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 Farhat-
ment in person. The address in the House of Lords, in
reply 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 ,be moved by the Hon. G. H. C. Byng, M.P.
for Taviiitock, 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
of the session of 1855. The following 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 Veaci, and Strangford ; and Lords
Raglan, Deciea, Kenyon, Erskine, Wharnchffe, Dela-
mere, Ravens worth, and Truro. Of these, the marqui-
sate of Thornond (as far as the English peerage) and
the viecountics of Ponsonby and O'Neill have become
extinct. During the same period the earldom of Soutbesk,
a Scotch 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 House of Commons several changes have taken
place. Mr. James Rust will take the oaths and his seat
for Huntingdonshire, in the roam of 'Viscount Mande-
ville, who has become Duke of Manchester; Earl Gifford
succeeds 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. Ivloleswortli, Bart.; Mr. M‘Bond
will take his seat for Armagh, in the room of Mr. R. S.
Moore, who died s!iortly after the prorogation of Perlis-
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 Laboucliere, who has become Secretary tor
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 the Hou. Francis J. Villiers, both of whom have ac-
cepted the Chiltern Hundreds ; for Yarmouth, in the
room of Mr. C. E. Rum bold ; 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
retires. Thera have been some re-elections ; the Right
Hon. Robert Lowe, having accepted the office of Vice-
President of the Board of Trade, resigned his neat, and
was reelected for Kidderminster on the 14th of August,
the day on which Parliament was prorogued. On the
same day the Right Hon. Win. Cowper, having resigned
his seat in consequence of his appointment as President
of the Geeerel Board of Health, was re-elected for Ilea-
fold. 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, was
re elected for Kilmarnock. These three right hon. gen-
tlemen will take the oaths and their seats.
Since the prorogation of Parliament great progress has
been made towards the completion of the new houses.
The most prominent of the newly-completed parts is the
western front of the building,
filling tip the space be-
twem the Victoria Tower and Westminster-hall. The,
front—er screen, as it is called—is highly ornamental
and elaborate. The apartments in it will be appro.
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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 tbs
, stained glass window under the Victoria Tower, and
immediately. facing the royal staircase, will be completed
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-
tE tin. In the interior of the building, Mr. J. Thomas
has completed hie statues of the kings and queens of Eng-
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 executed are those of Burtke
and placed on their pedestals are those of Selden, Hamp-
den,d Somers, Sir
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