NEWS OF THE WEEK.
IT is believed that the Government will have to simplify very much the Tithes Bill if they are to pass it this Session, —to reduce it, in fact, to its lowest terms, by making the land- lord alone liable for the tithe, and abandoning the redemption -clauses and all other contentious elements in the Bill. On the other hand, they will not only stick to their Customs Bill, which is, indeed, now nearly through the House of Commons, but will insist on carrying the Local Taxation measure, applying the yield of the extra spirit-duties to the use of the County Councils. And they will carry through their Irish Land-Purchase Bill, without the aid, we should hope, of an autumn Session. The threats of the Opposition are very terrible ; bat threats are not always so easy to carry out, especially when the country, instead of resisting the use of the Closure, rather enjoys it, regarding it very much as a navy yard regards the use of the hydrostatic press which pushes a newly built vessel into the water.
