§ THE SIXTH SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT of Her Majesty the Queen, and the Twenty-sixth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was opened by Commission at Two of the Clock.
§ The Lords Commissioners were:—The LORD CHANCELLOR (the Earl of Halsbury), the EARL OF PEMBROKE (Lord Steward of the Household), the DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH (Paymaster-General), the EARL OF COVENTRY (Master of the Buckhounds), and LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH (Secretary for Scotland).
§ The Commons being at the Bar with their Speaker, the LORD CHANCELLOR delivered Her Majesty's Speech to both Houses of Parliament as follows:—