The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-11

opening or Parliament-The Queens speech
The Condition Of Great Britain.
The British Parliament opened on the Isth ult BY
the Queen in person, with the following speech;-
TIE QUEENS sprIcH.
NY Loaps AND 0ErrL.Msn.
e with the deepest concern that upon your again
assembling have to call attention to the dearth Of
provisions ~hich prevails 10 Ireland and in parts Of
10 Ireland especially the loss of the usual food of
the people has been the Of sudsrngs of
disease and Of greatly increased mortality among the
poorer classes Ourages have become more frequent,
chiefly directed agsinst property and the transit OF pro-
visions has been rendered unsafe in parts Of the
country
With view to mitigate these evils very large num-
oers OF men have been employed and have received
Of Parliament Some devia,ions from that so which
have been authorised BY the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland
trust receive your sanction Means hive been TAX to
lessen the pressure Of want In districts which mast
hsvs bssn ns 1Iapsry sources o. SUPPLY oltraEes
military and police.
-. |: satisfactory to to observe that in many of the
most distressed districts the patience resignation of
the people have been most exemplary.
The deficiency of harvest in France and Ger
many and other parts of Europe, has added to the d
Guilty OF obtaining adequate supplies of provisions
be your duty to consider what further measures
are required to alleviate the existing distress re-
to you to take into your consideration
whether by increasing for limited period the facilities
for importing corn from foreign countries and by the ad
mission Of sugar freely into and dist
leries the supply of food may be benefciay
81 have likewise to direct your earnest
to the permanent condition Of Ireland You will perceive
in the absence of political excitement an opporunity
aic that pat Of the United Kingdom Various measures
will be laid before you which, nadoPted by Parliament
tend to raise hs S.sa, mass na Of the people com
composition for the occupation of land which has
been the fruitful source Of crime and misery.
to the Duke of Monpenser, has given rise to CORE
spondence between Government and those of France
1.-THE extinction Of the Free State of Cracew has ap.
pesred to be to be so manifest violation of the Treaty
that act should be delivered to the Courts of Vienna
Petersburgh, and Berlin which were parties to it. Co
entertain confident hopes that the hostes in the
River Plate, which have long interrupted commerce.
i iSon O S t ns ana my
| rected to that end.
"hly relations generally with foreign powers inspire
me with the fullest confidence in the maintenance of
peace.
Ihave directed the estimates to be prepared, with
view to provide for the efficiency Of the public service
with a due regard for economy.
- have ordered every requisite preparation to be
made for putting into operation the act the last session
the Recovery of Small Debts is my hope that the en-
forcement Of civil rights in all parts of the country to
which the act relates may, by this measure be maori
al recommend to your attention. measures which will
be laid before you for improving the health of towns an
object the importance Of which you will not fail ap.
deeply sensible Of the blessings which after sea.
nation by experimenting Providence, conide these
important matters to your care in full conviction that
and in the hope that the susrngs my people
may be ghtened and that their future condition may be
improved by your deliberstive wisdom"
In the House of Lords after the Lord Chancellor had
read Her Majesty speech Lord Haheron to move
the address, and began describing the ptiabIe cond
ton Of the people OF Ireland owing to failure of the
potato CROP and the ilsuccess Of the measur.s which
mad been resorted to for the purpose of aevtng that
calamity Inc Labor Kate Act OF last session had been
ton. and L., IA.
opinion no blame to be attributed those intro
duced for Its failure yet it had sisnaly failed The
question then arose whether Pertinent should be con-
vened, or whether the government should invest the
Lord Lieutenant with power to act at his discretion &C
adopted the useless works of the labor rate act were
abandoned and the application OF the public money
the exeron oil this discretionary power had been found
inadequate to the emergency Of the CASE and all were
therefore necessary; what those measures
should be, was not for him TO dictate when there were
SO many Ia that House better fitted than he to decide He
only declared his own sentiments and wished involve
60 one eso in any responsibility which might attach TO
them; but he called on the people Of Engand to make
the case Of Ireland their and to consider the difsr.
betOeeH Enxsnd in her landed proprietor in
her east monfed interest IN her manufacturer and mer
chanfs, and in her admirable sationand
ireland where rich propretors were exceptions whsrs
abssnteeism abounded, and where vas no oraan.
zatSn. except for political purposes This wide differ.
sugg sstsd one or two aasiogies suppose every
Dag OF cotton imported into England Infested and
rainsa oy an insect would It be right to say to the
10 large towns for your own benefit, and you must
bear the burden Of supporting tneui No doubt there
would be much private lberality such an emergency
but doubess al appeal would also be made me i'm
peiiei legislature. or suppose the crop Of wheat and
ireland 10 say would hepl Whstev YER then
might DO the result Of the pr. calamity it wouId
and was to be hoped that both England sno
ireland would be benefited by the TRIAL The nobl.
me corn Laws and the alton Of the use OF .s~sp
oreweIies and distieries, end susured we'll
probable results OF those measures; and after hoping
tnat bill would be introduced for facilitating the trans
fer oil real perry and denouncng the policy OF Aus
tria in the annexation of Cracow, concluded BY moving
the draught Of an address, which usual echo
OF the speech
Lord STANLEY was happy to express his belief that az
the had abstsined from introducing into Her
Majesty speech any expression which must necessarily
lead to discussion SO there was no wish on the part Of
NOSE who had not reposed their confidence in that
vernment to embarrass them by premature opposition
Having attained power by no factous proceedings OF
Msjesty's advisers had peculiar claims to the for.
bearance of the House, and they might rest
path Of the constitution and avoided rash and dan.
gerous innovations, they would BIO met, not only by
no acous opposition on that side of the House, but also
by ready and dsnterested support In this spirit and
temper he would proceed to make a few observations
promising that from the significant omission any alu
sion 10 the hnancisl condition of the country in the
speech might be argued that that condition was not so
satisfactory as appeared on the face Of the last
y returns; in fact, he afraid in the course of
the ne1 sir months there should BE such an increase OF
imporfs oper exports seriously to Inconvenience ne
country by reducing the quantity Of bullion In passing
then to topics contained in the speech he was sure
all must rejoice in the prospect Of continued peace
though his confidence in that prospect based
on the general conviction throughout Europe of the
folly Of than tire of our foreign relations
He coudno look with satisfaction those relations SO
long as we were not on terms not merely Of amy but
Of cordial cooperation with France. II was impossible
not to see that the good understanding lately existing
between the two countries had been very much altered
for the during the last few months and thou he
he should abstain from opinion the comparative
merits OF the statements either side respecting the
Spanish marriage until the whole correspondence was
before the House. yet he thought the country had re
ceived slight in the manner in which that marriage
brought about which would have been passed on Il
had Lord Aberdeen been at the head Of Foreign Affairs
This unfortunate GOODNESS had been followed by
another event. with which he couli not help
thinking II was nearly connected-the annexa.
ton Of Cracow; snd, though this point too, he
mast reserve his judgment until tho necessary papers