Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-06
THE QUEENS SPEECH.
Ministerial TWadde-EnglaRd at Home
and Abroad-Ed Edinburgh's Marriage.
Thanks to "Mi Lords and Gentlemen
and to Divine Pr0Tidenee-The
m Country Prosperous.

LONDON, August PARLIAMENT was
pFOFogued to-day. The queens speech,
which was read by the royal commits
sioner, is as follows:
! My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN-I am
now released from the necessity Of call
ing upon you for the further prosecution
of your arduous occupations. In bidding
you farewell for q recess, make it my
duty to thank you for the loyal prompts
I tude with which You have made further
provision for my son, the Duke of Edin-
burgh, on the occasion of bis approaching
marriage This marriage win, trust,
form a new tie of amity between two
empires.
THE BEST RELATIONS
continue to subsist between myself and
foreign powers. / am able to announce
a successful termination of the mission
to Zanzibar. Treaties have been conelu-
ded with the sultan of Muscat and other
native powers which win provide means
for more efiectlsl repression of the
slave trade on the east coast of Africa
I have been enabled to bring to salts
factory issue
COMMERCIAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH
FRANCE,
on which my government has been for
some time engaged, under the provisions
OF the instrument signed on the twenty
third of July, and is awaiting ratitica-
ton. The treaties of 1850 were again
put in force with comprehensive en-
aaremeut contracted between the two
Countries for mutual treatment on the
footing of the most favored nation, and
the defferential tax on shipping under
the British flag is removed. There are
separate provisions in the treaty for the
adjustment of the question of duties on
mineral oils and for the general relief
and extension of trade. L have like
wise concluded treaties of extradition
with
ITALY, DENMARK, SWEDEN AND BRA
I'll.
The notifications of the treaties with
the two last named powers have not yet
been exchanged, but I anticipate no diff
Guilty in this final step. am engaged
in negotiations for agreements Of sim
liar character with other States, both in
Europe and beyond. lam still occupied
in giving OBJECT to those provisions in
the treaty of Washington which relate
to
BRITISH CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES,
and to the interests Of my possessions in
North America. Gentlemen of the
house Of commons, lam very sensible of
the liberaIity with which you have pro-
vided for various charges of the State,
and likewise enabled me promptly to
meet the obligations imposed upon me
| by the award of the srbitratOrs at
Geneva during the past year. My lords
and gentlemen, have observed with
satisfaction the progress you have been
enabled to make in the remission of
public burdens by reducing both
SUGAR DUTIES AND INCOME TAX
to points lower than any at which they
previously stood. The establishment of
a supreme court Of judicature, by which
/ the record OF your proceedings has been
distinguished, viii be found, as l hope,
to confer corresponding benefits on the
country. The expeditions and effeetual
administration of justice under the edu-
cation act of 1870, and of the indorsed
school act OF 1863, will, as 1 trust, tend
to accelerate the attainment of solid
national advantages through the
EXTENSION OF EDUCATION
in the middle and most numerous classes
of the community. The act relating to
the regulation of railways and canals
promises to conduce to more harmoni-
Gus working of the railway system of
the country. I have with pleasure as
sented to the act relating to merchant
shipping, from which, and from the
commission recently appointed, 1 hope
for a diminution Of the risks to which
the seafaring population are exposed.
THE REvENTrE
has, up to this time, fully answered the
expectations, and although activity in
trade in some of its branches may have
been somewhat restrained by variety
Of causes, the general condition Of the
people continues to exhibit evidences of
Improvement. These, and all the mer-
cies of Divine Providence viii, / trust
find suitable acknowledgement alike in
our works and hearts.