Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-06


vas prorogued to-day. The Queen speech,
which wasread by commissions, Is as follows:
! NV Lords and Eentlcn4cn I am now released
| # m the necessity of calling upon you for lur-
ther prosecution of your ardu"us occupations;
| In bidding YOU farewell for recess | would
| make it my first duty to thank you for the loyal
| uromntitude with which you have made iu' Their
provisions for my son, the Duke of Edinh':rg
on the occasion of bis approaching marriage
IhiS,marriage ,wiIl trust, form anew tic OF
unity between the two Empires. $500 -.-<
| The best relations continu. to subSist between
myself u, sovereign Powers.
| ! am able to announce the successful termlna-
natl m Of the mission of lanzibar Treaties have
been concluded with the Sultan of Muscat and
! other native powers which will provide means
for The more etiectuai repression of the slave
| trade on the coast Of Africa.
! have been able to tring to a sai factory issue
commercial negotiations With France in which
my Gov mcnt has been or some time engaged,
under the provisions Of an instrument signed the
23l of July, and awaiting rati6cution
! The treaties Of 1870 were again put in force,
| with q comprehensive engagement contracted
between the two couHtries for mutual treatment
on :. footing of the most favored nation, and the
flag is removed There are separate provisions
in the treaty for the adjustment of the question
of dut cs on mineral oils and for the general re-
! lief and extension .! trade | have likewise con-
cIu!cd treaties Of eXtrn1it;on wi h ltal = Den
mark, Sweden and Brazil. Ratlicatlons Of the
treaties with the two lat NAMED Powers haze
not been exchanged, but l anticipate no difficult
ty in this final step l am eng aged in negotla-
tions for agrctln.:nts of similar character with
other States both in Europe and beyond.
l am still occupied in giving eft c. to those
provisions Of the Treaty of Washington which
r"Inte to British Claims against the United
States, and to the interests Of my possess ms in
North America
Gentlemen of the House of Comm ms, I am
sensible Of the lberality with which sou have
/ provided for the various changes OF STATE, and
Likewise enabled me promptly TO meet the oh J.
cations imposed upon me by the award OF the
arutrator> at Geneva daring the past year.
NV Lords and Gentlelnrn, I have observed
with satisfaction the pr, gress you have been on
ablcd t. make in the rclniS ion II public burdens
by reducing both the sugar duties and lncom"
tax to point: lower than any which they pre-
viousy stood
: The establishment OLA Supreme Court oc Jul
dicaturc. BY which the record OF your pructci-
Jugs has been distinguished, will be found, n
hope TO confer corresponding benefits on the
country in the more cheap, certain expeditions.
ind eDectua administration OF justice.
| The acts for the amendment of tie cducatI on
act OF 1870, and of the endorsed sch' DIS act Ut
1869 viii, - l trust tend to accelerate nttain.
mcnt of solid national advantages through toe
extension Of education in the middle and mos;
| numerous Glasses Of the community.
| The act relative u the regulation OF railways
| and cana:> promises t" con!uce TO more hnr
/ noniou$ working Of the railway system Of the
| country.
| | hayr wi Ii pleasure aSScntcd To the act rcl,t-
| ing To merchant shipping. from which, and FRI III
| the labors Of the commission recently appointed,
| hope for dllinution OF the RISKS to winch the
sra larIng popu hilton are exposed. The revnn uc
has, up To lhi: time, fully answered cNpcctal IS,
and although activity in the trade in some vi It's
| branches may have been somewhat restra ned
by variety vi causes, the general condition OF
the people continues TO exhibit evidences OF i'm
provemant. These, snd all mercles of II Dlvl@c
| Providence. will. trust. lind suitable acknuwl-
! Ell cement alike in our works and hearts.
Y ENIcE STILL A GREAT CITY &C. G.. +. y
in his last letter TO the Baltimore American,
| says: "'" -..'
The stranger who has never visited Venice is
| apt to regard il ~ II city of ruins great city
that ha: gone to decay. But few days. So
journ will satisfy every one that Venice Is sill 4
great and remarkable ci Y. Its palaces and
churches are old, but they urc huiit Of enduring
stone that will last forever. They are st.incd
with the dust of ages, bat stand ~ firm on their
waicry foundations rs if built but yesterday,
and mot OF them, Ms specimens of archit"ctre
| will compare avornbly with the best produc-
| tons of the present day. Some of the old bal
aces on the Grand Canal show that they were
! built regardless of expense, and the churches
were reared apparently, rs specimens Of the
architectural rivalry which prevailed at the
time Of their construction. Expense appears to
have been no consideration, and we find few
churches vt the present day in the construction
| of which there has been such lavish expenditure
If were not for the pride of ant putty which
prevails in al those old countries, and that the
stans .nd cobwcbs of AGE are regarded Ne adding
to the attractions of architecture, Venice mi ht,
with little rubbing and scrubb!ng, be made
very beautiful city.
In what l have described : the heart Of V en-
ice there are prccsc y one hundred Catholic
churches. besides the great Cat; edrul of Saint
Mark Each and all Of these churches have in
tront Of them small courtyard, most o.! them
not more than from sixty TO one hundred feet
square, in the centre of which Is n we'll. These
cnurtyards are mainly to allow full view OF the
architecture of the front of the buildings and OF
the statuary with which they are 50 extensively
| ornamented. There are no plain churches, and
no two of tn m that resemble each other in their,
style or orna ncntation. There are more churches
here than in Rome. and the orranentatlon and
establishment OF tEem are more elaborate and
expensive
The whole number of old palaces reaches
nearly one hundred and fifty in al the islands,
of which one hundred and three are mostly on
the Grand Canal and in the central part OF the
city. They are CALLED by. the names OF their
founders, and many Of them are still in the p,s-
session and occupied by their impoverished de-
scendants Some of them have old painting gal
leries, museums of antiquities, &c, which are
exhibited for $nal fee to the curious. Macy
of the others stand i'll silent grandeur, apparently
empty, whilst others are converted INT" store
houses or made use Of rs public bu ldings.
Venice has no less than seven theatres, all of
them quite iae establishments, though not so
large rs with US. Thestre LA Venice is, how
ever, one of the most elegant little establis ments
conceivable 1t is quite aged, having been IN
use more than b hundred y, ars. -Four Of them
are now omen and giving nightly performances
to C OVID, d houses. 800.
Washington News.
The Schuetzcutest continues its ATTRACTIONS
and is attended by large numbers.
\ coIered mau named Watt Fowler, residing
po.r rho SplIi.ro R,,rt rn1u tod Srip,l vuS-