The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-25 00:00:00

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

TIM POLITICAL PITTATION.

In enforcing on the government the abandon-
ment of all other legislation than that which is of tie fast
necessity, the opposi ion, the Daily Non, amerves, is
bound to co-operate with it in end, arsusing to make an
early dissolution practicable. The Soc.nh n embers will
probably show their usual good er are in forbearing to push
their victory on Mr. Bouverie's amendment with respect
to rating to an extreme, and in straining concession in
order to come to some compromise with tie lord Advo-
cate. Other occasions are not unlikely to arise
for the exercise by parliamentary majorities of
both •resehttion and tact, sock as the distritution
of the ten seats in Scotland, the corresponding pc rtion of
the blab measure, and the various detailed the &tindery
Bill end the Corrupt Practices Bill. lodependent mem-
bers who have mot'ons on the parer whisk cannot be
made the herbs at legislation, will show a reasonable spirit
by postponing them. The Suspensory Bill, we
msy infer, will encounter no further oppesitiun is
the Collllllolke. Meanwhile the mtintreanos cf the
selablisbed. church in Ireland would be effected
by Ilse government If it were paints by renewed con-
solidate to the altreaneetens party tn. the &mob of
'Rome. Ms lectlittggehnnvkitik Dlmiptitis &Wel*
ainvieveibbils• *day Qintbune
Hardy; the pelatisal indifferentism et bird Stanley, and
Loyd Kayo's reedy subservience to either. The English
people will not follow him. It is not "educated " so
family as a parliamentary party.
Both side., in the opinion of the Ti..i, have cause to
be satiated with the present aspect of event., and both may
well be zealous in pushing on the other business before the
house. If the government and the house make good use
of the last days before Whitsuntide, much 'way be done.
But it is neownary that both administration and opposition
should attend to their duties. We cannot afford to lose
another week through the access of a catch-vote due to
the negligence of a ministry. The government no longer
pretend to direct the course of legislation. But the more
limited.the function the more strictly ought it to be dic-
charged.

The Herald continues to argue tLat until the opposition
can move a vote of want of confidence they are constitu-
tionally bound to abstain from attempts to hinder legis-
lation and embarrass the conduct of public business.
attempts which have alw►ys been recognised as infurinz
into what afield be a parliamentary opposition to the
minister the taint of dialoyalty to the Crowe.
The Telegraph hears that the committee on the bounda-
riea question have made most satisfactory progress in ad-
justing matters of dispute which looked at one time
serious enough to provoke a political crisis. When to
complicated a portion of the task promises to be thus
promptly and efficiently executed, we are entitled to
assume, it thinks, that there will be no real difficulty in
accelerating the other necessary legislation so as to finish
off the essential work of the session, and appeal to the
country on the earliest possible day.
The Star asks if Mr. Disraeli expects to find among the
men who organised the huge processions and meetings of
last year and the year before many champions of the Irish
Church. Does he expect to get a great many votes from
the members of the Reform League ? If not, where ■re
his new supporters to come from? All that clerical infla•
ence can do to get up an agitation on his side has utterly
failed—failed even more eoruqricuonaly and ridiculously
than the conser►ative working-men mummery of laet
year.