NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Government have decided on an Autumn Session, to the exasperation of sensible men, who think that the .country could very well wait for further legislation. The Radiaals, however, are eager to be doing—they believe, we fancy, that oaks jump up full-grown—and the adjourned Ses- -thon is to commence on November 2nd. How long the inter- mediate holiday will last will depend, in part, upon the measures taken to get through Supply, which Mr. Gladstone -will state on Monday, and which will, it is believed, consist ,mainly in occupying the whole time of the House for Govern- ment work. He has had enough of closming. It will also -depend upon the choice made of business to be done in the Autrimu Session, for if that is moderately non-contentious, Unionists and Moderates, who are human, will be wanting to .see the sea and the grass and the trees instead of the Irish bench. We wonder if the Radicals completely appreciate the -risk they are running in keeping Mr. Gladstone in London for a November and December Session. They may think they -can wrap him in cotton-wool ; but if anything important goes -on, he will never stay wrapped, and miraculous as his energy is, no man takes a chill in NovembeD more readily. Their adoration of their chief may have manliness in it, but mother- liness it has not.
