The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-12
lDQszang oa Paraisnasat-Tho Address OF
0aeen Victoria.

IL
is 0ueen Victoria.
k GseNpoN, Fehruesy 1.-THE sesaioiss OF
IRafliament wereS openad to-day. The
Quesn's speech. Vas reaa by,a Comfnis-
jnfoner, her Majesty excesing heresR on
Ita6s1unt of her sscent indispoeition.s .sThe
| foiloWing is an extended report of the
Queen's speech, as delivered by commits
sion:
LORDS AND GENTLEMEN: We have it
in command from her Majesty again 10
invite you to resume your arduous du-
ties, and to express the regret of her
Majesty that her present indisposition
has prevented her from meeting you in
porson, as it had been her intention
to do.
You re.assemble at a period of remark
able public interest. Friendly senti-
ments are entertained in all quarters
her Majesty cordially reciprocates.
There is growing disposition among
nations to resort to the good Offices OF
their allies, in eases of international diff
ference. The conciliatory spirit in
which several such cases have recently
been treated and determined, encourage
her Muiesty's confidence in the main
tenance of general tranquility. Papers
will be laid before you, with reference
to the recent occurrences in New Zea-
land.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF Con-
MONS: Estimates for the approaching
financial year are in forward state OF
preparation. They are framed with a
view, in the first place, to the effective
maintenance of the public establish
ments, and will impose diminished
charge upon her Msjesty's subjects
The condition of the revenue has an
swered the expectations formed in the
past session. Her Majesty trusts you
will be disposed to carry into completion
the inquiry you last year instituted into
the mode of conducting Parliamentary
and municipal elections, and thus pre-
pare materials useful for early legsla-
tinn
LORDS AND GENTLEMEN: It will be
proposed to amend the laws respecting
the occupation and acquisition of land
in Ireland, in manner adapted to the
peculiar circumstances of that country,
and calculated, as her Majesty believes,
to bring about improved relations be-
tween the several classes concerned in
Irish agriculture, who collectively con
stitute the great bulk of the people.
These provisions, matured by your i'm.
partiality and wisdom, as her Majesty
trusts, will tend to inspire, among per-
sons with whom such sentiments may
still be wanting, that steady confidence
in the law and desire to render assistance
in its effective administration which
mark her Majesty's subjects in general
This will aid in consolidating the fabric
of the empire.
We are further directed by her Majes-
ty to state that many other subjects of
public Importance appear to demand
your care, and among them especially to
inform you bill has been prepared for
the enlargement, on a comprehensive
scale, of the means of national educa-
ton. In fulfllment of on engagement
to the Government of the United States,
bill will be proposed to you for the
purpose of defining the status of sub
jects who are citizens of foreign coun-
tries, and who may desire naturalization,
and of aiding them in the attainment of
that object. You will be invited to con-
slider bills proposed in compliance with
the report of the commission on courts
of judicature, for the improvement of
the constitution and procedure of the
superior tribunal, and of the original
appellate jurisdiction.
The question of religious tests in the
universities and colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge has been under discussion
for many years, and her Majesty recon-
mends such legislative settlemet of the
questions as may contribute to extend
the usefulness of these great institutions,
and heighten the respect with which
they are justly regarded. Bills have
been prepared for extending the incl
dence of rating and for placing the col
lection of large sums, locally raised, for
various purposes on simple and uni
form rating.
Her Majesty likewise recommends you
to undertake an amendment to the laws
which regulate and grant licenses for the
sale Of fermented and spirituous liquors.
Measures will be brought under your
consideration facilitating the transfer of
land in cases intestary, amending the
laws as to disabilities of members of
trade combinations, and for consolidat-
ing and improving the body of the
statute which relates to merchant ship
ping.
While commencing to you these
i nsrvlk g.. -. 4