NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.
miu A HEN T was dissolved on Thursday, after a formal pro-
rogation to the 12th inst. The message from the Throne was rather less ungrammatical than usual, and rather more dull, con- sisting first of an announcement that this Parliament would not sit again, secondly of a number of " trusts " attributed to Her Majesty, and thirdly of a list of the principal Acts passed during the Session,—on partnership, clerical subscriptions, union charge- ability, and so forth. The " trusts " are more various, Her Majesty being made to trust that the evils of the American war may be speedily repaired, that there are no questions pending which will disturb the peace of Europe, that Indian cotton will prevent a recurrence of Lancashire distress, and that the treaty with the Zollverein will develope commercial interests. Is it not etiquette for Kings to hope, or believe, or feel assured, that the same word must always be employed in and out of its place ? The cere- monial was very thinly attended, and the Message, ordinarily read by the Lord Chancellor, was on this occasion confided to Earl Granville, who, it is specially remarked by the reporters, took the trouble to read it distinctly.
