The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-21 00:00:00

my parliament.

" The constant proofs which I have received of your at-
tachment to my person and family. persuade me that you
will enable Me to provide for such an establishment as may
appear suitable to the rank of the Prince and the dignity of
the Crown.

" I continue to receive from foreign powers assurances of
their unabated desire to maintain with me the most friendly
-relations.
" I rejoice that the civil war which had so,lSng disturbed
and desolated the northern provinces of Spain, has been
brought to an, end by an arrangement satisfactory to the
Spanish govertiment, and to the people of those provinces ;
and I trust that, ere long, peace and tranquillity will be re-
established throughout the whole of Spain.
" The affairs of the Levant have continued to occupy my
most anxious attention. The concord which has prevailed

amongst the Five Powers has prevented a renewal of hosti-
lities in that quarter, and I hope that the same unanimity
will bring these important and difficult matters to a final
settlement in such a manner as to uphold the integrity and
independence of the Ottoman Empire, and to give additional
security to the peace of Europe.
" I have not yet been enabled to re-establish my diploma-
tic relations with the Court of Teheran, but communications
which I have lately received from the Persian government
inspire me with the confident expectation that the differences
which occasioned a suspension of those relations will soon be
satisfactorily adjusted.
" Events have happened in China which have occasioned
an interruption of the commercial intercourse of my subjects
with that country. I have given, and shall continue to
give, the most serious attention to a matter so deeply affect-
ing the interests of my subjects and the dignity of my Crown.
" I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that the
military operations undertaken by the Governor-general of
India have been attended with complete success ; and that
in the expedition to the westward of the Indus, the officers
and troops, both European and native, have displayed the
most distinguished skill and valour.
" I have directed that further papers relating to the affairs
of Canada should be laid before you, and I confide to your
wisdom this important subject.
" I recommend to your early attention the state of the
municipal corporations of Ireland.
" It is desirable that you should prosecute those measures
relating to the Established Church which have been recom-
mended by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England.
"I Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
" I have directed the estimates for the services of the year
to be laid before you. They have been framed with every
attention to economy, and at the same time with a due re
gard to the efficiency of those establishments which are ren-
dered necessary by the extent and circumstances of the
empire.

" I have lost no time in carrying into effect the intentions
of parliament by the reduction of the duties on postage, and
I trust that the beneficial effects of this measure will be felt
throughout all classes of the community.
" My Lords and Gentlemen,
" I learn with great sorrow that the commercial em-
barrassments which have taken place in this and in, other
countries, are subjecting many of the manufacturing districts
to severe distress.

" I have to acquaint you, with deep concern, that the spi-
rit of insubordination has in some parts of the country broke
out into open violence, which was speedily repressed by the
firmness and energy of the magistrates, and by the steadiness
and good conduct of my troops.
I confidently rely upon the power of the law, upon your
loyalty and wisdom, and upon the good sense and right feel-
ing of my people, for the maintenance of order, the protec-
tion of property, and the promotion, as far as they can be
promoted by human means, of the true interests of Europe."
The house adjourned during pleasure, and resumed at five
'clock.