The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-25 00:00:00

IIER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.

The SPEAKER said he had to acquaint the House
that that House had been to the House of PeerS,
to which it had been summoned by the Lords
Commissioners and the Lord Chancellor. One of
the great Commissioners had made a speech to both
Houses of Parliament, of which, to prevent mistake, he
had procured a copy. The Right Hon. Gentleman then
read her Majesty's speech as follows :
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,.

" We are commanded by her Majesty to acquaint
you that her Majesty has availed herself of the earliest
opportunity of resorting to your advice and assistance
after the dissolution of the last Parliament.

" Her Majesty continues to 1-.ceive from Foreign
Powers gratifying assurances of their desire to maintain
with her Majesty the most friendly relations.
" Her Majesty has the satisfaction of informing you
that the objects for which the Treaty of the 15th of July,
1840, was concluded between her Majesty, the Emperor
of Austria, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia,
and the Sultan, have been fully accomplished, and it is
gratifying to her Majesty to be enabled to state, that
the temporary separation which the measures taken in
the execution of the Treaty created between the con-
tracting parties and France, has now ceased.
" Her 'Majesty trusts that the union of the principal
Powers upon all matters affecting the great interests of
Europe afford a firm security fur the maintenancu of
peace.
" Her Majesty is glad to be able to inform you
that, in consequence of the evacuation of Ghorian by
the Persian troops, her Majesty has ordered her Minister
to the Court of Persia to return to Teheran. _

" Her Majesty regrets that the negotiations between
her Plenipotentiaries in China and the Chinese Govern-
ment have not yet been brought to a satisfactory conclu-
sion. and that it has been necessary to call into action
the forces which her Majesty has sent to the China seas;
but her Majesty still trusts that the Emperor of China
will see the justice of the deMands which her Majesty's
Plenipotentiaries have been instructed to make.
" Her Majesty
is happy to inform you that the dif-
ferences which had arisen between Spain and Piwortal,
about the execution of a Treaty concluded by those
Powers in 1835, for regulating the navigation of the
Douro have been adjusted amicably, and with honour to
both parties, by the aid of her Majesty's mediation.
" The debt incurred by the Legislature of Upper
Canada, for the purposes of Public Works, is a serious
obstacle to further improvements which are essential to
the prosperity of the United Province. Her Majesty has
authorized the Governor-General to make a communica-
tion on the subject to tho Council and Assemby of
Canada. Her Majesty will direct the Paper 3 to be laid
before you, and trusts that your earnest attention will be
directed to matters so materially affecting the welfare of
Canada and the strength of the Empire.

" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
" We have to assure you that her Majesty relies
with entire confidence on your loyalty and zeal to make
adequate provision for the public service, as well as for
the further application of sums granted by the last Par-
liament.

" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" We are more especially commanded t 9 declare to
you that the extraordinary expenses which the events in
Canada, China, and the Mediterranean have occasioned,
and the necessity of maintaining a force adequate to the
protection of our extensive possessions, have made it
necessary to consider the means of increas'n4 the public
revenue. Her Majesty is anxious that this object should
be effected in the manner least burthensome to her
people, and it has appeared to her Majesty, after full de-
liberation, that you may at this juncture properly direct
your attention to the revision of duties affecting the pro-
ductions of foreign countries. It will be for you to con-
sider whether some of these duties are not so trifling in
amount as to be unproductive to the revenue, while they
are vexatious to commerce. You may further examine
whether the principle of protection, upon which others
of these duties are founded, be not carried to an extent
injurious alike to the income of the State, and the in-
terests of the people.
" Her Majesty is desirous that you should consider
the laws which regulate the trade in Corn. It will be
for you to determine whether these laws do not aggra-
vate the natural fluctuations of Supply, whether they do
not embarrass Trade, derange the Currency, and, by
their operation, diminish the comfort and increase the
privations of the great body Of the community.
"Her Majesty feeling the deepest sympathy with
those of her subjects, who are now suffering from dis-
tress and want of employment, it is her earnest prayer
that all your deliberations may be guided by wisdom, and
may conduce to the happiness of her beloved people."