The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-01 00:00:00

PROROGATIO N

PARLIAMENT.

HER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH.

My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

I am induced by consith of public policy
to release you at an earlier period than usual from
your legislative duties.

The zeal and diligence, ho never, with which you
have applied yourselves to your Parliamentary
labours, have enabled me, in this comparatively
short Session, to give my assent to many measures
of high importance, and, I trust, of great and perma-
nent advantage.

I receive from all Foreign Powers assurances
that they are animated by the most friendly disposi-
tions towards this country and I entertain a confi-
dent hope that the amicable relations happily sub-
sisting between the priocipal Europeon States may
be so firmly established a. 5, under Divine Providence,
to secure to the world a long continuance of the bles-
sings of Peace. To this great end my attention will
be unremittingly directed.
I rejoice that the final settlement of the affairs
of Holstein and Schleswig,. by the general concur-
rence of the Powers chiefly interested, has removed
one cause of recent differenc e and of future anxiety.
The amicable termination of the discussions
which have taken place between the Sublime Porte
and the Pacha of Egypt afford a guarantee for
the tranquillity of the East, an d an encouragement to
the extension of commercial en terprise.

The refusal on the part of the King of Ava, of
redress, justly demanded for insults and injuries offered
to my subjects at Rangoon, has necessarily led
to an interruption of friendly relations with that So-
vereign. The promptitude and vigour with which
the Governor-General of India has taken the mea-
sures thus rendered una,voidable, have merited
my entire approbation ; and I am confident
that you will participate is the satisfaction
with which I have observed the conduct of the
naval and military forces,, European and Indian, by
whose valour and discipli tie the important captures of
Rangoon and Maztaban have been accomplished ;
and in the hope which entertain that these signal
successes may lead to an ,'..!arly :and honourable peace.
Treaties have been concluded by my naval com-
manders with the Kieg of Dahomey and all the
African chiefs whose rule extends along the Bight
of Benin, for the totza abolition of the Slave Trade,
which is at present wholly suppressed upon that
coast.

I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent
to the measure which you have wisely adopted for the
better organisation of the Militia ; a constitutional
force, which being limited to purposes of internal de-
fence, can afford no just ground of jealousy to
neighbouring Powers ; but which, in the event of
any sudden and unforeseen disturbance of my
foreign relations, would at all times contribute
essentially to the protection and security of my
dominions.

GENTLEMEN OF THH HOVSE OF COMMONS,
I thank you for the liberal provision which you
have made for the exigencies of the public service.
The expenditure which you have authorised shall be
applied with a due regard to economy and efficiency.
The recent discoveries of extensive gold-fields
have produced, in the Austrian Colonies, a temporary
disturbance of society, requiring prompt atten-
tion. 1 have taken such steps as appeared to me
most urgently necessary for the mitigation of this
serious evil. I shall continue anxiously to watch the
important results which must follow from these dis•
coveries. I have willingly concurred with you in an
Act, which, by rendering available to the service of
those Colonies the portion arising within them, of the
Hereditary Revenue placed at the disposal of Par-
liament on my accession to the Throne, may enable
them to meet their necessarily increased expenditure.
Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I have gladly assented to the important Bills
which you have passed for effecting reforms, long
and anxiously desired in the practice and proceedings of
the Superior Courts of Law and Equity, and
generally for improving the administration of justice.
Every measure which simplifies the forms, and dimi-
nishes the delay and expense of legal proceedings, with-
out introducing uncertainty of decision, impairing the
authority of the Courts, or lowering the high standard
Judicial Bench, is a valuable boon conferred
I hope that the measures which you have
afop the
upon
the community at large.
ted for promoting extramural interment of the
dead, and for improving the supply of water, may
bs found effectual for the remedy of evils the ex-
istence of which has long been a reproach to this
great metropolis, and may conduce to the health
and comfort of its inhabitants.
The extension of popular rights and legislative
powers
subjects resident in the colonies, is
always o
to
an object of deep interest; and I
t 1 nmye
trust that the representative institutions which. in
concert
with you, I have sanctioned for New
Zealand, may
promote the welfare and contentment
of the population of that distant but most in-
terestingatt
aehent t
coloony,
my and confirm their loyalty and
Crown.
It is my intention, without delay, to dissolve
this present Parliament, and it is my earnest
prayer, that in the exercise of the high func-
tions which according to our free Constitution
will devolve upon the several constituencies,
they may be directed by an all-wise Providence to
the selection of representatives, whose wisdom and
patriotism may
aid me in my unceasing endeavours to
sustain the honour and dignity of my Crown, to
uphold the Protestant institutions of the country,
and the civil and religious liberty, which is their
natural result ; to extend and improve the National
condition, and thereby p
Education ; to develope and encourage Industry, Art,
and Science; and to elevate the moral and social
romote the welfare and hap-
my
pines of people.

to
THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OF 1852.—The sth
a brief one, has endured
session of the 15th and 16th Victoria, whose career termi-
nateslonger than at one period could have been anticipated. It
was opened by the Queen in person on the 3d of February,
and has therefore lasted four calendar months and twenty-
eight days, being one month and six days shorter than its
'day, though comparatively
predecessor of 1851. The House of Commons has sat during
that period on eighty
days, their sittings occupying in all 580
hours, or an average of
74 hours each. The number of
and their sittings oc-
cupied 157
hours sat past midnight was 551,4. The Lords during the
same period have sat on only 69 days,
hours , being an average of 214 hours each. There
have been during the session 121 divisions in the Commons,and five in the Lords. The phenomenon known in Parlia-
mentary language as a " no house" has occurred but once—
on the 18th of Aay. l The
" counts out" have been four in
number two of the occasions for which were afforded by
Mr. Chisholm Anstey, the Member for Youghal. They
were as follows :--.April 6th, when the House was in Com-
mittee upon the Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill (to which
the royal assent was yesterday given) ; April 26th, of pure
exhaustion, at half-past one in the morning; April 27th, on
a motion of Mr. Austey's relative to Colonel Outram ; and
again, June 15th, on a motion by the same Hon. Gentleman
relative to the expulsion of British subjects from the Aus-
trian dominions.

THE METROPOLITAN BortouGlls.—According to
the late census, as appears from a Parliamentary return just
printed, there are in the 'rower Hamlets 75,710 inhabited
houses, and the population is 539,111; in Marylebone,
40,513 inhabited houses, and the population 370,957; in
Finsbury, 37,427 inhabited houses, and the population
323,772; in Lambeth, 39,154 inhabited houses, and the po-
pulation 251,345; in Westminster, 24,755 inhabited houses, I
bited houses, and
and the population 241,G11; and in Southwark, 23,751 inha-
the population 172,861

THE POLISH REFUGEE LEOPOLD DE
ROSE.
The following correspondence, which has taken
place between two of the Justices of the Peace for the
county of Hants, and Lord Dudley Stue►rt, respecting
the Polish refugee Leopold de Rose, was read in the
House of Commons yesterday by the Noble Lord From one of the Justices of the Peace for the
county of Hants :

"Ji 2, 1852. My Lord,--I had a visit yesterday frome m Lieutenant
Chas. Szulezewski and Mr. De Rose. Tne former came
to make inquiries of me respecting Mr. De Rose's im-
prisonment for begging, &c. I can only say I consider
he has been shamefully used by Captain
Hamilton, who resided at Anglesey, near Gos-
port, and who is now appointed to a ship at Wool-
wich. My brother magistrate, Dr. Hillyer, could do no
more than imprison Mr. De Rose, as Cap Olin Hamilton
swore, that he wandered abroad to beg wad gather alms
contrary to the form of the Statute is 'inch case made,
84c., &c. Now it does appear to me to be a very extra-
ordinary thing that Mr. De Rose shou'A beg of Captain
Hamilton, when I well know that Yir. De Rose could
get 51. or 101. whenever he liked to, ask for it, by writ-
ing to a neighbour of mine, one 'A the first families in
the county, but he has never lion® so. Moreover the
policeman took Mr. De Rose into custody, without a
warrant and without seeing ask alms.
" I am, my Lord,
" " To Lord Dudley Stuart, M You
P r obedient servant..."

From Thomas Hoskins, Esq., lately Tithe Com-
missioner, and now auditor of the accounts of the
guardians of the poor at Gosport, Portsmouth, and
the Isle of Wight :

" Gosport, June 26, 1852.
"My Lord,—At the request of my excellent friend the)
Mayor of Southampton, I have felt great pleasure in ac-
companying Lieutenant Charles Sauleaewski and Mr.
Leopold De Rose to the several places of abode of Mr.
Tilston, Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Bidet), Captain Blake, Mr.
Meggs, Mr. Welch, Miss Slane, and Miss Nott, all of
whom I have known for many years as most highly re-
spectable people. And I can assure your Lordship that
I Piave heard with great delight the testimony which
er,ch of those ladies and gentlemen gave to the character
r,nd deportment of Mr. Leopold De Rose, who, although
reduced to the necessity of offering his articles for sale,
always did so with the marked conduct of a highly
honourable man and a gentleman. Ile was immediately
recognised by each, was most pleasantly received by
all, and deeply sympathised with for the manner in
which be had been treated, which, as some did not
hesitate to state, was " a disgrace to the country."
So far from begging, one lady stated that she had
offered him two shillings for an article of one shilling
value, which he most honourably declined to take.
"The result is most satisfactory to my mind that
Mr. De Rose has behaved in this neighbourhood in a
manner highly creditable to himself and his country,
and that he is entitled to the esteem and the sympathy
of all who detest tyranny and oppression.
" I have the honour to be,
" Yonr Lordship's_ most obedient servant
" THOMAS HOSKINS.
"Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., &e. &e."

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
A petite comedie, in one act, entitled A Novel Expe.
dient, was brought out last night with unequivocal sue-
eess. Three persons only are involved in the action.
The principal of those is Mrs. Charles Moore (Mrs.
Stirling), who is greatly annoyed by the addition to
her coinage of an intimate friend of her husband, named
Damon (Mr. Leigh Murray). This intruder criticises
her drawings, gives his opinion as to the paper which
should decorate the drawing room, and, what is
more than all, constantly takes out her husband on
fishing expeditions. She hints to Charles (Mr.
Howe) that Damon's departure would be acceptable,
but finds him inexorable on the point. She, there-
fore, resolves to employ some new device, and
is furnished with a hint in a letter from an absent
aunt, who always wishes to uphold the domestic
supremacy of woman. The good aunt counsels her, by
reference to an episode in Lesage, to declare to Damon
that she is secretly enamoured of him, and that there-
fore he is bound, es a man of honour, to quit the house.
Damon at first falls into the trap, and is actually going,
when he picks up the aunt's letter by accident, and per-
ceiving the real state of the case alarms Mrs. Moore by
feigning a reciprocal passion. A little unpleasant alter-
cation with the husband ensues, but an explanation
clears up all difficulties, and Mrs. Moore, cured of her
love of domination, resolves not to disturb her husband's
friendship for Damon. The piece is elegant and well
written, and, excellently played as it is by Mrs. Stirling,
Mr. effect
L effeeigct h Murray, and Mr. Howe, produces an agree-
.