The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT

HER MAJESTY S
SPEECH.

Parliament was prorogued yesterday (by Commis-
sion), when the following Speech was read, by com-
mand of her Majesty, by the Lord Chancellor, sitting
on the Woolsack, in front of the throne, in the
House of Lords
6' MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" We are commanded by her Majesty to express to
you the warm acknowledgments of her Majesty for
the public spirit you have evinced in the discharge of
your laborious duties during an anxious and pro-
tracted session.

" Her Alajesty trusts that you will be rewarded by
witnessing the beneficial results of the measures which
have been sanctioned by her Majesty for the present
relaxation and ultimate repeal of protective duties on

corn and sugar.
" Her 111tije*ty entertains a confident hope that the
more tree admission of the produce of foreign coun-
tries into the home market will increaseithe comforts
and better the condition of the great body of the
people.

" Her Majesty feels the greatest satisfaction in re•
fleeting that her Majesty's efforts to settle, in a manner
consistent with national honour, the conflicting
claims of Great Britain and the United States, with
respect, t. on the North West Coast of
America, have been completely succesaful.

" Her Majesty continues to receive from all
Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their
desire to cultivate friendly relations with this country.
" Her Alajesty" commands us to congratulate you
on the victorious course and happy conclusion of the
war io India, and her Majesty has much gratification
in announcing to you that perfect tranquillity pre-
vails throughout the whole of the British possessions
in that quarter of the world.
" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

" Her Majesty laas-olkserved with satisfaction the
care you have taken to prevent permanent loss to the
revenue, and to maintain the public faith.
" Her Majesty has commanded us to acknowledge
the zeal and unanimity with which you assented to
the increase in the naval and military estimates which
a regard to the exigencies of the public service induced
her Majesty to propose for your consideration.
" MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" Her Majesty has to lament that the recurrence of
a failure in the potato crop, in an aggravated degree,
will cause a serious deficiency in the quantity of a
material article of food.

" Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to
measures by which this calamity may be mitigated in
that part of the United Kingdom where the cultiva-
tion of the potato has hitherto afforded the chief
supply for the subsistence of the people.
" Her Majesty has seen with pleasure that a con-
siderable diminution of crime and outrage has taken
place in those counties of Ireland which had been
most disturbed.

" Her Majesty is confident that on your return to
your several counties, you will find a spirit of
loyalty generally prevalent. The extension of works of
improvement has increased the demand for labour,
and the tranquillity of the country has favoured the
pursuits of industry in all its branches.
"Her Majesty trusts that by a combination of
prudence with enterprise, and of a willing obedience
to law with a desire for social progress, her people
will, through the Divine blessing, enjoy the full ad-
vantages of peace."

The lion. and Rey, Henry RAert Pakenham has
been licensed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the curacy'
of Compton, Somerset.
Lord Pano,ute, father to the Right Hon. Fox Maule,
Secretary at W ir. has given the ;um of 1,000/. towards the
Infirmary for the Relief of the Sick Poor at Arbroath, Not th
Britain.

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IMPORTATION OF STATUARY AND PAINTINGS.—The
Legeria brig arrived on Thursday in the St. Katherine's
I)ock, from Leghorn, bringing abort thirty valuable paint-
ings by the mast eminent of the old masters, marble statues
and ornaments, and other articles of vertu. Some of the
statues are very large, being each nearly a ton in weight.
They are consigned to the Council of the Royal Academy.
GROUSE t',INGULAR DAY'S 1P RT.—
On Monday, the 23c1,Str Benjamin Hall went out for the
purpose of killing old birds on the high grounds at his sport-
ing quarters in Aberdeenshire. He shot for nearly eight
Lours, using only one gun and a brace of dogs, which he
changed once in the course of that time, and bagged 73 old
cock birds, 10 barren hens, 7 young cocks, 7 young hens, and
3 blue mountain hares, making a total of 100 head.
NUMEROUS FIRES IN ONE NIGHT.— Between the
hours of ten P.M., on Wednesday, and one A.M. of Thursday,
not fewer than six fires occurred in the metropolis :—One
happened at 62, High-street, Shadwell, on the premises in
the occupation of Mr. Charles Watson, grocer and tea-
dealer. The flames, when first observed, were burning
furiously in the shop, and the inmates having effected a
safe retreat, the engines were sent far and set to work; but
before the firemen could got the flames subdued the con-
tents of the shop were nearly consumed and the building
severely damaged. The loss will fall upon the London
Fire-office. Another fire occurred at No. 118, High-street,
Shoreditch, the property of Mr. F. Watts, oil and Italian
warehouseman. It appears that whilst a man was drawing
off some varnish in the cellar it became ignited, and
falling amongst a quantity of patent tire-wood, set it
on tire; a large glass carboy filled with oil was broken
during the confusion, and it was at one period feared that
the whole building would have been destroyed. The fire-
engines quickly attended, and owing to the exertions of the
neighbours and inmates, the fire was happily confined to that
portion of the premises in which it originated. Mr. Watts
was insured in the Dissenters' Fire-office. The third fire
took place at 4, Oriental.tsrrace, Grundy-street, Poplar, oc-
cupied by Mr. Thomas Penny. It did considerable damage
to the first floor tefore it could be extinguished. The fourth
happened on the premises of Mr. John Cooper, No. 22,
Little James-street, Lisson-grove, Paddington. It was
caused by the embers of a tobacco-pipe falling amongst the
straw in the stabling. Four brigade engines attended, but
before the fire was got out the corn-bin and some harness
were burnt. Mr. Cooper was not insured. The other two
tires were in Garton-court, Barbican, and South-street,
Shoreditch.

EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION.—EAST MANNING-
FIELD, AUG. 26.—This morning Mary Peters, a young woman
respectably connected, and whO has for upwards of eight
months held the situation of governess in the family of Mr.
J. F. Ricketts, of this place, was brought before the dis-
' trice magistrates, charged on suspicion of having concealed
the birth of her child. From the evidence adduced, the body
of the infant was found in a highly decomposed stale near
the mouth of a drain communicating with Mr. Ricketts's
premien. Jane Grooves deposed to being nursery-maid
in the. family of Mr. Ricketts. Witness and other per-
sons residing in the house had remarked a change in
the figure of Miss Peters for several months past. The
appearances were such_ as to induce the belief that she was
enciente. Remembers, particularly, one night, about a month
ago, hearing dreadful groans in the governess's room, upon
which she-(witness) knocked at the door, when Miss Peters
desired her not to be alarmed, as it was only her old com-
plaint. Some short time afterwards, on the same night,
witness heard her leave her room, and proceed down stairs,
upon which she (witness) entered the room, and perceived
indications which raised her suspicions ; but, observing
that Miss Peters's appearance was not at all altered
in the morning, witness did not know what to think.
A fortnight afterwards, witness, having gone into the
governess's room, and found her asleep on a sofa,
prompted by curiosity, observed her person closely,
discoveredand
that her dress, was wadded so as to give her
figure the dropsical contour so observable. Had
.kept every-
thing a profound secret until the body of the child was dis-
covered. Miss Peters had given notice some time of her in-
tention to leave her situation. At this stage of th:t pro-
ceedings the magistrates suggested the propriety of the ac-
cused being examined by a medical man, and the case was
adjourned. Aug. 27.—This morning the magistrates re-
sumed the inquiry into the accusation of Mary
.Peters,whose
of last week a
case was adjourned in order to procure medical evidence.
Alter hearing the testimony of Dr. Marsden, of Manning-
field, who had been deputed to examine the accused, the ma-
gistrates t were
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of herrings for a curer in Kirkaldy. Oa WeAnesday after-
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ADVENTURE.—In
after-
noon the vessel was hove to off the Aberdeen coast, about 10
miles south from Buchan Ness, where the captain took the
small boat, and, accompanied by a boy, went on shore to
visit some friends, leaving an individual named Roper, be-
longing to this place, in charge of the vessel during his ab-
sence. In the meantime the breeze, which was northerly,
began to freshen, when, in order to avoid danger, the marl
who was left on board of the sloop stood out to sea. The
wind, however, still kept increasing in strength, while the sea
was becoming more boisterous;
consequence of which the
seamen found it impossible to regain the coast to take the
captain and boy on board. Thinking it the safest plan—
hazardous as the attempt was in his atiaided conditi9n—to
proceed on the voyage, he hid so, and arrived at Kirkaldy
in perfect safety, having been GO hours on deck, I • uring
which time he had run a distance of 130 miles. The captain
has since arrived at Kirkaldy, happy, no dou,,t, to tiro his
vessel, which he had last seen on the Aberdeen coast with a
solitary individual on board, safe in harbour.—Ediraburph
Witness.