The Fa Mall Gazette's appeal to the Liberal Party in
the House of Commons to state, through its columns, jts wishes as to the prograMme of next Session, has not been supremely successful. About 175 Members only have replied to it, i.e., we suppose, less than one-half. Of these, however, no less than • 95 per cent. are in favour of admitting Ireland to all the rights and privileges of England, and 85 per cent. are in favour of taking the extension of the franchise first, and deferring Redis- tribution to a separate measure. Even these numbers, however, when it is considered that they describe the wishes of what is probably the most liberal half of the Party, are by no means .decisive. If the less Liberal half entertained very different wishes,—which, however, we do not believe,—it would be by no means certain how the programme of the Government,—sup- posing it to be what is generally expected,—would be received.
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