The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-26 00:00:00

OPENING OF
PAR_LI AMEN T.

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I have the satisfaction to receive from Foreign
Powers assurances of their friendly disposition,
and of their earnest desire to maintain peace.
The position of affairs in the Levant had long
been a cause of uneasiness, and a source of dan-
ger to the general tranquillity. With a view to
avert the evils which a continuance of that state of
things was calculated to occasion, I Concluded with
the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, the
Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan, a Covention
intended to effect a pacification of-the Levant;
to maintain the integrity and independence of the
Ottoman Empire; and thereby to afford additio-
nal security to the peace of Europe.
I have given directions that this Convention
shall be laid before you.
I rejoice to be able to inform you that the
measures which have been adapted in execution
of these engagements have been attended with
signal success; and I trust that the objects which
the contracting parties had in view are on the
eve of being completely accomplished.
In the course of these transactions my Naval
Forces have co-operated with those of the Em-
peror of Austria, and with the Land and Sea
Forces of the Sultan, and have displayed upon
all occasions their accustomed gallantry and
skill.

Having deemed it necessary to send to the
coast of China a naval and military force, t 3
demand reparation and redress for injuries
inflicted upon some of my subjects by the officers
of the Emperor of China, and for indigni-
ties offered to an Agent of my Crown, I at
the same time appointed Plenipotentiaries to
treat upon these matters with the Chinese Go-
vernment.

These Plenipotentiaries were, by the last ac-
counts, in negotiation with the Government of
China ; and it will be a source of much gratifica-
tion to me, if that Government shall be induced
by its own sense of justice to bring these matters
to a speedy settlement by an amicable arrange-
ment.

Serious differences have arisen between Spain
and Portugal about the execution of a Treaty
concluded by those Powers in 1835, for re-
gulating the navigation of the Douro. But both
parties have accepted my mediation, and I hope
to be able to effect a reconciliation between them
upon terms honourable to both.

I have concluded with the Argentine Republic
and with the Republic of Hayti, treaties for the
suppression of the Slave Trade, which I have di-
rected to be laid before you.

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
I have directed the estimates for the year to
be laid before you.
However sensible of the importance of adher-
ing to the principles] of economy, I feel it to be
my duty to recommend that adequate provision
be made for the exigencies of the public service.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

Measures will be submitted to you without de-
lay which have for their object the more speedy
and effectual administration of justice. The vital
importance of this subject is sufficient to ensure
for it your early and most serious consideration.
The Powers of the Commissioners appointed
under the Act for the amendment of the laws
relating to the Poor,'expire at the termination of
the present year. I feel assured that you will
earnestly direct your attention to enactments which
so deeply concern the interests of the community,
It is always with entire confidence that I recur
to the advice and assistance of my Parliament.
I place my reliance upon your wisdom, loyalty,
and patriotism, and I humbly implore of
Divine Providence that all your Coun-
cils may be so directed as to advance the
great interests of morality and religion, to pre-
serve peace, and to promote, by enlightened
legislation, the welfare and happiness of all classes
of my subjects.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro leave
Strathfieldsayo to-day-, for town.

The Duke of Wellington visited the Marquis of
Wellesley, at Kingston House, on Sunday last. His Grace
stayed with his venerable brother for nearly an hour. We
understand the Noble Marquis is in a feeble state.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who, with
their family, arc at Dalkcith Palace, near Edinburgh, do
not contemplate coming to Montagu House before the first
week in April.
HOLDERNESSE HOUSE.—Orders have been re-
ceived from the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry,
to prepare for their reception early in March.
It is rumoured that amongst the honours which
will be dispensed by her Majesty immediately upon the
christening of the Princess, Viscount Melbourne will be
created a Marquis, and that an English earldom will be
conferred upon Lord Palmerston.

The Earl of Liverpool will leave Pitchford Hall,
near Shrowsbury, this morning, for Fife House. The
Noble Earl dines with the Duke of Wellington, at Ain-
ley House, to-morrow evening.
The Earl of Harrington, we hear, is suffering
from ill health. The Noble Earl and Countess arc at
Brighton, where they repaired at the solicitation of the
Earl's medical attendants.

The Earl of Ilchester, accompanied by Vis-
count Stavordale and Lady Caroline Strangways, arrived
in town on Saturday last, from a tour of several months
on the Continent.

The Marquis of Abercorn has arrived in Lan-
cashire, from Baron's Court, Ireland, and the Mar-
chioness has joined tho Noble Marquis, from Scotland.
The Noble Marquis and Marchioness are expected to ar-
rive at Dudley House to-day, for the season.
The Duke of Wellington gave a grand banquet
last evening, at Apslcy House, to a large party of his
political supporters in the House of Lords. Among the
distinguished guests were, the Dukes of Rutland, Beau-
fort, Buckingham, and Dorset; Marquises of Bute,
Downshire, Hertford, and Salisbury ; Earls of Aberdeen,
Jersey, De Grey, Shaftesbury, Devon, Clanwilliam, Cbes-
terield, Delawarr, Haddington, Ripon, Tankerville,
Verulam, Wicklow, and Harrowby ; Viscounts Beresford,
Canterbury, and Strangford ; Lords Lyndhurst, Cowley,
Stewart de Rotbesay, Maryborough, Wharncliffo, &c.
Covers were laid for 46, and 42 sat down to dinner. The
Noble and Gallant Duke gives a similar banquet to-mor-
row evening. _ _

A man-of the name of Clifford, suspected of
having robbed Mr. Cass, the commercial traveller, at the
One Bell Inn, Bury St. Edmunds, on Monday the 18th,
was committed on Tuesday to take his trial for stealing
several books from the waiter.

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—The present Christ-
mas is the first, for many years past, that his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex has passed at Kensington Pa-
lace, the Royal Duke having always spent the holidays at
the splendid mansion of his old friend Lord Dinorben,
near St. Asaph's. Circumstances connected with his
Grand Mastership of the Fraternity of Freemasons kept
the Royal Duke in town to a later period than usual,
previous to Christmas, and the state of his health, since
the demise of his late illustrious sister, has given such
anxiety to his medical attendants, as to induce them to
advise him to abandon his intended winter visit this year
altogether.—Court Journal.
DEATH or PEELISM.—On the 17th instant,
of mortification, sifter a lingering illness of five years,
Tho Glasgow Peel Club." The disease had been per-
ceptible almost at birth ; and though the symptoms were
deemed gentle at first, it proved of so malignant a charac-
ter as to baffle the ingenuity of the collected empirics of
the district, backed by the whole faculty of the College.
The title is extinct—for although thero are several claim-
ants, the grounds of claim are understood to be, in all
cases, either spurious or utterly untenable. " Sic transit
gloria mundi !"—.Glasgow Rt.-formers Gazette,
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKEF, JAN. 22.—We
have experienced a considerable revival in the demand
during the past week, both in West India and Bengal
lws,u-
gars, and prices may be quoted about Is. higher on
qualities, and 2s. on the finer, from the lowes point before
Christmas.—Bristol Mercury.
Sett COLIN CAMPBELL.—It is understood
that Sir Colin Campbell departs for his Government of
Ceylon on the 30th inst. Holding himself high rank in
the army, he will assume the command of the troops in
the island, and Sir R. Arbuthnot, the present commander
of the forces, will proceed to Hindostan. Mr. Mackenzie,
the former Governor, being a civilian, a military com-
mander was required ; but by the new arrangement, a
saving will be effected of 2,590/. per annum—the amount
of Sir R Arbuthnot's salary—the two departments now
centering in the same person.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to ap-
point Mr. J. Tennant, successor to S. Siawe,
149, Strand,
and Lecturer on Mineralogy at King's College, London,
Mineralogist in Ordinary to her Majesty.
DEATH OF HATFIELD, THE LUNATIC.—
James Hatfield, who was tried at the Old Bailey, in the
month cf September, 1802, for firing a loaded pistol, in
Drury-lane Theatre, at his Majesty KinglGeorge 111., and
acquitted on the ground of insanity, died on Saturday,
the 23d inst., in the 69th yeax of his age.