The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS. Oct. 15.

This bding the day to which Parliament was pro-
rogued by her Majesty at the end of last session, the
t• House of Lords was opened shortly before two
o'clock, for the purpose of further proroguing Parha-
t:tient by Commission, in conformity with the an-
nouncement made in the Gazette some weeks ago.
As usual on such occasions, a number of ladies
were present to behold the ceremony, and gratifying
their curiosity by gazing on the house and its gor-
geous decorations, and were accommodated with seats
in the body of the house. All the Peers' seats, with
the exception of the two front rows on either side,
were covered with brown holland. The throne was
uncovered, and a bench placed in front of it fur the
Comrnissioncirs.

A few minutes before two o'clock Mr. Shaw Le-
fevre, the deputy clerk of Parliament, entered the
House, as did alt,o Mr. Putman, the Yeoman Usher
of the Black Rod. Mr. Aglionby, the Member for
Cockeruiouth, was also in attendance before two, and
took his position below the bar.

The Commissioners were—The Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Earl Granviile.
Upon the Commissioners taking their seats, Mr.
PuMum was directed to summon the Commons to the
bar, to hear the Royal Commission read. After an
absence of about a minute he returned, accompanied
by Mr. Ley, the Assistant• Clerk of the house of
Commons, Mr. Bellew, M.P., Mr. Aglionby,
and several of the officers of the House, as represent-
ing the Comons of the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lefevre then read the Royal Commission com-
manding and directing the Commissioners to further
prorogue Parliament from this day to Thursday, the
14th day of November next.
After the reading of the Commission,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that by direc-
tion of her Majesty, and in virtue of the Commission
now read, they did, in her Majesty's name, prorogue
the Parliament to Thursday, the 14th day of Novem-
ber next, to be then and there holden.

The Commissioners then withdrew and the proceed-
ings terminated.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

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SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 15.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Bun-
ney, with the Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieu-
tenant Inglis, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived this
evening at eight o'clock. Her dates of sailing were—
Gibraltar, Oct. 6 ; Cadiz, Oct. 7; Lisbon, Oct. 9 ;
and Vigo, Oct. 10.

OPOR—TO, OCT. 10.—The weather during the voyage
home was most tempestuous, so much so, that out of
ten oxen nine died from the effects of the gale, and
were thrown overboard.

The Iberia brought 29 passengers, amongst them
were the Prince Plantagenet, Messrs. ltohin, Lus-
combe, Memon, Noble, Lamgeas, &c.
The freight of the Iberia consists of five packages
of specie, and one of stones, of the value of 1,1101.,
116 boxes of lemons, 211 boxes of grapes, 55 boxes
of pomegranates, and a large number of packages of
sundries.

ller Majesty's ship Janus was at Gibraltar ; the
Encounter and Arrogant sailed for Lisbon on the 4th ;
the Hogue sailed for England on the Ist inst.
The Prince Regent, Phaeton, Leander, Arethusa,
and Dragon, were at Lisbon when the Iberia left.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Sultan arrived at Gibraltar on the sth, and left
the same day for Malta.
The barque Pearl was detained at Gibraltar, in
consequence of striking on the coast of Spain, and the
crew refusing to proceed in her until surveyed, which
had been done, and she would at once leave for her
destination.

The Hogue, which left Gibraltar on the Ist inst.,
communicated with her Majesty's ship Queen, on the
15th ult., off the south-east end of Sardinia, the latter
having seventy men sick of the cholera; 25 deaths had
taken place.
At Vigo it was reported that they intended impos-
ing 15 days' quarantine on all vessels from Oporto,
and from all other parts of Portugal three days, in
consequence of the report of the yellow fever being at
Oporto, which, however, is stated not to be the case.