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

THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.

(From a Supplement to the London Gazelle of Tuesday)
TIIE QUEEN—A PROCLAMATION. -
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For Dissolving the present Parliament and Declaring the
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• Victoria, R.—Whereas,
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•thought fit, by and with
the advice of our PriVy Council, to dissolve this present
Parliament, which stands prorogued to Wednesday, the
12th day of July instant, We-do for that end Wed_
this
.our royal Proclamation,' and do hereby dissolve the said
Parliament accordingly; and the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and
the Commissioners. for Shires and Burghs, of the
House of Commons are discharged from the- meeting
and attendants on the said Wednesday, the 12th diiy
of July instant ; and We, being desirous and re-
solved as soon as may be, to meet our people; and to have
their advice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all
our loving subjects our Royal will and. pleasure to call •a
new Parliament ; and do hereby further declare, that, with
advice of our Privy Council, we have given order that our
Chancellor of that part of'ouVunited kingdom called Great
Britain, and our Chancellor of Ireland,. do, respectively,
upon notice thereof, forthwith issue out writs in due form,
and according to law, for calling a new Parliament ; and
we do hereby also, by this our Royal Proclamation under
our great seal of our united kingdom, require writs forthwith
to be issued accordingly by our said Chancellors respectively,
for causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Com-
mons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly
returned to, and give their attendance in, our said Parlia-
ment ; which writs are to be returnable on Tuesday, the
15th day of August next.

Given at our Court at Windsor, this 6th day of July,
in the year of our Lord 1865, and in the 29th 'year df
our reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
In order to the Electing and Summoning the Sixteen Peers

of Scotland

Victoria, R.

Whereas, we have in our Council thought fit to de-
clare our pleasure for summoning and holding a Parlia-
ment of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, on Tuesday, the 15th day of August next
ensuing the date hereof; in order, therefore, to the elect-
ing and summoning the 16 peers of Scotland, who
are to sit in the House of Peers in the said Par-
liament, we do by the advice of our Privy Coun-
cil, issue forth this our Royal Proclamation, strictly
charging and commanding all the Peers of Scotland
to assemble and meet at Holyrood House, in Edinburgh,
on Friday, the 28th day of July instant, between the
hours of twelve and two in the afternoon, to nominate
and choose the 16 peers to sit and vote in the House
of Peers in the said ensuing Parliament, by open
election, and plurality of voices of the peers that shall
be then present, and of the proxies of such as shall
be absent (such proxies being peers, and producing
a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses,
and both the constituent and proxy being qualified accord-
ing to law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of
the principal clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by
him to officiate in his name, are hereby respectively. re-
quired to attend such meeting, and to administer the oaths
'required by law to bo taken there by the said peers, and to
take their votes ; and immediately after such election made
and duly.examined, to certify the names of the 16 peers so
elected, and to sign and attest the same in the presence of tho
said Peers the electors, and return such certificates into
our High Court of Chancery of Great Britain. And we
do, by this our Royal Proclamation, strictly command and
require the Provost of Edinburgh, and all other the magi-
strates of the said city, to take especial care to preserve
the peace thereof, during the time of the said election, and
to prevent all manner of riots, tumults, disorders, and
violence whatsoever. And we strictly charge and command
that this our Royal Proclamation be duly published at
the Market-cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county
towns of Scotland, ten days at least before the time hereby
appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed to
such election.

Witness ourselves at Windsor, this sixth day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and in the
twenty-ninth year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.