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

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

The &ore of the house of Lords were' thrown open f,o
the pualte a few. tninatea after teeeva o'clottk, when the
itterior of iheir.Leratiaipe maguideent Chember began
to fill raoidee with Peeretses, nail toe other Ladies eine
tad the, privitege of the entree beyond the bar. The
grand entrance-luitaies arid appruacties along watch her
Majesty p463PS to the robin; reoin, tigetaer with the
atrategere ealiery, were ulso thronged eit'a elegantly
droSsed ladies, whose gay vale ant rnatehlese beauty
saded greatly to the spiend .of the spectacle. The
hr:itltut Tart?ty celoure, too, whirs their costumes
presentea harrepeised exquisitely wait the tasty aspect
of the buiiciirig, .and .gave the allele excite a
gay and animated apreerence, whath only the pencil
or a giotd artist could accurately describe. The per-
fuane end odours which scented she atrnesphere noe a
lit.le iticreheed the romance of the levier, teceire, while
the goreecue uniforms and -chaste "fleeing plumes
which adorned the majestic persona of the military
peers end to:6;n and eriental ambaeredore rectlh d
to ruled some eastern scene of enchantment.
whieia one occasionally matte with in the impassioned
poetry ef a Byron ore Moore. As the hour grew near
when it teas- ixpectect her Majesty wield reach West-
minseee, the interior of the House was gorgeous and
dazeiiag in' the extreme. There waa scarcely a seat
which . was act occupied by a lady .or gendeman attired
in teeehul costutnee The Nepaelese Ambessalor, his
twabneehere, and suite, arrived shortly after one o'clock.
The Ainhaisador hiratelf wta coar:uctcd to a sect on the
lasitete' bienehes. which were devoted to the corps diploma-
tign„9. hilt) his too brothers and the rest of his suite
teak op 'a posidun at the end or the side gallery on
bit of the throne. His Excellency the re-
pepteetative cf the American Republic at the
Curt of S'. Jas s's was early in atteedener.
ee Duke of Welitngtoe' at fired iu ael'aild- bearshaiht
ehnifueue; ewe .'attended by . a ccuple oe • young ladies
dres;u In deep naournine, entered the Route about a
(theater-part one. His Grace. who was warmly greeted
leyonatty of the Peers present, seemed. Lobe in the eti-
jfern"4o et excellent health. He politely, and with almost
en tie. of youthful gallantry, cueduceed Lea lair charges
to a seat on the front benches, anti thee retired to the
foot of, the throne where, he entered into conversation
with some of the officers of the Guards who were on
duty hi guarding the immediate entrances to the
chamber. His Grace shortly afterwards appeared
again in the body of the House steering his ducal
rotes, and surrounded by Lords Monteetgle, Redesdaar,
Talbot, Meuntatehel, Devon, Overstone, and other peers,
who wore the collars and insignias of the various orders
to which they belong. His Grace, a few minutes after-
wards, left hie noble colitagues and %talked leisurely
round the Howie, recoguising many of. the ladies
present, with whom he appeared to be a uni-
versal favourite, and with many of whom he
shook hands with untiring perseverance. The Turkish
Ambetsador, attended by a numtrous corps of turbaned
attaches, came in about one, followed by the Earl St.
Germens, the Earl of Zetland, and the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde. A few minutes before two o'clock the
Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack,
when prayers were read in an impressive
manner by the Bishop of Hereford. The other
Right Rev. Prelates present were—His Grace the Arch-
biehttp 'of Canterbury, the Bishop of Salisbury, and the
Bistieo of Oxford. At the conclusion cf prayers, the
number of Peers in their seats was augmented by the
:sea,: of Lord Foley, who was dressed in a midi ary
uctfoen ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, the new Lord,Chief
Jusece of the Common Pleas (Sir J. Jervis), the Lord
Chief justice of the Queen's Bench, and several other of
her Majesty's Judges. Lord John Russell was also
f resent, and occupied a seat in the Usher of the Black
Red's box.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid uponithe table
of the. House by command of her Majesty papers re-
leting to the Irish Poor-law and other subjects.
- Lord EDDISBURY also laid papers on the table.
A few minutes after two o'clock, the booming of
canner:, occasioned by the firing of a royal salute, an-
nounced the approach of her Majesty. The echo of the guns
had scarcely died away in the distance before a slight
commotion near to the House and a flourish of trumpets
put every eorly on the tiptoe of excite meta and expecta-
tion, which was soon, however, destroy ed by the ttp-
peirance of several of her Metesty's Body Guard, who
took ep their position and mounted guard at the foot of
the Throne as a signal for the House to be in readiness
for the arrival of her Niajesty. At about a quarter
put two her Majesty, preceded by the officers of the
Household, the Duke of Wellington carrying the Sword of
State, the. Marquis of Lansdowne the Crown and Cushion,
a-id the Earl of Zetland the Cap of Maintenance, entered
the House on the right hand of the Throne, leaning on
the arm of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. Her
Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Satherland, as
Mistress of the Robes, and Lady Jocelyn. As her Majesty
entered the House her subjects rose, and remained standing
tilt her Majesty commanded them to be seated, after she
had ascended the throne. Her Majesty then com-
manded the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the
House of Commons to appear at the bar of the House.
This was immediately done by that officer, and after the
lapse of a few minutes the Speaker, attended by the
Usher of the Black Rod, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and a
numerous body of the Members of the House of
Commons, attended at the bar in obedience to
,the commands of her Majesty.
The SPEa.K.ER then proceeded to address her Ma-
jesty to the following effect:—We, your Majesty's loyal
and faithful Commons, approach your Majesty with our
last Bill of Supply. In obedience to your Ma-
jtsety'a commands announced from the Throne by Royal
mmission at the commencement of the session, we
applied ourselves to the consideration of a Bill for the
better government of your Majesty's Australian colo-
nies, arid we have framed a government in a form which
we believe to be best adapted to the wants and feelings
.of the colonists, and we coufilently look forward to its
being the mewls of leading to the gradual development
of the vast resources of the c deny itseS, and of increas-
ing the attachment of the colonists to this country and
. your Majesty's throne and person. We have made
considerable advances in sanitary improvements,
by prohibiting interments in large towns, and
ere have sanctioned such laws and regulation
tor the improvement of certain districts which past ex-
perience has Droved to be necessary for the protection
of human lir, Aware of the growing competition
which the mercantile navy of the c wintry had
to combat with in consequence of the recent
alteration of the navigation-laws, we have de-
voted much time and attention to those peculiar mea-
sures which became necessary to give due and
proper effect to those changes, and a Bill has lately
received your Majesty's assent by which we have
endeavoured to alleviate the character of the imposts
which press upon our mercantile marine, and to improve
the discipline and promote the general welfare and hap-
piness of the seamen. At the commencement of the
. present session the Royal Commission announced
an extraordinary diminution in the number of Parlia-
mentary electors in Ireland, and the effect which that
diminution tad had on the existing system of legisla-
tion in that country. That suaject has received from us,
as it eeserved, our most favourable consideration,
and by the remedies which we have ap-
pli we Nape to have secured to the
. people cf Ireland an increased body of efficient and in-

aep:,xideut. elcc:ors, who will be faithful in the discharge
of their important privilege of returning representa-
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,. - f_r/ I\rneni. :arse 3re the mostimportant measures of the session.
;yliflwouid he tedious to enutnArato the other numerous
• •••• easures of importance which haro been the subject of
:•••• , 1 c‘relal wcsicierAticu, but we may men-
-- —deb that it had been our plaguing duty to
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