The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-08 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

At an early hour the grand entrance to the House of
Lords was blockaded by a crowd of eager expectante,
most of whom were ladies, who, in full dress, to the
great risk of their complexions and their finery, braved
the full rays of a scorching noon-day sun in their
anxiety to obtain a front place, to view the somewhat
rare spectacle of a prorogation is person. Behind them
stretched a long line of carriages, full of fair occupants,
who, with their usual patience when a sight is in ques-
tion„bad taken up their station a long hour before there
was a chance of admittance. At twelve o'clock the
doors were opened, and in a very short time the whole
body-of the House, with the exception of the front bench
on each side, and the space usually occupied by the bishops,
reserved for the foreign ambassadors, was filled with
ladies. To look down upon them from the gallery above
seemed more to resemble the gay parterres of a plea-
sure garden than the deserted, wilderness appearance
usually presented by the back benches of the House.
Soon after this the Peers began to arrive, and their
robes of scarlet and ermine added to the beauty of the
scene by forming an appropriate relief to the lighter
hues displayed by their wives and daughters. The Lord
Chancellor, accompanied by Lady Truro, was among the
earliest arrivals. The Corps Diplomatique were present
in great force, and entirely filled the box appropriated to
them, in uniforms of every imaginable colour. A great
number of foreigners of distinction were also present in
the galleries, and seemed to manifest the greatest interest
in all the kiroDeekttoga.' The Doke otWailington arrived,
about haff-past one o'clock, accompanied by thelliiii`-
chioness of Douro. The Bishops present were their
Lordships of London, Norwich, and Ossory. Chief'
Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Patteson were also pre-
sent in their judicial ermine. Altogether the attendance
was far from being so numerous as we have seen it on
previous occasions. One of the galleries was almost
empty, and owing to the late discussion in the
House of Commons, the space below the bar
was kept quite clear for the accommodation of the
Members, %vim called, up from the Lower House. The
Yeomen of the Guard and the Gentlemen-at-Arms, un-
der the command of Lord Foley, were the next to arrive,
and took their stations around the entrance.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Half-past One.

The Earl Of SHAFTESBURY moved that an address
be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be
graciously pleased to direct that a circular shall be ad-
dressed to her Ministers at Foreign Courts, ordering
them to report on the facilities for establishing Protestant
chapels at their different stations, and also on the laws
exibting in the several countries touching the exercise of
the Protestant relieion.—Agreed to.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition, praying
for the enlargement of the School of Design. _ _

The Earl of MOUN rcASEIELL presented a petition
against the present system of State education in Ireland.
This business being transacted, two o'clock began to
approach, and Peers, Peeresses, and faithfulsubjects set-
tled themselves into their places, and listened with all
the attention they could spare from the gossip,
which was neither low nor partial, for the first
sounds which should herald her Majesty's approach.
The great officers of State withdrew to the robing-room,
to be in attendance on the Sovereign at her arrival.
Precisely at twelve minutes to two the first gun was
heard booming in the distance, causing a perceptible and
universal start throughout the assembly, and immediately
afterwards a prolonged flourish of trumpets announced her
Bisj sty's entrance in the House. After a short time in the
robing-room, the royal cortege swept in in the usual order,
preceded by the Heralds and the officers of the Household;
the Duke of Wellington, bearing the Sword of State,
the Marquis of Lansdowne with the Crown, and the
Marquis of Winchester bearing the Cup of Mainte-
nance. Prince Albert conducted the Queen to the
Throne, and the Lord Chancellor having handed the
Speech to her Majesty, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod left the House to summon the Commons to her
Majesty's presence. In a short time, the Speaker, fol-
lowed by a large body of Members, at the head of
whom were Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston,
appeared in the House of Lords, and stepping forward
to the bar, addressed her Majesty as follows:
Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's faithful
Commons attend your Majesty at the close of a laborious
session. In tendering to your Majesty this our last
Bill of Supply for the service of the year, we have the
satisfaction of stating that owing to the continued bless-
ings of peace, which Providence has vouchsafed to 11F,
and the commercial and manufhcturing prosperity of the
country, the reverote has so far improved as to enable us
to make a considerable reduction in the public burdens.
We have substituted a moderato duty on houses
fur the tax hitherto levied upon windows, and
we have thus carried into still further
effect the work of sanitary reform which ha,
distinguished the legislation of former sessions. Our at-
tention has also been directed to various measures for
the improved administration of justice. We have modi-
fied the law of eviience, so as to secure the more com-
plete and satisfactory investigation of truth. We have
simplified many of the details, both of criminal
and civil procedure, and we confidently hope that
the important addition we have made to the judi-
cial establishment, will so far facilitate the
appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery,
as also of the Judicial Committee of your Majesty's
P, ivy Council, that the expenses and delays which have
hitherto been inseparable from their proceedings will
for the future be materially diminished. The assump-
tion of certain ecclesiastical titles conferred by a foreign
power has been the source of much anxious and patient
deliberation. We approached that difficult and delicate
question in the spirit in which your Majesty was gra-
ciously pleased to recommend it to our attention, and we
trust that the measure we have passed will prove
effectual to prevent any further attempt to encroach on
your Majesty's, supremacy without in any degree in-
fringing on the great prineiple of religious liberty. It
is unnecessary for me to advert to other measures of
miner political importance, but exerting a material in-
fluence on the condition of the industrious classes, which
have beets matured during the present session. When
carefully reviewed they will manifest our earnest desire to
maintain the prerogative of the Crown, and at the same time
to promote the social improvement, as well as the moral
and physical welfare of all classes of her Majesty's sub-
jects. I have now humbly to pray your Majesty's royal
assent to the Bill entitled an Act to apply a sum out of
the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year, and to
appropriate the supplies granted in this session.
The Royal assent was then given to the following
Bills:

The Consolidated Fund Appropriation.
Merchant Seamen's Fund Amendment.
Facilitation of Purchases of Estates.

St. Albao's Bribery Commission.
Relief of Poor Continuance.

General'Board of Health (No. 3) Bill.
Her Majesty then delivered the Royal Speech (for
which see another portion of our paper).
The Royal cortege then left th© House. and returned
toßuckingham Pata.e in the usual order.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the ith day of
August, 1851, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council. This day the Right Hon. George Augustus
Constantine Henry Phipps (commonly called the Earl of
Mu'grave), and the Right Hon. Laurence Sulivan, were by
her Majesty's command sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon.
Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board
accordingly.

T. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 5, 1851.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord
Foley, to appoint Richard Gater Roach, Esq., one of her Ma-
jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice De
Blaquiere, retired.
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WAR-OFFICE, Am. 8.
10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Comet Thomas Man-
ners Townley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Mahon,
who retires, Aug. 8.
19th Regiment of Foot—Captain Samuel John Maclurcan,
from the 4Sth,,Foot, to be Captain, vice Margitson, who ex-
changes, Aug. 8.
21st Foot—Captain Henry Calvely Cotton, from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Sinclair, who
exchanges, Aug. 8.
24th Foot—Major Charles Henry Ellice to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Paynter, who retires; Captain
Edmund Wodehouse to be Major, by purchase, vice Ellice;
Lieutenant William Hartshorn to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Wodehouse; Ensign James Tennent Tovey to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hartshorn ' • Second Lieutenant
Andrew David Hays, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be
Ensign, vice Tovey, Aug. 8.
33rd Foot—Lieutenant Oliver Vaughan Jackson, from half-
pay 85th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pechell, appointed
Paymaster 85. th Foot; Ensign Charles Edward Mansfield to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jackson, who retires; En-
sign William Senhouse Worthington, from the 59th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Mansfield ; Ensign Thomas Davies, from the
11th Foot, vice Lennock, who retires, Aug. S.
48th Foot—Captain John Margitson, from the 19th Foot,
to be Captain. vice Maclurcan, who exchanges, Aug. 8.
53d Foot—Ensign Frederick Richard Sully Flood to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnston, who retires, Aug.. 8.
55th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Fitz Henry Scovell, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Huskisson, appointed to the 83d Foot, Aug. 8.
57th Foot—Ensign George Udney Hague to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice George Armstrong, who retires,
Aug. 8.
83d Foot—Brevet Major Henry Francis Ainslie to be
Major, without purchase, vice Townsend, deceased ; Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant William Nott to be Captain, vice
Ainslie; Ensign Richard Thomas Sweeny to be Lieutenant,
vice Hall, appointed Adjutant, June 3; Ensign John Wil-
liam Huskisson, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Sweeny, Aug. 8 ; Lieutenant William Hall to be Adjutant,
vice Nott. promoted June 3.
Rifle Brigade—Captain Wilmot Henry Bradford to be Ma-
jor, by purchase, vice Eaten, who retires; Lieutenant Her-
cules Walker to be Captain,_ -h y purchase, vice Bradford ;
second Lieutenant George Horsey Waddington to be First