Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-12
The English Parliament Prorogued.
Full Text of the Qncen's Address.

LONDON, Aug. 10.-Parliament prorogued at
two O'Clock this afternoon Shortly before that
hour the members of the commons were sum
moned to the chamber OF the peers where the
speech of the queen was read
The following is the full text of the queens
speech
" M lords and gentlemen; The time has ar
rived when You may properly relinquish the
performance of your arduous duties for a term
of repOse, which has been honOrably earned by
your devoted assiduity. rejoice to inform you
that the controversy which had arisen between
my government and the United States, in cOnse-
quenCe OF the claim for indirect damages, under
the treaty of Washington, was composed, by a
spontaneous declaration of the arbitratOrs en-
tIfely consistent with the views | announced to
you at the opening of the session. In concur
renee with your action on the part of the Uni.
ted Kingdom, the parliament of Canada has
| passed the acts necessary TO give effect to the
treaty within the dominion; all arrangements
contemplated by that instrument are therefore
now in progress and reflect with satisfaction
that the subjects with which it has dealt no
longer offer any impedment to perfect concord
between two kindred nations.
Since addressed you at the commencement
of the session, | have received from France n
formal notice which would bring to an end the
commercial treaty of 1850. That government,
however, has indicated desire for further com
municahonS. In any correspondence on the
subject shall be guided by my anxiety to Sc
cure attention to the Just claims of my sub
jects, by friendly feeling, which has SO long
united the two countries, and by my conviction
OF moral, as well as material benefits derived
by each from free intercourse between them.
l had great satisfaction in concluding with
Germany treaty in conformity with the pro-
visions OF the act of 1870 for mutual surrender
of fugitive criminals. | am engaged in framing
similar arrangements with other powers.
My government has taken steps intended to
the w dp1liDu fantu oil
with the slave trade on the east coast of Africa
| have cheerully given my assent to an act of
the legislature of Cape Colony for the re-estab-
lishment in that colony of what is now a gen.
orally known and responsible government.
Gentlemen of the house'Of commons nv ac-
acknowledgements are due to you for the ample
provision which you have made for the VARYING
exigencies of public service. My lords and
gentlemen, although the wants and eXpecta-
tons of the country seem to Outstrip every
effort of parliament in its career of legislative
improvement, notice with satisfaction that the
main additions which you have been erSbled to
make during the present year, to our laws ~The
act in reference to the outrageS of ma
tiyeS in the islands of the Pacific ocean,
is well designed by providing for more
easy audIehectual prevention and punishment
Of the offences at which it is aimed, to promote
the ends of humanity and the honor of the en-
pire The act for the localization of the army,
while it strengthens the defensive system of the
country will be an Indispensable aid in effect
ing these important reforms which have been
approved by parliament The act which estab-
fishes the ballot will assist to secure alike the
independence of the voter and the tranquility
and purity of elections for members Of parla-
ment Although you have bee unable during
the present session to mature any measure di-
rectcd against corrupt practices in the choice of
members of the house of commons. | observe
with pleasure that the cognate subject of mu-
nicipal elections has had your attention, and
that you have presented to me law which is
well calculated to check the existing evils and
which provides tribunal for trying the va
lidty of such elections. By the Scottish edu-
cation act you have made provision for the fur
ther extension and greater efficacy of the train
ing of the young throughout Scotland in ac-
cOrdanee with the conscientious and deep
rooted convictions Of the people, and with the
principles of religious freedom. The act for
establishing board of local government in
Ireland, modelled in the English statutes of
1871, supplies the machinery for giving effect to
many useful laws and promises to extend
within that portion of the United Kingdom, the
solid benefits of popular local Institutions The
measure for amendment of the act of uniformi-
ty, based upon careful inquiry and on a large
amount of asCertained consent, has, without
offence or shock, introduced useful modifica-
tons into the ancient system of divine worship,
to which a large portion of my people are
warmly attached. The public health act,
though it does not embrace all the enactments
which could have been desired, has, by the es-
adjustment of efficient and duly organized To-
cal authorities, done much, both for the en-
forcement of the present sanitary laws, and for
the rendering more easy what yet remains to
be accomplished in the way of legislative pro-
vision on the subject. The act for
regulating the custody and management of
large funds, held by the court of chancery, will
relieve u numerous class of suitOrs in that court
from risks and inconvenience to which they
may heretofore have been more or less exposed,
and likewise tend to increase the stability of our
finances. ] am gratifed TO find, by the acts for
the regulation of mining, that you have been
enabled TO supply new securities for the safety
and advantage of large bodies of my subjects
engaged in this great branch of industry. The
enactments embodied in the measure for the
regulation of the licensing system constitute Il
sensible improvement upon the existing law |
trust several regulations for the police, which
they include, may be found conducive to the
public order. | am able to speak fayorably
both of the tranquility and growing prosperity
of Ireland. Revenue is in Furnishing condi-
ton.
While / cordially congratulate you on the ac-
tivity of trade and industry, hope it will be
borne in mind that periods of unusually rapid
changes in the prices of commodities, and in
value of labor, are likewise periods which more
than ever call for the exercise of moderation
and forbearance. In bidding you farewell, |
ask you to join with me in acknowledging the
abundant merces of Almighty God, and mplor
ing their continuance.