NEWS OF THE WEEK.
DARLIAMENT adjourned yesterday till October 24th, when the House of Commons (the Lords may probably not assemble unless foreign affairs require attention) meets to deal with the question of Procedure. The virtual, though not the formal close of the Session leaves the Government in a strange position,—at war, without any recognised public enemy; so far baffled in legis- lation that only two measures of the first importance have been passed, and yet with a united majority of great strength in the House of Commons, and a disunited Opposition in the House of Lords ; attenuated by the resignation of two very influential colleagues, and only the stronger for their loss ; accused by some of the Radicals of unfaithfulness to their principles, but more trusted by the messes than ever ; denounced by the Tories for their indifference to the greatness of the Empire, and yet more powerful in Europe than Lord Beaconsfield's Govern- ment at the height of their temporary fame ; finally, inveighed against by the Home-rulers for their tyranny in Ireland, and yet hailed by the Irish farmers as the authors of the most beneficent revolution in the dark annals of Irish history; and last, though not least, headed by the best-hated and best-loved man in England, who has had no rival, since the death of Pitt and Fox, in either the hatred of his foes, or the devotion of his friends.
