The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

The Session of 1857 was this day opened by
Royal Commission. In consequence of her Ma-
jesty not " going down to the house," there was
nothing beyond the attendance of a few Peeresses

to indicate the special nature of the occasion.

At the usual hour the Lord Chancellor and the
other peers named in the Royal Commission

entered the house, and took their seats immedi•

ately before the throne, and the Usher of the
Black Rod was directed to summon the House ci
Commons to their lordships' bar.
On the appearance of the Speaker, who wa•
attended by Lord Palmerston and several other
members, the Royal Commission was read, and
then the Lord Chancellor read the

QUEEN'S SPEECH.

MY LORDS IND GENTLEMEN,

We are commanded to assure you that hes
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 som•
of the provisions of the Treaty of Paris, gelay ed
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 Neuchatel,
led to serious differences between his Prussian
Majesty and the Swiss Confederation, threatening
at one time to disturb the general peace 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 foroe de-
spatched from Bombay has taken possession of the
Island of Barrack, 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 measures 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.

Wo 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.