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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 28.
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
At a Quarter-past Two o'clock the LORD CHIN-
ezmoR entered the House, robed as one of the Lords
Commissioners, and, upon taking his seat on the Wool•
sack, stated that her Majesty had been pleased to grant
two commissions, one giving her royal assent to several
Bills, and the other proroguing Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl
Spencer, the Earl of Minto, and Lord Campbell then
took their seats below the throne as Lords Commis-
sioners, and the Commons having been summoned by
Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, to
ttie bar of the House, the Royal Assent was given to the
following Bills :
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill.
Customs Duties (No. 2.) Bill.

Small Debts Bill-.
Contagious Diseases Prevention Bill.
Wreck and Salvage Bill.
British Possessions Bill.
New Zealand Government Bill.
Waste Lands (Australia) Bill.
Ejectments, Soc. (Ireland) Bill.
Leases (Ireland) Bill.
Mandamus (Ireland) Bill.
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill.
Public Works (Ireland—No. 4) Bill.
Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill.
Pawnbrokers' Bill.

- Steam Navigation Bill.
Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill.
Railway Commissioners' Bill.

Private Bills Bill.

Poor Employment (Ireland) Bill.
Public Works (Ireland--No. 5) Bill.
Rateable Property (Ireland) Bill.
District Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill.
Camerons' Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and

Loughor Railway Bill.
The South Devon Railway Amendment and Branches

(No. 2) Bill.
After the royal assent had been given to the above
Bill,
The LORD CHANCELLOR then in a clear voice
read the speech from her Majesty, as follows:
" 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 Majesty 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 Majesty entertains a confident hope that the
more free admission of the produce of foreign coup•
tries lido the home market will increase the comforts
and better the condition of the great body of the

people.
" Her Majesty feels the greatest satisfaction in re-
flecabg 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 to the territory on the North West Coast of
America, have been completely successful.
" Her Majesty continues to receive from all
Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their
desire to cultivate friendly relations with this country.
" Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you
on the victorious course and happy conclusion of the
war in India, and her Majesty has much gratification
in announcing to you that perfect tranquillity pre-
voile throughout the whole of the British possessions
in that quarter of the world.
" GENTLEMEN Or THE HOUSE OP COMMONS,

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"Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction the
care you have taken to prevent permanel 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.
" Mr 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 affbrded 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 NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then, in her Majesty's
name, and by her Majesty's command, declared the
Parliament prorogued to Wednesday, the 4th of No-
vember.
It may not be amiss to state that during the present
session the Royal Assent has been given to no less than
570 Bills.
Several of the Foreign Ministers wore present and the
ceremony was graced by many of the fair sex. Thus
has ended; session unparalleled in the extent of its ex-
istence, and only equalled in its importance by that
Ivhich passed the Reform Bill.