Tokio, 29th Nov., 1890, 3.50 p.m.
The State opening of the Diet was fecoroet this morning by H.M. the emperor in person, in the presence of the Minister President of State, the President of the Privy Council, the members of the Cabinet and Privy Council, the Lord Chamberlain, and the members of both Houses. His Majesty was met at the gates by the officers and members of the two Houses, and esco1 to the Imperial waiting room. The reading of the Imperial message was honoured with a salute of 101 guns. The ceremony, which was throughout of an imposing character, was witnessed by the members of the Corps Diploma-fique, the Provincial Governors, and as wany naval, military, and civil officials of high rank as the gallery would hold. The city is en fete in honour of the event.
It was notified on Tuesday in an extra that official intelligence had been received from H.N.M. Minister at Peking, by the Consul for the Netherlands, of the death of His Majesty King William ILL at Het Loo on the 23rd ultimo, Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange-Nassau, the only surviving child of the late King, succeeds as Queen of the Netherlands, and during Her Majesty's minority HIM. Queen Dowager Emma will act Regent of the Realn, Ko (Thermometers in the open air in a shaded Aitnation in the Knglish Settlement.) 1890.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.