Show dreen VICTORIA opens parliament with a from the throne promising fair and firm he forms in ireland BT W V f th LONDON jan the queen in the speech opening parliament said my lordi and gentlemen I have called you at a period earlier than bual to the resumption of your in bore a some affairs of more than common urgency demand your attention my with foreign cotrera continue friendly and bar moni oue the question to the frontier between turkey and montenegro hs afen selred the powers are now engaged in comma nica tiona which have in view the determination of the frontier be awen turkey and greece some portions of the treaty of berlin which have BO long remained without continue to form an object of my anxious at lantion TL riling in the vaal ha recently dpn ra dulie of inking military with a view to the prompt tion of ray authority andas of necessity ret aside for a time any plan for securing to european settlers that full control over their own lo 10 cal affairs without prejudice to the interests inter estr of the natives which I had been desirous to confer I regret that the war in the beuto land continues notwithstanding the efforts of the it would aue mo great satisfaction if a suitable occasion should pre ent it self for friendly maion on my part with a view to the restoration of of peace the war in hag afen brought to a close and with the ex caption of the Can dahar force my troops ate been recalled within the india it in not my intention that the oc option of canda har be permanently maintained but tho still unsettled condition of the country and conic quent difficulty of establishing a native govern ment have delayed for a time the withdrawal of my army from the position she further saya trade is gradually improving abundant harvests have decreased the distress in ire land she continues but grieve to glite that the social conditions of the country have assumed an alarms ing character agrarian crimes in general have multiplied far beyond the of recent beart attempts upon life have not grown in the time proportion as other eg but I must add that efforts are being made for personal protection far beyond all former precedents by the police under the direction of the executive have to notice other evils yet more widely spread the administration of ce has been frustrated with respect to the of fensch through the of procuring evidence and an extended system of terror las thus been established in various pirtel the country which has paralyzed paralysed almost alike the exercises of private rights and the performance perform anco of civil duties in a state of things new in some respects and hence will little able guidance from a former precedent I have deemed to put in ue the ordinary powers of th law before making any demand but a demonstration of their chency amply supplied by the prea ent of the country leads me now to apprise you that proposals will be immediately submitted to you for in trusting me with additional powers eMary in my judgment not only or th vindication of order and public law hut likewise to acure on my subjects protection for life and property and personal onal liberty of action subject to primicy and imperious obligations to which I have jut referred I continue to desire not less than heretofore to prosecute the ro boval moval of the grievances and the work ot legislative improvement in ire and a yell M in great B etain the irish and act of has been productive of great benefits and has much contributed to the security rity ami comparative para tive well being of the occupiers of the soil without diminishing the value or disturbing the foundations of property in acme respects how ever and more particularly under the train of recent and years the protection which it plied bs not been found sufficient ei therin ijester or in other provinces I recommend you to undertake the further development of it principle in a manner conformable com formable to the thecial wants of ireland both as re garag the relation of landlord and tenant and with n view to effective efforts for giving to a larger portion of the people by purchase a perma nii ent interest in thoe oil this legislation will require the removal for the purpose in view of all the obstacles bribing out of the limitation ownership owner hip of property with due for the security of abo interests involved A measure will he submitted to you for the establishment of county government in ireland founded upon representative principles and framed with the double airo of confirming the popular control divor the expends expendi of supplying a yet more cerious want by intending formas lion of habits of local sell govern meat the queen then enumerates different matters of english domitio dom stio policy which rill be laid before ar and concludes with bene diction and commendation of her people care tar |