The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool-
sack shortly after one o'clock. Several Peers took
the oaths. Shortly after two o'clock her 111.1jesty
entered the House preceded by the officers of the
Household and the great officers of State in the
usual order.

Her Majesty having taken her seat on the Throne,
Sir Augustus Clifford, the Gentleman Usher of Oat
Black Rod, left the House to summon the Commons.
After a short interval the Commons were heard
advancing along the great corridor which separates
the two Houses, and appeared in great numbers
preceded by the Speaker. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, and several others
of the Cabinet, were among the foremost.

Her MAJESTY then read the Royal Speech as fo]

lows

"My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

"I cannot meet you for the first time after the
dissolution of Parliament, without expressing my
deep sorrow, in which I am sure you will parti-
cipate, that your deliberations can no longer be
aided by the counsels of that illustrious man whose
great achievements have exalted the name of Eng.
land, and in whose loyalty and patriotism the in-
terests of my Throne and of my people ever found
an unfailing support. I rely with confidence on
your desire to join with me in taking such steps as
may mark yolsr sense of the irreparable loss which
the country has sustained by the death of Arthur,
Duke of Wellington.
" I am happy to ackuowledge the readiness with
which my subjects in general have come forward, in
Pursuance of the Act of last session, to join the ranks
of the Militia ; and I confidently trust that the force
thus raised by voluntary enlistment, will be calcu-
lated to give effective aid to my regular army for the
protection and security of the country.
" I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers
assurances of their anxious desire to maintain the
friendly relations now happily subsisting with my
Government.

"Frequent and well-founded complaints on the
part of my North American Colonies, of infractions
by citizens of the United States, of the Fishery Con-
vention of 1818, induced me to dispatch for the pro-
tection of their interests a class of vessels better adapted
to the service than those which had been previously
employed. This step has led to discussions with the
Government of the United States ; and while the
rights of my subjects have been firmly maintained,
the friendly spirit in which the question has been
treated induces me to hope that the ultimate result
may be a mutually beneficial extension and improve•
ment of our commercial intercourse with that great
Republic.
" The Special Commission which, in concert with
the Prince President of the French Republic, I
deemed it right to send to the Argentine Confedera-
tion, has been received with the utmost cordiality,
and the wise and enlightened policy of the Provisional
Director has already opened to the commerce of the
world the great rivers hitherto closed, which afford
an access to the interior of the vast Continent of
South America.

" I have the satisfaction of announcing to you that
the sincere and zealous efforts of the Government of
Brazil for the suppression of the Slave Trade, now
nearly extinguished on that coast, have enabled me
to suspend the stringent measures which I had bee❑
compelled reluctantly to adopt, a recurrence to which
I anxiously hope may be proved to be unnecessary.
" The Government of Her Most Faithful Majesty
have fully recognized the justice of the claim which
my Government have long urged for the abolition of
the discriminating duties on the export of Wine, and
have passed a decree for giving complete effect to
the stipulations of the Treaty on this subject.
" You will probably deem it advisable to resume
the inquiries which were commenced by the late Par-
liament, with a view to legislation on the subject of
the future government of my East Indian Possee-

eions.
" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

"The estimates for the ensuing year will ja due
time he laid before you.

" The advancement of the Fine Arts and of
Practical Science will be readily recognized by
you as worthy of the attention of a great
and enlightened nation. I have directed that a
comprehensive scheme shall be laid before you,
having in view the promotion of these objects, to-
wards which I invite your aid end co-operation.
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" It gives me pleasure to be enabled by the bless-
ing of Providence to congratulate you on the gene-
rally improved condition of the country, and
especially of the Industrious Classes. If you should
be of opinion that recent legislation in contributing
with other causes, to this happy result,
has at the
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same time inflicted tinavoidabls injury on certain Wl'

portant interests, I recommend you dispassionately
to consider how far it may be practicable equitably to
mitigate that injury, and to enable the industry of
the country to meet successfully that unrestricted
competition to which Parliament, in its wisdom, has
decided that it should be subjected.
" I trust that the general improvement, notwith-
standing manyiobstacles, has extended to Ireland ; and
while I rely with confidence on your aid, should itbe
required, to restrain that unhappy spirit of insubordi-
nation and turbulence which produces many, and ag-
gravates all of the evils which afflict that portion of
my dominions, I recommend to you the adoption of
such a liberal and generous policy towards Ireland, as
may encourage and assist her to rally from the de-
pression in which she has been sunk by the sufferings
of late years.

" Anxious to promote the efficiency of every branch
of our National Church, I have thought fit to issue a
Commission to inquire and report to me how far, in
their opinion, the Capitular Institutions of the coun-
try are capable of being made more effective for the
great objects of religious worship, religious educa-
cation, and ecclesiastical discipline.
"I have directed that the report of the Commis-
sioners for inquiring into the system of education
pursued at Oxford and Cambridge, should be com-
municated to the governing bodies of those Univer-
sities for their consideration, and I rely upon your
readiness to remove any legal difficulties which may
impede the desire of the Universities at large, or of
the several Colleges, to introduce such amendments
into their existing system as they may deem to be
more in accordance with the requirements of the pre-
sent time.

" The system of Secondary Punishments has use-
fully occupied the labours of successive Parliaments,
and I shall rejoice if you shall find it possible to de-
vise means by which, without giving encouragement
to crime, transportation to Van Diemen's Land may
at no distant period be altogether discontinued.
" The subject of Legal Reform continues to engage
my anxious attention. The Acts passed in the last
session of Parliament have been followed up by the
orders necessary for putting them in operation ; in-
quiries are in progress, by my direction, with a view
of bringing into harmony the testamentary jurisdic-
tion of my several Courts ; and bills will be submitted
to you for effecting further improvements in the ad-
ministration of the law.

" To these, and other measures affecting the social
condition of the country, lam persuaded that you
will give your earnest and zealous attention ; and I
pray that by the blessing of Almighty God, your de-
liberations may be guided to the well-being and
happiness of my people."
After the Speech, her Majesty left the House and
returned to Buckingham Palace, in the same order in
which she arrived.
Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.