The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2B, 1839.

concealed their design of resisting by force the lawful
authorities, and of subverting the institutions of the
country.
The solemn proceedings of Courts of Justice, and
the fearless administration of the laws by all who are
engaged in that duty, ha .e checked the first at-
tempts at insubordination ; and I rely securely
upon the good sense of my people, and
upon their attachment to the Constitution, for the
maintenance of law and order, which are as necessary
for the protection of the poor as for the welfare of the
wealthier classes of the community."

The LORD CHANCELLOR then, by her
jesty's command, announced the Prorogation of Parlia-
ment till " Thursday the 24th of October, to be then
here holden."
Her Majesty, who looked extremely well, then quitted
the House, and the Royal cortege returned in the same
order to Buckingham Palace.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Auorsr 27.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Half-past One
o'Clock.

Mr. E. J. STANLEY moved for new writs for the
county of Tipperary in the room of R. L. Sheil, Esq.,
who, since his election, had accepted the office of Vice-
President of the Board of Trade ; and for the borough of
Manchester, in the room of Mr. P. Thomson, who has
accepted the office of Governor-General of Canada.
Mr. HAWES gave notice that next session he would
move for leave to bring in a Bill for putting the Sum-
mary Jurisdiction of Magistrates on a more satisfactory
footing.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, complaining that
they were not allowed sufficient remuneration for their
attendance at inquests and on criminal cases.
On the motion of Mr. MUSKETT a return was or-
dered of the rate of interest charged by the Bank of
Ireland on loans at discount since the year 1780 up to
the present time.
Mr. FRESHFJELD brought up a further report of
the Committee on public petitions.
SLAVE TRADE.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS asked if the Noble Lord at

the head of the Foreign Department ;as prepared to
state to the House if any, and what, measures had been
taken for the further prevention of the slave trade, by
additions to our naval force on the coast of Brazil and
on the coast of Africa. On the coast of Brazil, he
understood that at 'present we had only one vessel em-
ployed on that service ; he hoped the Noble Lord would
be enabled to make a statement to the House on this
subject which would be satisfactory.
Lord PALMERSTON could assure the Hon.
Baronet that her Majesty's Government would take
proper measures for reinforcing the squadrons on both
those statibes. The Hon. Baronet must perceive that
the most important part was the coast of Africa,
always supposing that they possessed the right
of seizing and condemning" upon the equipment
alone. The great object of humanity would be better
attained by seizing the vessels before they had their
slaves on board, which might be done on the coast of
Africa, rather than by suffering the slaves to be trans-
ported across the Atlantic, and then either taken back
to Sierra Leone, at a distance from their homes, or
left in the Brazils, where, though nominally
free, he feared they were really slaves.—(Hear.)
Now the power of condemnation upon equipment alone
we possessed by treaty with different countries, and the
provisions of the Act recently passed affirmed the
power of condemnation in cases where the trade carried
no flag whatever, and he could also state that negocia-
tions were being entered into with the different nations
of Europe and America with whom we did not already
possess treaties on this subject.
Mr. EWART wished to know if it was intended to
employ steam vessels on this service.
Lord PALMERSTON said that opinions were not
agreed ou that subject, and some difficulty had arisen
as to the employment of steam vessels on the coast of
Africa—but his Noble Friend at the head of the
Admiralty had a steam-vessel in readiness to go to that
coast.

At twenty minutes past two o'clock the Usher of the
Black Rod summoned the House to the House of Peers,
to hear her Majesty's most gracious Speech in pro-
roguing Parliament.
On his return, the SFEAKER read her Majesty's
speech, and the House then adjourned.