NEWS OF THE WEEK.
T" Queen opened Parliament in person on Tuesday, amid a ceremonial which is described as most imposing, though marred by the unmannerliness of the Commons, who, in their rush to the bar so hustled Mr. Disraeli that he went home at once, with a new conviction that the East is the land if not of manner, then of manners. The Speech was not too long, and was grammatical. The Queen had been advised to say that she " had considered it her duty not to stand aloof from the efforts now being made by allied and friendly Governments to bring about a pacification" of Bosnia and the Herzegovina, and had ac- cordingly, while respecting the independence of the Porte, joined in urging on the Sultan the expediency of re- moving discontent on the part of his Christian subjects. She had also agreed to purchase the Shares in the Suez Canal belonging to the Khedive of Egypt, and she awaited with confi- dence Chinese action in regard to the Margery outrage. The health enjoyed by the Prince of Wales in his journey through India and the hearty affection, with which he had been received bad greatly pleased Her Majesty, who was now advised to assume, under a Bill to be brought in, a title derived from India. This country had " consistently pursued the humane and enlightened policy" of putting an end to slavery, and a Royal Commission would therefore inquire into all treaties on the subject, and all in- structions to officers with a view to "secure to the latter greater power for the maenauce of personal liberty." Allusion is made to theaffaies of SodreAfrica, and a hope is expressed that the troops employed in the Malay peninsula have " restored the just influ- ence and authority of this country," and then the Queen passes on to domestic legislation.
