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

HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.

MY LORDI3 AND ORNTLEMEN,

We are commanded by her Majesty to release
you from further attendance in Parliament, and at
the same time to convey to you her Majesty's ac-
knowledgments for 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-
jesty 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 Mijesty, however, has seen no reason
to depart from that strict neutrality which her
Majesty has observed from the beginning of the
contest.

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 union will be duly ascertained.

Several barbarous outrages committed in Japan
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 Brazil has thought fit to break
off his diplomatic relations with her Majesty in
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 this
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 commands 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 which the Civil War in North Ame-
rica has inflicted upon a portion of her Majesty's
subjects i❑ the manufacturing districts, and towards
the relief of which such generous and munificent
contributions have been made, has in some degree
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 colcny 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 valuable and improving colony.

Her Majesty has given her assent to a measure
for augmenting the income of a considerable number
of small benefice's, and she trusts that this mea-
sure will be conducive to the interests of the Esta-
blished Church.
Her Majesty 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 a
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
(o 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
I of those extensive regions.
On returning to your several counties you w:

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 ob-
ject of her constant and earnest solicitude.

/ITEW YORK .—A private letter from Now York,
and er date of the 15th of July, says :--4: Yesterday
begs In the revolution in New York. 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
pa id. Of one thing I am certain—that we are neither secure
ouoselves nor the money we have in the banks."

'The gas consumed at the Grand Hotel in Paris,
oos Es annually 130,000 f., precisely what it costs a year to
ligl),t the while town of Orleans,