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Parliamentary Analysis.
PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS .
HOUSE OF LORDS . Tuesday , Feb . 4 . —His Majesty opened the Session of Parliament in person . He was very well received by a numerous assemblage of the populace , on going to and returning from the ceremony . The House was almost entirely filled by ladies of rank ancl fashionelegantly attired .
, His Majesty entered the House shortly after two o ' clock ; he looked very well , and appeared in excellent health . After the Commons had been summoned , his Majesty read the following Speech in a distinct and audible voice : —
" MY fcORDS AND GENTLEMEN , " In calling you again together for the discharge of your high duties , I rely with entire confidence on your zeal and diligence , on your sincere devotion to the public interest , and on your firmness in supporting , on its ancient foundations , and in the just distribution of its powers , the established Constitution of the State .
" These qualities eminently distinguished your labours during the last Session , in which more numerous and more important questions were brought under the consideration of Parliament , than during any former period of similar duration . " Of the measures ivhich have in consequence received the sanction of the Legislature , one of the most difficult ancl important was the Bill
for the Abolition of Slavery . The manner in ivhich that beneficent measure has been received throughout the British Colonies , and the progress already made in carrying it into execution by the Legislature of the Island of Jamaica , afford just grounds for anticipating the hapxnest results .
' " Many other important subjects will stiil call for your attentive consideration . " The reports which I will order to be laid before you from the Commissions appointed to inquire into the state ofthe Municipal Corporations , into the administration ancl effect of the Poor Laws , and into Ecclesiastical Revenues ancl Patronage in England ancl AVales , cannot fail to afford you much useful information , by which you will he enabled to judge of the nature ancl extent of any existing defects and abuses , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS .
HOUSE OF LORDS . Tuesday , Feb . 4 . —His Majesty opened the Session of Parliament in person . He was very well received by a numerous assemblage of the populace , on going to and returning from the ceremony . The House was almost entirely filled by ladies of rank ancl fashionelegantly attired .
, His Majesty entered the House shortly after two o ' clock ; he looked very well , and appeared in excellent health . After the Commons had been summoned , his Majesty read the following Speech in a distinct and audible voice : —
" MY fcORDS AND GENTLEMEN , " In calling you again together for the discharge of your high duties , I rely with entire confidence on your zeal and diligence , on your sincere devotion to the public interest , and on your firmness in supporting , on its ancient foundations , and in the just distribution of its powers , the established Constitution of the State .
" These qualities eminently distinguished your labours during the last Session , in which more numerous and more important questions were brought under the consideration of Parliament , than during any former period of similar duration . " Of the measures ivhich have in consequence received the sanction of the Legislature , one of the most difficult ancl important was the Bill
for the Abolition of Slavery . The manner in ivhich that beneficent measure has been received throughout the British Colonies , and the progress already made in carrying it into execution by the Legislature of the Island of Jamaica , afford just grounds for anticipating the hapxnest results .
' " Many other important subjects will stiil call for your attentive consideration . " The reports which I will order to be laid before you from the Commissions appointed to inquire into the state ofthe Municipal Corporations , into the administration ancl effect of the Poor Laws , and into Ecclesiastical Revenues ancl Patronage in England ancl AVales , cannot fail to afford you much useful information , by which you will he enabled to judge of the nature ancl extent of any existing defects and abuses , and