Lonsdale. The Commons, summoned by Sir Augustus
Clifford, advanced to the bar, headed by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir John Packington, and Sir Denis
Le Marchant, the Chief Clerk. The Royal writ having
been read, the LORD CHANCELLOR informed the
Commons, that they would hereafter know the cause of
calling this Parliament together; but that they must
first choose a Speaker for their House, and present him
there on Friday for her Majesty's approval. The
Commons then withdrew, and the Lords adjourned
during pleasure; only to resume the sitting in order
that such Peers as presented themselves might take the
oaths. The Prime Minister was not present.

On Friday, the 5th, Mr. Shaw Lefevre attended, to
apprise the Royal Commissioners that the House of
Commons had chosen him as their Speaker, and to make
the usual demand of constitutional rights and privileges.
The LORD CHANCELLOR announced her Majesty's
approbation of the choice of the Commons, and that all
constitutional rights and privileges were conceded.

On Thursday, the 11th, the Queen attended parliament
in person, to deliver the Speech from the Throne, which
was as follows:—

"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

"I cannot meet you for the first time after the dissolution
of parliament without expressing my deep sorrow,
in which I am sure you will participate, that your
deliberations can no longer be aided by the counsels of
that illustrious man whose great achievements have
exalted the name of England, and in whose loyalty and
patriotism the interests of my throne and my people
ever found an unfailing support. I rely with confidence
on your desire to join me in taking such steps as may
mark your sense of the irreparable loss which the
country has sustained by the death of Arthur Duke of
Wellington.

"I am happy to acknowledge the readiness with
which my subjects in general have come forward, in
pursuance of the act of last session, to join the ranks of
the militia; and I confidently trust that the force thus
raised by voluntary enlistment will be calculated to give
effective aid to my regular army for the protection and
security of the country.

"I continue to receive from all foreign powers
assurances of their anxious desire to maintain the friendly
relations now happily subsisting with my government.

"Frequent and well-founded complaints on the part
of my North American colonies, of infractions, by
citizens of the United States, of the Fishery Convention
of 1818, induced me to despatch, for the protection of
their interests, a class of vessels better adapted to the
service than those which had been previously employed.
This step has led to discussions with the government of
the United States; and while the rights of my subjects
have been firmly maintained, the friendly spirit in which
the question has been treated induces me to hope that
the ultimate result may be a mutually beneficial extension
and improvement of our commercial intercourse
with that great republic.

"The Special Mission, which, in concert with the
Prince President of the French republic, I deemed it
right to send to the Argentine Confederation, has been
received with the utmost cordiality, and the wise and
enlightened policy of the Provisional Director has
already opened to the commerce of the world the great
rivers hitherto closed, which afford an access to the
interior of the vast continent of South America.

"I have the satisfaction of announcing to you, that
the sincere and zealous efforts of the government of
Brazil for the suppression of the Slave Trade, now
nearly extinguished on that coast, have enabled me to
suspend the stringent measures which I had been
compelled reluctantly to adopt, a recurrence to which I
anxiously hope may be proved to be unnecessary.

"The government of her Most Faithful Majesty have
fully recognised the justice of the claim which my
government have long urged for the abolition of the
discriminating duties on the export of wine, and have
passed a decree for giving complete effect to the
stipulations of the treaty on this subject,

"You will probably deem it advisable to resume the
inquiries which were commenced by the late parliament,
with a view to legislation on the subject of the future
government of my East Indian possessions.

"GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

"The estimates for the ensuing year will in due time
be laid before you.

"The advancement of the Fine Arts and of Practical
Science will be readily recognised by you, as worthy of
the attention of a great and enlightened nation. I have
directed that a comprehensive scheme shall be laid before
you, having in view the promotion of these objects,
towards which I invite your aid and co-operation.

"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

"It gives me pleasure to be enabled by the blessing of
Providence to congratulate you on the generally
improved condition of the country, and especially of the
industrious classes. If you should be of opinion that
recent legislation, in contributing, with other causes, to
this happy result, has at the same time inflicted
unavoidable injury on certain important interests, I
recommend you dispassionately to consider how far it
may be practicable equitably to mitigate that injury,
and to enable the industry of the country to meet
successfully that unrestricted competition to which
parliament, in its wisdom, has decided that it should be
subjected.

"I trust that the general improvement, notwithstanding
many obstacles, has extended to Ireland; and while
I rely with confidence on your aid, should it be required,
to restrain that unhappy spirit of insubordination and
turbulence which produces many, and aggravates all of the
evils which afflict that portion of my dominions, I recommend
to you the adoption of such a liberal and generous
policy towards Ireland, as may encourage and assist her
to rally from the depression in which she has been sunk
by the sufferings of late years.

"Anxious to promote the efficiency of every branch
of our National Church, I have thought fit to issue a
commission to inquire and report to me how far, in their
Opinion, the Capitular Institutions of the country are
capable of being made more effective for the great
objects of religious worship, religious education, and
ecclesiastical discipline.

"I have directed that the Reports of the
Commissioners for inquiring into the system of education
pursued at Oxford and Cambridge should he
communicated to the governing bodies of those Universities for
their consideration, and I rely upon your readiness to
remove any legal difficulties which may impede the
desire of the Universities at large, or of the several
Colleges, to introduce such amendments into their
existing system as they may deem to be more in
accordance with the requirements of the present time.

"The system of Secondary Punishments has usefully
occupied the labours of successive parliaments, and I
shall rejoice if you shall find it possible to devise means
by which, without giving encouragement to crime,
transportation to Van Diemen's Land may at no distant
period be altogether discontinued.

"The subject of Legal Reform continues to engage
my anxious attention. The Acts passed in the last
session of Parliament have been followed up by the orders
necessary for putting them in operation; inquiries are
in progress, by my direction, with a view of bringing
into harmony the testamentary jurisdiction of my
several courts; and bills will be submitted to you for
effecting further improvements in the administration of
the law.

"To these, and other measures affecting the social
condition of the country, I am persuaded that you will
give your earnest and zealous attention; and I pray that,
by the blessing of Almighty God, your deliberations
may be guided to the well-being and happiness of my
people."

The Address was moved by Lord DONOUGHMORE,
and seconded by the Marquis of BATH, who, of course,
touched upon the various topics of the speech.—Lord
BROUGHAM bore testimony to the transcendent merits
of the Duke of Wellington, which had secured for his
memory an universal tribute of praise from all classes
both at home and abroad. His public virtue and constant
abnegation of self were even more admirable than