The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-28 00:00:00

PROROGATION

OF

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—This Day.
Parliament was this day prorogued by Royal Commis-
sion.

ROYAL ASSENTS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR and the other Commissioners
having taken their seats, the Commons were summoned to
the bar, when the Royal assent was Oven to a numberof bills,
both public and private, amongst which were the Consoli-
dated Fund Appropriation—Pier and Harbour Orders Con -
&mat ion—Alteration in Judges' Circuits—Greenwich Hos-
pital (Pr vision for Widows) Metropolitan Main
Drainage Extension—Misappropriation by Servants
—Savings Banks Acts Amendment—Stipendiary Magi-
arates Removal of Irish Poor Growing Crops
Stizure (Ireland)—Land Drainag-,e (Provisional o:ders)
Cl, rgymen (Colonies)—Marriages Registration (Ireland),
and the Colonial Acts Confirmation Bills—Vaccination
(Scotland)—Local Government Supplemental (No. 2)—
Volunteers' —Wayward..n's Contracts—lndia Stock and the
Sydney Naval Mint—Drainage and Improvement of Land
(Ireland)—Fortifications (Provisions for Expenses) and
the Nuisances Removal Act (1855) Amendment—
Harwich Harbour—How th Harbour—Metropolitan Main
Drainage Extension—Port Erin Harbour (Isle of Man)—
Prisons (Ireland)—Alteration in Judges' Circuits—Green
with Hospital (Provision for Widows)—Savings Banks
Act Amendment -- Clergymen (Colonial) London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Tooting Junc-
tion) London and North Western (additional
powers)—North Eastern Railway (Newcastle and Star-
beck Branches) Elgin end Nairnshire Roads—
Waterford and Passage Railway and Ferry—Peterborough,
Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway—Northampton and Ban-
bury Junction Railway—Edinburgh, Dunfermline, and
Perth (North British) Railway—Haddington Roads—
Birmingham and Sutton Coalfield Railway—Hastings
Harbour—Wexford Free Bridge—London and North
Western Railway (new branches)—and Kettering and
Thrapstone Railway.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then read
HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.

MY LO)DS AND GENTLEMEN,

We are commanded by her Majesty to release
you from further attendance in Parliament, and at
the same time to convey to you her Mk,jesty's ac-
knowledgments fur the zeal and assiduity with which
you have applied yourselves to the performance of
your duties during the Session now brought to a
close.

Her Majesty has seen with deep regret the
present condition of Poland. Her Majesty has
been engaged, in concert with the Emperor of the
French and the Emperor of Austria, in negotia
tions, the object of which has been to obtain the
fulfilment of the stipulations of the Treaty of
Vienna of 1815, in behalf of the Poles. Her Ma-
jcsty trusts that those stipulations will be carried
into execution, and that thus a conflict distressing
to humanity and dangerous to the tranquillity of
Europe may be brought to a close.

The civil war between the Northern and South-
ern States of the North American Union still un-
fortunately continues, and is necessarily attended
with much evil not only to the contending parties,
but also to nations which have taken no part in the
contest. Her M.cksty, however, has seen no reason
to depart from that strict neutrality which her
Majesty has observed from the beginning of the
conte st.

The Greek nation having chosen Prince William
of Denmark for their King, her Majesty is taking
steps with a view to the union of the lonian Islands
to the Kingdom of Greece. For this purpose her
Majesty is in communication with the Powers who
were parties to the Treaty of 1815, by which those
islands were placed under the protection of the
British Crown ; and the wishes of the lonians on
the subject of such unio❑ will be duly ascertained.

Several barbarous outrages committed in Japrm
upon British subjects have rendered it necessary
for her Majesty to demand reparation ; and her
Majesty hopes that her demands will be conceded
by the Japanese Government without its being ne-
cessary to resort to coercive measures to enforce
them.

The Emperor of Brezil has thought fit to break
off his diplomatic relations with her Majesty ia
consequence of her Majesty not having complied
with demands which she did not deem it possible to
accede to, Her Majesty has no wish that thi,
estrangement should continue, and would be glad
to see her relations with Brazil reestablished.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

Her Majesty commands us to convey to you her
warm acknowledgments for the liberal supplies
which you have granted for the service of the pre-
sent year, and towards the permanent defence of
her Majesty's dockyards and arsenals ; and her
Majesty cummwads us to thank you for the provi •
sion you have made for the establishment of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales•

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

The distress the Civil War in North Ame-
rica has ir,flicteci ..227., a 2crtien of her Majesty's
subjects in the manufacturing districts, azd towards
the relief of which such generous and maaificent
contributions have been made, has in some degrea
diminished, and her Majesty has given her cordial
assent to measures calculated to have a beneficial
influence upon that unfortunate state of things.
Symptoms of a renewal of disturbance have
manifested themselves in her Majesty's colony of
New Zealand, but her Majesty trusts that by wise
and conciliatory measures, supported by adequate
means of repression, order and tranquillity will be
maintained in that valuabl3 and improving colony.
Her Majesty has given her assent to a measure
for augmenting the income of a considerable number
of smell benefices, and she trusts that this mea-
sure will be conducive to the interests of the Esta-
blished Church.

Her Al.ijesty has given her assent to an Act for
the revision of a large portion of the Statute Book,
by the removal of many acts which, although they
had become obsolete or unnecessary, obstructed
the condensation of the Statute Law• _ _

Her Majesty has felt much pleasure in giving her
assent to an Act for placing upon a well-defined
footing that Volunteer Force which has added u
most important element to the defensive means of
the country.
Her Majesty has gladly given her assent to an
Act for carrying into effect the Additional Treaty
concluded by her Majesty with the President of
the United States for the more effectual suppres-
sion of the slave trade ; and her Majesty trusts that
the honourable co-operation of the Government of
the United States will materially assist her Majesty
in those endeavours which Great Britain has
long been engaged in making to put an
end to the perpetration of that most disgraceful
crime. Her Majesty has assented with satisfaction
to many other measures of public usefulness, the
result of your labours during the present Session.

It has been gratifying to her Majesty to observe
that notwithstanding many adverse circumstances
the general prosperity of her empire continues
unimpaired. Though great local distress has been
suffered in Great Britain from the effects of the
civil war in America, and in Ireland from the re-
sults of three unfavourable seasons, the financial
resources of the United Kingdom have been fully
maintained, and its general commerce with the
world at large has not been materially impaired.
It has been a source of great satisfaction to her
Majesty to find that her East Indian possessions,
rapidly recovering from the disasters which lately
overspread them, are entering upon a course of im-
provement, social, financial, and commercial, which
holds out good promise for the growing prosperity
of those extensive regions.
Oa returning to your several counties you will
still have important duties to perform ; and her
Majesty fervently prays that the blessing of
Almighty God may attend your efforts to promote
the welfare and happiness of her subjects, the oh-
' ject of her constant and earnest solicitude.

NEW YORK.--A private letter from New York,
under date of the 15th of July, says :—" Yesterday
began the revolution in New Yolk. No one knows how it
will end. I have decided to leave as soon as possible. As
to the credits I have out, I cannot tell when they will be
paid. Of one thing I am certain—that we are neither secure
ourselves nor the money we have in the banks."

The gas consumed at the GralA Hotel in Paris,
coats annually 130,000 f., precisely what it costs a year to
light the whole town of Orleans.