Russell, John Salusbury Trelawny. TEWKESBURY. John Martin, Humphrey Brown. THETFORD. Hon. William Henry (Fitzroy) Earl of Euston, Hon. Francis Baring. THIRSK. bridge Erle Drax. WARRINGTON. Gilbert Greenall. WARWICKSHIRE. (Northern Division.) Charles Newdigate Newdegate, Richard Spooner. (Southern Division.) Hon. Heneage (Finch) Lord Guernsey Hon. George Guy (Greville) Lord Brooke. Hon. George Cecil Weld James Milnes Gaskell. WESTBURY. James Wilson. WESTMINSTER. Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B., WESTMORELAND. Sir William Payne Gallwey, William Thompson. bt. TIVERTON. John Heathcoat, Rt. hon. Henry John (Temple) Viscount Palmerston. WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS. William Lockyer Freestun, Hon. Frederick William Child Villiers. WINCHESTER. John Bonham Carter, Sir James Buller East, bt. WINDSOR. Rt. hon. John Hatchell, WOLVERHAMPTON. WOODSTOCK. Hon. John Winston (Spencer Churchill) Marquess of Blandford. WORCESTERSHIRE. (Eastern Division.) George Rushout, John Hodgetts Hodgetts Foley. (Western Division.) Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon, Frederick Winn Knight. WORCESTER. Osman Ricardo, WYCOMBE (CHIPPING). YARMOUTH (GREAT). Charles Edward Rumbold, Joseph Sandars. YORKSHIRE. (North Riding.) Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, Hon. Octavius Duncombe. LIMERICK. William Monsell, Wyndham Goold. LIMERICK (CITY). Hon. Henry Granville (Fitzalan Howard) Earl of Arundel and Surrey. John O'Brien. LISBURN. Rt. hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, Sir James Emerson Ten- Hon. (Claud Hamilton) Lord nent, knt. C. Hamilton. Hon. Thomas Vesey Dawson. Thomas Chisholm Anstey. HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, IN THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IREeland, APPOINTED TO MEET 21 SEPTEMBER, 1847, AND FROM THENCE CONTINUED TILL 3 FEBRUARY, 1852, IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. My Lords, and Gentlemen, "THE Period has arrived when, according to Usage, I can again avail Myself of your Advice and Assistance in the Preparation and Adoption of Measures which the Welfare of the Country may require. "I CONTINUE to maintain the most friendly Relations with Foreign Powers. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. HE PARLIAMENT, which had been pro"THE complicated Affairs of the rogued successively from the 4th of September, to the 4th of November, Duchies of Holstein and Sleswig have thence to the 15th of January, and thence continued to engage My Attention. to the 3rd of February, met this day for I have every Reason to expect that despatch of business. the Treaty between Germany and Denmark, which was concluded at Berlin in the Year before last, will in a short Time be fully and completely executed. The Session of the Parliament was opened by THE QUEEN in Person. Being seated on the Throne, and the Commons being at the Bar, with their Speaker, HER MAJESTY was pleased to make a most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, as follows: VOL. CXIX. [THIRD SERIES.] "I REGRET that the War which B unfortunately broke out on the Eastern | partments has continued to receive. Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope My anxious Attention; and in furthermore than a Year ago still continues. ance of that Object I have directed Papers will be laid before you con- Bills to be prepared, founded upon the taining full Information as to the Pro- Reports made to Me by the respective gress of the War, and the Measures Commissions appointed to inquire into which have been taken for bringing it the Practice and Proceedings of the to a Termination. Superior Courts of Law and Equity, "WHILE I have observed with sin-as nothing tends more to the Peace, cere Satisfaction the Tranquillity which Prosperity, and Contentment of a has prevailed throughout the greater Country than the speedy and impartial Portion of Ireland, it is with much Administration of Justice. I earnestly Regret that I have to inform you, recommend these Measures to your that certain Parts of the Counties of deliberate Attention. New Zealand will expire early in the next Year. I am happy to believe that there is no Necessity for its Renewal, and that no Obstacle any longer Armagh, Monaghan, and Louth have "THE Act of 1848 for suspending been marked by the Commission of the Operation of a previous Act conOutrages of the most serious Descrip- ferring Representative Institutions on tion. The Powers of the existing Law have been promptly exerted for the Detection of the Offenders, and for the Repression of a System of Crime and Violence fatal to the best exists to the Enjoyment of RepresenInterests of the Country. My Atten-tative Institutions by New Zealand. tion will continue to be directed to The form of these Institutions will, this important Object. however, require your Consideration; and the additional Information which "Gentlemen of the House of has been obtained since the passing of Commons, "I HAVE ordered Estimates of the Expenses of the current Year to be laid before you. "I RELY with Confidence on your Loyalty and Zeal to make adequate Provision for the Public Service. "WHERE any Increase has been made in the Estimates of the present over the past Year, such Explanations will be given as will, I trust, satisfy you that such Increase is consistent with a steady Adherence to a pacific Policy and with the Dictates of a wise Economy. the Acts in question will, I trust, enable you to arrive at a Decision beneficial to that important Colony. "Ir gives Me great Satisfaction to be able to state to you, that the large Reductions of Taxes which have taken place of late years have not been attended with a proportionate Diminution of the National Income. The Revenue of the past Year has been fully adequate to the Demands of the Public Service, while the Reduction of Taxation has tended greatly to the Relief and Comfort of My Subjects. "I ACKNOWLEDGE, with Thankful"My Lords, and Gentlemen, ness to Almighty God, that Tranquil"THE Improvement of the Adminis- lity, good Order, and willing Obeditration of Justice in its various De- ence to the Laws continue to pre The QUEEN's Speech |