The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-05 00:00:00

THE NEW ARCHBISHOPS.

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of
York took the oaths and signed the Parliamentary roll.
At this period of the evening there were a considerable
number of peers present, and a great many ladies occupied
the galleries at either side of the house.

About ten minutes past five the Prinrie of Wales aga'n
entered the house in company with the Duke of Cambridge
and sat by his noble relative's side on the cross benches
all the peers present remaining uncovered.

THE VESTRIES BILL.
On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was read
a first time.

THE ADDRESS.

The LORD CHANC ELLOR read her Majesty's Speech
on the opening of Parliament, which will be found in
another part of The Sun.
The Earl of DUDLEY rose to move that an humble
address be presented to her Majesty in answer to her most
gracious Speech, and said he was relieved of much of the
anxiety which naturally attached to those performing the
duty that now devolved upon him in consequence of the
satisfactory statements it contained. The intimation of hek
Majesty that the marriage of his Royal Highness had been
determined on would be received with the greatest joy by
the whole country, and he sincerely trusted that it would be
productive of the greatest happiness to her Majesty and his
Royal Highness. It was a source of the highest gratifica-
tion to their lordships that his Royal Highness on that
occasion had taken his place amongst the peers of England.
He trusted that that marriage would be attended
with the greatest domestic happiness t) one who,
in the course of time—which he hoped was far dis-
tant—would be called upon to govern a country se power-
ful as England. The next topic that presented itself was
Greece, and it was fervently to be hoped, although
the first chosen of the people of that conntry
could not be obtained, a sovereign would be
found willing and able to fill the vacant throne, but he still
hoped that amongst the Greeks themselves some one
would be found capable to govern that country. The
paragraph relating to the cession of the lonian Islands at
the first might appear to some as very startling, because it
might appear that a portion of this kingdom was about to
be given to another country, but that was not so, because
England had but the protectorate of those islands. The
savage warfare that at present existed on the other
side of the Atlantic was a cause of universal
grief, and he hoped in the interests of humanity that
that :tate of things would shortly end. It was the most
earnest desire of all in this country that the war should
cease, and he hoped for the interests of the people of Ame- I
rica, and for the future of that country that the time was
not far distant when that desirable end would be accom-
plished. The noble lord then touched upon the distress at
present existing in a portion of England, and remarked that
although that distress had been of the most heartrending
nature yet it had been borne with: a calmness and resig-
nation which called for the greatest sympathy, and
it was some consolation to know that that distress
was somewhat diminishing. Regarding Italy, the great
desire of England was, that with such a climate and such a
soil one of the fairest countries on earth, it might also
become consolidated into constitutional liberty. Before
he resumed his seat he could not help re
marking upon the great loss of one who had passed
from them since the house last met. The high character of
the noble lord made it matter of the deepest regret that that
house would be for ever prevented of availing itself of his
counsels and experience. He had only to thank their lord-
ships for the attention they had awarded him, and con-
cluded by moving the Address.

The Earl of GRANTARD said the noble mover of the
Address had so completely exhausted the subject, that it
left him but little to say. The marriage of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales was a matter of the greatest hap-
piness to the country, and he trusted it would be to his
Royal Highness himself. By the education he had
received, and the travels he had made, ho gave
the greatest hope that he was fitting himself for the
great duties whichwould some day or o'herdevolveupon
It was a matter of the highest gratification that her Ma-
jesty remained on the present friendly terms with foreign
nations, and although all regretted the state of
affairs in America, ys-t all would approve of the
system of non• intervention that had been adopted in Eng-
land. With respect to the destitution at present existing
in Lancashire, all must deplore that such a state of things
existed, yet if there was anything that showed that the ope-
ratives had intelligence, it was the resignation with which
that destitution had been borne. He could not but
express his highest adniiration of the means taken to meet
that destitution by the highest and noblest in the land, and
amongst those who had greatly distinguished themselves
in the endeavour to alleviate that distress, none more nobly
distinguished himself than the noble earl (Derby) opposite.
(Loud cheers.) Ireland had nebly come forward and done
all she was able, and his most fervent prayers for an alle-
viationiof the existing;state of things, he would conclude by
seconding the Address.

The Earl of BERBY said, as there was no difference of
opinion with respect to the Address, they could all express
their feelings without the slightest reservation. Last y ear
their language was that of condolence on a sorrowful cir-
cumstance which caused great gloom over the country, but
this they had to express their highest pleasure in the an-
nouncement her Majesty had made respecting the marriage
of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
[LEFT SPEAKING}.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening•

OPENING OF THE SESSION.

The members began to assemble about one o'clock.
Among the earliest arrivals were Admiral Walcot, Sir C.
Douglas, Col. Gilpin, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Walter, Mr. Locke
King, Mr. J. B. Smith, Col. French, Mr. White, Mr,
Coningham, Sir F. Trelawny, Mr. G. Hatfield, Mr. Milnes,
Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Powell, Alderman Sidney, Sir E.
Bowyer, Mr. R. Knightley, Major Gavin, Mr. Mills, Mr.
H. Bentinck, Mr. Packet Mr. Stanfield Sir J. Shelley,
Mr. Dilwyn, Sir .1. Paxton, Sir F. Crossley, Mr. W. Wil-
liams, Lord Robert Montagu, Mr. Ewart, Colonel Sykes,
Mr. Lindsay, and Mr. Roebuck.
The first member connected with the Government that
entered the house was Mr. K.Huguesson ; shortly after Mr.
C. Gilpin aad Sir W. Dunbar took their seats on the Go-
vernment bench. _ _

The Speaker entered the house at a quarter to one o'clock
and took his seat in the Chief Clerk's chair. The right
hon. gentleman was warmly greeted by the members, the
majority of whom passed up the house and shook hands
with him.

At five minutes past two o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford,
the Usher of the Black Rod, entered the house, and sum-
moned the Speaker and members to the House of Peers to
hear the Royal Commission and the Queen's Speech read.
The SPEAKER and nearly all the members present, num-
bering about 100, immediately proceeded to the Howe of
Lords.

At 25 minutes after two the Speaker returned.
The sitting was then suspended until four o'olock.
The SPEAKER again took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBERS•
The following new members were sworn in :—Alderman
W. A. Rose (Lord Mayor of London), for Southampton, in
B. Ca oles,
the room of Mr. Willcox, deceased ; Mr. Fender, for Tot-
ness, in the room of Mr. Mills, deceased ; Mr. Alfred
Seymour, for Totness, in the room of Earl Gifford,
deceased; Mr. C. P. Grenfell, for Stoke-upon-Trent,
in the room of Mr. J. L. Ricardo, deceased;
Mr W. Cabin, for Andover, in the room of losirrd.e in Hrs.,
deceased; Sir E. Daring, hart., for East Kent,
SeaSdl OthNe tivaol ORDERS.
The the won,
of Mr. W. Deedes, deceased.
The SPEAK.ESuEr
were agreed to. they