The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

PROROGATION

OF
PAR Ii I A INIP:NT.

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.)

Their lordships met at two o'clock.
The Lords Commissioners having taken their
seats, the Usher of the Black Rod was dispatched
to summon the Commons.

The Speaker, attended by a numerous retinue
of members of the LoWer House, having appeared
at the bar, the Queen's speech was then read as
follows :

NIY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

We are commanded by her Majesty to release
you from your attendance in Parliament, and at
the same time to express her Majesty's cordial
approbation of the seal and assiduity with which,
during a protracted and laborious session, you
have applied yourselves to the consideration of
many subjects of great importance to the public
welfare.

Her Majesty has seen with much satisfaction
that, by the remission and reduction of taxes
which tended to cramp the operations of trade
and industry, you have given fresh extension to
a system of beneficent legislation, and have largely
increased the means of obtaining the necessaries of
life.

The provision which you have made for meet-
ing the demands of the public service, not only in
the present but also in future years, is of a nature
to give permanent stability to our finances, and
thereby to aid in consolidating the strength and
resources of the empire.

The buoyant state of the Revenue, and the
steady progress of our Foreign Trade, are proofs
of the wisdom of the commercial policy now firmly
established ; while the prosperity which pervades
the great trading and producing classes, happily,
without even a partial exception, affords con-
tinued anq increasing evidence of the enlarged
comforts of the people.
The measure which you have passed for the
future government of India has been readily sanc-
tioned by her Majesty, in the persuasion that it
will prove to have been wisely framed, and that
it is well calculated to promote the improvement
and welfare of her Majesty's Eastern dominions.
Her Majesty regards with peculiar satisfaction

the provision you have made for the better ad-
ministration of Charitable Trusts. The obstacles
which existed to the just and beneficial use of
property set apart for the purposes of Charity and
of Education, have been a serious public evil, to
which her Majesty is persuaded that in your -wis-
dom you have now applied an efficient remedy.
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

We are commanded by her Majesty'to thank
you for the supplies which you have granted for
the service of the present year, and for the pro-
vision which you have made for the defence of
the country both by sea and land. Her Majesty
will apply them with a due regard to economy,
and consistently with that spirit which has at all
times made our national security the chief object
of her care.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
Her Majesty commands us to inform you that
she continues to receive from her Allies the assur-
ance of their unabated desire to cultivate the most
friendly relations with this country.
It is with deep interest and concern that her
Majesty has viewed the serious misunderstanding
which has recently arisen between Russia and the
Ottoman Porte.
The Emperor of the French has united with
her Majesty in earnest endeavours to reconcile
differences, the continuance of which might in-
volve Europe in war.
Acting in concert with her allies, and relying

on the exertions of the Conference now assembled

at Vienna, her Majesty has good reason to hope
that an honourable arrangement will speedily be
accomplished.

Her Majesty rejoices in being able to announce
to you the termination of the war on the fron-
tiers of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hopei
and she trusts that the establishment of Repre-
sentative Government in that colony may lead to
the development of its resources, and enable it to
make efficient provision for its future defence.
We are also commanded to congratulate you,

that by the united exertions of the naval and
military forces of her Majesty and of the East
India Company, the war in Burmah has been
brought to an honourable and successful issue.
The objects of the war having been fully attained,
and due submission made by the Burmese Go-
vernment, peace has been proclaimed.
Her Majesty contemplates with grateful satis-
faction and thankfulness to Almighty God the
tranquillity which prevails throughout her domi-
nions; together with that peaceful industry and
obedience to the laws which insure the welfare of
all classes of her subjects. It is the first desire of
her Majesty to promote the advance of every
social improvement, and, with the aid of your
wisdom, still further to extend the prosperity and
happiness of her people.