Ottawa, May 20.
In the presence of a huge crowd, including the King and the Governor. General, Lord Tweedsmuir, the Queen made her first speech in Canada today when she laid the foundation stone of the new Supreme Court building.
Speaking in French, she stated that in Canada, as in Great Britain, justice was administered according to two Great dissimilar legislations. She recalled that in her native Scotland, the law was founded on Roman law, thus springing from the same fountainhead as civil law in the old province of Quebec.
In England, as in Canada's other provinces, common law prevailed.
Her Majesty saw a happy augury in the administration of the law by the Supreme Court at Ottawa, adding: "To see your two great races, with their different legislations, beliefs and traditions, being united more and more closely efter the manner of England and Scotland by ties of affec. tion, respect and common ideal, is my fondest wish."
The Queen read her speech from a rostrum emblazoned with the letters "ER." and decorated with scarlet draperies, She spoke slowly and with complete self-possession. Her French was generally commented upon as very polished.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.