Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
PARLIAMENT IN SESSION.
Was Opened tuesday Afternoon with tile
Usual Ceremonies.

Usual Ceremonies.
london. Eng, Feb. s. Tho fourth
session of the 18th Parliament OF Queen
Victoria and the Goth Parliament Of the
United King iom was opened by COM
mission at 2u'clock this afternoon with
IL customary ceremonies. The Queen
Hpeeuh was as follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen My rela3
tions with the other Powers continue
friendly. The negotiations between thu
Sultan OF Turkey and the King Of
Greece have been brought to a con-
clusicn by the signature OF treaty Of
peace, under which the territorial rela,
tionR between the two Powers are prac.
tically unchanged. The question OF the
autonomous government Of the Island
OF Crete has occupied the attention Of
the Powers. The difficulty of arriving
at unanimous agreement on come
points has unduly protracted the de-
alterations, hut hope these obstacles
will before long be surmounted.
Intelligence, which is apparently
trustworthy. was received of the inten.
tion Of the Khslifa to advance against
the Egyptlan army in tine Soudan, and
have, therefore, given directions that
contingent of British troops should
be dispatched to barber, to the assist
ance of His lIighness the Khedive.
have concluded trenty of friend
ship and commerce. with His Majesty,
tine Emperor of Abyseinia.
The report of the comm isson |
appointed in December, 1886, to inquire
into the condition Of certain Of my
West Indian colonies, has conclusively
| established the existence of severe de-
| preston in thoRu colonies, caused by
tho heavy fall in the price OF sugar.
which is mainly attributable to the
reduction in the cost of production and
| tho great increase in its extent during
recent years, but the fall has been
artiGcially stimulated By the system
of hounties TO producers and manu-.
facturers Of beet root sugar maintained
in many European States There are
signs Of growing opinion in those States
that this system is injurious to the
general interests Of their population,
and communications are now in pro.
| gress between my government aud the
government principally, concerned, with
view TO conference ON the subject,
which, trust may result in the
abolition OF the bountiss -
Of tho Indian uprising, the Queen
SAID; "A portion of the tfridi tritiss
have not yet accepted the terms offered
item, hut elsewhere tho Indian upera.
tious have been brought to successful
close. The courage and endurance
exhibited lIy my troops, British and
native, has overcome almost insurerabls
difficulties in tho country in which
they were operating. but | have to de-.
plore the loss of many valuable lives' y
The rest of the speech dealt with the
rccrudesceuce of the plague 10 India,
and said: Although the mortality is
less alarming than in 1897, it ia still
such az to cause anxiety. No effort
will be spared to mitigate it."
Previous to the reassembling of Par
lament, the usual marty of heeieaiers.
accompanied by several ohicias and
hended by Chief inspector of Police
llorsley, made the customary search for
imitaiors of Guy Fswkes, formally
ascertaining that the vaults OF the
Houses OF Parliament din not contain
anything inimical to tho safety Of the
members,