We are reminded, by the return of the publication of
the weekly ournals, of the dispute which exists between some of our contempora- ries on the propriety of the Ministers now resigning office.—Courier. [Nobody urges the Ministers " now " to resign. It never was a ques- tion of " now ;" and the opportunity of resigning with credit to them- selves and embarrassment to the Tories is gone by—though it may soon return. But at present they cannot resign, having shunned the Atting preparation for so bold a step.] The Parliament, it is generally rumoured, will be again called top- tiler in November. The Peers cannot possibly gain even in reputa- tion by continuing to violate all the recognized principles of govern- ment as to Ireland, where they insist that a small minority shall be the ruling power, and have all the advantages of a majority ; and we are not without hope that in the autumn they may readily assent to those improvements which they have repudiated in the summer.—Courier. [Ministers are not displeased to have it " rumoured" that they con- template a November session; but they take care not to give direct countenance to the expectation. Lord John Russell did not like to be questioned or advised on the point, the other evening, by Mr. Wason. Some of the office-people wish it to be believed—as a sop to the sus- picious and discontented—that Ministers meditate great things before Christmas ; but they have no such intention really. By the way, the Courier last week anticipated that the Lords would yield " in 1837 or 1838," and now they are to come to their senses in " the autumn." Why ? what has happened?]
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