The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-12
PARLIAMENT MEETS.
Brilliant Scenes at Westmins-
ter = Gully Reelected
Speaker.
BIZ Gable to the Unitea Press.

LONDON, Aug. II, 1S95.-The four
teenth Parliament of Queen Victoria
opened today with the customary cere-
monies. Prior. to the formal opening of
the House there was the usual contests
among the members for the seats they
will occupy during the session. Mr.
Hatch was the first of the members to
arrive. He reached the House at five
O'Clock in the morning, and sat at the
door for an hour before it was opened.
He was followed at half past six by
Mr. Ashcroft Before half past nine
thirty seats had been reserved on the
government benches by members placing
their hats in them, the custom that is
always followed. The Opposition did
not display great eagerness to obtain
seats as at half past nine they had Sc
cured only six.
The House was crowded with an ami
mated throng of members when, at two
o'clock, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod requested the attendance of the
House of Commons in the House of
Lords to hear the reading by the royal
commission of the proclamation opening
the session of Parliament. Many MEM
bers of the House of Commons went to
hear the reading. After their return to
their own House the Senior Clerk arose
and pointed to Mr. Mowbray who had
been selected to move the reelection of
Mr.. William Court Gully as Speaker of
the House.
At that moment the Right Hon. A. J.
Balfour. First Lord of the Treasury, and
the Right Hon Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Chancellor of the Exchequer in
the last administration, arrived together
and took their seats, Mr. Balfour on a
1 m
on a front bench on the Opposition side
of the House As they entered they were
Followers esse WIN eS there thereaftsp the
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the
leader of the Liberal l-Unionists, entered
and was loudly cheered by the govern
ment supporters, while groanS ascended
from the members occupying the Irish
benches.
streamed through the windows of the
House, changing its usual duh aspect
into one of light and warmth. The Diplo-
were crowded with distinguished visitors
who Watched the proceedings with close
attention.
ton of Speaker Gully, sad he reioiced
that Mr.. Gully would be reelected with
out 2 dissenting voice. Mr. MowhraIy
ate'e anee and P promptsude s d apd his seurtesy
to every member of the House. He asked
the House to elect Mr.. Gully, who was
Mr. Thomas Edward Ellis, First Liberal
whip, seconded the motion, and Mr. Gully
was then formally reelected without OPP
Mr.. Gully thanked the House for the
honor it had conferred upon him, espec-
ially in being proposed g ed by both the goy
tinuing he said that to be impartial was
the least difficult though the most i'm i'm
portant duty y Of the Speaikertf +, az He do;okea &
T3 Which spfiVs always distinguished na the House
With its be peaonS Wlth fhe MT Gha vs
marks. Mr.. Balfour, in the name of the
House. congratulated him upon his re-
gfafulated slf a5stIa Mr. gully after witch at
800 O'Clock, the House adjourned oe4or
several TeT ofsf 81 its " mefnbers,, Rad Inscribed
their names on the roll of the new
The The ie5osmTaission appointed to read the he
Haisbury, the Lord Chancellor. and and
oT95 BasoT Brlag nerGF they crSss %sre AMI al
attred Rdire in " SCARLET and ermine robes and
were seated in front of the throne when
the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod
bar, Where the proclamation was read.
Lord Chancellor Halsbury said Nhat
when the Legislators was sworn r. i n = Her
| Majesty WOulu QeCldIe WHY
had been summoned.
The Lord Chancellor appointed noon to.
morrow as the time for the Speaker Of
the House of Commons to present himself
at the bar of the House of Lords to re-
ceive the royal approval of his re-elec-
ton. :
In those noticed in the galleries of the
House were the Hon. Charles Crisp, eX-
Speaker of the American House of Re-
presentatives. the Hon. Thomas F. Bay
ard. American Ambassador to Great
Britain and the Hon. Edwin F. Uhl,
American Assistant Secretary of State.