23 APRIL 1932, Page 17

A Hundred Years Ago Tea " SPECTATOR," APRIL 21ST, 1832.

There was an alarm of fire at the House of Lords on Sunday which was, however, soon put down. It appeared that a portion of the matting which covers the passage by which the King enters had been placed too near the stove which stands in the centre of the passage and had caught fire. There eras a great deal of smoke, and some heat, but very little flame ; so that the affair, in its essential characters, suited remarkably well with the practice of the House.