The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-09
THE SPEECH.


NY Lords ard Gentlemen.
L. is with satisfaction that find myself al
'ength enabled to release you from your
hrduous labcrs, continue to receive as.ur.
an es of the most friendly character from
all foreign powers upon the failure oftho sub
lime porte to execute, = cording to its an
cagements, tho plan agreed upon in April
last upon the division ofthe country. regret
that it has not hitherto been possible
TO give you such Information on the general
state of Indian finance aud recent mi.car.
riage in presenting the account of military
expenditures, Ms you would justly require
Before entering on the practical consldera-
tion of the subject you may, however, rest
assured that should redeem my pledge to
supply you with the information at the
earliest period in my power. No advance
has recently been made in the project of the
sou h African nfederation,nor could any ad
vantage arise from any endeavors TO suppress
IL. trust my conclatory policy may allay
any agitation that may have been caused bv
the execution and dissrment. Gentlemen OF
the house of commons, tender you my
thanks for the liberal provisions you have
nude to meet the changes Of public services.
My lords and gentlemen, / acknowledge,
with thahkfulness to the Almighty, the
happy continuance of several weeks of ine
weather, Tor securing the harvest, which gives,
in many places, promise of abundance. |
am thus enabled to announce to you a
revival Of trade, and some additions to the
revenue of thu country for the past year, and
dwell with especial pleasure upon the
pl )bable improvement n the condition of
the poor in Ireland, who so seriously suffered
frt m previous failure, Of crops. | am re-
ioiced also to observe that Notwithstanding
the latene.s of the period at which you be-
gan your lsbors, your interchangeable zeal
and pstierce have made you to ad to the
statute books some valuable and wise laws,
particularly to your settlement of the long.
contesie sd questions relating to the subject of
bul,sls; to the education sct, and the act for
better determining the liabilities of employ
ers, and to these l would add an act relating
to the ground game, the repeal Of the duty
bank act, the postotlice money order act,
the measures for lettering TIE condition of
merchant sesmen and providing for the safe
carriage of grain cargoes. trust that these
may, under divine p. evidence, contribute to
the welfare and prosperity of my people
during the term OF propagation of members
of the house of commons. About sixty were
present, including Premier Gladstone. OF
members Of the house Of lords, besides five
royal commissioners, only one Liberal and
two Conservative peer, were pres.
ent. with about fifty ladies. none
of whom were peeresses. The special core.
mony com nenced At ten minute, to o'clock
this evening and was over at 81 minutes past
q Parliament was prorogued until the 9th
of next month.
BERMUDA ISLANDS.
st. Georges, Bermuda, Sept. S.-The most
severe storm that has visited these islands in
the last century ragged on Sunday night. 1t
began. between and A o'clock Sun.
day afternoon with heavy fall of rain. The
wi1d: changed to the northeast about 10
o'clock, when it freshsned to gale, which
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