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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY.

The fifth session of the fourth Parliament of
Queen Victoria was opened yesterday by Royal
commission.
The ceremony was, of course, of a purely formal
character. The presence of the Sovereign, which
gives eclat to all public acts of a ceremonial charac-
ter, was wanting on this occasion, and the House
of Lords presented anything but the imposing
appearance which it always wears when peers and
peeresses, the diplomatic corps, and the illustrissurni
of the land assemble to greet the Sovereign at the
opening of a new session. The severity of the
weather also tended to keep away many who wouli
otherwise hare been present at the ceremony.
The doors of the house were thrown open at one
o'clock, when some 50 or 60 ladies were admitted
to the third and fourth row of benches usually
occupied by peers.
The attendance of peers was limited to six. Of
these five took their seats on the lower bench near-
est the throne on the Opposition side of the cham-
ber. Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Berners,
and Lord Erne were among the number. The only
peer on the Government bench was Earl Cowper.
The Bishop of Lincoln attended in his place to
say prayers.
At half-past one the great bell of Westminster
commenced a rather solemn peal, and continued to
thunder forth its summons in anything but jocund
strains till two o'clock, when the Lords Com-
missioners, preceded by the Usher of the Black
Rod, made their appearance in the house, and took
their seats in front of the throne.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Stanley of Alder-
ley, the Earl of Harrowby, and Earl Spencer.
The Royal Commission having been read, her
Majesty's faithful Commons were summoned by
Sir Augustus Clifford, and the Speaker, accom-
panied by Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bouverie, Mr.
Roebuck, Mr. Bowyer, Sir S. Bignold, Sir. W.
Clay, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Scott, Mr. Swift, Mr.
Oliveira, Colonel Dunne, Mr. Otway, Mr. Crau-
furd, and about a hundred other members appear
ed at the bar.

The Lord Chancellor then read the following
speech :

My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
We are commanded to assure you that her
Majesty has great satisfaction in recurring again
to the advice and assistance of her Parliament.
We are commanded by her Majesty to inform
you that difficulties, which arose in regard to soma
of the provisions of the Treaty of Paris, delay .d
the complete execution of the stipulations of that
treaty. Those difficulties have been overcome
in a satisfactory manner, and the intentions of the
treaty have been fully maintained.
An insurrectionary movement which took place
in September last in the Swiss Canton of Neuchatel,
for the purpose of re-establishing in that Canton the
authority of the King of Prussia as Prince of
threatening Prussian
a Neuchatel, led to serious differences between his
Majesty t
one
timeand
disturb Swiss Confederation,geeeralpaeee
of Europe.
But her Majesty commands us to inform you
that, in concert with her august ally the Emperor
of the French, she is endeavouring to bring about
an amicable settlement of the matters in dispute,
and her Majesty entertains a confident expectation ,
that an honourable and satisfactory arrangement ,
will be concluded.
In consequence of certain discussions which took
place during the Conferences at Paris, and which
are recorded in the Protocols that were laid before
you, her Majesty and the Emperor of the French
caused communications to be made to the Govern-
ment of the King of the Two Sicilies, for the pur-
pose of inducing him to adopt a course of policy
calculated to avert dangers which might disturb
that peace which had been so recently restored to
Europe.
Her Majesty commands us to inform you, that
the manner in which those friendly communications
were received by his Sicilian Majesty was such as to
lead her Majesty and the Emperor of the French
to discontinue their diplomatic relations with his
Sicilian Majesty, and 'they have, accordingly,
withdrawn their missions from the Court of
Naples.
Her Majesty has directed that papers relating
to this subject shall be laid before you.
Her Majesty commands us to inform you that
she has been engaged in negotiations with the Go-
vernment of the United States, and also with the
Government of Honduras, which she trusts will be
successful in removing all cause of misunderstand-
ing with respect to Central America.
Her Majesty has concluded a Treaty of Friend-
ship and Commerce with Siam, which will be laid
before you.
Her Majesty commands us to express to you
her regret that the conduct of the Persian Govern.
ment has led to hostilities between her Majesty
and the Shah of Persia. The Persian Government,
in defiance of repeated warnings, and in violation
of its engagements, has besieged and captured the
important city of Herat.
We are commanded by her Majesty to inform
you that a British naval and military force de-
spatched from Bombay has taken possession of the
Island of Karrack, and of the town of Bushire,
with a view to induce the Shah to accede to the
just demands of her Majesty's Government. Her
Majesty has seen with satisfaction that the naval
and military forces employed on this occasion have
displayed their accustomed gallantry and spirit.
Her Majesty commands us to inform you that
acts of violence, insults to the British flag, and in-
fraction of Treaty rights, committed by the local
Chinese authorities at Canton, and a pertinacious
refusal of redress, have rendered it necessary for
her Majesty's officers in China to have recourse to
.measures of force to obtain satisfaction.
Those measurea had, up to the date of the last
accounts, been taken with great forbearance, but
with signal success as regards the conflicts to which
they had led.
We are commanded to inform you that her Ma-
jesty trusts that the Government of Pekin will see
the propriety of affording the satisfaction de-
manded, and of faithfully fulfilling its treaty en-
gagements.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for the
ensuing year to be laid before you.
They have been prepared with every attention to
economy, and with a due regard to the efficient
performance of the public service at home anal
abroad. .

MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
Her Abjesty commands us to inform you that
Bills will be submitted to your consideration for the
consolidation and the amendment of important por-
tions of the law ; and her Majesty doubts not that
you will give your earnest attention to matters so
deeply affecting the interests of all classes of her

subjects.
Her Majesty commands us to recommend to
your consideration the expediency of renewing for
a further period the privileges of the Bank of Eng-
land, the conditions imposed on the issue of bank
notes in the United Kingdom, and the state of the
law relating to Joint-stock Banks.
Her Majesty commands us to express the grat'

fication which it affords her to witness the general
well-being and contentment of her people, and to
find that, notwithstanding the sacrifices unavoid-
ably attendant upon such a war as that which has
lately terminated, the resources of the country re-
main unimpaired, and its productive industry con-
tinues unchecked in its course of progressive de-
velopment.
Her Majesty commits with confidence the great
interests of the country to your wisdom and care,
and she fervently prays that the blessing of Al-
mighty God may attend your deliberations, and
prosper your councils for the advancement of the
welfare and happiness of her loyal and faithful
people.
At the conclusion of the Royal Speech the
Speaker retired, and prayers were read by the
bishop of Lincoln.
The ceremony
did not occupy more than half-an-
hour.

Their lordships re-assembled at five o'clock.
THE NEW BISHOPS.
The Bishops of London and Gloucester took the oaths
and their seats as spiritual peers. Their lordships were
introduced by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Earl of CARDIGAN gave notice that on Thurs-
day next he should put certain questions to the Secretary
of State for the War Department connected with the
late war.
Lnrd BERNERS gave notice that on an 'early day he
should move for a return of the number of tickets-of
leave granted since the introduction of the system. He
thought, that the apprehension of the public with respect
to the subject would justify the motion, as it was re-
ported that to 15,000 convicts no less than 5,000 tickets
of-leave had been granted. The return he should wish
to contain the nature of the crimes committed by the
Persons to whom tickets-of-leave had been granted.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's

gracious Sdeech to the house, which, at this moment,
presented a very animated appearance.
The Ministerial bench was occupied by the Earl of
Harrowby, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Argyll,
Lord Panmure, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, and Lord Stanley of Alderley.
The Opposition benches were also very fully occupied.