The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-28 00:00:00

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

We have already stated that her Majesty has signifie
her gracious intention of opening the session of Parlia-
tnent in person. The address in the House of Lords, in
repay to her Majesty's speech from the Throne, will be
moved by the Earl of Gosford, and seconded by the
Earl of Abingdon. The address in the House of Com-
mons will he moved by the Hon. G. H. C. Byng, M.P.
for Tsviatock, and seconded by Mr. W. E. Baxter, M.P.
for Montrose.

It may be useful to note the changes which have taken
place in the members of the two houses since the opening
(.f the session of 1855. The folloviing peers of the
United Kingdom have died :—The Dukes of Manchester
and Somerset, the-Marquis of Thomond ; the Earls of
Sefton, Leitrim, Caithness, Caledon, Stanhope, Carys-
fort, and Antrim ; Viscounts Boyne, Ponsonby, O'Neill,
Lifford, Hereford, De Vesci, and Strangford ; and Lords
Raglan, Decies, Kenyon, Erskine, Wharncliffe, Dela-
mere, Ravensworth, and Truro. Of these, the rnarqui-
sate of Thomoud (as fi4. as the English peerage) and
the viscountits of Ponsonby and O'Neill have become
extinct. Durng the same period the earldom of Southeek,
a South title attainted in the rebellion of the last cen-
tury, has been restored in the person of Sir James Car-
negie, Bart., and Sir James Parke has been created
Baron Wensleydale.

In the Hous'e of Commons several changes have taken
place. Mr. James Rust will take the oaths and his seat
for Huntingdonshire, in the room of Yiscount Mande-
ville, who has become Duke of Manchester; Earl Gifford
eucceeds Lord Seymour in the representation of Totnese,
the noble lord lord having become Duke of Somerset ;
Capt. Jolliffe takes his seat for Wells, in the room of
Mr. R. S. Tudway, deceased. Sir C. Napier succeeds to
the representation of Southwark, which became vacant
by the death of Sir W. Molesworth, Bart.; Mr. M'Bond
will take his seat for Armagh, in the room of Mr. R. S.
Moore, who died shortly after the prorogation of Parlia-
liament ; Mr. M'Evoy succeeds Mr. F. Lucas, deceased,
in the representation of the county of Meath. New writs
will be moved for Taunton, in the room of the Right
Hon. Henry Labouchere, who has become Secretary lot
the Colonies ; for Leeds, in the room of the Right Hon.
Matthew Baines, who has become Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster ; for New Ross, in the room of Mr.
Charles Gavan Duffy, and for Rochester, in the room
of tile lion, Francis J. Villiers, both of whom have ac-
cepted the Chiltern Huudreds ; for Yarmouth, in the
room of Mr. C. E. Rurfibold ; and for North Lincoln.
shire, in the place of R. C. N. Hamilton (better known
as Mr. Christopher), who have both intimated their in-
tention of withdrawing from Parliamentary life ; and
for Edinburgh, to fill the seat from which Mr. Macaulay
retiree. Thera have been some re-elections ; the Right
Hon. Robert Lewe, having accepted the office of Yice-
President of the Board of Trade, resigned his seat, and
was re-elected for Kidderminster on the 14th of August,
the day on which Parliament was prorogued. On the
same day the Right Hon. Wm. Cowper, baying resigned
his seat in consequence of hie appointment as President
of the Geller LI Thard of Health, was re-elected for Hert-
ford. On the 16th of August, the Right Hon. Edward
Bouverie, having resigned his seat in consequence of his
appointment as President of the Poor-law Board, WM
reelected for Kilmarnock. These three right bon, gen-
tlemen will take the oaths and their seats.
Since the prorogation of Parliament groat progress has
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twe:o the Victoria Tower and Westminster-hall. The
front—or screen, as it called—is highly ornamental
and elaborate. The .apartments in it will be appro.
priate I to the various officers of the House of Lords ;
but they will not, it is expected, be occupied for the
next twelve months. The peers' entrance, which is
contiguous to the royal entrance, will not be com-
pleted before Easter ; so that till then noble lords will
have to enter the house as heretofore. The Lord Chan-
cellor's apartments are in a state of forwardness, but by
no means fit fur occupation. It is expected that the
stained glass window under the Victoria Tower, and
immediately facing the royal staircase, will be completei
by the opening of Parliament ; the Victoria Tower itself,
which is at the south-west angle, and the clock tower at
the western extremity of the building, are rapidly pro-
gressing, while the central tower is completed. It will
be some time before the clock itself is finished. A large
and elaborate oak gateway has been placed under the
Victoria Tower and the court-yard of the building has
been repaved with wood, based on a solid concrete foun-
iation. In the interior of the building, Mr. J. Thomas
1 dseonm , Hamp-
den, has completed his statues of the kings and queens of leg.
land, which have been placed in the various niches round
the central hall. In St. Stephen's Hall the only remain.
ing marble statues to be executedhe statues are
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dow at the end of Westminster-hall, representing the
arms of the various sovereigns from the time of the
Conquest to the present, which was sent to the Paris
Exhibition, has been replaced.—Morning Chrontcle.

SAYE-COSI:Ma GOTTA,—A letter from Gotha, of the
20th, says:—" The reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
has caused a bill to be drawn up for presentation to
the Diet of the duchies of Coburg and Gotha for extend-
ing the powers of juries. This is in exact contradiction
to what is being done in other petty states of Germany ;
for in some of them measures are being taken for sup-
pressing the jury altogether, and in ethers for depriving
it of the right of trying political offences and offences of
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