The Queen Speaks

6 The British parllainentjwas upened liy yceu Victoria on the 21st inst. Her Majestv roile froin Buektoghaiu palace In an opeo daïrfajgé drawn by eight borses. Tbe houjrnold cavaíry acted as the escort oí the yueeu. i.argc ironUs llned the streets through wuieh tbe roval cessiöu passed, aod her majestv tfus "ureeted wlth hearty ebeers all alocg ttié route. The i scène in the house oí lords was veiv brilliatit. ■ Peere and pei-reisses, .indges. ministers and : bishope weïe present ra hrrgè nlinjliërs, in ful! ' oourt dre9s, and the eutire scène reoalled thoso í of meUerial tluys. The (uccn's speech reiers to the frleudly relations exisihi ' wlth other couutries: to the ifíalrs betweeen Bulgaria and Roumella : to the war a.!inst.Kln!{ Theeliaw oí Burmab, und wlth Kratltlcation to the .Vichan boundarj question. Unusu:ü Interest attacoes to lier ; views on the Irish question. Shc sáysi : I have eeen, f ith deep sorrow, tbe renewal, since I last addressed vou of tbe atlempt to excite the people of Imaud ty hustility agalust the legislative uniun betwecn that country umi Great Krltaln. I ain resolutfly oppose'd to anv dlsturbanee of that fundnineutul la , :mJ in Vesisting lt I am conviueed tliat 1 shall Ijo heartlly supported by rnv parüainent rnd iny people. Tnel social, ño less thau the material coudition ol thut couatry engagea my anxious axteution. Although therc has bet-u dunn tlie last year no marked increase oiseriou crime, there is in many places a couerted resistunce to the nforcement of legal obllgations, and I regret that the piactice of organized iutiiaidatlon continúes to exist. X have causcd cvery exertion to be used for the detectiou and puulshment of these erime9, and ;no etlort wul be spared on the purt of mr government to protect'iny Irish subjects in the rxerclse of thelr legal rlght and In the enjoyment of individual liberty. If, as iny Information leads me to apprenend, the exísting provisions of the lav should. prove U be inadequate to eone vvith these gruwiDgevüs, I shall look witL confideuce to your williDsjness to invest iny goverument with all the nccessary powers. A measure for the reform of eounty government in 1 rehuid Is In preparation. In t.-lusing she says: Biils wiil iie presented íor fetnorlág the iifflculties whieh prercut the easy aml cheap tiMUïfer of land, aod foi uiitia'.uis; t'ae distresfel condltiou oí the poorer classes u the western taiglilands aud tue islandéof ScullanU. In these and all other matters pertaiuing lo your high f unctlons I earuestly comiuend ou to the Keeping and guidanee off Almighly ftod."