The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

OPENING

OF

PARLIAMENT.

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

AIY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

We are commanded to assure you that her Ma.

jesty has great satisfaction in recurring again to the

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advice and assistance of her Parliament.

The negotiations in which the Emperor of Austria
and the King of Prussia were engaged with the King
of Denmark were brought to a conclusion by a

treaty of peace ; and the communications which
her Majesty receives from foreign Powers lead her

to entertain a well-founded hope that no renewed
disturbance of the peace of Europe is to be appre-
hended.

The civil war in North America still unhappily
continues. Her Majesty remains steadfastly neutral
between the contending parties, and would rejoice
at a friendly reconciliation between them.
A Japanese Daimio in rebellion against his Sove-
reign infringed the rights accorded by treaty to
Great Britain and to certain other Powers ; and the
Japanese Government having failed to compel him
to. desist from his lawless proceedings, the Diplomatic
Agents andthe Naval Commanders of Great Britain,
France, the Netherlands, and the United States of
America, undertook a combined operation for the
purpose of asserting the rights which their respec-
tive Governments have obtained by treaty. That
operation has been attended with complete success ;
and the result has afforded security for foreign com-
merce and additional strength to the Government
of Japan, with which the relations of her Majesty
J. is I are friendly.

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Papers on this subject will be laid before you.

Her Majesty regrets that the conflict with some
of the native tribes in New Zealand has not yet
been brought to a close, but the successful efforts
of her Majesty's regular forces, supported by those
raised in the colony, have led to the submission
of some of the insurgents ; and those who are
still in arms have been informed of the equitable
conditions on which their submission would be
accepted.

Her Majesty has had great satisfaction in giving
her sanction to the meeting of a Conference of Dele-
gates from her several North American Provinces,
who, on invitation from her Majesty's Governor-
General assembled at Quebec. Those delegates
adopted resolutions having for their object a
closer union of those provinces under a Central
Government. If those resolutions shall be ap-
proved by the Provincial Legislatures, a bill will
be laid before you for carrying this important
measure into effect.

Her Majesty rejoices at the general tranquillity
of her Indian dominion, but her Majesty regrets
that long-continued outrages on the persons and
property of subjects of her Majesty, for which no
redress could be had, have rendered it necessary to
employ a force to obtain satisfaction for the past
and security for the future.

Her Majesty deeply laments the calamity which

has recently occasioned great loss of life and pro-
perty at Calcutta and at other places in India.
Prompt assistance was rendered by the officers of
the Government, and generous contributions have
been made in various parts of India to relieve the
sufferings which have thus been occasioned.
GENTLEMEN OF THE IIOUSE OF COMMONS,
Her Majesty has directed the estimates for the
ensuing year to be laid before you.
They have been prepared with every attention to
economy and with due regard to the efficiency of
the public service.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

Her Majesty commands us to inform you that
the general condition of the country is satisfactory,
and that the revenue realises its estimated amount.
The distress which prevailed in some of the manu-
facturing districts has greatly abated and the Act
passed for -the encouragement of public works in
those districts has been attended with useful results.
Ireland during the past year has had its share in
the advantage of a good harvest and trade, and
manufactures are gradually extending in that part
of the kingdom.

Various measures of public usefulness will be
submitted for your consideration.
Bills will be laid before you for the concentration
of all the Courts of Law and Equity, with their
attendant offices, in a convenient site ; a measure
which her Majesty trusts will promote economy and
despatch in the administration of justice.
The important work for the revision of the Statute
Law, already carried to a considerable extent by
recent Acts of Parliament, will be completed by a
bill that will be laid before you. Her Majesty
hopes that this work may be a step towards the
formation of the Digest of the Law.
Bills will also be submitted for your considera-
tion for the amendment of the laws relating to
patents for inventions, and for conferring on the
county courts an equitable jurisdiction in causes
of small amount.

Your assistance will also be invited to give effect
to certain recommendations made to the House of
Commons, after inquiry directed by that house,
into the operation of the laws regulating the relief
of the poor.

A bill will be laid before you founded on the re-
port of the commission for inquiring into public
schools; and her Majesty has directed that a com-
mission shall be issued to inquire into endowed and
other schools in England, which have not been in-
cluded in the recent inquiries relating to popular
education.

Her Majesty commits with confidence the great
interests of the country to your wisdom and care ;
and she fervently prays that the blessing of
Almighty God may attend your councils, and
may guide your deliberations to the attainment
of the object of her constant solicitude, the welfare
and happiness of her people.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITWITELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 10s ; clover
lOs to 16 100 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 148 per load'
Trade slow.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load.
A slow demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4los to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Trade inactive.