The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-16 00:00:00

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

The following is the Tpeech of his Excellency
the Lord High Commissioner to the Most Noble
the Legislative Assembly of the said States, on the
Ist of March, 1859 :

" Mr. President and Gentlemen,

"I call together the Parliament on the day re•
ferred to in the Constitutional Charter for its
assembly.
" It would have been more convenient to me, and
probably also to the members of the Legislature,
who have been so lately summoned to a special
Session, to have deferred until a later period of the
biennium the meeting of Parliament for the de-
spatch of ordinary business. But I have been de-
sirous not to lengthen the period during which ar-
rangements could be made only by a provisional
authority for part of the public expenditure.
" I cannot, therefore, permit any time to elapse
without submitting for the consideration and ap•
proval of the Legislative Assembly the extraordi-
nary expenditure to be incurred in these States
during the ordinary recess of Parliament.
" I recommend to the earliest attention of the
Legislative Assembly the Budget which will be
laid on the table by the most illustrious the Senate.
" I am most anxious to visit and minutely in-
spect for myself, not only the public departments
and institutions of the country at Corfu, the seat
of Government, but at the other islands forming
the Septinsular State.
"It is my. intention to devote a considerable
period to this important duty, to put myself in per-
sonal communication with all classes of the com-
munity, to inquire into the real wants of the
country, and to endeavour to accomplish the anxious
wish of my heart. the happiness and welfare of
the lonian people."
The President of the Assembly, Sir Dionysius
Count Flamburiani, then addressed his Excellency
as follows :

" Excellency,
" As the Speaker of the house, I cannot give a
specific reply to your Excellency's speech before the
Assembly pronounces its decision.
"In the meanwhile, we rejoice at meeting your
Excellency on this the first day of the Second Session
of the present Parliament.
" I shall have the honour of announcing to your
Excellency the day on which I shall be able to
present to you the reply of the Assembly."

FR 0111 THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH 14.
His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Alg,arves,
having conferred upon his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, and upon his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, the
Insignia of a Grand Cross of his Ancient, Most Noble, and
Royal Military Order of the Tower and Sword, the Queen
has been graciously yleased to grant to their Royal High-
nesses her permission to accept and wear the same.

WHITEHALL, Mlncrt 10.
The Queen has.been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed, under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing
the Right Honourable Edward Geoffrey, Earl of Derby;
the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli ; Thomas Edward
Taylor, Esq. ; Henry Whitmore, Esq. ; and Peter Black-
burn, Esq. ; to be Commissioners for executing the offices
of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord
High Treasurer of Ireland.
DOWNING-STREET, MAncn 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General
Robert Henry Wynward, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Governor
of the Cape of Good Hope.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 11.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Johann
Philipp Schneider as Consul at Calcutta for the Free Han-
seatic City of Hamburgh.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCh 15.
Notice is hereby given, that the Earl of Malmesbury has
appointed John Elliott Hyndman, Esq.. to be agent, at
Dublin, for the issue of Foreign-office Passports ; and J.
Williams, Esq., to to be Agent, at Bath, for the same pur.
pose.

CROWN OFFICE, MARdi 12.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR.

LIAMENT.
County of Northumberland, Northern Division—The
Right Hon. Algernon George Percy, commonly called
Lord Loraine, Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations.