATION."]
[Illustration:
JOHN BRIGHT.
"BRIGHTER THAN EVER."]
[Illustration:
SIR J. SIMON.
"HUSH! I HEAR THE PIEMAN."]
[Illustration:
H. SMITH WRIGHT.
"LEADING THE WAY."]
[Illustration:
LORD CLAUD HAMILTON.
"EXIT LORD CLAUD."]
[Illustration:
R. B. HALDANE.
"HALDANE, VINCIT!"]
[Illustration:
THE MARQUIS OF GRANBY.
"DEMME!"]
[Illustration:
F. LOCKWOOD, Q.C.
"OUR ARTIST Q.C."]
[Illustration:
SIR LEWIS PELLY.
"PELLY-MELLY."]
[Illustration:
J. E. W. ADDISON.
"'SPECTATOR' IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS."]
[Illustration:
THE SPEAKER.
THE CLERKS.
J. BRIGHT. W. E. FORSTER. W. V. HARCOURT. W. E. GLADSTONE.
R. A. CROSS. S. NORTHCOTE. W. H. SMITH. SERJT.-AT-ARMS.
A. J. MUNDELLA. T. D. HARTINGTON. J. CHAMBERLAIN.
LD. J. MANNERS. R. CHURCHILL. H. D. WOLFF.]
[Illustration:
C. N. WARTON. J. BIGGAR.
A. BARTLETT. C. BRADLAUGH. C. S. PARNELL.
T. HEALY. J. J. O'KELLY.
THE WESTMINSTER WAX-WORKS.]
[Illustration:
LEONARD H. COURTNEY.
"COURTNEY'S QUICK CHANGE."]
[Illustration:
SIR WM. V. HARCOURT.
"UNCLE PUMBLECHOOK."]
[Illustration:
R. CUNINGHAME GRAHAM.
"THINKING OF THE 'ORNY 'ANDED ONE."]
[Illustration:
E. S. W. DE COBAIN.
"PROBLEM: TO FIND THE THIRD BILL."]
[Illustration:
SIR R. TEMPLE.
"THE TAJ."]
[Illustration:
P. M'LAGAN.
"THE JUDICIOUS M'LAGAN."]
[Illustration:
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.
"JUST IN TIME."]
[Illustration:
H. GARDNER.
"THE GRAND YOUNG GARDNER."]
[Illustration:
G. P. FULLER.
"G. P. FULLER LAUGHED."]
[Illustration:
H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN AND H. LABOUCHERE.
"HUMORISTS OF THE HOUSE."]
[Illustration:
T. W. RUSSELL.
"GOIN' BOCK AGEN."]
[Illustration:
H. CAMPBELL.
"THE CAMPBELL WHO IS NOT COMING."]
[Illustration:
H. MATTHEWS.
"IN THE HEAT OF ARGUMENT."]
[Illustration:
C. S. PARNELL.
"SIR PARNELL."]
[Illustration:
LORD R. CHURCHILL AND W. E. GLADSTONE.
"SWEETS TO THE SWEET."]