The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-24
Additional News by the Cambria.

We have the following additional details of for
eign news by the steamer Cambria, not contained
in our Geographic report of yesterday:
ENGLAND.
The British Parliament was formally opened by
the Queen in person the Sd instant, when she
delivered the following speech:
any LORDS AND GENTLEMEN The period has ar
rived when, according to usage, can avail myself
Of your advice and assistance in the preparation
and adoption of measures which the welfare OF the
country may require. continue to maintain the
most friendly relations with foreign powers.
"The complicated affairs of the Duchies OF Hol-
stein and Schleswig have continued to engage my
attention. have every reason to expect that the
treaty between Germany and Denmark, which was
cancelled at Berlin in the year before last, within
short time will be fully and completely executed
81 regret that the war, which broke out on tho
eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, more
than year ago, still continues.
81 observe, with sincere satisfaction, the tran
guilty which has prevailed throughout the great
err part of Ireland and much regret that have to
| inform you that certain parts of the counties of
Armagh, Doneghan, and Louth, have been marked
by the commission of outrages OF the most serious
description. The powers of the existing laws have
been promptly executed for the detection OF the
offenders, and for the repression of a system of
crime and violence fatal TO the best interests of the
country My attention will be directed to that i'm
portant object"
Turning to the gentlemen Of the House OF Com
| mons, her majesty says
81 have ordered the estimate Of the expenses of
the current year to be laid before you. rely with
| confidence your loyalty and zeal to make ade-
! quate provisions for the public service"
Again addressing the lords, her majesty refers
| to the Improvements contemplated to be made IN
the administration of justice in the various depart
ments, bills in relation thereto having been direct
ed TO be prepared. The act of 1913, for suspending
the operation of previous act, comforting repre-
| sentative institutions New Zealand, will expire
| early in the next year. Her majesty expresses her
self happy to believe that there is necessity for
its removal, and that no obstacle any longer exists
to the enjoyment OF representative institutions by
| New Zealand.
able to state to you that the large reduction OF
taxes, which have taken place Of late years, have
| not been attended with proportionable diminu-
ton of the national income The revenue OF the
| past year has been fully adequate to the demands
of the public service, while the reduction OF taxa
ton has tended greatly to the relief and comfort Of
| my subjects"
| Her majesty concludes: al acknowledge, with
thankfulness to Almighty God, that tranquility,
good order, and willing obedience continue to pre-
vail generally throughout the country. IT appears
to that this s fitting time for calmly consid-
ering whatever may be advisable, and to make
| such amendments in the act of the late reign re-
lating to the representation of the Commons in
| Parliament as may be deemed calculated to carry
into more complete effect the principles upon
| which the law is founded. have the fullest con
| fidence that in such consideration you will firmly
adhere to the acknowledged principles OF the con
stitution, by which both houses OF Parliament and
the rights and liberties OF the people are equally
secured
| No amendment was proposed in the address IL
| reply to the speech in either house.
The special commission at Doneghan had proveo
| an abortion, no capital conviction having taker
place, the juries being unable to agree.
| ITALY.
The trial of the Neapolitans for the revolt o
| Nav, lS4S, drags slowly on. The proceedings are
said very much to resemble a buresque under the
name of justice
| From Brussels, learn that the Bulletin Fran
Gals had been seized, and that legal proceeding
had been instituted against ito proprietors.
The overland mail, with later Bombay dates
had reached London. Warke rumors still pre-
vailed in the northwest frontier, and force wa
on its march from kunachec towards the Uppe
Scinde, intending 10 attack Nicer Ali Mouran
should he prove refractory and refuse TO surrcnde
the territory he has 50 long held by fraudulen
pretensions.
Accounts from Kabul state that Mahomed Khal
had been seized and sent into the Ormeer distric
by Ahem Khan money crisis bad taken plac
in the capital of the Ngaur, and credit had falle
To n very low cbb
The affairs in the Dude were very unsatisfactory
The King had given up to deba uchery, and hi
ministers to corrupt practices Trade at Bomba
! wac quiet, but rates for piece goods unfavorble
The money market, however, was easy, and die
counts low.