There iB an ominoaa Bound about the word "crisis" when used in connection wir.h political or commercial matters, of witb a serious illne-s, and in either cape it usually gives rise to anx ! ety, if not to fear witb regard to what may follow. Bnt witb crises, as with other dangers, it is possible, if tbey be enly repeated sufficiently often, to b-cooa^ familiarised, and although familiarity occasionally leads to. incroi»s?d respeot, it more-, often happens that it* proverbial offspring is its more immediate attend nt. Thus it happens that when on intimation is reoeived ss is the oase to-day that. th< re is a probability of the country being precipitated into another Parliamentary crisis, nobody takes the slightest no' ioe of l*> or feels in the least degree ari_ioqs or alsrmed, bat people generally, especially those who pay the most attention to the Parliamentary proceedings, look upon it in very mnoh tha same way ias an experienced matron regards the attack of whooping congh or measles from whioh one of her little ones is suffering, witU this exception that everybody knows that the crisis will not last nearly as long as the whooping congh. Our New Zealand Parlia ment contrives, as a rule, to get into and ont of a lot of these critical situations every session, and we have no fear whatever that it will fail to struggle ont of the present ene. The Premier's temper, and the dread of com ing under the lash of what with hina is occa sionally a particularly ' unruly member, will go far towards impressing a sense of what iB due' to their ohief upon those of his own party who went into the lobby againdt him last night, while the tact of the whips, and of Members like Sir John Hall — who aots the 'part of the sweet little cherub sitting aloft to the present Ministry, takeß them under his spsoyil care and smoothes away the obßtaoles that now and then arise in their path— will in the interval before the nsxt sitting of the House be exercised in the direction of promoting peace ahd good will. The result will be that on Tuesday night Sir Harry will have gone through the solemn process of '« considering his position, ' that he will dictate eert&in terms, and that these will be meekly accepted. 