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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1856

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

WE have so long been accustomed to look forward
with something like a feeling of anxiety to the Speech
from the Throne at the commencement of a session of
Parliament, and then to feel disappointment at its
ever-recurring barrenness of interesting topics, that we
need hardly feel surprised at the repetition of this
course of proceeding on the present occasion. It was
to have been expected that the Ministers would make
the most of the opportunity afforded them by the
capture of the fortress of Sebastopol, and the com-
mencement of negociations for the termination of the
war ; and that, relying upon the interest which such
an important subject would naturally excite, other
questions might be merely briefly alluded to, and
then only with the view of giving HER MAJESTY
something to say with as little meaning as possible.
Apparently anxious to lose no time in wordy pre-
liminaries, the Speech commences at once with
relating the fall of Sebastopol ; and, having referred
to the naval and military preparations for the ensuing
year, proceeds to refer to the conditions which have
been agreed upon as the foundation of a general
treaty of peace, and to state that negociations for
such purpose will shortly be opened at Paris, con-

firming, in this respect, the statements on the subject

which had been made some days previously. HER
MAJESTY is then made to say that, in conducting the
negotiations, she shall be careful not to lose sight of
the objects for which the war was undertaken ; and
shall deem it right in no degree to relax the naval
and military preparations until a satisfactory treaty of
peace shall have been concluded.
With this manifesto there is no legitimate reason to
find fault, inasmuch as it enunciates a principle which
may be fairly said to represent the feeling of the great
majority of the people of this country. While many
are desirous for peace, even for a relief from the
burdens rendered necessary by the war, the strongest
desire is that no such consideration should influence
consent to (a dishonourable or unsatisfactory peace ;
and, at the same time, very many are desirous that
the war should be continued until the Baltic fleet has
redeemed that character for British naval prowess
which has been so seriously compromised during the
last two years. The great value, however, of this
ministerial profession will depend upon the construc-
tion which may be placed upon the term "satisfactory,"
and this remains to be seen when we have some more
definitive statement as to the terms upon which
the Allies consent to concede peace to Russia.
The speech follows up the subject of the war by
referring to the treaty concluded with the King of
SWEDEN and NORWAY, containing defensive engage-
ments applicable to his dominions, and tending to the
preservation of the balance of power in that part of
Europe. This was, no doubt, a measure of wise
policy, and may have helped, in some degree, to bring
about that conversion of the Emperor of RUSSIA to
peace notions from which he seemed so widely to
dissent only a short time previously. We have then a
special paragraph devoted to the treaty of friendship,
commerce, and navigation concluded with the Repub-
lic of Chili.

The special address to the House of Commons
states that the estimates for the ensuing year will be
found framed in such a manner as to provide for the
exigencies of the war, if peace should not be concluded.
'I here is something ambiguous in the mode of expres-
sion ; but we should be inclined to doubt if anything
has been prepared, or that the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER has yet been enabled to form an idea how
the ways and means of the year are to be raised in
such a manner as to provide for contingencies of which
none can pretend to see the extent, and, at the same
time, to satisfy those who are looking forward to a
treaty of peace as a means of relief from oppressive
burdens.

We may here remark that the Ministers have shown
good judgment in omitting any allusion whatever to
the questions which are said to have arisen between
this country and the United States. It would have
elevated them into a degree of importance to which
theywere byno means entitled; while to have expressed
an honest opinion about them would have tended in
no degree to promote that satisfactory settlement
which is so desirable. The Ministers have evidently
taken the same view of the case which we expressed
some time since, that all that has been said in the
American papers, and even in the PRESIDENT'S Mes-
sage, is merely an ebullition of feeling, having no
other object than to promote excitement in the United
States in the forthcoming election. The movement
had never any serious reference to the Government of
this country, it will be at an end when the successor
to President PIERCE has been chosen ; and, therefore,
to make it of seeming consequence by any reference
to it in the Speech from the Throne, would have been
an act of ill-judgment, of which Lord PALMERSTON,
very prudently, has not been guilty. There is, how-
ever, another omission, with regard to the gallant
defence of Kars, which cannot be so easily excused,
inasmuch as General WILLIAMS is entitled to praise,
although the neglect in sending him supplies may
require serious investigation.

After what may be called the usual complimentary
remarks on the manly spirit and enlightened patriot-
ism of her loyal subjects, HER MAJESTY refers, with