The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

THE OPENING

PARLIAMENT.

HER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

The period has arrived when, according to
usage, I can again avail myself of your advice
and assistance in the preparation and adoption of
measures which the welfare of the country may
require.

I continue to maintain the most friendly relations
with Foreign Powers.

The complicated affairs of the Duchies of Hol-
stein and Schlesvig have continued to engage my
attention. I have every reason to expect that the
treaty between Germany and Denmark, which was
concluded at Berlin in the year before last,
will, in a short time, be fully and completely exe-
cuted.

I regret that the war which unfortunately
broke out on the eastern frontier of the CsPe
of Good Hope, more than a year ago,
still continues. Papers will be laid before
you containing full information as to the
progress of the war, and the measures which have
been taken for bringing it to a termination.
While I have observed with sincere satisfaction
the tranquillity which has prevailed throughout the
greater portion of Ireland, it is with much regret
that I have to inform you, that certain parts of the
counties of Armagh, Monaghan, and Lout'',
have been marked by the commissioa
of outrages of the most serious decrir
tion. The powers of the existing law be"
been promptly exerted for the detection of the
offenders, and for the repression of a system of crime
and violence fatal to the best interests of the
country. My attention will continue to be directed
to this important object

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
I have ordered estimates of the expenses of the
current year to be laid before you.
I rely with confidence on your loyalty and
zeta
to make adequate provision for the public service.
Where any increase has been made in the eats
mates of the present over the past year, such en's'
nations will be given, as will, I trust, satisfy you that
such increase is consistent with a steady adherence
to a pacific policy, and with the dictates of a /vise
economy.

MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
The improvement of the Administration of
Justice in its various departments, has continued to
receive my anxious attention, and in furtherance 01
that object, I have directed Bills to be prepared'
founded upon the reports made to me by the resPec.
tive Commissioners appointed to inquire into the
practice and proceedings of the superior Courts o',
Law and Equity.

As nothing tends more to the peace, prosperity
and contentment of a country than the speedy and
impartial administration of justice, I earnestly re-
commend these measures to your deliberate attention
The Act of 1848, for suspending the operation
of a previous Act conferring representative institu-
tions on New Zealand, will expire early in the next
year. lam happy to believe that there is no neces-
sity for its renewal, and that no obstacle any longer
exists to the enjoyment of representative insti-
tutions by New Zealand. The form of these
institutions will, however, require your con-
sideration, and the additional information which has
been obtained since the passing of the Acts
in
question, will, I trust, enable you to arrive at a de-
cision beneficial to that important Colony.
It gives me great satisfaction to be able to
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state to you that the largo reductions of taxes which
have taken place of late years, have not been attended
with a proportionate diminution of the nations'
income . The Revenue of the past year has been
fully adequate to the demands of the public eelviel'
while the reduction of taxation has tended greatly
to the relief and comfort of my subjects.
I acknowledge with thankfulness to Almighty
God, that tranquillity, good order, and willing °be:
dience to the laws continue to prevail
genet:llll
throughout the country.
It appears to me that this is a fitting time fot
calmly considering whether it may not be advisable
to make such amendments in the Act of the late relic
relating to the representation of the Con3lll°l3a
Parliament, as may be deemed calculated to carry
into more complete effect the principles up3llwl3l
that law is founded. cu h
I have the fullest confidence that in any 3
consideration you will firmly adhere to the ack"vi-
ledged principles of the Constitution, by which the
prerogatives of the Crown, the authority of both
Houses of Parliament, and the rights and liberties of
the people, are equally secured.

SOUTH-
EASTERN RAILWAY.—The half-yearly'
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traffic receipts of this company are made up to January 3
.„
and July 31st in each year. rile receipts for the balf-Yel"
ending the 3lst of January, 1852, amounted to 400,248/, And
tioBrsll:etoco3r4r3e.s4plorid„insghopweirniogdanenindchrtega the 31st of Januari,
se of 56,837/ or ratio'
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more than 10/2 per cent.
gthoefthis
NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD B 411:
ApVoAinYt.e—d rtioh
be e halfd-yearlyrdmayeeatitn
accordance with a subsequent notice, bat, hi--6
companyT WO 114";
20th inst., to be held at the same it was a
place.
London
adjourned 10 t_
RAPID PASSAGES.—The
Steele commander, arrived •in the ,after A
accounts from Pernambuocrod:Tarlr
run from New York of
clipper-ship Linda, Green clipper packet ship litiCert
Mersey on
that port on the ' later
commander, with 12 clays f
She le
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if
eddayosn, nauticalsd trine. . ~ ..
24 day
2d of January, and made the run in .
The Refuge, Wilson commander of Liverpool, that arrivea
at this port on Tuesday from New' Orleans, sailed on the 2,1
4.30,
of January, crossed the bar on the 4th of January, at ,
P.M., and arrived in the Mersey on the above day, at 2, r."'''
having performed the passage in 22 days and 16 hours'
This is the shortest passage on record between the two ports.
The Crisis, Gibson commander, a ship that carries pearl'
double the quantity of cargo to her registered burden, arrive.
on Wednesday in the short space of 109 days from Shangbel:y
having sailed thence on the 9th of October.— Liverpou'
Albion.
FATAL RESULT OF MORMON FANATICISM.—Durivf
several successive days a number of men have been engsg ..
in searching the Trent between Nottingham and Beeston re;
the purpose of finding the body of a young man naffed
William Barnes, recently a resident in the last named Placa'
Barnes having latterly distinguished himself as a zeale°'
artizan among the Mormonites, who unhappily areboe;
omicng rather numerous in and around the county Of `. iN7-° r
tingham, had been elevated to the rank of a priest ,
prophet. In this capacity he was about to receive a ccuPf.
of converts into the bosom of " the church" on Web,
nesday night, at ten o'clock. The " priest," 1,(-1
candidates, and a number of " brethren " approac.ed,
the left bank of - the Trent at the time ne°loo
the spot selected being in a place known 0.
the Rye-fields, near Beeston. The converts, both Vurri'l
fu
women, hesitated about going into the water, being 101..0 . I
of danger, but Barnes bravely led the way, assuring ti)..
that no harm could beta! the faithful. He bad scarFV,
uttered some expression to this effect, and was stepping 1!..,`"
the stream, which was unusually high and the current y_el/s
strong, when in a moment he was carried off his legs l'''
con
sank directly. One of the " brethren" with him, who ..,ss
swim well, plunged after the unfortunate man, but. 7.8.
unable to reach him, and his body has never been seen rt.,.
The enthusiasm of these wretched fanatics is astoni tn_tbci
They are constantly engaged in making proselytes,
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many families have Lalready been induced by their sgefiL,
to leave this neighbourhood for the Mormon settlemen, '
, proee_ii,
California.
On Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock,, t:
schooner in the roads of Scarborough signalled for aP, to
to
bring her into the harbour, when a coble, belonginf,ed
George Douglas, manned with six fishermen
towards the schooner, and when within a compars.ren:l3'd
short distance of the pier end, a sea struck the coob!
_,'els
upset her, throwing all the men into the sea. Three ,Zio.
were seen directly afterwards clinging to the boat, but_,,i3o..
ther sea came and washed them off, and, melancholy to
late, all the poor fellows were drowned.
The Highland road to Inverness, after havingeobneseen
rendered impassable for upwards of a fortnight jund the
a quence of the severe snowstorm, is
again
openliearant
mails are performing their journeys s usual.--
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