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As to the prospects of the Session, Sir Charles Dilke

inti- mated that both the Franchise Bill and the Government of London Bill would be passed at once ; that the latter would probably be carried, on the ground that the Lords would not like to throw out everything sent up by the Commons, and would reserve their opposition for the great party question ; that the Government of London Bill would probably not be relegated to a "Grand Committee," but be considered in a Com- mittee of the whole House, since the obstructing private interests might work more powerfully in a Grand Committee than in the Committee of the whole House ; and that the Franchise Bill must finally get rid of faggot-votes.

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