The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-07 00:00:00

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

The Earl of Derby gave a Parliamentary full-dress dinner
last evening, at his official residence, Downing-street.
The following supporters of the noble earl were present on
the occasion :—The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Duke. of Beaufort, the Duke of Rutland, the
Duke of. Manchester, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Mar-
quis of Bath; the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Ailsa,
the Marquis of Downshire' the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl
I of Hardwicke, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Cardigan,
the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Powis,
the Earl of Lanesborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the
Earl of Rosslyn, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of
Donoughmore, the Earl Amherst, Viscount Hill, Viscount
Lifford, Viscount Combermere, Viscount Gough, Lord De
Ros, Lord Farnham, Lord Berners, Lord Clinton, Lord
Redesdale, Lord Forester, Lord Colchester, and Lord
Churston. At the meeting the Queen's Speech, to be deli-
vered by her Majesty at the opening of the session to-day,
was read to the guests by the noble host.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a full-dress Par-
liamentary dinner last evening at his private residence,
Grosvenor-gate. The following were present :—The Right
Hon. the Speaker, the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P. for
South Lancashire, mover of the Address, and the seconder,
Sir James D. Elphinstone, Bart., M.P. for Portsmouth;
Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., Viscount Galway, M.P.,
Viscount Valletort, M.P., Viscount Grey de Wilton, M.P.,
Viscount Holmesdale, M.P , Lord Henry Thynne, M.P.,
Lord Edwin Hill, M.P., Hon. F. Lygon, M.P , Hon. Hugh
Annesley, M.P., Hon. Ernest Duncombe, M.P., Hon. Col.
Maxwell, M.P., Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart, M.P., Admiral
Walcott, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Watlington, M.P.,
Major 0. Gore, M.P., Mr. Hartopp, M.P., Mr. Howes,
M.P., Mr. Selwyn, M.P., Mr. Long, M.P., Mr. Abel
Smith, M.P., Captain L. Vernon, M.P., Mr. Dawson,
M.P., Mr. Du Cane, M.P., Mr. Vance, M.P., Mr. Henessv,
M.P., Mr. Vansittart, M.P., Mr. Beecroft, M.P., Mr.
Drax, M.P., Captain Jervis, M.P., Mr. Mitford, M.P., Mr.
B. Cochrane, M.P., Mr. Nicol, M.P., Mr. Salt, M.P., Mr.
Astell, M.P., and Mr. Earle, M.P.
The Earl Granville, as leader of the Opposition
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square. The following political friends of the noble earl
were present:—The Duke of Devonshire. the Duke of
Argyll, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Marquis of Ailes-
bury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Conyng-
ham, the Marquis of Sligo, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl
of Carlisle, the Earl Fitzwilliara, the Earl of Essex, the
Earl of Airlie, the Lord Dacre, the Earl Spencer, the Earl
of Shelburne, the Earl of Bessborough, Viscount Sidney,
Viscount Enfield, Viscount Eversley, Lord Cranworth,
Lord Panmure, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Ebury, Lord
Foley, Lord IA odehouse, Lord Carington, Lord Rivers,
Lord Monteagle, Lord Brougham, &c .

MB. COBDEN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.

The following letters have been received by Mr.
Charles Walker, of Rochdale :

" Chicago, May 18, 1859,

"My dear Sir,—l have received on my arrival here your
kind favour, announcing my imopposed return for Roch-
dale • will you oblige me by giving publicity to the en-
closed ? _ _

" I shall hope to be in England within a fortnight after
you receive this. lam glad to receive the apparent unani-
mity of sentiment of England in favour of neutrality in
the present war, tho object of which I am too dull to com-
prehend.—Believe me yours, very truly,
" Charles Walker, Esq." " RD. COBDEN.
" To the Electors and Non,Electors of Rochdale.

"Chicago, United States, May 18, 1859.
" Gentlemen,—l have learnt, on my arrival at this place,
that you have done me the honour to elect me to represent
your important borough in parliament.
"My arrangements had contemplated a further absence
of sonic months from England. I shall, however, curtail
my sojourn on this continent, in order that I may return,
at the earliest possibly time, to the performance of my par-
liamentary duties, and I hope very soon to have the plea-
sure of thanking you in person for having, in my absence,
honoured me with so great a proof of Your confidence and
kindness.—l remain, gentlemen /your faithful servant,
44 RICILABD CPBDEN."

OPENING

OF THE

NEW PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS DAY).
The opening of Parliament, even in the most
ordinary times, is always an event of importance ;
but when it takes place under circumstances like
those of the present time, it derives a vast addi-
tional interest in the eyes not only of the English
public, but of the whole Continent. Although,
therefore, the interior of the House of Lords
presented a scene of great splendour and animation,
as it always does when graced with the presence of
the Queen, it was impossible to look upon the
inaugural proceedings as a mere State ceremonial.
The doors were opened precisely at 12 o'clock,
and from that hour until about half-past one the
arrivals of company were continuous and rapid,
ladies forming, as is invariably the case on these
occasions, an overwhelming majority of the visitors.
They occupied the whole body of the house, with
the exception of the limited number of seats in the
centre, reserved for the peers and judges, as well
as all the galleries, and their rich, elegant, and
tasteful attire of many hues gave variety and
brilliancy to a spectacle, which is admitted to be
one of the finest and most imposing to be witnessed
in the country.
On no occasion that we remember has there been
so large an attendance of Peers and Peeresses, and
so much interest apparently felt in the proceedings.
The corps diplomatique arrived in rapid succes-
sion—the French, Sardinian, Turkish, Austrian,
Hanoverian, Swedish, American, Netherlands,
Spanish, Portuguese, Haytian, and a host of other
Ministers and Ambassadors. The bench of bishops
was also well represented ; there were present,
among others, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishops of London, Exeter, Carlisle, Oxford, and
Winchester ; and among the judges who occupied
the seats usually reserved for them were the Lord
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, and Barons and Justices
Willes, Williams, Crowder, Bramwell, Hill, Martin,
Watson, and others.
At two o'clock an officer of the house requests
the ladies to be uncovered, for the Queen is
approaching, and then there is a rustling of silks
and opera cloaks, rich shawls are laid aside, and
jewels, hitherto concealed, glisten on the necks
and bosoms of their wearers. A gentle buzz
of conversation rises from the expectant group,
Lords are seated. and all eyes are directed to the
doors on each side of the throne, through which her
Majesty is shortly to enter. The great officers of
State leave the house, and assemble at the foot
of the staircase. A few moments elapse, the State
carriage is at the grand entrance, and her Majesty
on alighting is received by, the great officers in
attendance. Here a procession is formed, which
passes along the Royal Gallery into the Prince's
Chamber in the following order :

Pursuivants.
Heralds.
Equerry to H. R. H. Groom to H. R. H.
the Prince Albert the Prince Albert.
Gentlemen Ushers to her Majesty.
Equerry to her Majesty. Groom to her Majesty.
Clerk Marshal.
The Comptroller of The Treasurer of
Her Majesty's Household. Her Majesty's Household.
Norroy King of Arms. Clarenceux King of Arms.
The Lord Privy Seal.
The Lord President of the Council.
The Lord High Chancellor.
The Gentleman Usher of Garter Principal King of
the Black Rod. Arms.
The Earl Marshal. The Lord Great Chamberlain.
The Sword of State.
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert,
and attended by the Mistress of the Robes,
and the Ltidy in Waiting.
The Lord Steward. Groom of the Stole to
H. R. H. the Prince Albert.
The Lord in Waiting to ker Majesty.
Pages of Honour.
The Master of the Horse.
Lord in Waitin,g to H. R. H. the Prince Albert.
Captain of the Yeomen of Captain of the Corps of
the Guard. Gentlemen at Arms.
• _ _ _ _

The Gold Stick.
Field Officers of the Guard on duty.

An Officer of the respective Corps
of the Gentlemen at Arms and the Yeomen of the Guard,
closing the Procession within the Prince's Chamber.
After a short pause a flourish of trumpets is heard.
The whole company rise en masse, and the heralds
in their quaint dress and antique tabards enter ;
great officers of the household follow, then Garter
King of Arms, and range themselves on the left of
the Throne. Her Majesty, with her royal train
borne, and taking the arm of the Prince Consort,
enters, and is conducted to the chair of state upon
the throne. Her Majesty, on taking her seat, re-
quests all to be seated, and Mr. Pulman, the Deputy
Usher of the Black Rod, proceeds to the Commons
to summon them to the House of Peers.
We may now take a survey of the spectacle which
the Chamber of Peers now presents. Lords of noble
lineage—those, too, who have won their coronets
by brilliant exploits in the field, whose eloquence
has charmed " listening senates," whose decisions
on the bench are quoted as precedents powerful as
law itself, whose learning has shed a lustre upon
the literature of the countey, wear their scarlet
robes ; dames of lofty birth, and daughters of the
aristocracy radiant with beauty, glittering with
priceless gems, are ranged upon each side, like
parterres of variegated flowers, bordered by the
scarlet and ermine robes of the Peers who occupy
the front seats. They rise, tier upon tier, with
more than Iris hues, and the light streaming
through the stained windows, sparkles on
jewelled cornets or pendant brilliants, like sun
rays upon the dewdrops or choicest flowers.
All eyes are directed towards one spot. The
Queen is seated upon her glittering chair of
state, representative of a long line of monarchs
whose cyphers and monagrams are emblazoned upon
the throne. The centre of the throne is occupied
by her Majesty; the Prince Consort is on the left ;
the chair for the Prince of Wales is vacant. Her
Majesty wears a robe of white satin embroidered
with gold, a purple velvet mantle falls in graceful
folds upon each side of the chair, covering the lions
that support it, and partly concealing the crimson
velvet footstool with its embroidery- of fleur-de-lis.
There is a diadem upon her brow, and jewels flash
and glitter in the brilliant stone Cher and ear drops
which she wears. The imperial crown is borne
upon its velvet cushion, upon her gajest's right,
by the Earl Marshal ; and close by him is the
mainte-
'
Marnuis of Winchester, with the cap of
nance. The Earl of Derby, with the sword of
state, stands on the left of her Majesty> Seated
upon the chair on the left of the throne is the
Prince Consort in the uniform of a field marshal.
The Lord Chancellor stands behind the vacant chair
of the Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Salisbury
(the Lord President) on the right, and the Privy
Seal on the left of her Majesty. - Behind the chair
in which the Prince Consort sits are the groom of
the stole and lord in waiting to the Prince, and at
the back of her Majesty's chair of state stand the
stately figure of the Duchess of Manchester, the
mistress of the robes, and the ladies in waiting.
Only a few minutes elapsed before the Speaker
of the lower branch of the Legislature, together
with the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Chief Clerk
(Sir Denis le Marchant), the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, General Peel, Sir J. Pakington, Lord
J. Manners, Mr. W. Fitzgerald, Sir F. Kelly, Sir
H. Cairns, Lord Naas, Lord Palmerston, Lord J.
Russell, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right
Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. Henry
Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir B: Hall, the Right
Hon. W. Cowper, appeared below the bar, followed
by a great number of other members, who engaged
in a rather unceremonious struggle for places in the
confined space to which they are limited.
The Lord Chancellor then, kneeling at the foot
of the Throne, handed the Royal Speech to her
Majesty, who, after waiting until the noise caused
by the arrival' of the Commons had somewhat sub-
sided, read it with distinctness and pleasing em-
phasis which have been so repeatedly remarked and
admired.
The Speech will be found in another column.
The Queen then left the Throne, and after grace-
fully bowing to the spectators, retired from the
house in the same order in which she had entered.
This concluded the ceremony of opening the Impe-
rial Parliament.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tffis DAY.)
The Lower House met formally at half-past one
o'clock, but for more than half an hour previously
the members had begun to assemble.
At half-past one the SPEAKER entered the house.
There were then some 200 members present, who
were about equally divided on both sides of the
chamber. A few minutes after two o'clock the
leaders of the house entered and took their seats
among their colleagues.
At a few minutes past two o'clock there was a
cry of " Black Rod," and Mr. Pulman, the yeoman
at the baf.
usher, immediately afterwards appeared
Advancing towards the table, with
Speaker,—The the customary
obeisances, he said,_,, Mr.
—The Queen
commands this honourable
in the ouse to attend her
Majesty immediately
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SPEAKER,
The preceded byArms
bearing the ma ,e, there
to the Howe of thereupon immediately proceeded
Lords, followed fist by the Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer and the rest of the members
of the Government present, and then by the mem-
bers in attendance, in the order in which their
names were read by the clerk at the table, from a
glass vase, in which they had been previously
deposited at hap-hazard, in accordance with the
custom which has obtained of late years.
On the return of the SPEAKER, after an interval
of about ten minutes, the sitting was suspended
until a quarter to four o'clock.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN ITALY.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, JUNE 6.

The Patrie of this evening says that, according
to reports, Generals Espinasse and Leclerc are
among the killed at the battle of Magenta.
The Pays of this evening states that the latest
news announces the Emperor to be four kilometres
from Milan.

Great preparations are making in Paris for an
illumination in celebration of an expected victory,
and many houses are ornamented with flags.

PARIS, JUNE 6.
The following telegram from the Emperor to the
Empress has been posted up at the Bourse :

HEAD-QUARTERS, MONDAY, 8 A.M.

Milan is insurgent. The Austrians have eva-
cuated the town and castle, leaving in their preci-
pitation cannon and the treasure of the army behind
them. We are encumbered with prisoners, and
have taken 12,000 Austrian muskets.

PARIS, JUNE 7.

The Moniteur of to-clay contains the following :
Marquis Antonini has delivered to the Empress
the notification of the death of King Ferdinand
and of the accession to the throne of King Francesco
11. The Marquis also presented letters accrediting
him as Envoy Extraordinary.
The Empress will go into mourning for 21 days.
The Moniteur also publishes General Macmahons
report of the passage of the Ticino at Turbigo by
the allies on the 3d of June, and of the surprise of
the enemy at Robechetto, by which considerable
loss was inflicted on the Austrians. We have lost
one captain and seven privates killed, and four
officers, among whom is one colonel, and 38 privates
wounded. The Emperor has ordered the names of
the killed and wounded officers and privates to be
sent by the Minister of War to those persons who
may be interested in their fate.

TURIN, JUNE 6.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN, PUBLISHED TO-DAY
Letters from Como state that Milan is free, the
Austrians having evacuated both the town and the
castle. The enemy has abandoned Stradella and
the surrounding country, and destroyed the bridge
and fortifications of Stella.

Details of the battle of Magenta are still wanting.

The following official telegram was last night
received in London :

TURIN, JUNE 7, P.M.
The municipality of Milan has proclaimed Victor
Emmanuel.

A deputation has presented an address to his
Majesty in presence of the Emperor.
To-morrow the King will make his entry into
Milan.

COMO, JUNE 6.

News has arrived here of the victory of Magenta
5,000 Austrian prisoners have been taken, and
15,000 Austrians killed and wounded-.

General D'Urban has retreated to Monza, and
General Garibaldi has quitted Lecco.

BERNE, JUNE 6.

It is reported from Locarno that the Austrians
have quitted Milan, after having spiked their guns.
The commandant of the castle has issued a proclama-
tion to the inhabitants, the tone of which is of a
threatening nature.

We have received by way of Vienna the follow-
ing telegram from a correspondent at the head-
quarters of the Austrian army :

" MORTARA, JUNE 1.

" Five guns have been re-captured from the
French at Rivoltella. The Zouaves stabbed the
wounded at Rivoltella ; and at Castel Nouvetto, near
Mortara, the wounded Austrians were murdered by
the inhabitants."

VERONA, JUNE '5.

The following is official :

Early yesterday a hot fight began at Magenta
between the enemy, who had crossed in great force
to the eastern bank of the Ticino, and the troops of
the First and Second corps d' armee.
The conflict was maintained with varying fortune
till night set in. Final details are still wanting,
as the struggle for victory has been renewed to-day
and still continues. Eye-witnesses report that our
troops join battle with joyous shouts, and display
endurance and bravery fully worthy of the most
famous deeds of the Imperial army.

The authorities and the weak garrison of Milan,
with the exception of the Castle garrison, have
withdrawn, at the command of General Gyulai.
The town is quiet.
Further details will follow later.

VIENNA, JUNE 6, 11.30 A.M.

A desperate combat took place the day before
yesterday between the first and second (Count
Clam's and Prince Edward Lichtenstein's) corps
d'ar2nee and the enemy, who had passed the Ticino
with very considerable forces.
The result of the contest was undecided.

The combat continued yesterday (Sunday).
Our troops threw themselves upon the enemy s
ranks with ardour, and showed a valour and perse-
verance worthy of the most glorious feats of arms
of the Imperial army.
Milan is perfectly tranquil.
The headquarters yesterday were still at Abbiati
Grasso.