Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-08 00:00:00

ed the Palace about

.e of her

!ajesty being

Prince Cons,

chester (Mistress of the Robes), the
the Master of the Horse. The usual order, now so well
known, was observed in the positions and occupants of the
other royal equipages; and the procession, as in former
years, reached the Victoria Tower by two o'clock.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were in due form
and ceremony conducted to the robing-room, and the
robes having been assumed, her 1.
the throne in the house, preceded by the Earl of Dt_
carrying the sword of state, the Marquis of Win-
chester, by hereditary right, bearing the Cap of Main-
tenance ; next, the Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord
President of the Council, and then the Duke of Hamilton,
carrying the Crown on a cushion, and the Lord Chan-
cellor with the Great Seal. Her Majesty was led by the
Prince Consort, and when she had ascended the throne the
Premier and the Lord Chancellor took up positions at the
right, and the two Marquises at the left, the Duchess of
Manchester and the Countess of Desart standing immediately
behind the chair of state. The Prince Consort sat as usual
to the left of her Majesty ; the seat on the right, being
appropriated to the Prince of Wales, remained, of course,
unoccupied.

e of Beaufort, and

Majest

Her Majesty having expressed her pleasure that the
assembly should be seated, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher
of the Black Rod, was dir'ected to summon the Commons to
the bar. After an interval of a few minutes the Speaker,
in his state robes, with the Usher of the Black Rod on his
right, and the Sergeant-at-Arms on his left, appeared at
the bar, attended by the leading members of the government
and the opposition, and silence being presently restored, the
Lord Chancellor advanced to the foot of the throne, and,
kneeling, presented the document to her Majesty, who
proceeded, amidst the most profound attention, to read the
following

SPEECH.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

I avail myself, with satisfaction, in the present
anxious state of public affairs, of the advice of my
Parliament, which I have summoned to meet with
the least possible delay.
I have directed that papers shall be laid before
you, from which you will learn how earnest and
unceasing have been my endeavours to preserve the

peace of Europe.
Those endeavours have unhappily failed, and
war has been declared between France and
Sardinia, on one side, and Austria on the other.
Receiving assurances of friendship from both the
contending parties, I intend to maintain between
them a strict and impartial neutrality; and I hope with
God's assistance to preserve to my people the bless-
ing of continued peace. .
Concerning, however, the present state of Europe,
I have deemed it necessary, to the security of my
dominions and the honour of my Crown, to increase
my naval forces to an amount exceeding that which
has been sanctioned by Parliament.
I rely with confidence on your cordial concurrence
in this precautionary measure of defensive policy.
The King of the Two Sicilies having announced
to me the death of the King his father, and his own
accession, I have thought fit, in concert with the
Emperor of the French, to renew my diplomatic
intercourse with the Court of Naples, which had
been suspended during the late reign.

All my other Foreign relations continue on a
perfectly satisfactory footing.

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

The estimates for the year, for which provision has
not been made by the late Parliament, will imme-
diately be laid before you, together with such

supplementary estimates as present circumstances
render indispensibly necessary for the public ser-

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

I have directed a Bill to be prepared for giving
effect, so far as the aid of Parliament may be
required, to certain suggestions of the Commissioners
whom I had appointed to enquire into the best mode
of efficiently manning the .Royal Navy, and I recom-
mend this important subject to your immediate
attention.

Measures of legal and social improvement, the
progress of which in the late Parliament was
necessarily interrupted by the dissolution, will again
be brought under your consideration.
I should with pleasure give my sanction to any
well-considered measure for the amendment of the
laws which regulate the representation of my people
in Parliament ; and should you be of opinion that
the necessity of giving your immediate attention to
measures of urgency, relating to the deferice and
financial condition of the country, will not leave
you sufficient time for legislating, with due
deliberation, during the present session, on a
subject .at once so difficult and so extensive,
I trust that at the commencement of the next

Session your earnest attention will be given to a
question of which an early and satisfactory settle-
ment would be greatly to the public advantage.
I feel assured that you will enter with zeal and
diligence on the discharge of your parliamentary
duties, and I pray that the result of your delibera-
tions may tend to secure to the country the con-

tinuance of peace abroad, and progressive improve-

meut at home.
At the close of the speech, which her Majesty read with
her usual distinctness, causing the whole to be heard, and
ion re-formed, and re-

yet without effort, the royal proce
turned to Buckingham Palace.
The Lords afterwards stood adjourned uutil five o'clock,
and the Commons until a quarter to four.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—YESTERDA-Y.
Their Lordships resumed at five o'clock.
Earl Yowls moved the address in reply to the
Speech, which was seconded by Viscount Gifford

Earl Granville commented on the policy of the Gov.ern
went, especially in reference to the failure of the endeavour

to preserve the peace of Europe.
_He did not move a vo
of want of confidence, inasmuch as the Government havir

appealed to the country this was the proper and constitu-
tional function of the House of Lords.
The Earl of 3ialmsbury declined at this inopportune

moment to discuss the foreign policy of the Government, but
should be ready to defend it when it was properly

challenged

Lord Ilowden hopeu
would be to give Italy to. the Italians. -
The Marquis of Normanby expressed his sati-faction that
no amendment had been moved, considering that a change
of government would involve great danger in the present

hat the issue of the present conflict

critical state of Europe.
The Earl of Carlisle objected to the Lord Lieutenant of

Ireland's alliance with the Roman Catholics.
The Earl of Eglinton denied. that there had been any

Lord Brougham made some observations strongly con-

demnatory of the present war

The Earl of Ellenborough

zed the necessity at th

present crisis of having a strong governmenf at the head of
affairs. _

The Duke of Argyll condemned the late appeal to the
country, which was not raised upon the peoples issue, and
was ungrateful to the House of Commons.
The Earl of Derby justified the dissolution, which was in
strict accordance with the conditions on which he accepted
office.

The addresses was then agreed to,

House adjourned shortly after eleven o'clock

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY

The House of Commons resumed at four o'clock.
Mr. S. Estcourt gave notice that on Thursday he should
move for leave to introduce a bill for the improvement of
the administration of criminal justice, and on Tuesday a bill
for the better regulation of the city of London.
Sir C. Napier gave notice that, on that day fortnight, he
should move for an inquiry into the state of the Admiralty,
with a view to its reconstruction.

Mr. T. Duncombe gave notice of a motion for the pro-
duction of the instruction to the British officers sent by the
Government to the head gliarters of the contending armies.
Mr. Horsman gave notice of a resolution, to the effect
that the character of our foreign policy was injurious to the
best interests of the country, and that it was the duty of
parliament to inform itself of the actual state of Europe.
With this view he should move for copies of all important
communications, addressed to foreign courts, in reference to
the present crisis.
Sir J. Trelawney gave notice that on Thursday he should
move for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of church
rates.

THE ADDRESS ON THE SPEECH.
The Speaker then read her Majesty's most gracio'
speech.

Mr. A. Egerton moved the address in reply. He defended
the foreign policy of the Government against those who had
attacked it, because the peace of Europe had not been pre-
served by its means. The Government had done all that
was in its power to that end. lie trusted that nothing
would arise to induce us to abandon our position of neutra-
lity, at the same time that he fully approved of the course
taken by the ministry for improving the resources of the
country. Into whatever hands power might fall, he trusted
that this important subject wonld not be omitted ; as to
reform, in the present state of public business, and with so
short a session before them, he believed that the ministry
had exercised a wise discretion in postponing the question.
He believed that any reasonable measure they would
bring forward would prevent a diminution of the borough
franchise. He understood that the bills of the Solicitor-
General, introduced last session, would again be brought
forward. They were, he was told, threatened with an
amendment to the address. Was it to be on foreign or
domestic policy ? As to the former, any change of ministry
would increase the chances of war, and the present ministry
had shown every disposition to maintain the strictest
neautrality. As to Reform, he was convinced the feeling
of the country was in favour of a moderate measure, and
that the present ministry were the men to bring it in. He
concluded by reading the address, which was, as usual, an
echo of the speech.
, Sir J. Elphinstone seconded the address. He felt
convinced that the papers to be produced, would show that
all the means had been exhausted to preserve the peace of
Europe, and that the strictest neutrality would be main-
tained in future. He rejoiced in the increase lately made in
our navy. He believed that if the country had possessed

was at its disposal at the end
of the last century, the present hostilities would never have
broken out. Stringent enquiries remained to be made into
the mode of manning the navy, and the management of our
dockyards. As to reform, after all that had been said on
the subject, it would be easy to frame a satisfactory and
moderate measure, bat other affairs called for the attention
of the present parliament, notably, those of India and
China.
The Speaker having read the address to the House, and

the same naval fo

the motion that it be agreed,
The Marquis of Harlington rose to move an amendment
to the address. After citing the various precedents on the
subject, he declared that it was a censure on the general
policy of the country which he was about to move. This
course, he contended, was strictly constitutional, and raised
the same issue to the House which the government had put
to the people. He trusted that the challenge thus thrown
down would be receivedty both sides in the spirit of fair-
ness and moderation. If defeated, members on that side of
the House would bow to its decision, and give to the

government all the assistance consonant with their duty,
which circumstance would require. In either case a more
satisfactory state of things would be established than
that which had existed daring the last two sessions.
He pointed out the inconvenience which had arisen from the
endeavours to govern the country in minorities, and re-
counted the unsuccessful measures introduced by the Govern-
ment. He blamed them severely for the late dissolution,
which he characterised as an act of rashness and recklessness,
and declared that they had not the support of their own
party. How many of that party had dared to defend their
Reform Bill on the hustings? Their foreign policy had
deprived them of the authority which England previously
held. At all events their efforts had utterly failed. The
Liberal party would no doubt be taunted with their
divisions. It was not for him to state what arrangements
had been made, but it would be found that the

various sections of the Liberal party were not
so divided as they had once been, and that they had learnt
a lesson from adversities. On their side were differences
only of detail, while on the other the differences were of
principle. He had confidence that a stable administration
might be formed from that side of the house ; he admitted
that it was a party move, made in favour of those whose
views were in accordance with the thoughts and feelings of
educated Englishmen, against those whose vary name was
antagonistic to progress. It was in favour of the inheritors
of the plan of policy of Fox and Grey, rather than of the
inheritors of the interfering. policy of Pitt and Castlereagh;
but it was not a move in favour of any individuals. The
peace of the country might be defended upon the issue thus
placed before the House. He concluded by moving, as an
amendment, an addition to the address, to the effect that
the confidence of the House in the ministry was essential to
the discharge of her Majesty's high functions, and that the
present Ministry did not possess that confidence.
Mr. Hanbury seconded the amer

commenting on

the various measures introduced
which, he contended, were
blaming them severely for dissolvi..a

by the government, and
d and unsuccessful, and
the late parliament.
fault with the

)e advantageous

The Chancellor of the Exchequer found
motion now made, affirming that it would
to the country to know whether the government.
the confidence of the House or not He denied that the
late dissolution had any analogy with that of 1841, which
was the dissolution of parliament elected under the a
tration of the friends of the government thus dissolving it.
He admitted the ill success of the min;
the late parliament, declarin-
framed, could have been P.

adminis-

:erial measures in

that no measure, however

they would