passed Laws to carry into effect Articles XVIII to XXV and Article XXX of the Treaty of Washington of 8th May, 1871. Washington, 27th March, 1876.. of the President, declaring Colorado to be a Washington, 1st August, 1876.. of the President, recording the Signature of a 978 Washington, 9th September, 1876.. 1297 RECORD of the Proceedings of the British and United States' Commissioners appointed for ascertaining and mark- ing the Boundary from the most north-western point of the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Moun- Washington, 14th November, 1876.. 1110 TREATIES, &c., with FOREIGN POWERS, viz. :—with VENEZUELA-continued. DECREE suppressing the Maritime Custom-house of Deposit on the Island of Castillo Libertador, Puerto Cabello, and making Arrangements for the Trade of Puerto Carácas, 20th December, 1875.. 1288 BRITISH AND FOREIGN State Papers. SPEECH of the Queen, on the Opening of the British Parliament.-Westminster, February 8, 1876. My Lords and Gentlemen, Ir is with much satisfaction that I again resort to the advice and assistance of my Parliament. My relations with all Foreign Powers continue to be of a cordial character. The insurrectionary movement which, during the last 6 months, has been maintained in the Turkish Provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and which the troops of the Sultan have, up to the present time, been unable to repress, has excited the attention and interest of the great European Powers. I have considered it my duty not to stand aloof from the efforts now being made by allied and friendly Governments to bring about a pacification of the disturbed districts, and I have accordingly, while respecting the independence of the Porte, joined in urging on the Sultan the expediency of adopting such measures of administrative reform as may remove all reasonable cause of discontent on the part of his Christian subjects. I have agreed to purchase, subject to your sanction, the shares which belonged to the Khedive of Egypt in the Suez Canal, and I rely with confidence on your enabling me to complete a transaction in which the public interests are deeply involved. The representations which I addressed to the Chinese Government, as to the attack made in the course of last year on the expedition sent from Burmah to the Western Provinces of China, have been received in a friendly spirit. The circumstances of that lamentable outrage are now the subject of an inquiry, in which I have thought it right to request that a member of my Diplomatic Service should take part. I await the result of this inquiry in the firm conviction that it will be so conducted as to lead to the discovery and punishment of the offenders. Papers on all these subjects will be laid before you. I am deeply thankful for the uninterrupted health which my dear son, the Prince of Wales, has enjoyed during his journey [1875–76. LXVII.] B |