Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-03-02
THE QUEENS SPEECH.


my Lords and Gentlemen - as1La'
'.h il, with the deepest concern, that
upon your again assembling. | have to
call your attention to the dearth of provis-
ions which prevails in Ireland, and in parts
Of Scotland. .aisasc ssls.e4 bs3,8J Cd
Gin ireland, especially, the loss of the
usual food Of the people has been the cause
of severe sufferings. of disease, and Of
greatly increased mortality among the
poorer classes. Outrages have become
moro frequent chiefly directed against
property and the transit ofprovisions has
been rendered unsafe in some parts of the
country. .sfe.a g E
with view to mitigate these evils,
large numbers OF men have been employ.
ed and have received wages in pursuance
Of an Acs passed in the last session of
Parliament. Sumo deviatiens from that
Act, which have been authorized by the
Lord Lieutenant oil. Ireland, in order to
promote more useful employment, will, |
trust, receive your sanction, Means have
been taken to lessen the pressure Of want
in districts which are most remote from
the ordinary sources of supply. aOutrages
have been repressed, as far as It was pos
sible, by the military and police
''II is satisfactory to me to observe, that
in many Of the most distressed districts,
the patience and resignation of the. people
have been most exemplary, ~ .saa.
1.-The deficiency ofthe harvest in France
and Germany, and other parts of Europe,
has added to the difficulty Of obtaining ad-
equate supplies Ofprovis;ons. 10 ss1noy
eli will beayour duty to consider what
farther measures are required to alleviate
the existing distress. recommend to you
to take into your serious consideration,
whether by increasing for a limited period
the facilities for importing corn from for
eign1 countries, and by the adu1issiGn of
sugar more freely into breweries and dis
tilIeries, the supply of food may he benefi-
cially augmented. :zW6.ioi ea
81 have likewise to direct your earnest
consideration to the permanent condition
Of Ireland. You will perceive, in the abb
sence Of political excitement, an opportu-
nifty for taking dispassionate- survey of
the social evils which aff1ict that part Of
the United Kingdom. Various measures
will be laid before you, which, if adopted
by Parliament, may tend to raise the
great mass of the people in comfort, to
promote agriculture, and to lessen the
pressure Of that competition for the occu.
patton of land which has been the fruitful
source Ufcrime and miserys - ssai,
"The marriage of the Infanta Luisa
Fernando of Spain to the Duke of Mont.
pensier, has given rise to correspondence
ghetween my Government and those oil
France and Spain. u, aaawts.i s-,..,
"The extinction of the Free State oil
Cracow has appeared to me to be so man.
fest violation of the Treaty Of Vienna,
that 4 have commended that aeprotesl
against that act should be delivered to the
Courts of Vienna, Petevsburgh and Berlin
which were paftiesto1t, Copies of these
several papers viii be laid before you.
81 entertain confident hopes thai, the
thostiiities in the River Plate, which have
80 long interrupted commerce, may soou
be terminated; and my efforts, in con.
Function with those Of the King Of the
French, will be earnestly directed to tha
end. go - -
MY relations generally with FOreigr
Powers inspire me with the fullest conf
fdence IN the malhtsnsnce Of peace. e.
.Gsntlemep 81 the House Of Commons:
1. i have ordered every requisite prePar
! alton to be made for putting into operation
] tha Act Of the last session Of Parliameht