The North-Carolina standard., 1838-01-17
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the End and Liverpool to the lst December
have been received.
The British Parliament assembled on the
18th. Abercomhie was re-chosen Speaker;
and on going with some of the Commons into
the Lords. her majestys commissioners the Lord
Chancellor, Marquis of Conyngham, Earl OF
Mu1grave, Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord
! Duncannon, informed him his appointment was
approved by her majesty.
QUEEN V1cToR1As SPEEcH-Monday, Nov
2Oth.-The galleries of the House of Lords
were crowded at an early hour and the body of
the house filled at P. M. Before 13 all the a.
venues were crowded with the nobility's car
riages and spectators. All the ladies in the
heads looked like sea of feathers sparkling
with diamonds. Her majesty arrived very soon
after two, accompanied by the great officers of
state, and on taking her seat on the Throne,
summoned the Commons, on the arrival ofwhom
she delivered in firm and clear tone the fol-
lowing speech
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
Sc have thought it right to assemble you for
the transaction of public business at the earliest
convenient period after the dissolution of the
late Parliament.
i" 1t is with great satisfaction that | have re-
ceived from all foreign powers the strongest as
surances of the friendly disposition and of their
earnest desire TO cultivate and maintain with me
the relations of amity; and | rejoice in the pros
pect that | shall be able to promote the best In
terests Of my subjects by securing to them the
advantages OF peace.
Il lament that civil war still af1icts the king
dom of Spain | continue to exercise with fde-
ty the engagements of my Crown with the
Queen of Spain, according to the stipulations of
the Treaty Of Quadruple Alliance.
Il have directed "a Treaty of Commerce
which have concluded with the United Re-
public of Peru and Bolivia to be laid before you
and hope soon to be able to communicate to
you similar results of my negotiations with
ther powers.
Il recommend to your serious consideration
the state ofthe province of Lower Canada.
"Gentemen of the House of Commons,
"The demise the Grown renders it ncces-
sary that provision should be made for
the Civil List. place, unreservedly, at your
disposal, those Hereditary Revenues which were
transferred to the public by my immediate pre-
decessor; and have commanded that such pa
pers as may be necessary for the full examina-
tion of this subject shall be prepared and laid be-
fore you. DESTROYS that the expenditure in this,
as in every department of the Government,
should be kept within due limits, feel confident
that you will make adequate provision for the
support OF the honor and dignity of the Crown.
The estimate for the services of next year
are in course of preparation, and will be laid be-
fore you at the accustomed period. | have di-
rected that the utmost economy should be en-
forced in every branch of the public expenditure.
my Lords and Gentlemen,
The external peace and domestic tranquilH-
t which at present happily prevail, are very ia
vorable for the consideration of such measures
of reformation and amendment as may be neces
sary or expedient, and your attention will natur
ally be directed to that course of Legislation
which was interrupted by the necessary disso-
luton of the last Parliament
"The result of the inquiries which have been
made into the condition of the poor in Ireland
has been already laid before Parliament, and it
will be your duty to consult whether it may not
be safe and wise to est tlbliSh by law some we'll
regulated means of relief for the destitute in that
"The municipal government of the cities and
towns in Ireland calls for better regulation.
1.-The laws which govern the collection of
he tithe composition in Ireland require revision
and amendment.
g Convinced that the better and more efectu-
Il administration of justice is amongst the first
duties of Sovereign, request your attention to
hose measures which will be submitted to you
or the Improvements of the law
You cannot but be sensible of the deep i'm
oortance of these Questions which have been
submitted to you. and OF the necessity of treat
ng them in that spirit of mpartiality and justice
which affords the best hope of bringing them to
happy and useful termination In meeting
his Parliament-the first that has been elected