It would seem to be almost certain that no hint
of the pro- gramme of the Government will be given until October, when Mr. Bright will seek his re-election. Ministers need rest and time and the opportunity of discovering what constituents want, and are, moreover, very much dispersed. During that election, we imagine, the programme will be revealed, and we may expect meanwhile an interval of almost dead silence, all parties alike waiting for the word. This will be tiresome for journalists, but it will be beneficial to the Liberals, who want a sea breeze to clear some of their pessimism out of their heads ; and to the Tories, whom it will remind of certain differences in their own inner camp. In October the fight will again wax fast and furious, as the League, we are told, will, if the compromise is not made, fight Mr. Bright for his own seat, a bit of bad policy we can hardly conceive. Mr. Bright would have in that case not only most of his own supporters, but every Tory vote in Birmingham, and come out with a majority which would even exaggerate the strength of the feeling the League is contriving to arouse.
