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London, England, 1850-01-31 00:00:00

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EVIPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HO USE OF LORDS.
The eventful session of 1850 was cloned t,;.-day, not
by her Majesty in person, tilt by her Royal Commission.
Long before the hour appointed opening the Com-
mission the House cf Lends and the strangers' gallery
was psrtly filled with ladies and visitors anxious to witness
the.cosemony of the opening of the Great Council of the
nation. The assemblage thus drawn together firmed a
pleasing'group, though its appearance faded into almost
insignificance, when put in comparison with the splendid
tout ensemble of the House of Lords when her Majesty is
present, and when the beauty, the noble, and wealthy of
the land .vie with each other in their endeavours to
show • their loyalty to their Sovereign, by
being present when she appears in the upper
branch of the Legislature to open or prorogue her Par-
liament. Among the Peers present we noticed the Earl
of Sheffield, Vienount Strangtord, Lord Colburne, Lord
Campbell, Earl Mounteashel, Lord Lucas, the Marquis
of Salisbury, the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of
Hereford, Lord Say and Sele, Lord Monteagle, the Duke
cf. Wellington, the Duke c f Norfolk, and Viscount liar-
dinge. _

Shortly after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the
Marquis of Lautdowi e, tl e Marquis of Bread-
albane, Earl Minto, and the Bishop cf London.
robed as the Lords Commissioners for opening the Par-
liament, entered the House and took their seats below
the throne. Having done so, their Lordships com-
manded Mr. Palmer, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod (who officiated in tt e unavoidable absence of Sir
Augustus Clifford), to summon the Commons to the bar,
to hear the Royal Commission read her Majesty's
most gracious Speech to both Houses on opening the
present session.

APer the lapse of a few minutes, the Speaker of the
Howe of Commons, attends I by a great number of
Members,: appeared at the bar. Among the members
present we noticed Mr. Brotberton, Mr. Locke, Colonel
Thompson, Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr, Spooner, Lord Dudley
Stuart, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Ellictr, and several others.
On the Sle4ker appeiritg at the bar the Commission
for opening the Parliament was read by Mr. Edmunds,
after %Thiel!,

The LORD CHANCELLOR read, in a clear and
distinct voice her Majesty's! most gracious Speech,
which will he found in mother part of our impression.
At the conclusion of the reading of the Speech, the
Lords Commissioners and the Speaker and Members of
the House of Commons retired, and their Lordships
ad-
journed to Five o'clock.
In the gallery devote! to Members of the House of
Commons we noticed Sir James Graham, Mr. W.
Brown, Mr. Thornely, Mr. F. Freccb, Mr. J. Wilson,
Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Greene, and several other Hon.
Members. •

I-TOUSE OF comioNs.
The gallgy doers were opened 24, ten minutes after
two o'clock, when we found that the Speaker had hft
the House, having been summoned to the House of
Peers, to be present at the Royal Commission, and to
hear her Majesty's Speecb.
We gatherel that the SPEAKER had taken the Chair
at a quarter befire two o'clock, when prayers were
read, and that about 100 Members were present, nearly
all of whom aceoteranied the Speaker to the other
House. The Speaker returned at half-past two.
- ThA House then adjourned until a quarter to Four
o'clock.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Ct.tt.)n at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, a which 1,500 w ere taken on
epeculati .n, and included about 4,000 American, 2,000
Pernatn and MaranLam, at 64d. to 71d.; 100 Bahia, at
to 7d.; 100 Egyptian, at 7d. to 74d.; and 200
Surat, at 41d. to 40. per lb.—ln Railway Shares only a
limited business was done, at rather lower quotations.
There are no colonial arrivals.
The Frankfort report of the 28th inst. quotes Austrian
Metallic% at 85k, and Spanish Three per Cents. at 294.
At Amsterdam on the 29th inst. the Home Funds were
rather firmer ; Dutch Ta e-and-a-Ilalf par Cents.,
55 7-16.
In the funds there has been soma flatness, owing to a
sale or two for monvy, Consols bare ranged from 96A
to 962 for Transfer. and 94 to 96j fur Account.
Mexican are 29i to and Spaniah Three per Cents.
361 to 37.
Shares generally ore much the same. The North
Stafford report is thought more favourable.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'ULOCE.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock '05;4;
3 per Cent. Reduced. Annuities 96% %
3 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 314 per Cent. Anus. 99 98%
Long Annuities,.Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B%
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 7-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 B%
India Stock 266% 269
Do. Bonds, 100 W. 9O 1-3 p
Ditto under 1.0001
South Sea Stock 10534
_Consols for Account 964;i
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d.
March. Jane.
58 61 p
58 61 p

1,060/.
5001

Small'

5S 61 P

'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent BB
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.—
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Equador Bonds 4 ,i 2 NV2
Mexican 80rk5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jau. Coupons
Ditto Account
Ditto, Small
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 73 `4i 3A
Ditto for the Account .... 73% 74
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 371
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent —;
Ditto Scrip 3%% P
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto Passive Bonds . 4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent.........
Ditto for the Account ...... ... 36% 37
Venezuela Bonds ...• 33,4
Ditto Account
_

Dividends on the above payable in Lonuon.
ZUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK

RAILWAYS. PAID. I'EB SUARE.
Caleionian ...... 50..... I*A 1,4%, to
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 8
Eastern Counties
Do. Exten.,s per et. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d.. 1 p ..... to % p
Fastern Union, Claes A (late
E. U. Shares)..2.„... .. 25

.....• to -

Ditto, do, Class B & C 25
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . 14% to
Great Northern 2O ...... 7,y .. ... to
Great Western 100
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 9%...... to
Lancashire and Yorkshire 100
Ditto Half Shares .... 49 ...... 27 ...... to
Ditto Fifths lO ...• 2lh to
Load., Bright.,& SouthCoastloo
..... 86
London E& North Western.....loo IIN 117 to 116%
Do. New Quarter 5........... 12
Do. Fifths l2 ..... 14% ...... to
London and S. Western
Ltwestoff, guar. 4 per ct...... 20
Manehr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... 2% to
Mid1and........, .... lOO ...... 4414-- to
Ditto,,so/. Shares ..... SO ...... 1:1/2... .. to
Midland, Birm., and Derby 100 .....124% ..... to 123%
orth Statiordshkre... 17%
f 'xford, Worcester, and Wol- .. ..
viThainptoa
Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 ... .. 15% li
hrewshury and Birmingkara 12% 4%...... to
South Eastern: ..... ... 33% —
Ditto, No. 2.
Ditto, Scrip No. 4..
Wear Valley 6 per Cont.
Guaranteed ...... .... . 5O ......
Do. do. do.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ....... 734. ..... —to
Dutch Rhenish s ...... 2 ...... to
Northern of France.... 141 Ss.. ... 14 di?... to
Orleans and Bordeaux: ... -•— 334 to
Reuen andHavre 2O ...... 9NI :to DNA

MINES.
United Alexicau ......... 28% 5 a.div 4%

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
NMI:VGATM AND LEADENEEALL.
These markets ruled heavy, on the following terms:—
Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 33 6d;
Veal, 3s 2d to 4s Od; and Pork, 2s Sd to 4s Od per
Sibs by the carcase.