The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1847.

On the dissolution of the present Parliament let it
not be forgotten that it has been a glorious and event-
ful Parliament. The prorogation is known to be
merely the immediate antecedent or precursor of the
dissolution. In her MAJESTY'S most gracious Speech
from the Throne yesterday morning, the dismissal of
her faithful Commons was virtually pronounced.
Therefore it is that we conceive ourselves justified in
speaking of the Parliament which has watched over
the destinies of the British Empire during six pro-
tracted sessions, from 1841 to 184; inclusively, as
among the things that are departed. Great events
have occurred during its existence, events such as
must render the reign of VICTORIA not the least re-
markable in the annals of England. Moral revolu-
tions have been effected of such a character as to have
actually reorganised the condition of society, and yet
—a circumstance hitherto unknown—those revolu-
tions have in no manner interrupted public tran-
quillity, or caused the effusion of one drop of blood.
Civilization had hitherto developed itself in a dis-
jointed state. A terrible convulsion has restored its
component parts to their natural position : the result
must be almost miraculous in the strength which
must henceforth be evolved, and the symmetry which
will henceforth be apparent. To the Parliament
which has just completed its sittings we are indebted
for this unprecedented innovation upon the prejudices
which have been paramount during many centuries.
History will record the narrative of this memorable
Parliament as the Free Trade Parliament. And
what events the historian will have to chronicle—
what gratitude will be evoked from posterity '
.Among the movements and chang es of the Sovereigns
of the whole world since 1841,
some have been most
ominous, others have been most propitious. The
friendly intercourse commenced between her Bri-
tannic MAJESTY and the KING of the FRENCFRENCHh a
been only too speedily followed by the tendency of
the latter to a depraved, a Machiavellian, and a
despotic policy. The visits, whether of curiosity
or amity, paid to England by the Autocrat,
by the Prussian and Belgian Monarchs, by the eldest
son of the Egyptian Pacha, and by the scions of the
different European dynasties, have, in reality, recon-
ciled previous differences and confirmed pre-existing
sentiments of cordiality. 'While the northern throne
of Stockholm has been vacated by the decease of
One of the crowned lieutenants of NAPOLEON, the
Papal chair has been filled by a benevolent and re-
forming successor of GREGORY XVI., in the person
of Pius IX. While the crowns of the Spanish
B
OURRONS and the BRAGANZAS have been placed in
imminent jeopardy by the infamous machinations cf
the Gallic Cabinet machinations subversive of
the sublime principles of
A national independence—the
people of Prussia have received a liberal constitution
from the spontaneous beneficence°f their patriotic So-
VEREIGN. Turkey and Greece have only become o
fe
thern-
kfailipciltpxcite the more the insidious jealousies
kimigri—gmpEßoa. The Swiss Confederation has
struggletl,
pigorously for the preservation of
religious
freedom, ana has witnessed the ominous obliteration
-of the Cracovian republic from the map of Conti-
nental Europe. Open warfare has not been restricted
to the sterile wastes of Kafirland, and the voluptuous
soil of Cashmere, it has extended its ravages to the
coasts of the Celestial Empire, to the northern frontiers

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