17 JUNE 1865, Page 2

It is stated with some appearance of authority that Parliament

will be dissolved on the 10th July, or as near that date as public business will allow, and that the elections will be hurried forward so as to avoid the harvest, which promises to be unusually early. it is added that the new Parliament will not meet this year, as there is nothing whatever for it to do, no great question to be got out of the way, no point on which the Cabinet feel in any need of its advice. Obviously it is expected to be as dull as its predecessor, an anticipation which may be possibly disappointed.