And thus through tho ex-Prornier being a suli'orer from ilMionlth, tho country becomes a sufferor in another way. It may bo that thero was never a great deal in Mr Hall's pre-sossional ad dresses. Thoy were always long, novor unroadable ; they touched on most matters of public interest in au interesting manner, and yet they not infrequently loft it nn open question what the inten tions of the Ministry were in regard to such matters. Hut for all that the L'romior'a addresses were always looked forward to with lively expectation, airl when thoy camo thoy quickened public opinion, and gave politicians, journalises, and tho country something to go upon in rogard to the comiug session of Parlia ment. Had Mr Hall remained in tho Ministry, tho country ero this would havo known somothing of the Mini sterial programme for the ensuing •easiou of tho General Assombly. As it is tho country ia encom passed with Ministerial darkness. Mr Whitakor, who hns succeeded to Mr Hall's ofhco, has not thought it well (at least so it appears) to follow Mr Hall's custom of taking tho country into the Government's confidence before tho session opens. It is true that Mr VVhitaker haa only been a week or two in the Premier's chair, but inasmuch as tho policy of the reconstructed Government must be to a considerable extent a con tinuation of that of its formor solf, the plea of want of time is not sufliciont to excuse the dead silenco of tho Ministry. Within eight or ten days after tho Go vernment's reconstruction the country could easily have boon advised of tho Government's intentions or aims with re gard to the coming session, and perhaps the more remote future. Mr Whitaker being a member of the Legislative Council has, of course, no constituents to address Still he might have found means to dis close the Government's hand, however cautiously, to the public, and if he had not spoken himself some other member of the C>ibinot might have heen told off to act us its mouthpi cc. But in tins w<i\ nothing whatever lias been done. Even tho garrulous news-lackeys of the metro polis havo not been "given to understand on the very highest authority" anything whatever as to the intentioua of tho Government. 