The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-16 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.

" MY LORDS AND GENTrIEN,
" Since you were last assembled, I have declared
my intention of allying myself in marriage with the
Prince Albert, of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha. I humbly
implore that the divine blessing may prosper this
union, and render it conducive to the interests of my
people as well as to my own domestic happiness, and it
will be to me a source of the most lively satisfaction to
find the resolution I haveL taken approved by my Par-
liament.

" The constant proofs which I have received of
your attachment to my person and family, persuade
Ole tha you will enable me to provide for such an
establishment as may appear suitable to the rank of
the Prince and the dignity of the Crown.
" I continue to receive from Foreign Powers assu-
rances of their unabated desire to maintain with me
the most friendly relations.
" I rejoice that the civil war, which had so
long disturbed and desolated the northern pro-
vinces of Spain, has been brought to an end,
by an arrangement satisfactory to the Spanish Goverr_
ment, and to the people of those provinces ; and I
trust that, ere long,i'peace and tranquillity will be re-
( stablished throughout the rest of Spain.
" The affairs of the Levant have continued to oc-
cupy my most anxious attention. The concord which
has prevailed amongst the Five Powers has prevented
a renewal of hostilities in that quarter, and I hope
that the same unanimity will bring these important and
difficult matters to a final settlement, in such a manner
as to uphold the integrity and independence of the
Ottoman Empire, and to give additional security to the
peace of Europe.

" I have not yet been enabled to re-establish my
diplomatic relations with the Court of Teheran, but
communications which I have lately received from the
Persian Government inspire me with the confident ex-
pectation that the differences which occasioned a sus-
pension of those relations will soon be satisfactorily
adjusted.

" Events have happened in China which have oc-
cassioned an , interruption of the commercial inter-
course of my subjects with that country. I have
given, and shall continue to give, the most serious
attention to a matter so deeply affecting the interests
of my subjects. and the dignity of my Crown.
" I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that the
military operations undertaken by the Governor-Gene-
ral of India have been attended with complete success,
and that in the expedition to the Westward of the Indus
the officers and troops, both European and N dive
have displayed the most distinguished skill and valour.

I have directed that further !papers relating to the
affairs of Canada should be laid before you, and I con-
fide to your wisdom this important subject.
" 1 recommend to your early attention the state of
the Municipal Corporations of Ireland.

" It is desirable that you should prosecute those
measures relating to the Established Church, which
have been recommended by the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners of England.
" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

" I have directed the Estimates for the services cf
the year to be laid before you. They have been framed
with every attention to economy, and at the same time
with a due regard to the efficiency of those establish-
ments which are rendered necessary by the extent and
circumstances of the Empire. .

" I have lost no time in carrying into effect the in-
tentions of Parliament by the reduction of the duties on
Postage, and I trust that the benefic'al effect s of this
measure will be felt throughout all classes of the com-
munity.

" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

I learn with great sorrow that the commercial cm-
bmassments which have taken place in this and in
other countries are subjecting many of the manufac-
turing districts to severe distress.
" I have to acquaint you with deep concern that the
spirit of insubordination has,in some parts of the country,
broken out into open violence, which was speedily re-
pressed by the firmness and energy of the Magistrates
and by the steadiness and good conduct of my troops. I
confidently rely upon the power of the law, upon your
loyalty and wisdom, and upon the good sense and right
feeling of my people, for the maintenance of order, the
protection of property, and the promotion, as far as they
can be promoted by human means, of the true interests
of the empire."

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
HUNGERFORD MARKET.
There were good supplies and a fair demand. Turbot
4s. 6d. to 21s. Cod 3s. to 15s. Soles 10d. to 3s. 6d. per
pair. Lobsters ls. to 4s. Vegetables rather short and prices
high. Beef 7d. to 81Ad. Mutton 71/ad. to Bid. Veal Bd.
to 9d. Pork 7d. to 81d. per lb.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.

The supplies were good, and the demand in proportion ;
prices steady ; Turbot 4s. to 21s. ; Cod 3s. to 155., Soles 6d.
to 4s. per pair; Smelts 6d. to 4s. per dozen ; Brill 10d. to 5s ;
Lobsters 10d. to 3s. 6d ; Whitings sd. to 10d.; and Haddocks
Bd. to 2s. ; Oysters 20s. to 48s. per bushel.
HAY MARKETS.
The supplies were fair and the demand moderate, prices
steady. Hay 555. to 88s. ; Clover 80s. to 113 s. ; Straw 30s.
to 40s. per load.