NEWS OF rilHE WEEK.
T"Queen will open Parliament in person on Tuesday, and the dullest Recess we ever remember will be at an end. The Queen is also about to hold a Court, and the two incidents are talked about as if Her Majesty- were about to reappear in public life ; but Parliament was opened by the Queen in person in 1871, and no such -consequence ensued. The Queen is ill-advised in her persistent se- clusion, which deprives her of social influence, and accustoms the -country to the order of things which would prevail under a Repub- lic; but if she prefers the luxury of seclusion to the interests of her dynasty, no one will-deny her right to make the choice. The country has no complaint v to make, for her constitutional duty is -always done, and done well, and the non-existence of a Court is not a bad experience for the people. - It shows them how little a Court really affects the, national prosperity. No inkling of the Speech has yet oozed out, but Prince Bismarck is reported, by telegraph, to have said that it would contain some announce- ment of interest about the Eastern Question.
