The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-23 00:00:00

THE TIMES OF ELECTION.

The time for proceeding to elections to open-
tiee and bonnie:his in England and Wales (the act
does 11 )t extend to Scotland or Ireland) is fixed by'
the 16th and 171 h Via., c. 68 (15th Augast, 1853).
In counties, by the second section of this act, the
elections are to take place not later than the 12th,
nor sooner than the 6th, day after the sheriff's pro-
clamation ; and this proclamation is to be made by
the sheriff iunmediwely, i.e., at latest within two
days " art it the receipt of the writ." In boroughs,
by the 31 section, the returning officer must " pro-
ceed to the election within six days after the re-
ceipt of the writ," and must "give three clear
days' notice, at least, of the day of election, exclu-
sive of the day of proclamation and the day of elec-
lien." By the 15th and 16th Vic., c. 23 (17th
June, 1852); it is enacted that Parliament, after a
dissolution, may meet within 35 days after the date
of the proclamation. Thus it appears that the new
Parliament will assemble within five weeks from
the issuing of the writs ; within a fortnight from
the same period all the county elections in England
and Wales must have terminated, and within a
week all the borough elections. These limits do
not apply to Scotland or Ireland ; but as Parlia-
ment as:_3mblea within 35 days from the thte of the
pr,)clatmiticn, all Scotch and Irish elections must
have terminWed t,efore the exp'ration of that t me.

I.4SSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.

(From a Supigement to the London Gazt:ts of

Friday, March 20.)

[Tho following appeared in our late edition of Saturday
evening
By the QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.

Kr D:s.i.olving the present Parliament and De-

Glaring the Calling of another.

VICTORIA, R—Whereas-We have thought fit,
by and with the advice or Our Privy Council, to
dissolve this present Parliament, which was this day
prorogue I and sands prorogued to Thursday, the
th;rtieth day of April next : We do for that end
publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do here-
by dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights,
Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for
shires and burghs, of the House of Commons, aro
discharged from their meeting and attendance on
the said Thursday, the thirtieth day of April next :
and We, bving desirous and resolved, as soon as
may be, to meet Our people, and to have their ad-
vice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all
Our loving subjects Our Royal will and pleasure
to call a new Parliament : and do further hereby de-
clare, that, with the advice of Our Privy Council, We
have given order that Our Chancellor of that part
of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain, and
Our Chancelor of Ireland, do, respectively, upon
notice thereof, forthwith issue out writs in due
form, and according to law, for calling a new Par-
liament : and We do hereby also, by this Our
Royal Proclamation under Our Great Seal of Our
Unit ad Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be
issued accord:ugly by Our said Chancellors respec-
tively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Tem-
poral and Commons, who are to serve in the said
Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their
atheidatlce in, Our said Parliament ; which writs
are to be returnable on Thursday, the thiri;ieth day
of April next.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this
twenty-fiat day of March, in the year of our.
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
seven, and in the twentieth year of Our reign.
GOD save the QUEF.T.

By tho QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.

In order to the Electing and Summoning th•

teen Peers of Scotland.

VICTORIA, R.—Whereas We have in Our Coun-
cil thought fit to de;lare Our pleasure for summon-
ing and holding a Parliament in Our United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, on Thursday the
thirti.th day of April next ensuing the date
hereof ; in order, therefore, to the electing and
summoning the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are
to sit in tie lloase of Peers in the said Parliament,

We do, by the advice of Our Privy Council, issue
forth this Our Royal Proclamation, , strictly charg-
indatid commanding all the Peers otScotland to
msemb'e and mee t at Holyrood-house, in Edinburgh
on Tuesday the font teenih day of April next, be-
tween the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon
to nominate and choose the Sixteen Peers, to sit
and vote in the House of Peers in the said ensuing
Parliament, by open election and plurality of voices
of the Peers that shall be'then present, and of the
proxies of such as shall be absent (such proxies be.
ing Peers, and producing a mandate in writing,
duly signed before witnesses, and both the con-
stituent and proxy being qualified according to
law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of
the Principal Clerks of the Session as shall to ap-
poitited by him to officiate in his name, are herel y
respe3tive'y required to attend such meeting, and
to admini-tor the oaths required by law to be taken
there by the said Peers, and to t tke their votes ;
and immediately after such election made and duly
examined, to certify the names of the Sixteen Peers
se elected, and to sign and attest the same in the
presence of the said Peers the electors, and retain
such certificate into Our High Court of Chance-1y
of Great Britain. And We do, by this Our Royal
Proclamatiou, strictly command and require the
Provost of Edinburgh, and all the other Magistra c s
of the sa'd city, to take especial care to pre-
serve the peace thereof during the time of the
sa d ct.on, aid to prevent all 'manner of riots,