, 1873-09-06

OIIdG LOG d SllI9lC CdDIIICG 4hILllSGCl o0 w
companied the Speaker, and that not even
a member of note was amongst those who
attended at the bar.-The Lord Chan
cellor then rose and read the Queens
Speech, as follows
"My Lords and G~ent1emen,-I am now
released from the necessity of calling upon
you for the further prosecution Of your ar
duous occupations. In bidding you fare
well for the recess, I make it my first duty
to thank you for the loyal promptitude
with which you have made further prOvi-
sioa for my sou the Duke of Edinburgh on
the OCCASION of his approaching marriage
with the Grand Duchess Marie Alexan-
drovna Of Russia. This marriage will, /
trust, form a new tie of amity between
two great empires. The best relations
continue to subsist between myself and all
foreign Powers. | am able to announce
the successful termination of the mission
to Zanzibar, made known to you at the
beginning of the session. Treaties have
been concluded w tn the Sultan of Zanzi-
bar, with the Imaum of Muscat, and with
other native Powers which will provide
means for the more e~ffectual repression OF
the slave trade on the Feast Coat of Africa.
| have been enabled to bring to a s%atisfac-
tory issue the commercial negotiations
with France in which my Government has
been for some time engaged. Under the
provisions of an instrument signed on July
%, and awaiting ratification, the treaties
OF 1860 are again put in force with a com
preheusive engagement contracted be-
tween the two countries for mutual treat
ment on the footing of the most tavoured
nation and the didorential tax on the Bril-
fish flag has been removed. Separate pro-
visions are contained in the treaty for the
adjustment of the question OF mineral oils,
and otherwise for the relief and extension
of trade. | have likewise concluded trea-
ties of extradition with Italy, Denmark,
Sweden and Brazil. The Publications OF
the two last-named treaties have not yet
been exchanged, but | anticipate no diff
Guilty in this final step and | an engaged
in negotiations for agreements OF a similar
character with other States both in Eu-
rope and beyond it. l am still occupied in
giving effect to those provisions OF the
Treaty of Washington which relate to Bril-
fish claims against the Government OF the
United States, and to the Interests OF my
possessions in North America.
"GcaPemeR Of the House OF COnm0nS,-
am very sensible of the liberality with
which you have provided for the various
charges of the State, and have likewise en-
abled me promptly to meet the obligations
imposed upon me by the award Of the ar
bitrators at Geneva during the past year.
"Iy Lords and Gent1emen,-I have OBJ
served with satisfaction the progress you
have been enabled to make in the remis-
sion of public burdens, by reducing both
the sugar duties and the income-tax to
points lower than any at which they have
previously stood. The act for the estab-
iishment of the Supreme Court of Judica-
ture forms a distinguished record of your
perseyering labour, and will be found, as
/ hope, to confer corresponding benefits on
the country in the more cheap, certain, ex-,
peditious, and ~effectual administration of
Justice. The acts for the amendment of
the Education Act, 1870, and of the En-
dowed Schools Act of 1869, will, as [ trust,
tend to accelerate the attainment OF solid
national advantages through the extension
of education both in the middle and the
most numerous classes of the community.
The act relating to the regulation OF rail-
ways and canals promises to conduce to
the more harmonious working OF the rail-
way system of the country. l have with