The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

GENERAL THANKSGIVING.

(From a Supplement to the LoadoaGazette Extraordinary).
BY TUE. QUEEN.—A PROOLA.II.IATION,
FOR A PUBLIC THANKSGIVING,
VICTORIA R.—Whereas it bath pleased Almighty,
God, in His great goodness, to pat an end to the war-
fare in which we have been engaged against the Em-
peror df Russia' and to restore peace to Europe; we there-
fore, adoring the divine goodness, and duly considering
that the great and public blessings of peace do call for
public and solemn Acknowledgments, have thought fit,
by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue
this Proclamation, hereby appointing that a General
Thanksgiving to Almighty God I,r these His mercies
be observed throughout those parts of the United
Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Sunday, the
fourth day of May next ; and we do earnestly exhort
all our loving subjects that they do religiously observe
the said public Day of Thanksgiving ; and, for the better
and more devout solemnisation of the same, we Lave
given directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishops
and the Right Reverend the Bishops of Eng-
land, to compose a Porn of Prayer and Thanksgiving
suitable to this occasion, to be used in all Churches and
Chapels, and other places of public worship, and to take
care for the timely dispersing of the same throughout
their respective Dioceses.

Givwl at our Court at Buckingham Palace, the
twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six,
sod in the nineteenth year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

BY THE QUEEN.-A. PROCLAMATION,
_ 808 A PUBLIC THANKSGIVING IN SCOTLAND.

Vicrome R.—Whereas it has pleasei Almighty God,
in His great goodness, to put an end to the warfare in
which we have been engaged against the Emperor of
Russia : We, therefore, adoring the Divine goodness,
and duly considering that the great and public blessings
of peace do call for public and solemn acknowledgments,
have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy
Council, to issue this Proclamation, herebyappointing that
a General Thanksgiving to Almighty G.,d for these His
mercies to be observed throughout that part of the
United Kingdom called Scotland, upon Sunday the
fourth day of May next ; and we do earnestly exhort
all our loving subjects in Scotland that they do reverently
and decently observe the said Public Thanksgiving, on
the said fourth day of May next. Our will and
pleasure is, therefore, and we charge, that, this our
proclamation seen, ye pars, to the Market Cross of
Edinburgh; and i_ other places nee(iful, and•there, in
our name and under our authority, make publication
thereof, that none pretend ignorance. And our will
and pleasure is that our solicitor do cause printed
copies of this our proclamation to be sent to the sheriffs
of • the • several shires, atevrarts of stewartries, and
bailiffs of regalities, and their clerks, whom we
ordain to see the same published ; and we ap-
point them to send copies thereof to the several
Parish Churches within their bounds, that, upon the
Lord's Day immediately preceding the day above men.
tioned, the same may be published and read from the
pulpits, immediately after Divine Service. •
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th
day of April, 1856, and in the nineteenth year of
our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

-..-____

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsack
at the usual hour.

The. Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented several
petitions against opening the crystal Palace on
Sundays.
Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates,
until an equi.valeot had been provided, were presented
by Lord Bernere, the EArl of Cawder, and Lord Redes-
dale.

SECOND READINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Blenheim
Estate Bill ; Butt Twicks Estate Bill, and Llanilloes in
Newton Railway Bill, wera read a second time.
ItIARRIAGES IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
Lord BROUGHAM called their lordships' attention
to a petition from the county of Cumberland which he
Lad presented last week, complaining of the conflicting
state of the law on the subject of Marriages in E:igland
and Scotland. As the evil arising from this state of
things was very great, particularly as regarded those who
resided in the neighbourhood of the border, of both coun-
tries, he thought that no time ought to be lost in endea-
vouring to applya remedy to it. Hehad introduced v. bill
on this subject in 1853, but from the advanced period
of.the session it failed to become law. He had tried on
ilevand occasions since to provide against this evil, but
without effect. He bad now the honour to introduce a
bill with the vit7 of remedying the abuses which at present
sxiited. Tb7rfirst object of the measure was toarptres-
vent the evasion of the English marriage law by pie
removing across the Scottish borders and there con-
tracting a marriage that was deemed valid by the law
of Scotland. He proposed, in regard to all per-
sons not natives of Scotland, that there should be a
residence of at least three weeks in Scotland as a condi-
don precedent to the marriage. He also proposed to
givevalidity in certain circumstances to Scotch marriages
with a view of providing fur the legitimacy of the
children and preventing divorces taking place except for
causes which, were recognised by the English law as
being sufficient to justify such proceedings. The main
principle of the bill was to assimulate as filr as possible
the marriage lav;s of both contries.
The Earl of MINTO hopel the bill would be extended
to both sides of the border.
The bill was then real a first time.
THE TREATY OF PEACE.
The Earl of CLARENDON' laid on the table a copy
of the Treaty of Peace' lately entered into between
England, France, and Sardinia, on the one band, and
Russia on the other. The noble earl also laid on the
table the various protocils in connection with the
Treaty of Peace, and then gave notice that the papers
should be taken into consideration by their lordships
this day week.
• Their lordships shorty aft,r wards a lj yarned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Mis Evening.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at the uaual hour.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Elihburgh Municipality, the Filey Water, Ulgter

Railway, Wakefield Gas, aul tne West Hata Gas Bills
were severally read a third time and passed.
Several petitions were presented against any grant
for religious purposes in Ireland.
RETURNS ORDERED.

Mr. M‘MALION moved for a return of the several
districts into which the different counties of Ireland are
divided for Cie purposo of holding a session of the peace
and. civil bill court, or a civil bill court only, therein ;
of tho names of the towns in which the courts ar3 held ;
and of the number of times in each year that a session
of the peace or civil bill court, or either, was held in
such town since the Ist day of August, 1851, till the lst
day of August, 1855.—Agreed to.
Viscount GODERICH moved for copies or extracts of
recent correspondence respecting alterations in the or-
ganisation of the Indian Department in Canada.—
Agreed to.