Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-10

up 10 bis seat 81 the table. srd--de,ermined no, q
| waste ume-employed himself IN writing letter,
for an hour and half until the cannon anno unced
the carriage ofthe Queer.
| The attendance OF lady visitors was greater thar
usual They even planted themselves in the 70.
pof,ers' gallery, greatly Ia the annoyance of III,
gentleman OF the prcss- o. this occasion all III.
adies are very richly dressed, which ADDS much 1,
the br'llianey Of the scene.
Prince Alborrs father was present, as well as hi
elder bTolher aud sis:esin law. Ills father had ar
rive3 IN England the night before.
| TheIe arc from 500 to go peers who have seat,
IN tho upper house, but only 81 were present
Among these nearly one hall were ofihe Ministry
The no, weather has thnnej London, diving peer,
aud eomniorc to
| Green Gsljs anl PASTURES nov
All the peers were in their red robos the fo:eisr
ambassadors in their Official ecs une.
/ AT hall past Que Lord I.yndhurst took his seal
on the woolsaek. bu, was soan summoned to attend
the Queen. Lord LynJhursi-the most b,,.liin
chancellor We ever hNd-is an Americ ~, as sup
pose you know. lie is considerably over 30. Lu
dresses young. rs not to seem so. lie has had a
SNstc attack Of illness lately and looked not quite
recovered. But he will hold out at his post TO tho
last As Judge he Is as able ever, as n par
i'amsn'ary debater he 10 less spirited than he used
i TO 30. Moro OF him anon.
About two the Qaeen entered tho House. pre-,
cedsd 10y the pufsuivants, aud handed in by P,ncs
Albert, and escor'ei by the Lord Chancellor, the
4 Duke Of Bneceush, the Earl OF Shof eabury, and
/ The Duke OF Wellington, respectively bearing the
Grea, Seal, which, by the way is silver mould OF
box, into which scot OF Witty Blown resnous wax
rs poured, taking two impressions each side, the
crown, the cap Of maintenance. and the sword oI
state. IL is, think. as Lord High Constable OF
England, that the Duke OF Wcllln ston carries the
Sword OF State which is a We y cumbrous weapon,
about I'VE feet long, with handle OF curved solid
GOD, and IN sheath of wood covered with crimson
I velvet aud gold bands.
When the Queen was seated she rose, bowed TO
all IN the House, who oil remained standing, ana
said "Ioue Lordshps will be seated I" On this,
All sat down. The Chancellor, then, in his beau.
util clear voice WHICH time has spared yet, called
on SIR Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod,
10 summon the Commons.
That Is done in this manner: The usher. (whose
place Is worth as much rs that Of the President OF
the uni'ed States, gives three knocks at the door
oil the Commons aud, with set form alities, announ
ces that Their attendance is required by the Queen
IN the Upper HoIse. This summons puts an end
10 Ill business, and the Speaker, in monsttous WIG
ard cumbrous robes, shuiiles out Of the House into
the Lords, with lot OF the Commons at his hack
The Lords affect To look down on the Commons
and therefore wear their hats at conference, while
the others are quite uncoye cd and stand the lords
sitting. There too, when the Commons attend in
the Upper Houses, no seats are provided for them
but they must get what standing places they at
their LoTdships bar. Hence arises shutting, squee
lust pushlhs, SttdnOnns, ana CufSing-tOr
! gncd plice,i While this is going il is like the
struggle at the pit door on the night of some very
popular actress taking her benefit. The tumult Is
eat while it lasts, the Queen re mains s,ihy seited
on the throrc. -ttyirg not TO smile the udcrous
| scene passing under her very nose. William the
Fourth used sometimes TO laugh out most heartily.
George the Fourth often said il wrs "as good as q
piav" 20 see "the fun" when the Commons scram.
bled into the House. with Manners Sutton at their
head looking as stolld rs an owl. George tho Third
4 IL. 4
the Commons pushing for glaess2 Eth . Eth, Place
hunting even in this House 2"
When Shaw Lefevrc and his awkward squad"
had at length got places at the bar he 1.-THE speaker
addtessed the Queen in set speech recapitulatins
the business OF the Session and bringing IN their
asst money bill, for raising upwards OF rne million
pounds sterling by Exchequer Bills, for the year
1912 and also an act for appropra,ng all this mo
ney, 'to which," quoth he, Sin all humanity we
pray your majesty will he pleased 10 give your
Royal assent"
| Accordingly, she was pleased 10 give the Roya
assent 10 these and other Bills the chief form being
| 10 touch them with her sceplre while Clerk cX.
claims in barbarous Norman French that the Queen
consents TO such and such laws. On this occasion
Is bills thus were duly "acee pied" 10y her majesty
This done-and titesome enough il is, as the
fOrmates are unmeanins and teiious-Lord Chan
cellor Lyndhurst knclt one knee, and handed the
Queen the sfe.ch, fairly written on sheet of pa
per in letters fully talf an inch long The speech
I u
time it was renned by Peel himself ADD, of course
adopted by his colleagues. The dAy before Parlia-
ment IS pfoIogued or opened, il is read 10 the So
veie On az Pnvy Council meeting, and il then
subject to alterations or rejection. In 1886 VIII
liam Nv with his own hind cut out two important
paragraphs which pledged the Government 10 pin.
eplos and measures which he thought destructive
When the speech is finally approved by the
King or Queen Regnant, in Council, it is read, the
! evening before II is delivered in public by the
Il La NaF anIN ngI
they respectively give their officials who are not ia
the Cabinet. At these dinners the s,aunchest adj
herents, In both Houses, Of the Ministry are also
present. IL is quite understood that this reading OF
| the Royal Speech IS quite in confidence. On the
day u Is pubely delivered, IL is handed u the Gov
eminent Printers, but not one copy is allowed ou
until after it has been read by the monarch or royal
commissioner. When this is done, copies are sent
with the usual parliamentary papers to members oil
parliament, and 10 editors of newspapers.
The speech having Seen handed 10 the Queen.
she read It in clear, loud tone, and wth due ems
phass. Indeed, the Queen reads very we'll For
my own part, fancy that women always do read
better than men, because their voices nIc more dis
tinct.
need not trouble you with copy of the speech.
IL was, like oil Of its class, a heap OF sentences
sounding we'll and saying little as possible
Prince Taleyrand, ~ho declared tho use Of Ian
guage to be to conceal a mans thoughts, mus. al
ways have been highly pleased with hearing or
a speech from the Throne, at the close OF the
session, tells the Lords and Commons, by way of
nsios, wha, they have done On the present occ D.
sion, the Queen was made 10 say that Parliament
had passed measures Of the greatest Importance con-
necied with the financial and commercial interests
Of the country, caleulitei TO maintain the public
credit, TO improve the national resources, and by
extending trade and stimulating the demand for
labor, to promote the general and permanent wei
are OF all classes OF her subjscls and that az the
same time, they had effected great Improvements in
several branches OF Jurisprudence and in laws con-
nected with the administration Of domestic fairs
She thanked them for passing the net for the in .
creased security and protection of her person, told
them Of continued friendship with foreign powers.
and lamening the reverfes Of our force west Of the
lndus, praised Sir X. Snle's gallant defence Of Jel-
alabad. THIS is the first time that brevet Major
'Tensral, (ior Sale is only Colonel in the Army)
commanding only 1900 men, has been noticed in
speech from the Throne. | hope this will be folS
lowed by more substantial notes, such rs n title
pension, and advanced military rank. Napoleon
would have made such as Sale a Field
Marshal at once
Thanks for the supplies, grateful ncknow lodg-
ment oil the promising harvest 1.-THE hes, since 1926
and hope that the distre.e Of the aborine classes
would speedily disappear, concluded the speech.
When the Queen had ended the Lord ChancsI
or, IN her name, declared the Propagation Of Par
Lament until Thufsd1y, Oct. G. After this, the
Queen returned TO the palace, loudly cheefed by
the populnco in the streets, and afterwards 10
Windsor where she continues
The Lords separated, and on the Commona 70
turning TO their House, the Speaker tod them.
what they all knew belOre,) that Parliament was
profogucd, -whereupon they all went about their
business. So ended the session.