OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. London, Jan. 27.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 189, 29 January 1887, Page 2

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. London, Jan. 27.

Parliament was opened to-day by Commission. The Speech from tho Throne was reid by the Lord Chancellor. The speech states that the relations between Great Britain and the other Powers are of a friendly character. Referring to Bulgaria, it stated that a peaceful settlement of the difficulty was expected, and whilst deploring events which compelled Prince Alexander to retire from the throne. It was not judged expedient to interfere in tho election of his successor until the question had arrived at a stage when the assent of Britain was required. Under the Berlin Treaty allusion was made to the gratifying 1 condition of affairs in Egypt, and greatly improved State of affairs in Burmah As regards Ireland, it remarked that the condition of affairs theie demanded serious attention; relations between owners and occupiers of land had caused serious disturbances in some districts, owing to the organised attempts which had been made to excite tenants* and cause them to combine. Efforts to cope with the evil had been seriously impoded by the forms of tho existing Statutes. No allusion was, as was expected, made in the Queen's speech to the relations between Franco and Germany.