Excerpt from The Queen's Speeches in Parliament, From Her Accession to the Present Time: A Compendium of the History of Her Majesty's Reign, Told From the Throne The Queen's Speech. My Lords and Gentlemen, I have thought it right to assemble you for the transaction of public business at the earliest convenient period after the dissolution of the last Parliament. It is with great satisfaction that I have received from all foreign Powers the strongest assurance of their friendly disposition, and of their earnest desire to culti vate and maintain with me the relations of amity; and I rejoice in the prospect that I shall be able to promote the best interests of my subjects by securing to them the advantages of peace. I lament that civil war still afflicts the kingdom of Spain. I continue to exercise with fidelity the engage ments of my Crown with the Queen of Spain, according to the stipulations of the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance. I have directed a treaty of commerce which I have concluded with the United Republic of Peru and Bolivia to be laid before you, and I hope soon to be able to communicate to you similar results of my negotiations with other Powers. I recommend to your serious consideration the state of the province of Lower Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.