The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-05 00:00:00

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. -ParHamel* Wats o-Pened to day with the usl4l to rmalities,
and the Loan CHANCELLOR read the folloWinespeech:—
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
We are commanded by her Majesty to assure you, that her
Majesty has great satisfaction in again having recourse to the
advice and assistance of her Parliament.
The decease of her Majesty Queen Adelaide has caused her
Majesty deep affliction. The extensive charity and exemplary
virtues of her late Majesty will always render her memory dear
to the nation.
Her Majesty happily continues in •peaee and unity with Fo-
reign Powers.

lii the course of the autumn differences of a severe charaeter
arose between the Governments of Austria and Russia on the
one hand, and the Sublime Porte on the other hand, in regard
to the treatment of a considerable number of persons, who,
after the termination NA the civil war in Hungary, had taken
refuge in the Turkish territory. Explanations which took place
between the Turkish and Imperial Governments have fortu-
nately removed any danger to the peace of Europe which might
have arisen out oT these differences. Her Majesty having been
appealed to on the occasion by the Sultan, united her efforpi to
those of the Government of France, to which a similar appeal
bad been made, in order to assist, by the employment of her
offices, in effecting an amicable settlement of these differences,
in a manner consistent with the dignity and independence of
the Porte.

Her Majesty has been engaged in communications with Fo-
reign States upon the measures which might be rendered ne-
cessary by the removal of the restrictions formerly imposed by
the rgavigation laws of this country. The Governments of the
United States of America and of Sweden have promptly taken
steps to secure to British ships, in the ports of their respective
countries, advantages similar to those which their own ships
now enjoy in British ports. With regard to those Foreign
Stateswhose navigation laws have hitherto been of a restrict-
ive character, her Majesty has received from nearly all of them
assurances wl.ich induce her to hope that our example will
speedily lead to a great and general diminution of those obsta-
cles which previously existed to a free intercourse by sea be-
tween the nations of the world.
In the summer and autumn of the past year the United
Kingdom was visited by the ravages of the cholera, but Al-
mighty God, in his mercy, was pleased to arrest the progress
of mortality and stay this fearful pestilence. Her Majesty is
persuaded that we shall better evince our gratitude by vigilant
precautions against the more obvious causes of sickness, and
an enlightened consideration for those who are most exposed
to its attacks.

• Her Majesty, in her late visit to Ireland, derived the highest
gratification from the loyalty and attachment manifested by
all classes. Although the effects of former years of scarcity
are painfully felt in that part of the United Kingdom, they are
mitigated by the present abundance of food and thetranquir-
lity that prevails.

tier Altijeety has great satisfaction in congratulating you on
the improved condition of commerce and manufactures. It is

with regret that her Majesty has observed the complaints
which, in many parts of the kingdom, have proceeded from the
owners and occupiers of land. Her Majesty greatly laments
that any portion of her subjects should be suffering from dis-
tress - but is a source of sincere gratification to her Majesty
to witness the increased enjoyment of the necessaries and
comforts of life which cheapness and plenty have bestowed
upon the great body of her people and country.

' Her Majesty has directed the estimates of the year to be laid
before you. They have been framed with a strict regard to
economy, while the efficiency of the various branches of the
public service have not been neglected.
Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction the present state of
the revenue.

• MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN.—
Some of the measures which were postponed at the end of

the last session, for want of time for their consideration, will
be again laid before you. Among the most important of them
is one for the better government of the Australian colonies.
' Her Majesty has directed various measures to be prepared
for the improvement of the condition of Ireland. The mischief
arising from party processions, the defects of the laws regula-
ting the relations of landlord and tenant, the imperfect state
of the grand jury acts, and the diminished number of electors

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for members to serve in parliament, will, together with others
of serious consequence, form the subject of measures to be
submitted for your consideration.

Her Majesty has learned with satisfaction that the measures
which have been already passed for the promotion of the public
health are in course of gradual adoption, and her Majesty trusts

that, both in the metropolis and in various parts of the United
Kingdom, you will be enabled to make farther progress in the
removal of evils which affect the health and wealth of her

subject

kingdom from the many convulsions which, during the last
two years, have taken place in so many of the states of the
continent of Europe.
It is her Majesty's hope and belief that, by combining liberty
with order,—by preserving what is valuable, and amending
what is defective, you will sustain the fabric of our institu-
tions, as the abode and shelter of a free end ham' People.