The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-15 00:00:00

THE PROROGATION.

At twenty minutes past two o'clock Mr. Put-
man, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, en-
tered the House, and on arriving at the table said:—
" Mr. Speaker, the Queen commands this Honourable
House to attend her Majesty immediately in the House
of Lords." The Speaker then left the chair, and, fol-
lowed by the whole ot the Members, proceeded through
the new lobby and corridor to the House of Lords. On
his return, he stated tha,iu obelenca. to the Queen's coin
wand, be had attended her Majesty in the Roust? of Lords,
where her Majesty had been graciouslyplewed to give her
Royal assent to s'averal Bills, and had also delivered to her
Parliament a most gracious speech, which the Right
Hon. Gentleman read, and which our readers will find
in another part of our impression.
The Speaker havini; shaken hands with Lord John
Russell, and the greater portion ot the Members pre.ent,
the House broke up, and thus ended the laborious, if not
imp irtanr, session of 1850.
The following notices of motion have been given for
early days next session :
Colonel Dunne,—Sekct Committee, to take into con-
sideration the financial relations of Great Britain and
Ireland.

Colonel Dunne.—Committee of the whole House, to
take into consideration the laws prohibiting the cul-
tivation of tobacco in the United Kingdom, with a
view to their removal.

Colonel Thompson—That, looking to the possibility
of changes in the value of gold, like what took place in
consequence of the discovery of America, it is expedient
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be autho-
rised to create a secured stock, with interest secured on
the principle of a corn rent; the amount received fur
such secured stock to be applied to the purchase of other
stock to be thereupon extinguished, the amount of in-
terest saved to be carried to the credit of the public.
Mr. Scully—To call the attention of the House to the
condition of the schools and etates under the manage-
ment of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland, un-
der the Act 53 George 111.
Mr. Richard Fox—To call the attention of the House
to the existing state of the relations between landlord
and tenant in Ireland, and to submit resolutions.
Mr. William Johnson Fox,—That the House resolve
itself into Committee, to consider the state of education
in England and Wales, and the expediency of extend-
ing and improving it by means of free schools, open to
all classes, supportell by local taxation, and conducted
under local management.
Mr. Aglionby—Bill for compulsory Enfranchisement
of Copytiolds, with a view to lessen the public expendi-
ture, and to avoid the great and unnecessary inconve-
nience to which prosecutors and witnesses are now fre-
quently put.
Mr. Aglionby—Bill to empower magistrates in petty
sessions to take the pleas of persons charged before them
with larceny and misdemeanor, and to transmit the
peas, together with the depositions, to the next court of
assize or quarter sessions.

Mr. Mackinnon--To call the attention of the
House to the report and evidence before the Corn-
mitten on Postal Communication with Paris and
the North of Europe, particularly in reference
to :the expediency and importance of accelerating
the night mail between Paris and London, so that letters
leaving Paris at eight o'clock, P.M., may arrive in London
time enough the next morning to be forwarded to the
provinces by the day mail; also, to the offer made by
by parties, who are willing to contract for the convey-
ance of the night mail from London to Paris, and Paris
to London, by way of Boulogne, either by Dover or
Folkestone, to be conveyed both ways in eleven hours
and thirty minutes, leaving Paris and London at eight
o'clock and half after eight o'clock respectively.
Mr. Ewart—Bill to repeal the Punishment cf Death.
Mr. Ewart—Address to her Majesty, as the head of
the National Church, praying that her Majesty will
be graciously pleased to take into consideration the expe-
diency of causing our _cathedrals and churches to be
generally open (so far as is practicable) throughout-the
thy, with a view to encourage the practice of private de-
votion therein, especially for the benefit cf the poorer
classes of the community. _ _

In concluding our report, we fort bound to state, that
in many respects the arrangements of the police
for the convenience of all were excellent; but
is paying this tribete to the force, we are