The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-02 00:00:00

PROROGATION

PARLIAMENT.

urns DAY.)

Parliament was this afternoon prorogued by royal

commission. The Lords Commimloners having taken their
seats at the foot of the throne, the Black Rod was directed to

IMMOII the Commons to attend at the bar and hear the

commission reed. A few minutes afterwards, the Commons,
heeded by the Bpeeker and the Serjeant-at-Arms, appeared
at the bar, and the clerk read a C4COZOIMiOII for giving the
royal assent to several acts agreed on ►y both houses.
Amongst the Ms which then received the royal went

were the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill, tie Govern-
ment of India Bill, the Militia Pap sal, the Metropolis Looal
Management Act Amendment Bill, Militia (aervice abroad)
Act Continuum. Bill, Militia Act Continuance (No. 2) Bill,
Corrupt Penedos' Prevention Act Continuance Bill, Uni-
versities (Scotland) Bill, Government of New Caledonia

Bill Probates and Letters of Administration Act Amend-
mut Bill, Divorce and Matrimonial Cannes Act
Amendment Bill, New Writs Bill, Local Ooveinment
Bill, Railway Cheap Trains Bill, Joint Stock Banking Com-
panies Bill, Art Unions Indemnity sal, Friendly Societies
Act Amendment Bill, Chelsea Bridge Act Amendment Bill,
Vaccinations (Ireland) Bill, Reformatory Saone (Ireland)
Bill, Draft. on Bankers Law Amendment Bill, Civil Bills
(Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, Judgments (Ireland)
Act Amendment Bill, Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill,
Lunatic (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, Medical Prac-
titioner Bill, County Property Conveyance Bill, Legitimacy
Declaration Bill, Copyhold Acts Amendment Bill, Public
Health Bill, Encumbered Estates (West Ladles) Act Amend-
ment Bill, end several private bills.
The emanthision for proroguing parliament wee next read
by the Crnsta at the table, after which the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR delivered the following speech:
"MT LORDS AND GENTLYAIEN,
" We are commanded by her Majesty to express hie @Mir
faction at being enabled to release you from the duties of a
session which, though interrupted, has, by your unremitting
assiduity, been productive of many important measures.
" Her Majesty is happy to believe that her relations with
foreign powers are such u to enable her Majesty to look with
confidence to the preservation of general peace.
" Her Majosty trusts that the labours of the Pleoipoten-
Unice now sitting in Conference at Paris may lead to a anis-
factory solution of the various questions which have been
referred to them.
" The efforts, the gallantry, and devotedness displayed in
India by her Mejesty's forces, sod those of the East India
Company, have been above all praise; and her Majesty
hopes that those efforts have already been so far crowned
with snorers, that the formidable revolt which has raged
throughout a large portion of her Indian possessions, may
now, under the blessing of Almighty God, be speedily sup-
pressed, and peace be restored to those important province".
" In this hope, her Majesty has given her willing assent to
the set which you hare passed, fur transferring to her direct
authority the government of her Indian dominions ; and her
' Majesty hopes to be enabled so to discharge the high
functions which she has assumed, as, by a jut and impartial
administration of the law, to secure its advantages alike to
0 her subjects of every race end creed ; and, by promotiog
, their welfare, to establish and strengthen her empire in
1 India.
" GENTLEUEN or THE Houma OF COMMONS,

" Her Majesty commands as to thank you for the judicious
liberality with which you have mode provision for the exi-
gencies of the public service.
" The present state of the revenue authorises her Majesty
to entertain a confident hope that the supplies which you
have granted will be found fully adequate to the demands
upon them.
MT LOMA AND GENTLEMEN,
naltary condition of the metropolis must always be
a subject of deep interest to her Majesty, and her Majesty
has readily sanctioned the act which son have passed for the
;unification of that noble river, the present state of which is
little creditable to a great country, and seriously predudicial
to the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the metro-

" Her Mutest, hoe also willingly assented to an act
whereby greater facilities an given for the acquisition by
tawos and districts et inch powers as may be requisite for
promoting works of local improvement, and thus extending
more widely the advantages of municipal self-government.
" Her Majesty trusts that the act which you have passed
for the future government of the Scotch Universities will be
found highly advantageous to those venerable institutions,
and will greatly promote and extend a system of mound,
moral, and religious education in Scotland.
" The Treader of Lund Bill, which extends the powers
hitherto exercised by the Encumbered Estates Commis-
sioners, and &dilates the salutation of an indefesaftle title
by purchasers of land in Ireland, cannot fail to be highly
beneficial to the landed proprietors, and to advance the
prosperity of that part of her Majeety's dominions.
" The act to which her Majesty has assented for the es-
tablishment of the colony of British Colombia was urgently
required, in consequence of the recent discoveries of gold in
that district; but her Majesty hopes that this new colony
on the Pacific may be but one step in the career of steady
program by which her Mejesty'a dominions in North
America my ultimately be peopled, in an unbroken chain,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by a loyal and industrious
population of subjects of the British Crown.
" Her Mejesty thankfully acknowledges the diligence and
perseveresce which have enabled you, in a comparatively
short time, to pass there and other measures of inferior but
rot iusignificent importance.
" Many of you, in returning to your respective counties,
have extensive influence to exercise, and duties to perform,
of hardly less value to the community than those from
the labours of which you are about to be released; and
her Majesty entertains a confident memance that, under
Use guidance of Providence, that influence will be ao ma-
ployed,l end those duties so performed, as to sedated to
your own honour, and to promote the general welfare, and
the happiness of a loyal and contented people."
The Lord CHANCELLOR at the ooncluulou of the
speech, announced that it was her Majesty's Toyed will and
pleasure that parliament should be prorogued till Tuesday,
the ]pit of October next, said in her Mojeety's name he de-
clad it should stand prorogued incordingly.