The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-08 00:00:00

PETE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1870.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Business
Share NAME. Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A all 11 121 12
11 . Do B lO 41 5
SO Albion l5 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 A uglo-.Egyptian, Inn all 241 24 21., 5
20 Anglo-llinigarian
20 Auglo-ItalianlS;36, hunted 10 34 2
10 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 15 Is
20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 35 21
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, Um.
25 13ank of Suetu Australia all 31 331
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 14 1G
50 British North American
2U Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, end China all 161 19 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China all 32 33
20 City lO 11 111
100 Colonial 25 41 43
10 Consolidated, lint.
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, Inn 5 ... ...
20 English and Ain,!rieau, lint 10 .. ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
nein), lint
20 English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered ..,; all 1;1 18;
255 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 37 Z:9
231 Do new lll 41 51
100 Imperial, lint 2O 3 2
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 3 121 i
25 lonian all 29 22
25 Do new 5 6 ZI

Lutl Mortgage of India) lien 4 3i 11
[OO Do 5 p. c. Debs.l664, 30 all 76 76 80 621
00 London Bank of Alexieo _

and South America, lim. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, tins. 45 05
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13
25 Do new 10 11 2 p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 211
20 London and County 2O 491 501 501
60 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll
London Joint Stock
London and South African al
100 London &S.-Wcstern, hill, 20
50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ...
100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 60 61 5)1 0
100 Do Scrip, iss at.lo pm 49
100 Merchant, Hui 25 61 5.1
10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 71
00 Midland, lim 2O Id 1 23
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3d 1p
00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ...
10 Do . 42
50 National. 3O
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41
50 Provinc. &wk. Corpo., Um lO 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87
10 Do new. all
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, !lin 25 14 11
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 40 4 i
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London l5 341 361 361

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TELEGRAPH COMPANI ES.

10 Anglo-American Thei:,llm all 19; 19i 181
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.— 10 2of 21 2. f
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 10
at Do. 8 per cent.
et B. and L Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 183 lt.;0
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 269 ; 267
10 Do. New 8 12 •13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lint all 22 25
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ... ..
10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lint all 9 10 8 I
25 Reuter's Telegram all .. ..
20 Societe Trausatlant., lint all 17 Ilif 17
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 1} li
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lien all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cont. Prof all i 4 t.l

OPENING

PARL

HOUSE OF LORDS.—This DAY.

The Parliamentary Scssion for 1870 was opened
to-day by Royal Commission. The scene presented

in the House of Peers differs very materially from
that when her Majesty is present. Than the splen-
did chamber is filled by thousands of the female
aristocracy of the land iu elPgant cpstaines and all
the splendour of the State, but to-day the beaches
of the Peers were occupied by comparatively few

ladies iu txdinary morning attire.
At two o'clock the Lord Chancellor and the other
Royal Commissioners, habited in their scarlet and
ermine robe,, euttred the 1-lon, e, and having taken
their seats in front of the Throne, the Royal Com-

mission was read at length at. the table, and on its

conclusion the Usher of the Black Rod was directed
to summon the House of Commons to the bar of

the House.

In a few minutes the Speaker, Mr. Gladstone,
and most of his colleagues, and a great number of
the members of the House attended, when the Lord
Chamberlain communicated to them her Majesty's

commands, and then his lordship read as fol-

lows :

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

We have it in command from her Majesty again
to invite you to resume your arduous duties, and
to express the regret of her Majesty that recent in-
disposition has prevented her from meeting you in
person, as had been her intention, at a period of re-
markable public interest.
The friendly sentiments which are entertained in
all quarters towards this country, and which Her
Majesty cordially reciprocates, the growing dis-
position to resort to the good offices of allies in
cases of international difference, and the concilia-

tory spirit in which several such cases have recently
been treated and determined, encourage liar Ma-

ji.sty's confidence in the continued maintenance of
the general tranquillity.
Papers will be laid before you with reference to
recent occurrences in New Zealand.
GENTLEMEN OF THE lIOUSE OF COMMONS,
The Estimates for the services of the approach-
ing financial year are in a forward state of prepara-
tion. Framed with a view in the first place to the
effective maintenance of the Public Establishments,

they will impose a diminished charge upon the sub

jects of her Majesty.

The condition of the Revenue has answered to
the expectations which were formed during the
past Session.
tier Majesty trusts that you will be disposed to
carry to its completion the inquiry which you last
year instituted into the mode of conducting Parlia-
mentary and Municipal Elections, and thus to pre-
pare the materials of useful and early legislation.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

It will be proposed to you to amend the laws
respecting the occupation and acquisition of land in
Ireland, in a manner adapted to the peculiar cir-
cumstances of that country,
,and calculated, as
her Majesty believes, to bring about improved
relations between the several classes con-

cerned in Irish agriculture, which collec-
tively constitute the great bulk of the people.
These provisions, when matured by your impar-
tiality and wisdom, as her Majesty trusts, will tend
to inspire among persons with whom such senti-
ments may still be wanting, that steady confidence
in the law, and that desire to render assistance in
its effective administration, which mark her subjects
in general ; and thus will aid in consolidating the
fabric of the Empire.
We are further directed by her Majesty to state
that many other subjects of pub:ic importa.uca
appear to demand your care ; and among these
especially to inform you, that a Bill has been pre-
pared for the enlargement, on a comprehensive

scale, of the means of National Education.
Iu fulfilment of an engagement to the Govern-
ment of the United States, a Bill will be proposed
to von for the purpose of defining the status of
subjects or citiz,3udof foreign countries, who may
dcsre naturalization, and of aiding them in the
attainment of that object.
You will further be invited to consider Bills pre-
pared in compliance with the Report of the Com-
mission on Courts of Judicature, for the improve-
ment of the constitution and procedure of the
Superior Tribunals of both original and appellate
jurisdiction.

The question of religious tests in the Universities
and Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge has been
under discussion for many years. Her Majesty re-
commends such a legislative settlement of this ques-
tion as may contribute to extend the usefulnes of
these great institutions, and to heighten the respect
with which they are justly regarded.
Bills have been prepared for extending the inci-
dence of rating, and for placing the collection of
the large sums locally raised for various purposes
on a simple and uniform footing.
Her Majesty has likewise to recommend tbat
you should undertake the amendment of the laws
which regulate the grant of licences for the sale of
fermented and spirituous liquors.
Measures will also be brought under your con-
sideration for facilitating the transfer of land, for
regulating the succession to real property in cases
of intestacy, for amending the laws as to the disa-
bilities of members of Trade Combinations, and for
both consolidating and improving the body of sta-
tutes which relate to merchant shipping.
While commending to you these weighty matters
of legislation, her Majesty commands us to add,
that the recent extension of agrarian crime in
several parts of Ireland, with its train of accom-
panying evils, has filled her Majesty with painful
concern.
The Executive Government has employed freely
the means at its command for the prevention of out-
rage, and a partial improvement may he observed.
But although the number of offences, within this
class of crime, has been by no means so great as at
some former periods, the indisposition to give evi-
dence in aid of the administration of justice has been
alike remarkable and injurious.
For the removal of such evils, her Majesty places
her main reliance on the permanent operation of
wise and necessary changes in the law. Yet she
will not hesitate to recommend to you the adoption
of special provisions, should such a policy appear,
during the course of the session, to be required by
the paramount interest of peace and order.
Upon these and all other subjects her Majesty
devoutly prays that your labours may be constantly
attended by the blessing of Almighty God.
At the conclusion of the reading of the Royal
Speech, the Speaker and the members of the House
of Commons retired, and their lordships adjourned
until the usual hour of assembling.