The Press.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SATURDAY EVENING.

At two o'clock to-day Parliament was pro-
iogued by commission. The absence of the
Queen deprived the ceremonial of all éclat and
interest with the public out of doors. In the
house of Lord*, nevertheless, there was a to
lerably full attendance both of peers and spec-
tators. Thu following is

THE PROROGATION SPEECH

FROM THIS: THRONE.

" My Lords and tientlemen,
"We are commanded by her Majesty to release you
hum your attendance in Parliament, and at the same time
to express her Majesty's cordial approbation of the zeal
and assiduity with which, ►luring a p►otracted and
laborious ►session, you have applied yourselves to the con-
sideration of many subjects of great importance to the

public welfare.
" Her Majesty ham seen with BMA satisfaction that, by
the remission and. reduction of taxes which tended to

cramp the operations of trade and industry, you have given
fresh extension to a system of beneficent legislation, and
have largely increased the means of obtaining the neces-

series of life.
" The provision which you have made for meeting the
demands of the public service, not only in the present but
also in future years, is of a nature to give permanent sta-
bility to oar finances, and thereby to aid in consolidating
the strength and resource* of the empire.
"The buoyant state of the revenue, and the steady pro-
gress of our foreign trade, are proofs of the wisdom of, the
commercial policy now firmly established; while the pros-
perity which pervades the great trailing and producing
classes, happily without oven a partial exeeption, aft'ords
continued and increasing evidence of the enlarged comforts
of the pimple. •
" The measure which you have passed for the future
government of India has been readily sauttioned by her
Majesty, in the persuaiion that it will prove to have been
wisely framed, and that it is well calculated to promote
the improvement and welfare of her Majesty's Eastern
detentions.
" Her Majesty regards with peculiar satisfaction the
provision you have made for the better administration of
charitable trusts. The obstacles which existed to the just
and beneficial use of property set. apart for the purposes of
charity and of education have been a serious public evil,
to which her Majesty is persuaded that in your wisdom
you have now applied an efficient remedy.
" Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
" We are commanded by her Majesty to thank you for
the supplies which you have granted fiat. the service of the
present year, and for the provisi which you have made
for the defence of the country, both be sea and land. Iler
Majesty will apply them with a due regard to economy,
and eimaistently with that spirit which has at all times
made our nat. 1 security the chief object of her care. -
" My Lords and Gentlemen,
" liar Majesty committals us to inform you that she con-
tinue% to receive from her allies the assurance of their un-
abated desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with
this country.
" It is with deep interest and cement that. her Majesty
has viewed the. serious mismidenitandjpg which has re-
cently arisen between Russia and the I hteudi Porte.
" The Emperor of the French has united with her Ma-
jesty in earnest endeavours to reconcile *lnferences the
cOntinuance of which might involve Europe in war.
" Acting in concert with her allies, and relying on the
exertions of the Conference now assembled at Vienna, her
Majesty has good reason to hope that an honourable
arrangement will speedily be accomplished.
" Her Majesty rejoices in being able to announce to you
the termination of the war on the frontiers of the settle-
ment of the Cape of Good How, and she trusts that the
establishment of representative government in that
colony may lead to the development of its resources, tied
enable it to make efficient provision for its future defence.
" We are also comminuted to congratulate you that, by
the united exertions of the naval and military forces of her
Majesty and of the East India Company, the war in Bur-
malt has been brought to an honourable and successful
issue. The objects of the war having been fully attained,
and due submission made by the Burmese Government,
peace has been proclaimed.
" Her Majesty contemplates with grateful satisfaction,
and thankfulness to Almighty God, the tranquillity which
prevails throughout her dominions; together with that
peaceffil industry and obedience to the laws which ensure
the welfare of all classes of her subjects. It is the first

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desire of her Majesty to promote the advance of every
social improvement, and, with the aid of your wisdom,
still further to extend the prosperity and ha. ppiness of her
people."

LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
(From our own Correspoudento.)

A memorandum has been published by the Aus-
trian Cabinet on the events at Smyrna. The docu-
ment states that negotiations are still being pursued,
and that there are reasons to hope that the conduct of
the commander of the San Luiz will be disapproved
of by the Cabinet at Washington.
The memorandum insists on the point that in no
case can it be allowed to an agent of the rank of the
()dicer above mentined to act as he did, because it
would be war without previous declaration. The
conduct of the commander is, moreover, an infringe-
ment of international liiw, as it menaced a formida-
ble catastrophe in a neutral port.
News from Bucharest to the tfth of August states
that orders had been given to the inhabitants to
make various provisions, as the troops of occupation
which could not find places in the barracks would be
quartered for the winter with the inhabitants.
A letter from Vienna states that the Turkish Am-
bassador at the Austrian Court, being sick, sent his
councillor of legation from Baden to Vienna to com-
municate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs some
despatches he had received from Constantinople.
These despatches were said to announce the accep-
tation by the Porte of the proposition of the four

powers.
FRANcE.—The postponement of the Imperial
journey to Dieppe extends only to this day. His
Majesty and the Empress will then proceed to that
seaport, and orders to that effect have been sent to
the directors of the railway.
The Moniteur publishes a second decree on the
subject of grain. This decree suspends all duties on
the importation of grain, flour, rice, vegetables, and
groats, whether in French or in foreign bottoms, till
the :fist December, and exempts all ships loaded
with grain or dour from all tonnage duty till the same
date.

THE PRIVY COUNCIL. held yesterday at Osborne
by her Majesty was attended by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll,
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir James Graham, the
Marquis of Breath'Baum, Lord Chamberlain, and the
Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse. At the
council a proclamation was ordered for the election
of a representative peer for Scotland, in the room of
the late Earl of Seatield.
FINAL JunonENT in the celebrated Bridgewater
estate case was pronounced yesterday by the Court of
Last Appeal, the House of Lords. Notwithstanding
the decision of the Court below, supported as it was
by the opinion or nine out of eleven judges, which
was given last week, the peers have set aside the
will of the late Earl of Bridgewater, and declared
the present Lord Alford, now an infant, legal pos- •
sessor of the vast property in dispute.
TILE bluer:sr held at Sydenham respecting the
late melancholy accident at the Crystal Palace was
resumed yesterday (Friday), and concluded at a late
hour last evening. The jury again visited the spot
and inspected the debris. Sir Joseph Paxton and
Sir C. Fox were again examined, and Messrs. Vig-
nolles and Crompton, who had minutely investigated
the works, AT., gave testimony in the character of in-
dependent engineers. Both, however, coincided with
all the other witnesses in declaring their inability to
form the slightest conception how the accident origi-
nated. The jury, at length, gave up the hope of ob-
taining any satisfactory opinion on this point, and re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death." Sir C. Fox
stated that in future the mode of constructing the
lofty scaffoldings would be changed ; the whole series
being regularly built up front the ground.

Sporting.

YORK RACES.—FutnAv.
FILLY &MING STAKE,I3.

Bute

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CONSOLATION SCRANDLE.

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Eleven ran.
Our.A.r YORKSHIRE STAKES.

Umbtiel

i'evershain
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SOVS. SN% EEPSTA KES.

Astolfu

Rally
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liarrell

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Cyrus
Nine ran. Won by a neoL