fur the year maybe iv;.d in the piueeed sugji of r.ho imperial Legislature, The session of lbilti was hardij- a brilliant one. Aii abnormal amount of work wa* pro mised ; but. with the expenditure of much effort, absurdly little was ('one. This was mainly due to one cause—the failure of the Education Bill. The lest tViends of the Government have been obliged to admit that the Bill was a blunder. It was introduced in the apparent belief that it would excite little opposition, and it aroused keener and more numerous con troversies than any measure brought before Parliament in recent years. To pass it under these conditions was impos sible. The supporters of the Government were its worst foes, and, after eleven days had been wasted upon it, the Bill was finally abandoned. The other principal English Bill of the session, the Agricultural Laud Rating Bill, was not a generally popular measure, although gratefully ac cepted by the representatives of the landed interest in the House of Commons and receiving some support from farming con stituencies in the country. The towns un doubtedly felt aggrieved that so much money out of general revenue should be voted to the rural districts while their heavier burdens were left untouched. Passing from these two big measures and coming to the less contentious legislation, the record is far more satisfactory. First and foremost is the Irish Land Bill, intro duced to remedy several admitted defects in the Irish land laws. The Bill was accepted in outline by all parties, and to the surprise of everyone the debate on the second reading collapsed in a few hours. The representa tives of the landlords and the representa tives of the tenants had the candor to agree that they were not lighting about principles but about details, and that the best thing to do was to stop talking at that stage and get into committee as soon as possible. With this spirit prevailing, it is not a wonder that the Bill, in spite of its many complicated clauses, made its way uninjured through both Houses, and now forms a valuable addition to the Statute Book. 