sembly of Lower Canada to

the Earl of Gosford, Governor 309

Conclusions of the Report on

Military Punishments

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318

322

II FOREIGN, Post-office

Treaty. Convention between

his Majesty and the King of

the French, for extending the

facilities of Communication

by Post between their respec-

tive Dominions

Speech delivered by the Queen-

Regent at the solemn Open-

ing of the General Cortes of

the Spanish Nation on the

24th of October, 1836

Royal Family Law for the King-

dom of Hanover

Note of the Plenipotentiaries of

Austria, Russia, and Prussia

to the President of Cracow - 333

Note of the Residents of the

High Protecting powers to

the President and Senate of

Cracow

Principles relative to the Re-

organization of the Militia of

Cracow

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-

Principle of Re-organization of

the Police of Cracow

New Law concerning the Ad-

mission of Foreigners into

Cracow

Message of the President to the

Congress of the United

States

327

334

335

336

337

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MANNERS, CUSTOMS, &c.

Anecdotes of Leopold Robert 361

The Present State of Circassia 366

Invasion of Circassia by the

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N the present year, parliament met on the 14th February, and the king in person opened the session with the following speech:

"My Lords and Gentlemen, "It is with much satisfaction that I again meet the great council of the nation assembled in Parliament. I am ever anxious to avail myself of your advice and assistance, and I rejoice that the present state of public affairs, both at home and abroad, is such as to permit you to proceed without delay or interruption to the calm examination of those measures VOL. LXXVIII.

which will be submitted to your consideration.

"I continue to receive from my Allies, and generally from all Foreign Powers, assurances of their unaltered desire to cultivate with me those friendly relations which it is equally my wish to maintain with them; and the intimate union, which happily subsists between this country and France, is a pledge to Europe for the continuance of the general peace.

"Desirous on all occasions to use my friendly endeavours to remove causes of disagreement between other Powers, I have offered

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mediation in order to compose the difference which has arisen between France and the United States. This offer has been accepted by the king of the French; the answer of the president of the United States has not yet been received; but I entertain a confident hope that a misunderstanding between two nations so enlightened and high-minded will be settled in a manner satisfactory to the feelings, and consistent with the honour of both.

"I have still to lament the continuance of the civil contest in the northern provinces of Spain. The measures which I have taken, and the engagements into which I have entered, sufficiently prove my deep anxiety for its termination; and the prudent and vigorous conduct of the present government of Spain inspires me with the hope, that the authority of the queen will soon be established in every part of her dominions, and that the Spanish nation, so long connected by friendship with Great Britain, will again enjoy the blessings of internal tranquil lity and union.

of my subjects, has occasioned some increase in the estimates of the naval branch of the public service.

"The state of the commerce and manufactures of the United Kingdom is highly satisfactory.

"I lament that any class of my subjects should still suffer distress; and the difficulties which continue to be felt in important branches of agriculture may deserve your inquiry, with the view of ascertaining whether there are any measures which Parliament can advantageously adopt for the alleviation of this pressure.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

"I have not yet received the further report of the commission appointed to consider the state of the several dioceses of England and Wales; but I have reason to believe that their recommendations, upon most of the important subjects submitted to them, are nearly prepared. They shall be laid before you without delay, and you will direct your early attention to the ecclesiastical establishment, with the intention of rendering it more efficient for the holy purposes for which it has been instituted.

"Another subject which will naturally occupy you, is the state of the tithe in England and Wales; and a measure will be submitted to you, having for its end the rendering this mode of providing for the clergy more fixed and certain, and calculated to relieve it from that fluctuation, and from those objections, to which it has hitherto been subject.

"The principles of toleration by which I have been invariably guided, must render me desirous of removing any cause of offence