The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-01 00:00:00

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PROROGATION

PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

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The session of 1849 is now a matter of history, and
not of fact. Parliament was prorogued to-day by Royal
Commission to Tuesday, the 9th of October.
The House of Lords met to-day at a quarter past Two
o'clock.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the
Woolsack.

SCOTCH MARRIAGES.
Lord CAMPBELL presented petitions from the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and the
University of Edinburgh, against any alteration of the
Law of Marriage BM. The Noble Lord, in presenting
the petition, expressed his cordial concurrence in Vie
prayer of the petition, and hoped that the Bill that
had been introduced by the Right Hun. Gentleman
the Member for Bute i❑ the present session would
be no more heard of. It the Bill was introduced again
he would glee it his most determined opposition, and
sooner than agree to it be would, if bis opposition in-
volved the loss of the office he then held, rather rerign
that offica than aba' don his opposition to such a measure.
ROYAL ASSENT.
At ten minutes before three o'clock, the Marquis of
Lansdowne. the Marquis of C!anricard?, the Earl of
Minto, Earl St. German', and Lord Campbell. took their
seats below the Throne, robed as Lords Commissioners,
for the purpose of giving the Royal assent to several
public and private Bills, and also for proroguing Parlia-
ment. On the Lords Commissioners taking their seats,
The LORD PRESIDENT commanded the Usher of
the Black Rod to summon the Commons to the bar to
bear the Commission for giving the Royal assent and
for the prorogation of Parliament read.
In a few minutes the Speaker, accompanied by Lord
John Russell, Lord Palmerston, and a great number of
Members of the House of Commons, appear d at the bar,
and, after the read,ug of the Commission, the Royal
assent was given in the usual form to the following 67
private and public Bills:
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation).
Cruelty to Animals Prevention.
Boroughs Relief.
New Forest and Waltham Forest.
Inclosures Act (Extension of Powers).
Municipal Corporations (Ireland).
Collection of Rates (Dublin).
Dublin Improvement.
Pilotage.
New Zealand Land Conveyance.
Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colonies.
Leasehold Tenure of Lands (Ireland).
General Board of Health.
Metropolitan Sewers.
Slave Trade (Persian Gulf).
Treasury Instruments.
Customs. - -
Stamp, &c., Allowances.
Workhouse Loans (Ireland).
Turnpike Acts Continuance.
Small Debts Act Amendment.
Poor Relief (Ireland). •
Joint Stock Companies Act (1848) Amendm out.
Royal Pavilion (Brighton).
Chapels of Ease (Ireland).
Judgments (Ireland).
Petty Bag Office, &c., Amendment.
Bankruptcy (Ireland).
Poor-law Union Charges Act Amendment.
Bankrupt Law Consolidation.
Drainage of L nds.
Nuisances Removal and Disease Prevention.
Defects in Lease Suspension.
Commercial Road (comprising the Cannon-street..
Road, the Commercial Road, the Horseterry Branch
of Road, the East India Dock-road, and the Barking.

road.
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Prevention of Ships,
Quay, and other Work; at Granton ; Extension of
Stations at Edinburgh; Regulation of Perth Stations;
and amendments of Acts).
Lancashire and Preston Junction Railway Acts Amend-
ment (Power to alter tolls, and for the appointment of

Officers).
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway, and
Ardrossan Harbour Acts Amendment.
Airdrie Pullen and Alunicipal.
Binbrooke bt. Gabriel, and Binbroke St. Mary In-

closure.
Caledonian Railway (Lease and Purchase of the Glas.
gow, Barrhe,d, and Neilston Direct Railway).
Eastern Union, and Eastern Counties Railway Company
(Amendment of Acts, and Power to Lease, Sell, or
Am'Algamate to or with the Eastern Counties Railway
Company)
General Land Drainage and Improvement Company
(Incorporation and Conferring of Powers).
General Indian and Peninsular Railway.
Great Nor hern Railway (Amendment of Acts, Devia-
tion and Enlargement at and near Boston, Reutly,
Lincoln, and King's cross).
Hospital for Consumption.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Con-
solidation and Amendment of Acts).
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment
(Branches and Deviation).
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Deviation of Branch
to Alloa harbour, &c.)
East India Railway Company (for making and maintain-
ing one or more Raiiways in the East Indies) Incor-

poration.
Bowling Iron Company.
Louth Alark.its and Improvements.
London Corporation.
Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts).
Trenchard's Estate.
Creswell (hr Balemey) Estate.
Wilson's (St. Thomas's Church, Woolwich) Estat.
Grenville's Estate.
Osborne's Estate.
Sir IL Pigot's Estate.
Tempest's E state.
Clive's Estate.
The lion. C. C. Cavendish's (Burlington House) Estate.
Cavendish Estate.
Taffin's Naturalization.
Cripp's Divorce.
Faussett's Divorce.
Hill's Divorce.
tIER bi AJESTY'S SPEECIT.

The LORD PRESIDENT then read her Majesty's
most gracious Speech, for which see another part of our
paper.
At the conclusion of the reading of the Speech,
The CLERK at the table read the Commission for pro-
roguing Parliament, after which
The LORD PRESIDENT, in her Majesty's name,
and by her c,mtnand, declared the Parliament prorogued
to Tuesd,y, the 9.h of October next.
The interior of the House was partly filled with well-
dressed ladies.