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Evening Post, Volume 65, Issue 65, 17 March 1924, Page 2

Elections in Great Britain are less -picturesque than in the old days. In the Westminster election of 18C7, for instance, Sir Francis Burdntt.was choired after his victory, though the proceeding was a great improvement on the old chairing. The car, which he mounted in Piccadilly, was " as high as tho one pair of stairs, windows," and the seat on which Burdett was placed "stood upon a lofty Corinthian pillar." Perched at this altitude the baronet proceeded on a triumphal journey along Piccadilly.' down the Haymarket, up St. Martin's lane, and so into Covent Garden', where a banquet was waiting for: him.