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tinue their alarming and extensive strike, and ti hat the
fsitsiekfieldaiistliaquarter aie stillyavagedwith t k_ est.nos,t,
i;:rrefaccd audacity. The Military are still stati
Airdrie end Coatbridge, but their presence seer us to be.
of little avail in restraining the starving depuedtstors.
OLi Monday night a large potatoe field, near Cald.ex, the
property of Mr. Lindsay, was completely cleare 3 of its
contents ; -and on the same day, another field 'at Rase
bush, not more than half a mile from the head" quarters
of the military, was severely visited, Indeed, ;so far as
appearances go, this turn-out would seem to be the
most alarming. that has ever taken place in_ the mining
districts in the west of Scotland. At a large meeting of
the colliers on 'Saturday last they resolved unanimously
not to return to their employment until their ", reason-
able " demands were complied with ; and at thiree
dis-
trict meetings held on Monday, that resolution was de-
liberately confirmed. Whatever be their present eir-
eutastanees, the. colliers appear to be united and deter-
mined io continue to strike ; and this resolution, the
conduct Of :the employers at the meeting in Airdrie,
where the Sheriff presided, on Friday last, would seem
to have considerably strengthened. What renders matters
more alarming, is the circumstance that the shopkeepers
begin to exhibit an interest in the affairs of the men. Some
idiea of this feeling may be formed from the fact, that
the military have-net-yet been attempted to be billeted
upon the inhabitants, and that no offers have been made,
even by the most loyal, to provide accommodation' fur
them in their houses. There is not a man working at
the coal or ironstone pits of Dundyvan, and all the iron
furnaces are on short allowance. The masters are buy-
ing, borrowing, and exchanging quantities of coals, with
the view of resisting the strikers, but serious fears are
entertained that they will be unable to continue. All
the furnaces at Calder are extinguished. There are five
out at Dundyvan, eight at Gartsherrie, and .two at
Chapelhall. The miners have appealed to the shop-
keepers for assistance to carry on the strike (and when it
is considered that twiny of them are altogether dependent
upon the colliers for subsistence, it will not appear won-
derful that their appeals are attended to), and in this
way considerable sums have been raised ; sums from ss.
to 11. are extensively contributed, and one greeer, we are.
informed, is so involved in the success of the colliers, ns
to find it to his interest to offer them the loan of 1504 ,
to be returned when they get into einployment.
The excitement in Airdrie and Coatbridge is con-
siderably increased. Large bodies of the unemployed
congregate round the Court-house and the inn where
the military are established, and remain sitting, stand-
ing, squatting, smoking, and chatting. together.
The sentries at these parts have been doubled, and
the, general community themselves are anything but com-
fortable. The colliers would seem to lie a bed the greater
part of the. clay, and bestir themselves at night to a very
bad purpose—the digging of the potatoes in their nearest
vicinity. On Sunday and Monclay night, last, shots of
guns were heard eight and nine in suceession, in the
fields around Airdrie, to the great alarm of the inhabi-.
tants. These were from the muskets of watchers;whe
had either been terrified or attacked. So great is the
alarm of the authorities, that they issued yesterday
additional proclamation. It is to the following effect
• • . • • "PROCLAMATION:" "
"The sheriff, having learned with regret that, notwith-
standing the
.professions of moderation, and a wish to
abstain from violence, made by the different deputations
of colliers and ironstone mineruu, with, whom he has had
conferences during the last week, epredations to an
alarming scale on the part of the combined colliers still
continue ; and in particular, that large bands of men, in
every direction, throughout the mining districts, enter
fields of potatoes during the night, and often threaten
and malreat the persons stationed to defend their pro-
perty, to the great terror and injury of the peaceable in-
habitants of the country, hereby intimates that such de-
inedatisns amount to stouthrise, and, like murder and
robbery, are punishable by death, or transportation.
" And in order to put a stop to such disgraceful pro-
ceedings in future, notice is hereby given, that steps are
in preparation for calling out the Yeomanry, and sta-
tiOning them in the disturbed districts, in order to
establish nightly patrols in every direction for the pro-
tection of the life and. property of the agricultural popu-
lation ; and with a view to co-operate in the proposed
measures, the Sheriff hereby calls upon the posse cond.
tatus of the county to come forward to the support of
the public peace, and recommends all well-disposed per-
soni in the lower and middle wards of Lanarkshire, and
especially in those districts inhabited by coal and iron-
stone miners, to go to the nearest Justice of the Peace,
to be sworn in as spesial constables, and to provide
themselves with batons, elect officers, and establish
points of rendezvous, in order that they may be in a
condition to co-operate with the military and yeomanry
forces, in perambulating the country and securing and
bringing the offenders to justice.
"Persons threatened with pillage, who do not feel
themselves in sufficient strength to resist, are recom-
mended to watch where the depredators go, and in what
rows or squares they dwell, and to send information to
the Sheriff, in Airdrie, in order that they may be imme-
diately apprehended. "A. ALISON, Sheriff.
" Airdrie, Aug. 8, 1842."
It is butfair to the men to state, nevertheless, that at
"every meeting they have held it has been strictly en-
joined on the multitude .to abstain from all acts of vio-
lence, and to conduct themselves orderly and peaceably.
k A great many of the colliers have left the towns for the
harvest, and a number more "to visit their friends ; but
the numbers in the towns are still sufficiently imposing.
, The following circular was extensively circulated by
the miners in Airdrie yesterday:—
I" Sir,—As a general request, could you find it conve.
nient to attend a meeting of the respectable grocers and
traders, in and around Airdrie, at two o'clock, in the
afternoon, at the Mason's Lodge, when you will find on
the table a petition from the Coal and Iron-stone Miner:,
stating to you our circumstances, and the present neces-
i of our demands. Should this meet your approbation,
we will expect to hear favourably from youu
"Sy order of the Committee.
"Meadow Head, 9th August, 1842."
In answer to this request, a meeting of shopkeepers
was held in the Masons' Hall, where a memorial containing
a detail of the principal grievances of the colliers, lay. on-
the table for examination. At the meeting several sums
of money were subscribed, and a friendly feeling towards
the colliers generally exhibited.

ABERDEENSHIRE.
(From the Aberdeen Journal.)

PROCLAMATION BY THE AUTHORITIES OF ABERDEEN.

In consequence of the inflammatory and threatening
harangues of some of our local agitators, at recent public
meetings, the Municipal authorities,, in conjunction with
the Sheriff of the county, issued a proclamation on Mon-
day last, warning all and sundry, of the danger of such
proceedings, and expressing a firm determination to em
ploy the powers vested in them by law, to repress such
incitements to popular disturbance, and to inflict rigorous
punishment on their authors. Upwards of two hundred
of the unemployed have for some time been receiving,
and are continuing to receive with gratitude, such work,
wages, and other aid, as the means placed at the disposal
of the Magistrates permit. •

BURNING OF THE SHIPS VAN.
SITTART AND CORN WALLIS.
(ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.)
By the accounts recently received at Lloyd's, relative
to the destruction by fire of these splendid East India-
men, which took place in June last, in Bombay harbour,
it appears that a portion of the loss, to the amount it is
said of nearly 50,0001, will fall on several Insurance
Companies in the city. The particulars respecting the
burning of the ships in question are as follows :—That
of the Vansittart happened on the evening of Friday,
the 3d of June last, when the vessel was lying at anchor
in the centre of the harbour, and that of the Cornwallis
took place nine days after, on the 12th of the same
month. The Vansittart was one of the largest ships
trading to Bombay, being upwards of 1,800 tons burden.
She was bound to China, having a rich cargo on board.
At the time of the outbreak of the flames, which took
place simultaneously from all parts of the ship, there
were upwards of 180 persons on board, and several
females are stated to have been amongst them. The
rush to the ship's boats to escape was desperate in the
extreme. No sooner were they lowered, which was in a
few seconds effected, than they were instantly filled, and
in the struggle several got overboard and were
drowned. The boats being insufficient to take all the
crew, about forty were left on hoard, and they, on
account of the dreadful heat, were compelled to get over
her bows and hold on the anchors and chain-cable
until assistance came up, which was not until some time
after. In the meanwhile the fire had made frightful
ravages ; it had reached the rigging, and she appeared
in one mighty mass of flame, producing the greatest ex-
citement in the harbour, which contained a vast quantity
of shipping and other craft. Upon the alarm being
raised every ship sent assistance to the spot for the pur •
pose of getting the burning vessel near the shore, so as
to scuttle her, but she remained immovable, owing to the
thickness and strength of her cable. Attempts were
made to cut it, but it was found impossible. Directly on
the authorities of the harbour hearing of this circum-
stance, the war steamer Semiramis was ordered to pro-
ceed to where she was lying, for the purpose of firing
some heavy shots into her, in case of her breaking away
from the moorings and drifting amongst the shipping,
so as to sink her. By the time .the steamer arrived
her masts, four in number, had fallen overboard, and
the fire was raging with awful violence. There were
several 'ship engines playing on to her deck, but with-
out producing the least effect. During the whole night
*lid morning the harbour presented a most imposing
appetrance; every ship was as distinctly seen as at noon-
day, and She shore was crowded with spectators. At
seven o'clock it uQrtion of the magazine blew up, and sub-
sequently several other explosions of gunpowder took
place, but they occasioned little effect in hastening the
destruction of the vessel. The officers in command of
the Semiramis then determined to fire into the ship so as
to sink her, and as soon as the boat gut clear, several
611-pounders were thrown into her ; these, however,
many others that were fired, proved of no avail, for she
contieued to float, and the fire raged as fiercely as at Its
commencement. At about four o'clock on Saturday after-
noon the moorings gave way, and she drifted up the river
with the tide, followed by the Semiramis steamer, which
still kept firing. On the return of the tisle, the burning
wreck came with it, and e.t about three o'ploclF on Sena),
morning she went down within a short distance of the§frare
on Butcher's Islands. The fire burnt down to the water's
edge, and all that remains of her is suppose 4 to be the
lower part of her hull and keel. She is said to have cost
40,0001. in building,
and with her cargo was valued at
60,000/. The destruction of the Cornwallis took place
under similar circumstances. She, it appears, was lying
in the harbour, just abreast of the East Luta company's
receiving ship, the Hastings, and upon the fire beilig diet
Nvered, 'which was between nine and ten o'clock at
most part of the cargo was found to be in flames.
Within Lira tours afterwards every part of the vessel
was enveloped, -end froth that Oral) PAW two o'clock the
followin.6
day the conflagration raged will te gran-
deur. pon the.powder in the magazine igniting, wh
happened Soot .afterseveis -o'clock on Sunday morning,

a frightful explosion ensued, followed by d'densA cloud
A.-14.n ()Le And-Instming fragments, which roFst to WTI
mense height and was scattered to a gre:lt distance.
4.l3nboat :arrived off the vessel when the lire had reached
its full height, and fired many shots into her stern to
sink the. wreck, but with. no more' success than with the
former. After burning nineteen hours the vessel sank
in 18 fathoms .watet, a complete wreck. She was 800 tons
burden, and *was deeply laden, with bales of cotton. Her
losais given out at about 25,0001.

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SPORTING -• INTELLIGENCE
WEYMOUTH RACES,—.WEDNESDAY.•
The Ste.vards' Cup of 504'added'to-a Sweepstakes of
5 sous. each. Heati-' 'One mile and.a dis.
Mr. Groves' Maid of, the Vale, 6 yrs, 12st ' 1 1
Mr. T. Symes's Hydrogen; aged, 125 t.... . 2 2
Three others started. The winner is objected to.
The Mountain Harrier Stakes of 3 sows. each,' with 20
added. Heats, one mile and a dis.. over three leaps.
Mr. Groves' Maid of the Vale, 6 yrs 2 3 1 1
Mr. Collis's . Queen of the: alley 3 1 2dr
Mr. Johnson's Dandy . 1 2 3-dr
The Borough Stakes of 5 sows. sell, with 20 added.
Heats, two Miles.
Mr. Wilkins' Munic, Bst 41b (Juwlett) 3 0 1 1,
Mr. Lines' Atalanta, 9st llb 1 0' 2 2
Mr. Chaffrey's Introduction; 9st llb 2 dr
The Pony-race was won in three heats by Mr. Car-
lisle's Gipsey Queen, beating Red Robin and three others.
THURSDAY.—The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas.
Heats, two miles.
Mr. Wreford's Warden, 5 yrs .(J. Day, jun.) 1 1
Two others started, but were not placed.
The Handicap of 3 soya, each, with 20 added, was won
in three heats, by Mr. Grove's Maid of the Vale, beating
Introduction, and two others.
PLYMOUTH RACES.—WEDtiNSDAY.
The Ladies' Plate of 501 Heats, once round.
Gen. Gilbert's Pulwaun, 4 yrs, 7St (Sherborn) 1 1
Mr. Roe's Cerito, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b
Mr. Powell's Spangle, aged, 9st 3lb 3 dr
Mr. Downe's Cracksman, 6 yrs, 7st 13Ib 0 dr
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Heats' three miles.
Sir S. Spry's Grateful, 3 yrs, 9st (Treen) 1 1
Mr. Gilbert's Northenden, 6 yrs, 12st.
Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged, list 101 b
The Chelson Meadow Stakes of 2 sovs. each; with
25 added, the winner to be sold for 50, once round
and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Ridley's
Eli, 6 yrs (Moon), beating Mr. Parrott's Passport, aged.
The Lord High Steward's Plate of 501. Mile heats.
Mr. Crofton's Muleteer, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Wakefield) 1 1
Sir S. Spry's Jewess, 5 yrs, 9st 51b 0 2
Mr. Reeve's Stork, 6 yrs, Bst 71b • 2 0
Two others started.
GOSPORT AND ANGLESEY RACES.
WEDNESDAY. .
The Gosport Purse, two mites, was won by Mr.
Figgins' Forester, beating two others ' • the Anglesey
Purse, two miles, by Mr. Legg's eh g by Nonsense, beat-
ing four others ; and the Hack Stakes, one mile and a
half, •by Mr. Hewitt's Victor.
THURSDAY.
The Tradesmen's Cup was won, in two heats, by Mr.
Legg's eh g by Nonsense, out of Miss Fish's dam, 4 yrs
(Barnes), beating Victor and another.
The Ladies' Purse, added to a Sweepstakes. Heats.
Two miles.
Mr. Hewitt's Victor, 4 yrs (Hearne) 2 1 1
Mr. Lawrence's Phoebe, aged 1 2 2
Mr. Legg's c'n g by Nonsense—Miss Fish's
dam, 4 yrs 3 3
(broke his leg).
The Handicap Hurdle Stakes, with 101. from the Fund
added. Heats. One mile and a half.
Mr. Lawrence's Phcebe, aged (Ur. Scott) 2 1 1
Mr. Low's Frank 0 2 2

Mr. Tom i in's Little Tommy, aged

LISTS or VoTERS.—In consequence of the 31st of
July falling on Sunday this year, the lists of voters were
exhibited on the church and chapel doors last Sunday,
and will be on Sunday next, and may be seen at the house
of an overseer during the first fortnight in August. Those
persons who desire to secure their votes should not fail to
see if their names are inserted ; and also that names have
not been improperly put on. It is better that claims, in
cases of omission and objection, where there is sufficient
ground should be made by a registration society,
where there is one. The following are the grounds
of objection :—Peers ; aliens, under twenty-one years of
age ; idiot or lunatic ; officers in the Excise, Customs,
Stamps, Post-office, assessed taxes (if appointed by As-
sessed- t,x Commissioners) ; new police ; conviction of
bribery, or any other crime; pauper; dead; premises not of
sufficient value, not a house, warehouset counting-
house, shop, or other building ; chambers, if a street-
door ; lodger, where the premises are not included in the
above description ; landlords who did not occupy a suf-
ficient part ; servant, as secretary, manager, or other-
wise, not being owner or tenant ; not occupied twelve
months ending the 31st of July, or let the premises during
any part of the year ; bankrupt or insolvent ; not rated
or claimed to be rated ; poor-rate not paid ; window
tax not paid ; non-residence within seven miles from
the 31st of Januar), to the 31st of July ; partners, where
premises do not give 101. a-year to each partner • or not
in partnership for a year ending the 31st of July, ck
want of qualification in other respects as above. , Notice
of objection or of claim must be served on the overseers.

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NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1842.-7 We are requested to
state that Sir Richard Bonnycastle's account of New-
foundland in 1842. in two vols. small Bvo., with a valuable
map and other illustrations, price 21s. bound, is pub-
lished this day, by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough.
street, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr.
Colburn has also just published :-1. Lord Londonderry's
Steam V9yage. to Constantinople by the Rhine and the
Danube in 1840 and 1841, two vols. Bvo., with illustrations.
2. The fourth volume of, Madame D'Arbiay's Diary and
Letters. 3. Mr. Vigne's Travels in Kashmere and the
Countries adjoining the Mountain Course of the Indus,
sviyh observations on the late and now passing Events in
Afghanistan, two vols. Bvo., with a valuable map and nu-
merous illustrations.

SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ACTOR IN MR. COLLINS'S
THEATRE, TRALEE.—At the close of the performance
last svening at this theatre (the farce being the Ren-
dezvous) we observed Mr. Blacker suddenly quit the
stage, and, though more than two minutes did not elapse
from that time to the fall of the curtain, life was extinct.
Mr. Collins, the manager, was behind the scenes at the
time, and seeing Mr.. Blacker come off the stage at a
time when he should have been on, and observing there
was something serious the matter with Mr. Blacker, in-
quired, to which he could only reply, taking Mr. Col-
lins by the hand at the same time, " Oh ! Mr. Collins !
lam choking ! lam dying !" Mr. Collins immediately
ran and sent in all directions for medical aid ; several
of the faculty were directly in attendance, but all to no
purpose— Mr. Blacker was on " the journey from
whose bourne no traveller returns." The cause of death
was the rupture of a blood-vessel -on that morning by
violent coughing, proceeding from an asthmatic affec-
tion, by which he was afflicted for many years. In his
part in the farce of the Rendezvous (Mr. Quake) he had
occasion to fall down on the stage, and lie in a fright-
ened posture with his head downwards ; this caused a
rush of blood from the rupture, and he, through deli-
cacy, endeavouring to keep it back till he got off the
stage, caused instant suffocation. Mr. Blacker had been
in Mr. Collin's theatre five years, a sure sign of a de-
serving actor, and an appreciating manager. He was
the son of Mr. Blacker, a respectable flour merchant,
Well-street, Westminster, and made his first appearance
at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, in the year 1821;
his age is 40—Kerry Post.
ComuissioNs or UNACY.—By. a recent Act of
Parliament, considerable alterations in proceedings under
Commissions of Lunacy will be effected. It received the
Royal assent on Friday week, and is entitled " An Act to
alter and amend the practice and course of proceeding
under Commissions, in the nature of writs de lunatic()
inqUirendo." It authorises the appointment, by the Lord
Chancellor, of two Commissioners, being sergeants or
barristers of ten years' standing, who are to be styled
" The Commissioners in Lunacy," and to whom all Com-
missions of Lunacy are to be directed. The Commis.
sioners are in future to perform the duties in lunacy
hitherto referred to the Masters in Chancery. They are
also to be ex officio visitors of lunatics under the exist-
ing laws, and their proceedings are to he regulated by
the Lord Chancellor, who can also appoint Special Com-
missioners, and is likewise empowered to make general
orders regulating the practice respecting Commissions of.
Lunacy.. The number of jurymen. is also to be fixed by
the Lord Chancellor, but not to be less than twelve. The
salary of the Commissioners is to be each 2,0001. per an-
num, and the wffice of " Clerk of the Custodies of Idiots
and Lunatics" is abolished. There is a provision for re-
tiring annuities to the Commissioners, compensation to
the efficers, &c.. and the salaries of the clerks. Fee., to be
appointed, are to be fixed by the Lord Chancellor and
the Lords of the Treasury.
The Decay of the Teeth and Gums arises from various
caused ; but, principaily, it may be attributed to early
neglect, ill health, and the use of Tooth Powders con-
taining mineral and other deleterious acids, which give
a momentary whiteness to the teeth, while they corrode
the enamel. The extreme prevalence of this last cause
is too well known to need comment. To this fact, in-
deed, is principally to be attributed the long Botanical
Research, which was happily terminated by the most
felicitous discovery ever given to the world for the pre-
servation I,f the Teeth, Gums, and Breath, viz., Row-
land's Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice ; this Powder now oc-
cupies a distinguished place at the Toilets of the Sove-
reigns and the Nobility throughout Europe, while the
general demand for it at once announces the favour in
which it is held by the public at large
A BOLD PREACHER.—The boldness of Samuel
Davies (a qualification so important that even St. Paid
requested the Christians to pray that it might be given
him) will be illustrated by a single anecdote. When
President of Princetown College, he visited England for
the purpose of obtaining donations for the institution.
The King (George II) hed-neuriosity to hear a preacher
from "the wilds of America." lle accordingly attended,
and was so much struck with his commanding eloquence,
that he expressed his astonishment loud enough to be
heard half way over the house, in such terms as these—
" He is a wonderful man!" "Why, he beats my bishops!"
!cc. Davies, observing that the King was attracting
top attention than himself, paused, and looking his
Majesty full in the face ',are him, in ail emphatic tone,
the fano/leg beautify Wm' .0 —" When the lion roared'
let th. lee its of the fs oft. Temble ; and when the Lord
speakeie, let the kings 0. .he earth keep silence," The
King instantly shrunk back in his seat, like a school-boy
that had been rapped over the head by his master, and
remained quiet during the remainder of the sermon. The
ne4t day the monarch sent for him, and gave him fifty
guineas fop the institution over which he presided, ob-
serving at the same time to his courtiers, "Heis an
honest man ; an honest man." -.Not one of his silken
bishops would have dared to give him such a reproof.
gine Royal George yacht, at Portsmouth, is fitting
out with the utmost expedition, doubtless for thi pur-
pose Of CQUlTyiTle.ber Majesty to Scotland.

PROROGATION OF-
PARLIAMENT.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Augtat 12.
, The gallery of the House was opened at twelve
o'clock, and in the course of a few minutes Was Coin-
pletely filled With ladies. We never remember-seeing;
on any former octasion, the gallery so crowded. bo
great was the rush for places, that the Rep. tters'_
Gallery, which has. always hitherto been reserve&ex-
elusively for the Press, was on this occasion .oc-
cupied nearly entirely by ladies. Some inconve-
nience resulted' from this arrangement. A splen-
did . Turkey carpet was spread on the steps of
the throne.. Under the canopy stood her Majesty's
gorgeous chair of state ; to the right of it was placed
the seat of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
the . chair of state a his Royal Highness Prince
Albert being placed to the left of the chair of her
Majesty, and somewhat in advance of it. On the
floor, at the foot of the Throne, a little to the right
of the Princq of Wales's chair, were two chairs for
the Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg. Ladies
continued to arrive in the body of the House ; the
back benches on both sidttS, and the side galleries,
were almost exclusively occupied by them. The
Duke Of Wellington was the first Peer who
arrived: His Grace ertered the House at half-
past twelve o'clock. He was dressed in a Field
Marshal's uniform, and wore the Ribbon and
George of the Order of the. Garter. His Grace
seemed in excellent health and spirits, and as might
naturally have been expected, he was " the observed
of all jibservers." Lard Wharncliffe and the Earl
of Shaftesbury arrived immediately after the Duke
of Wellington. Shortly afterwards, Dwarkanorth
Tanjore, accompanied by another Hindoo of rank,
entered the House, and were conducted to the
gallery on the right of the Throne. The Earl of
Ripon arrived at twenty minutes before one, and was
shortly afterwards followed by the Earl of Eldon.
Lord Campbell, Lord Redesdale, Lord Langdale, the
Duke of Buecleugh, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the Bishop of London, the Duke of Norfolk, the
Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord
Forester, Viscount Melbourne, and several other
Peers. Long before two o'clock, the body of
the 'house and the side galleries, were quite
as crowded by Ladies as the strangers' gallery.
Count Bjorstjerna, the Danish Amliassador, arrived
at one o'clock, and took the seat on the bench appro-
priated to the Foreign Ambassadors. His Excel-
lency was the first o' the Foreign Ambassadors who
arrived at the House. His Excellency the Ambas-
sador from the King of Saxony, arrived shortly after-
wards, and was soon followed by other Foreign Atnhas-
sadors.

The Lord Chancellor arrived at half-past one
o'clock, and took his seat upon the woolsack. Just before
the arrival of the Chancellor, Mr. Baron Rolfe en-
tered the House and took his seat on the Judges' bench.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived at twenty-five minutes to two. At five minutes
before two o'clock his Serene Highness the reigning
Duke of Saxe Coburg, accompanied by Prince Ernest
and the Princess, entered the House and took their
seats in the chairs of state prepared for them at the
foot of the Throne.

At five minutes after two the Park guns fired a
royal salute, and immediately afterwards a flourish of
trumpets announced the arrival of her Majesty.
At a quarter after two her Majesty entered the
House, preceded by the heralds and pursuivants, and
by the .Lord Chancellor, bearing the purse containing
the Great Seal ; the Duke of Buccleuch, bearing the
Crown on a velvet cushion ; the Earl of Shaftesbury,
bearing the Cap of Maintenance ; and the Duke of
Wellington, with the Sword of State.
Her Majesty, who was attired in her robes of
State, and who wore a tiara of diamonds, was handed
to the Throne by Prince Albert, her train being
borne by the Duchess of Buccleuch and Viscountess
Jocelyn. All rose when her Majesty entered the
House, and the coup d'ceil was imposing and beautiful.
The display of diamonds was not so brilliant as we have
seen on some former similar occasions, but their ab-
sence was amply compensated by the display of
beauty, which must have given those foreigners who
were present a high idea of the charms of our lovely
countrywomen, who, on this occasion, demonstated
the truth of that line of the poet,
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" Beauty when unadorned 's adorned the most."
Her Majesty on taking her seat on the Throne, said,
" Your Lordships will be seated," upon which all
present resumed their seats. Sir Augustus Clifford,
the Usher of the Black Rod, was then commanded to
summon the Commons to the Bar of the House, and
shortly afterwards the Speaker, attended by a great
number of the Members, appeared at the Bar.
The SPEAKER then addressed her Majesty as
follows :—" May it please your Majesty : We 'your
Majesty's faithful and loyal Commons of the United
Kingdom, attend your Majesty with our last Bill of
Supply. Amon° the many important matters which
we have considered during the present session,. which
has been unusually laborious, our attention has been
directed to a measure for the amendment of the bank-
ruptcy laws, a subject deeply interesting to trade.
We have also passed an Act for giving an improved
value to ecclesiastical property, which will be of great
advantage to the spiritual welfare of the people. We
have also been engaged in securing by law better
protection for that helpless portion of the poorer classes
who have been degraded and demoralized by working in
mines and collieries. Your Majesty at the commence-
ment of the session directed our attention to measures
connected with the financial and commercial policy of
the country. We have made some important modi-
fications in the Corn-laws, by which we have reduced
the duty, and altered the mode of taking the averages
by which that duty was regulated—by which the
price has been lowered to the consumer, and the
fluctuations in price diminished, in consequence of
which that which has hitherto been an. unhealthy
speculation has now become a regular and beneficial
trade. In accordance with the desire of your Ma-
jesty, we have devoted our utmost attention to the
financial exigencies of the country, and we have felt
it necessary to propose additional taxation, in order to
make provision for those exigencies, and to maintain
and support our national credit. For the purpose
of making that provision, we have imposed
an income tax, taking care at the same time to relieve
the less wealthy part of our countrymen from the
direct pressure of its operation. We have taken ad-
vatita,ge of the surplus that may reasonably be ex-
pected from this tax to make extensive alterations in
our commercial tariff, by reducing the import duties
payable on articles of consumption and on raw
materials used in our manufactures. From the modi-'
fication we have thus made we look forward to a re-
newal oftrade in the manufacturing districts; and trust,
under theblessing of Divine Providence, that it will pro-
duce some alleviation to that deep distress which has
spread so widely and formidably among the labour-
ing. classes of the manufacturing community, for
Whom we feel the warmest synipathy for the exem-
plary patience with which they have endured the
privations and distress which have so heavily pressed
upon them. We humbly present to your Majesty
an Act for raising a sum of 9,193,0001. by Ex.
chequer bills for the service of the year 1842 ;
also an Act for appropriating certain por-
tions of the Consolidated Fund for the service
of the year 1842 ; and also an Act for Appro-
priating the Supplies voted during this session cf
Parliament, to all of which we beg humbly to pray
your Majesty will be pleased to give your Royal
Assent."

Her Majesty then gave her Royal Assent in the
usual manner to the Bills presented by the Speaker ;
and alsa to the Canada Loan Bill, the Ecclesiastical
Leasings Bill, the St. Asaph and Bangor Livings
Bill, the Bankruptcy Act Amendment Bill, the In-
solvent Debtors Bill, the Municipal Corporations Bill,
the Coventry Boundary Bill, the Newfoundland Bill,
the Parish Constables Bill, the Slave-trade Suppres-
sion (Portuguese) Bill, the East India Bishops Bill,
the Colonial Passengers Bill, Irish Marriages Bill,
Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill, and the Manchester
Birmingham, and Bolton Police Bill.

HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH,
The Lord Chancellor, then bending on one knee,
presented the speech to her Majesty, who read it in a
clear and audible voice.

" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" The state of Public Business enables me
to release you from further attendance in Par-
liament. .

" I cannot take leave of you without ex-
pressing my grateful sense of the asssiduity and
zeal with which you have applied yourselves to
the discharge of your publi.l duties during the
whole course of a lung and must laborious
Session.

" You have bad under your consideration
measures of the greatest importance connected
with the financial and commercial interests of
the country, calculated to maintain the puWie-
credit, to improve the national resources, and, by
extending trade, and stimulating the demand
for labour, to promote the general and per-
manent welfare of
all classes of my subjects.

Although measures of this description have
necessarily occupied much of your attention,
you have at the same time effected great im-
provements in several branches of jurisprudence,
mod in laws connected with the administration
Of domestic: affairs. - ,

return,you my especial ackuowledg•

VG CST 13, 1842.

ments for the -renewed proof which yon affOiaed
the of your loyalty and affection attachment by
your ready and unanimous concurrence in jan
Act for the increased securi►y and protection of
my person.

" I continue to receive from all Foreign
Powers assurances of their friendly disposition
towards this country.
" Although I have deeply to lament the
reverses which have befallen a Division
of the Army to the Westward of the
Indus, yet T have the satisfaction of , reflect-
ing that the gallant defence of the city of
Jellalabad, crowned by a decisive victory in the
field, has eminently proved the courage and dis-
cipline of the European and Native troops, and
the skill and fortitude of their distinguished
Commander.
" GENTLEMEN OF TIIE HOUSE OF COMMONS—

" The liberality with which you have
granted the Supplies to meet the exigencies of
the public service demands my warm acknow-
ledgments.
" My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" You will concur with me in the expression
of humble gratitude to Almighty God for the
favourable season which His bounty has vouch-
safed to us, and for the prospects of a harvest
more abundant than those of recent years,
"There are, I trust, indications of gradual
recovery from that depression which has affected
many branches of manufacturing industry, and
has exposed large clus,es of my people to priva-
tions and sufferings, which have caused 'me the
deepest concern.
" You will, I am confident, be actuated on
your return to 'your several counties by the
same enlightened zeal for the public interest
which you have manifested during. the dis-
charge of your Parliamentary duties, and will
do your utmost to encourage by your example
and active exertions that spirit of order and sub-
mission to the laW; which is e4ential to- the
public happinet;s, and Without which there
can be no enjoyment of the fruits ofpeaceful in-
dustry, and no advance in the career of social

improvement."

When her Majesty read that portion of the speech
which related to the disasters of the India army, her
voice became tremulous, and she was evidently suffer-
ing from deep emotion. She, however, recovered her
wonted firmness when alluding to the glorious achieve-
ments of Sir Robert Sale at Jellalabad, and that por-
tion of the speech was given by her Majesty in a tone
of deep feeling, not unmingled with dignity, as though
she felt proud at numbering among her subjects such
men as the gallant Sale, and his devoted followers.
At the conclusion of the speech,_ a a a

The LORD CHANCELL'OR said—lt is her
Majesty's gracious will and pleasure that this Par-
liament should be prorogued to Thursday, the 6th
day of October next ; and the Parliament stands pro
rogued to Thursday, the 6th day of October next,
accordingly.
Her Majesty then left the House, preceded by her
Great Officers of State, as on her entrance.

Her .tiajesty, both in goini, to and retiring from
the House, was loudly cheered.°

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 12.
The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day shortly after
TWelve o'Clock.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
A message from the House of Lords brought down
the Newfoundland Bill, and several Private Bills.
Sir G. CLERK presented papers, by order of the
House.