It is believed that the King's title is really to
be modified either this Session or the next in order to include and honour the self-governing Colonies. The exact formula to be adopted is still matter of discussion, and the suggestion preferred has not been allowed to transpire, the proposal that King Edward should be styled "King of Greater Britain" being obviously inadmissible. It is newspaperish, if not vulgar. If a grand title is desired, we would venture to suggest that it should be "King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, Sovereign Lord of Canada, Australia, and South Africa." The latter two words are of immemorial antiquity, and are at the same time familiar to the people from their usage in the Prayer-book and in the Jurors' oath, who swear to make true de- liverance between "Our Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar."
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