Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-02-27
QUEENS SPEECH AT THE OPEN
ING OF PARLIAMENT.


commanded by Her Majesty to assure
you that Her Majesty is pursuaded that
you will deeply participate in the affection
by which Her Majesty has been over
whelmed BY the calamity of the untimely
and irrepararable loss Of her beloved con-
sort, who has been her comfort aud sup
port. 1t has been soothing to Her Majes-
ty while suffering most acutely under this
awful depression of Providence, to receive
from all classes of her subjects the most
cordial sympathy with her sorrow. Her
Majesty's relations with all the European
powers continue to be friendly and salts
factory, and her Majesty trusts there is
no reason to apprehend any disturbance
of the peace Of Europe.
A question of great importance, and
which might have led to very serious con-
sequences, arose between Her Majesty
and the Government of the United States
of America, owing to the seizure and
forcib.e removal of four passengers from
on board British mail packet by the COM
mander of ship-of-war of the United
States. That question has been stisiac-
torily settled by the restoration OF the
passengers to British protection, and by
the disavowal of the u. S. Government
OF the act of violence committed by their
naval officer. The friendly relations be-
tween her Majesty and the President of
the United States are therefore unim-
paired.
| Her Majesty willingly appreciates the
loyalty and patriotism which have been
manifested on this occasion by Her Majes-
TVS North American subjects.
The wrongs committed by various par
ties and by successive governments in
Mexico upon various foreigners resident
within the Mexican territory, and for
which no satisfactory redress could be OBJ
tanned, have led to the conclusion of a
convention between Her Majesty, the
Emperor of France and the Queen OF
Spain, for the purpose of regulating com
bined operations on the coast of Mexico
with view to obtain that redress which
has hitherto been withheld. That con.
, vention and the papers relating to thai
subject will be laid before you.
The improvement which has taker
place IN the relations between Her Males.
tvs Government and that of the Emperor
of China, and the good faith with which
, the Chinese Government have continu &c
to fulfill the arrangements of the treaty
of Tsin Tsin, have enabled Her Majest,
/, to withdraw her troops from the port o
Canton and to reduce the amonnt of he
| forces on the coast and in the seas o
} | China.
: Her Majesty, always anxious to exer
her influence for the preservation ofpeace
: has concluded a convention with the Sui
: tan of Morocco, by means of which tn
t Sultan has been enabled to raise tn
h amount necessary for the fulfllment O
p certain treaty arrangements which he ha
: contracted towards Spain, and thus t
: avoid the result of a renewal OF hOstilitie
= with that power. That convention an
IS the papers connected with it will be lai
:, before you.
= Her Majesty regrets that in some part
n of the United Kingdom and in certai
branch of industry temporary cause
IS have produced considerable pressure an
o privation, but we have reason to believ
l. that the general condition OF the countr
= is sound and satisfactory. Her Majest
i confidently commends the general intere'
+ OF the nation to your wisdom and you
care.