The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-04 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1834,

OPENIN.G

PAfILIAItENT.

THE KING'S SPEECH.

This being the day appointed for the opening

of the Session of Parliament, his MAJESTY left

the Palace at about two o'clock, accompanied

by the usual State attendants, and passed

through the Park on his way to the House

of Lords. His MAJESTY was most cordially

received during his progress to the House, and

the day being fine, the crowd was unusually nu-

merous. The police kept excellent order. On
reaching the House of Peers, his MAJESTY,

after the usual preliminaries, made the following
most gracious Speech :
My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" In calling you again together for the dis-
charge of your high duties, I rely with entire
confidence on your zeal and diligence, on your
sincere devotion to the public interest, and on
your firmness in supporting on its ancient foun-
dations, and in the just distribution of its
powerF, the established Constitution of the
State.

" These qualities eminently distinguished
your labours during the last Session, in which
more numerous and more important questions
were brought under the consideration of Par-
liament than during any former period of simi-
lar duration.

" Of the measures which have in consequence
received the sanction of the Legislature, one of
the most difficult and important was the Bill for
the Abolition of Slavery. The manner in which
that beneficent measure has been received through-
out the British Colonies, and the progress already
made in carrying it into execution by the Legis-
lature of the Island of Jamaica, afford just
ground for anticipating the happiest results.
" Many other important subjects will call for
your attentive consideration.
" The Reports which I will order to be laid
before you, from the Commissions appointed
to inquire into the state of the municipal cor-
' porations, into the administration and effect of
the Poor Laws, and into ecclesiastical revenues
and patronage in England and Wales, cannot
fail to afford you much useful information, by
which you will be enabled to judge of the nature
and extent of any existing defects and abuses,
and in what manner the necessary corrections
may, in due season, be safely and beneficially
applied.

" It has been the constant aim of my policy
to secure to my people the uninterrupted en-
joyment of the blessings of peace. In this I
have been much assisted by the good under-
standing which has been so happily established
between my Government and that of France ;
and the assurances which I receive of the

friendly disposition of the other Powers of the
Continent, give me confidence in the continued
success of my endeavours.

" I have, however, to regret that a final
settlement between Holland and Belgium has
not yet been effected, and that the civil war in
Portugal still continues.

" You may be assured that I will be careful
and anxious to avail myself of any opportunity
which may afford me the means of assisting the
establishment of a state of security and peace in
countries, the interest of which are so intimately
connected with those of my dominions.

" Upon the death of the late King of Spain, I
did not hesitate to recognize the succession of
his Infant Daughter ; and I shall watch with the
greatest solicitude the progress of events which
may affect a Government, the peaceable settle-
ment of which is of the first importance to this
country, as well as to the general tranquillity of
Europe.
" The peace of Turkey, since the settlement
that was made with Mehemet Ali, has not been
interrupted ; and will not, I trust, be threatened
with any new changes.
" It will be my object to prevent any change in
the relations of that Empire with other Powers
which might affect its future stability and inde-
pendence.

" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

" 1 have directed the estimates for the ensu-
ing year to be laid before you. They have been
framed with the view to the strictest economy
and to such reductions as may nut be injurious
to the public service.

" I am confident I may rely on your enlightened
patriotism, and on the cheerful acquiescence of
my people for supplying the means which may
be required to uphold the honour of my Crown
and the interest of my Dominions.
" The accounts which will be laid before you
of the State of the Revenue, as compared with
the Expenditure, will be found most satisfactory.