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Railway affairs appear likely to claim almost as large a

share of attention in the present as they have occupied in some former ses- sions ; but in a different way. It is no longer the shoal of ill- considered or fictitious projects which will distract the officers and Committees of both Houses, but the subject of amalgamation on a grand scale, no doubt as the prelude to farther amalgamations. Three Yorkshire and Midland Railways are to form a group ; the North-western and main Midland Railways, another more im- portant group. Of course the opportunity will be taken to revise the whole subject of railway management ; and the relation be- tween railways and the State will also be overhauled. This will be a subject to engage the House rather than Committees, and it demands diligent consideration.

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