... IOPLING OF PARLIAMENT. I THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. r The folloiving is the Queen's speech at the opening of the parliamentary session for 1845, delivered by her Majesty in person on Tuesday last:- LONDON, TUESDAY. This being the day appointed for opening the parliament, the approaches to the House of Lords were crowded at an early boar. At eleven o'clock the carriages of the nobility and gentry who ...

... I l I f London, Tuesday, February 11, 1845. - In the House of Commnls last night Lord Ebrington presented a petition from a clergyman il the diocess of Exeter, praying that the Book of Common Prayer, ru- ebrics, and catnons of thD church of England, be made a Dmatter of parliamentary discussion. To persons interested in the present condition of the established church ?? is a matter of ...

... The state of Switzerland is asuming a serious aspect. The whole of the Council of State of the Canton of Vaud has ebdicated. The Canton de Vraud was the only considerable state where the government had manifested an intention of re. sisting the Radical movement. The Council of State had devoted three long sittings to the discussion of the instruc- tions to be issued to their deputation to the ...

... ACADEMLCAL EDUCATION.TRIN[TY COLLEGE. it What may be the nature, shape, or dimensions of the education scheme that Sir Robert Peel is cutting Vt out for Ireland we have no means for conjecturing ; ...

... We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. Those journals continue their remarks on the secret service money bill. The Debats expresses satisfaction at the result, but the public funds are not improving. The committee on A1. Duvergier de Hlauraunn's ?? the suppression of the Vote by ballot, has agreed to its report. The resolution is not that the use of the ballot shall be altogether ...

... Ad-- 'FAANNCE. I 1 have received the Paris lnapers of Friday and Satur- i'o doabt existea tiiut ministers would next (this) daY, d riii ,e the secret service money bill. I f defeated ieek r -*t(rioiS, seys thoe 2'7es Paris letter, their °o ' i the Ssme-to hurry over the session, and dissolve ?? chabers in August next. Lae Peesee states, how- thlat the opposition have resolved oni a now ...

... QI'Al;'Il'Tl AS'W ?? I AY-MEE'T'ING ?? TIIF CWORPORATION. I . .A -. -. ., . I _ - - A nmeeting of the corporation vs hlehi in tile City As- SCDibly lion-se, 'Villihrnsgreet, on Saturday, T'Ihe LOUD MAYOR opresided. ?? N (Jr PIL-Vl^lATEEi1r BILL.r Alderman 9-rAiUNTIM, before the riivial businnss was pro. ceeded with, blggesl 'emissiOn to notice a public proceeding nllyetiiig the curporatui,,11 ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF TIIEFHEEMAN'S JOURNAL. I SYRn I her r-l L:-- 01K-I nave read in this morning's number of your jour- nal the letter of A Repeal Wardern relative to a matter which evidently occupies a great deal of public attention at present-namelv, the abolition of the Court of Conscience. With the writer of that letter I entirely concur, that Dublin could not do without a daily court for ...

... Is ,;IPLTING O THlE COUPORATION IAri RATION. Ja. meeting of the corporation was held yesterday in the 're City VAsemibly House, William-street. I I Alderman OBSIIIEN said he had been instructed to ex. l; {press the Lord Mayor's regret that he was prevented by per indisposition from atteerding the meeting of the council that r ;day. There were some important comniiicationsto be read xa from Mr. ...

... THE NEW MEmBERS (F PARLIAMENT. I 1 a_ .. j. s . _ , . I - . s I (Frum thie Histor~ical RMqisfer.) As thi2jourual ?? devoted m1uoh of its space to perscnal and statistical news, its reailers may natuially expect at onr hanils a tbripfnecounrt of the points wherein the House of Commoi now i ?? d fferq from that which com- ?? iEJ sioirigs in FI'bruarv, 1841, and left the Palace of WVstininotcr in ...

... The following documents were read at the meeasg of the Association on Mondav:_ EXTRACT FROM Mit. J`USTICE BURTON'S SIP'ECII ON PASSING SENTENCE ON MR. O'CONNELL AND OTIlElts, 3(T)UI MAY, 1844. lie (Judge Burton) Was perfectly convinced that the principal traverser did intend to carry his real object, the abolition of the Union-without the infraction of the public peace-without (if it were ...

... AMERICA-TEXAS-C ANADA. I The news lately arrived fromn America is in no small degree important. The majority in the House of Representatives in favour of the annexation of Texas was much larger than appears to have been looked for. The Senate is still expected to intercept the bill, but the assurance once felt on this subject has evidently become much more faint since the vote in the House of ...