Parliament Last . week the new Parliament met in its curiously
informal way for the purpose. of taking the Oaths of Allegiance and signing the Rolls. The House of Commons re-elected its Speaker without opposition, indeed with their warm approval of his best. services from all sides. The House is always at its West on these occasions of its own domestic business. Captain Fitzroy's election was seconded by Lord Hugh Cecil, who made one of his really eloquent speeches, full of information and illumination, and he added a touch of fun by slyly adapting to the late Home Secretary words of Cardinal Newman which will stick to him for many a day. On Tuesday the King's Speech was read by the Lord Chancellor. It began with an expression of his thankfulness for the hope of health vouchsafed in answer to the prayers of the Empire and in gratitude to his subjects for the sympathy they have shown.
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