Widnes Examiner. — 1895-08-17 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

TRUESDAYTHE QUEEN'S SPEECE.  The real business of the first session of the new Parliament was begun on Thursday. The QUEEN'S Speech was delivered by Commission in the House of Lords. It was very brief, but it contained the following references to the Chinese outrages and the Armenian massacres :—" I deeply regret to say that most atrocious outrages upon a body of English missionaries have been reported from the province of Fukien in China. In reply to earnest representations addressed to the Chinese Government by my directions, active measures, which I trust will prove effective, are being taken for the punishment of the murderers and of all persons who are in any degree responsible for these crimes. Internal troubles have broken out in the Armenian districts of Asiatic Turkey, and have been attended with horrors which have moved k'm indignation of the Christian nations of Europe generally, and of my people especially. My Ambassador and the Ambassadors of the Emperor of Russia and of the President of the French Republic, acting together, have suggested to the Government of the Sultan the reforms which, in their opinion, are necessary to prevent a recurrence of constant disorder. These proposals are now being considered by His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and I am anxiously awaiting his decision. On the subject of legislation it said :—" At this season I of the year it will probably be found more convenient to defer .to another session the consideration of any important legislative measures except those which are necessary to provide for the administrative charges of the year." The Duke of Matunonorott moved and Lord AmmmiLL seconded the address of the Lords in reply to the speech. The Earl of ROSEBERY, in the course of his remark, said as to the causes of the Liberal defeat, he was not sure that the liquor qaestion had not more to do with it than either Home Rule or the House of Lords. He was still of opinion that our best hope of seeing Irish business satisfactorily carried on was by means of the Irish themselves, but he admitted that we had got to bring more conviction to the heart and mind of what he formally called "the predominant partner." Laoki,w at the men chosen for the new Catinet he ventured a hope that the new Government was not Indifferent to the problem of Ireland.— Lord SALISBURY in replying,said with regard to Armenia that the Government had accepted the policy that their predecessors initiated. They had not yet succeeded in obtaining adequate guarantees for the execution of the Promised reforms by the Porte, and it was to that object that their efforts would be directed. Lord SALISBURY added : If generation after generation, cries of misery come up from various parts of the Turkish Empire, I RBI sure the SULTAN cannot blind himself to the probability that Europe will some time or other become weary of the appeals that are made to it, and the factitious strength that is given to his Empire will fail it. I have earnestly tried to impress upon the Turkish Government the extreme gravity of the line of conduct which it has pursued."  In the House of Commons, after the return of the Speaker and other members from the Heuse of Lords, where they had heard the QUEEN'S Speech read, the Arromssy GENERAL moved that a copy of the conviction of Mr. JOHN DALY (now in Portland prison), who was returned at the general election for Limerick, be laid before the House, along with other papers relating thereto. Mr. J. REDMOND protested against the decision of the electors of Limerick being overridden, but the motion was carried by 314 to 77. The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved that the documents be taken into consideration on Monday, and this was agreed to. The Address to the Throne in reply tc the QUEEN'S Speech was moved by Mr. T. W.