Mr. Childers, who is rapidly taking a very high place
in the Liberal ranks, brought up a very serious question on Thursday night. He asked Mr. Disraeli whether he intended to take a
whole year's supplies, or, if not, bow much, and extorted from him a promise to reply distinctly ou Monday next. Mr. Childers argued that when a First Minister advised the Sovereign to dis- solve after a hostile vote, he was bound to take supplies only up to the earliest period at which Parliament could be called together. This was the course pursued in 1830 and 1811, and the only con- stitutional one, as otherwise, though Mr. Childers did not say so, a beaten Minister might go ou proroguing for twelve months. The meaning of this affair is, that Mr. Disraeli is suspected of intending to break his promise of an early dissolution, and to govern without a Parliament till February. We do not doubt that such is his intention if he can manage it, and only question if it would be bad for the country to let him have his way. He can hardly plunge us into a war meanwhile, and the registration should be complete.
