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Show IN THE COMMONS. 1 When tho House of Commons assembled assem-bled later for business the House was crowded and there was great animation, anima-tion, In striking contrast with the list-lessness list-lessness generally characterizing the opening of a session. Joseph Chamberlain Chamber-lain was warmly cheered by tho bulk of the Conservatives aa he entered and took a seat below the gangway. The other Parliamentary leaders were accorded ac-corded hearty receptions by their followers. fol-lowers. Tho Secretary of Stale for Home Affairs, Af-fairs, Mr Akers-Douglas, In the absence ab-sence of Premier Balfour, temporarily assumed the duties of leader of the House, |