The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

THE HOUSOF LORDS.
Parliament was opened dff-Tuesdai by her Majesty, hi
person, with the usual forms.

Long before 12 o'clock, the hour at which the doors
were to be opened, vast crowds had assembled around the
the house to witness the arrival of peers and
..-sses who were to be present on the occasion, and,
_ry soon after the doors were opened, the Royal gallery
was filled. The peeresses. and those ladies who had

exterior of
pee

tickets, continued ato arrive in rapid succession up to
within a short time before her Majesty reached the House.
Every available place, both in the body of the house and
_ _

Among the 'first peers who arrived' were the Earl of
Zetland, the Duke of Buceleuch, the Earl of Charleville,
the Marquis of Camden, Earl Fitzwilliam, and the Earl
of Cardigan.

The Ministers present were the
Earl Grey, the Earl of Clerendon, tl

Marquis of Lansdowne,
Marquis of Clanri-

and the I

marl of Auckland

The extreme darkness, occasioned by the fogginess of
the weather, rendered it necessary to light up the house,
so that a much more brilliant effect was produced than is
ever usual by daylight, and the jewels worn by the ladies
shone resplendently.
At about a quarter past 2 o'clock a flourish of trumpets
announced a Royal arrival, and in a few minutes after his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge entered the
house. He wag warmly greeted. His Royal. Highness
shook hands and conversed with several peers ; among the
rest with the bishops, and Lord Campbell. The Lord
Chancellor, too, who had arrived a few moments before,

also talked with his Royal Highness. The Duke of Wel:
lington arrived about five minutes after the Duke of Cam-
bridge, who greeted his Grace with, " Why, Duke, you

.• • • •I
look quite young."
Precisely at 2 o'clock the guns were heard which an-
nounced the approach of her Majesty, and, in a few mi-
nutes after, the prolonged note of the trumpet resounding
through the Royal gallery apprised those who were as-
sembled in the House of Peers that her Majesty had
arrived. Immediately afterwards the procession of
Officers of the Household and others who *tend her
Majesty on these occasions entered the house by the side

door leading from the Royal gallery. The Earl of Zetland
bore the Cap of Maintenance, the Duke of Wellington the
Sword of State, the Marquis of Lansdowne the Crown.
Her Majesty followed, accompanied by Prince Albert.
i The whole assembly rose as her Majesty entered Her

Majesty bowed most graciously repeatedly, and the Prince
then conducted her up to the throne. His Royal High-
ness occupied the smaller throne on the left ; that on the
right, for the Prince of Wales, being left vacant. The
Duchess of Sutherland stood on the right of the throne,
close to her Majesty, and the Marchioness of Douro, as
lady-in-waiting, stood near the duchess. The Duke of
Wellington stood immediately to the left of her Majesty,
holding the Sword of State. The Marquis of Lansdowne
stood to the right of the throne, on the floor of the house,
bearing the Crown, on a silver velvet cushion.
Her Majesty, having seated herself, desired the lords
to be seated. The Commons were then, according to