The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAINIENT.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
THE ROYAL PROCESSION.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert and her
suite, and escorted by two brigades of the Household troops,
left Buckingham Palace in State at half-past one o'clock.
The day was remarkably fine, and the number of persons
assembled to witness the procession was much larger
than it has been on any similar occasion since her Ma-
jesty's first going to the House of Lords on her accession to
the Throne. The whole line through the Park along the
Mall on both sides was crowded, and from an early hour
Parliament-street was almost in a state of blockade. The
appearance of the area around the Duke of York's column
was exceedingly picturesque. The steps leading from
Waterloo-place into the Park were crowded by well-
dressed persons, principally females, forming a complete
amphitheatre. The appearance of her Majesty in
her State Carriage, emerging from beneath the marble
gateway of the Palace was the signal for a loud burst of
cheering from the persons assembled. Her Majesty was
cheered loudly and continuously along the whole line as
she passed, and repeatedly bowed in acknowledgment.
At the Horse Guards the cheering was particularly
enthusiastic, the crowd there being much denser than in
any other part of the line. As the procession passed
through Parliament-street, hats and handkerchiefs were
waving from every balcony, and the cheering was con-
tinued until, at ten minutes after Two, her Majesty's ar-
rival at the House of Lords was announced by a Royal
Salute.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 22.
Parliament was this day prorogued by her Majesty in
person, preparatory to the Dissolution, with the usual
formalities. The ceremonial appeared to excite unusual
interest, as all the seats reserved for the Peeresses and
other ladies who had obtained cards of admission from
the Lord Chamberlain, were ticketed previously to the
opening of the doors at Twelve o'clock, and before One
o'clock the body of the House and the three galleries were
completely crowded, many of the ladies being unable to
obtain more than standing room behind the benches.
We understand that in the course of yesterday and this
morning upwards of eighty Peeresses signified to the
Lord Chamberlain their intention of being present.
The Diplomatic circle was also unusually thronged,
and the gay and brilliant hues of the ladies' dresses, with
the blaze of diamonds, stars, decorations, and varied
uniforms, formed an exceedingly animated and gorgeous
spectacle.
There was a very large number of Peers present,
many of whom, for want of other accommodation, were
compelled to remain standing in groups around the table
and near the Bar of the House.

The arrangement and decorations of the Throne and
the Chair of State appropriated to Prince Albert, on the
left of her Majesty, were the same as on the occasion of
the meeting of Parliament in January last.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Sussex, and the
Duke of Cambridge, armed shortly before Two o'clock
and remained, with Prince George of Cambridge stand-
ing near the Royal entrance to receive her Majesty.
All the Ministers and the Judges, with very few excep-
tions, were present.
At a Quarter past Two o'Clock, the discharge of can-
non, the flourish of trumpets, and the shouts of the popu-
lace, announced the arrival of her Majesty, who shortly
afterwards entered the House, preceded by the Heralds
and Pursuivants, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Errol,
the Earl of Shaftesbury with the Cap of Maintenance,
Viscount Melbourne with the Sword of State, the Earl
Marshal, and the other Great Officers of State. Her
Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, who conducted her to the Throne, and
then took his seat on her left hand side.

The Queen was attired in a splendid robe of white
satin, richly embroidered, and trimmed with gold lace.
over which was the State mantle of crimson velvet. She
had also a tiara, necklace, stomacher, and earrings of
brilliants, and looked in excellent health and spirits,
Prince Albert wore a Field Marshal's uniform, with the
ribbon of the Garter and several stars and_ decorations
on his breast.

The Speaker and the Members of the House of Com-
mons having been summoned to the Bar by the Usher of
the Black Rod, the Right Hon. Gentleman shortly after-
wards appeared, attended, or rather pushed forward, by
a formidable body of Members, who appeared to set all
etiquette at defiance in their anxiety to obtain a look at
her Majesty.
The SPEAKER then addressed her Majesty as follows:
" Most Gracious Sovereign, we, your Majesty's faithful
Commons, approach your Majesty with sentiments of
unfeigned devotion and loyalty. It has been our most
anxious desire, in granting the Supplies for the present year,
to place at the disposal of your Majesty the means by which
the naval and military establishments of the country
might be placed in a state of complete efficiency, and
we entertain a strong conviction that by thus enabling
your Majesty to maintain the honour of the Crown, and
protect the just rights and interests of the people, we
have adopted a course which, under the favour of Divine
Providence, will ensure both to this country and the rest
of Europe a continuance of the blessings of peace.
"We now tender to your Majesty an Act to apply cer-
tain sums of money for the service of the year 1841, and to
appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of
Parliament, to which, in all humility, we pray your Ma-
jesty's gracious assent."
The Royal Assent was then given, in the usual form,
to the following Bills :
The Appropriation Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, the Bills
of Exchange Bill, the Punishment of Death Bill, the
Bribery at Elections Bill, the Controverted Elec-
tions Trial Bill, the Highway Rates Bill, the
Loan Societies. Bill, the Mad Houses (Scotland)
Bill, the Blackburn Market Bill, the Bourne Drainage
Bill, and some other private Bills.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then presented the
Speech to her Majesty on his knee, which the Queen
read in her usual clear and distinct manner, with a very
marked and decided emphasis on the passage which re-
ferred to the exigencies of the public service being pro-
vided for in the manner least burdensome to the com-
munity.

HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" On a full consideration of the present state of
public affairs I have come to the determination
of proroguing this Parliament with a view to it,g
immediate dissolution.

" The paramount importance of the trade
and industry of the coantrf, and my anxiety
that the exigencies of the public Service
should. be provided for in the manner

least burthensome to the community, have
induced. me to resort to the means which
the Constitution has entrusted to me, of
ascertaining the sense of my people upon mat-
ters which so deeply concern their welfare.
" I entertain the hope that the progress of
public business may be facilitated, and that divi-
sions injurious to the course of steady policy and
useful legislation may be removed by the autho-
rity of a new Parliament, which I shall direct to
be summoned without delay.

" GENTLEMEN OP THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
" I thank you for the readiness with which
you have voted the sums necessary for the Civil
and Military Establishments.
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
"In the exercise of my prerogative I can
have no other object than that of securing
the rights, and Promoting the inter-
ests of my subjects, and I rely on the
co-operation of my Parliament,
and the
loyal zeal of my people, for support in
the adoption of such measures as are ne-
cessary to maintain that high station among
the nations of the world, which it has pleased
Divine Providence to assign to this country."
The Lord
.CHANCELLOR then said :—lt is her
Majesty's Royal will and pleasure that this
Par-
liament be prorogued to Tuesday, the 29th of June
instant, to be then hero holden, and this Parliament is
.
accordingly prorogued Tuesday, the 29th of June.
Her Majesty and her attendants then quitted the House
in the same order as they had entered it.