The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-06 00:00:00

THE ROYAL SPEECH.

Earl GRANVILLE then read the Royal Speech, which
was as follows :

MY LORDS 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 Majesty's
acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with
which you have applied yourselves to the discharge
of your duties in the session now brought to a close.
We are further commanded to inform you that,
as the present Parliament has now so nearly lasted
the period assigned by law for the duration of Par-
liaments that you could not enter upon another
yearly session with advantage to the public interest,
it is her Majesty's intention immediately to dissolve
the present Parliament, and to issue writs for the
calling of a new one.
But her Majesty cannot take leave of you without
commanding us to express to you her Majesty's
deep sense of the zeal and public spirit which, dur-
ing the six years of your existence as a Parliament,
you have constantly displayed in the discharge of
important functions, and tendering to you her Ma-
jesty's warm acknowledgments for the many good
measures which you have submitted for her accept-
ance, and which greatly conduced to the diminution
of the public burthens, and to the encouragement of
industry, to the increase of the wealth, and to the
promotion of the welfare and happiness of her
Majesty's people.
We are commanded to inform . you that her
Majesty's relations with foreign Powers are friendly
and satisfactory, and she trusts there are no ques-
tions pending which are likely to lead to any dis-
turbance of the peace of Europe.

Her Majesty rejoices that the Civil War in North
America has ended, and she trusts that the evils
caused by that long conflict may be repaired, and
that prosperity may be restored in the States which
have suffered from the contest.

Her Majesty regrets that the Conferences and
communications between her Majesty's North Ame-
rican Provinces on the subject of those Provinces
in a Confederation have not yet led to a satisfactory
result. Such a union would afford additional.
strength to those Provinces, and give facilities for
many internal improvements. Her Majesty has
received gratifying assurances of the devoted loyalty
of her North American subjects.
Her Majesty rejoices at the continual tranquillity
and increasing prosperity of her Indian dominions ;
and she trusts that the large supply which those
territories will afford of the raw material of manu-
facturing industry, together with the termination
of the civil war in the United States of North
America, will prevent the recurrence of the distress
which long prevailed among the manufacturing
population of some of the northern counties.
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 to her Majesty for the service
of the present year, and towards the permanent de-
fence of her Majesty's dockyards and arsenals.
The Commercial Treaty which her Majesty has
recently concludedwith Prussia and the other States
composing the German Commercial Union has, by
her Majesty's commands, been laid before you. Her
Majesty trusts that this Treaty will contribute to
the development of commercial relations between
this country and Germany, and will promote the
interests of the several countries which are parties
to it.
Her Majesty commands us to assure you that her
attention will continue to be directed to all such
measures as may be calculated to extend and to
place on a sound footing the trade between her
Majesty's. dominions and foreign countries.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to many
measures of public usefulness, the result of your
labours in the session now brought to a close.
The act for rendering the expenses incurred for
the support of the poor chargeable upon the whole
of a union instead of being confined to separate
parishes, will diminish the hardship inflicted upon
the labouring poor by reason of removal from parish
to parish.
The Partnership Amendment Act will tend to
encourage the profitable employment of capital.
The Courts of Justice Building and Concentra-
tion Acts, will, it is hoped, lessen the expense and
shorten the duration of legal proceedings.
The Clerical Subscription Act, founded on the
recommendation of a royal commission, will remove
objections which have been felt to the number and
variety of the forms of subscription and declaration
hitherto requireed of the clergy.
The management and discipline of prisons will be
improved by the Act for the Consolidation and
Amendment of the Laws on that subject.
The County Court Equitable Jurisdiction Act
will give a useful extension to the local administra-
tion of justice.
The Act for Consolidating the Comptrollership
of the Exchequer with the Board of Audit will tend
to increase the efficiency of the arrangements for
auditing the public accounts.
The Act for Establishing the Record of Titles in
keland will render more easy and secure the trans-
fer of land.
The Act for Amending the Laws which govern

the Constabulaq Force in Ireland will tend to pre-
vent the recurrence pf such disorders as happened
last year at Belfast.
The Colonial Naval Defence Act has removed
restrictions which have hitherto prevented the colo-
nies from taking effectual measures for their own
defence against attacks by sea.
Her Majesty has also gladly given her assent to
many other useful measures of less general im-
portance.
The electors of the United Kingdom will soon be
called upon again to choose their representatives in
Parliament ; and her Majesty fervently prays that
the blessing of Almighty God may attend their
proceedings, and may guide them towards the
attainment of the object of her Majesty's constant
solicitude—the welfare and happiness of her people.
Earl GRANVILLE then, in the usual formal manner,
declared the Parliament prorogued until the 12th inst., and
the proceedings terminated.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--THrs DAT.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock, and imme-
diately afterwards the Usher of the Black Rod appeared at
the table, and summoned ithe Commons to the House of
Peers to hear the Royal assent given by commission to
several public and private bills, and also her Majesty's
most gracious Speech on the prorogation of Parliament.
On the return of the Speaker to the house, the Queen's
Speech was read, and, several members having shaken
hands with the Speaker, the Session of 1865 came to a

close.

THE WEATHER.—At one o'clock this afternoon
the thermometer in the shade stood at 81—nine degrees
above slimmer heat.