POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Parliament meets on the 4th of February. Last night's Gazette contains the formal announcement of the further prorogation from the 12th of December to the 4th of February ; the said Parliament then to "assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and im- portant affairs." This turns the regard to next session, gradually coming on. "Urgent and important" indeed are the affairs ; but will they be " despatched "? It is to be hoped that last session's backward- ness will not be imitated. Circumstances favour despatch. The real urgency of practicable measures is not less than ever it was ; but the comparative quiet of the country, the improved condition of the people so far as that improvement goes, the better state of the revenue, Bed the somewhat diminished " difficulty " in Ireland, attested by much un- reality in the present agitation, all tend to remove that excessive pressure on the Legislature which impedes rather than speeds, where the way for action is not clearly seen, but choked up by doubts and conflicting interests. That source of embarrassment will probably be lessened ; and next session ought to be really a busy working session. The Gazette also formally announces Sir Henry Pottinger's appoint- ment to the Privy Council. Generally expected, the appointment will be generally satisfactory. Able in council, the new member at once reminds one that the real use of the Board is to advise the Sovereign, and of his own fitness for the duty.
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