The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.

Mr. EWART gave notice that next session he
should make a motion that the punishment of death in
Scotland be for the same offences as in England ;
also, that transportation be abolished in certain cases.
Mr. HUME moved that the accounts laid on the
table of the House, of money expended in the City of
London, be printed.—Ordered.
ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS.
The HON. MEMBER also moved for a return of the
number of divisions which have taken place this ses-
sion, stating the number of Members present in the
majority and minority ; also the aggregate number of
the House, and stating what divisions were upon pri-
vate and what on public Bills; also the number of
divisions which have taken place after midnight. This
return involved a question of much importance, as he
intended to found upon it a motion for reducing the
number of Members from 658 to 300.—(Laughter.)
Sir C. DOUGLAS thought the Hon. Member
ought to have given notice of his motion.—(Hear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
PRISON DISCIPLINE.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice, that next ses-
sion he should renew two motions of which he had
given notice—one for a Committee to inquire into
prison discipline, another to inquire into the operation
of the Gilbert Act, compared with the new Poor-law
Act. He should also move for leave to bring in a
Bill to repeal the Septennial Act.
(We shall give the conclusion in our Thtrd Edition.)

HER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH.

PROROGATION OF
PARLIAMENT.

" My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

" The state of Public Business enables me
to release you from further attendance iu 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 public duties during the
whole course of a long and most laborious
Session.

" You have had under your consideration
measures of the greatest importance connected
with the financial and commercial interests of
the country, calculated to maintain the public
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,
and in laws connected with the administration
of domestic affairs.

' .‘‘ I return you my especial acknowledg-
ments for the renewed proof which you afforded
ine of your loyalty and affection attachment by
our ready and unanimous concurrenec in an
Act. for Lk e increased security 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 West Ward of the
Indus, yet I have the satisfaction of reflect-
ing that the gallant defence of the city of
Jellalabad, crowned by a decisive victory in the
field, has emineqtly proved the courage and dis-
cipline of the European and Native troops, and
the skill and fortitude of their- distinguished
COmmander.

1. GENTLEMEN OF THE 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 classes 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 essential to the
public happinei,s, and without which theie
can be no enjoyment of the fruits of peaceful in-
dustry, and no advance in the career of social
improvement."

Tan. TO FRANCE.--Mr. Green is now with us, and I
making all the necessary arrangements for his aerial
flight ; and in order to gratify the curious in witnessing.,
die novel and interesting sight of inflating the balloon
with gas, together with every other preparation con-
nected with its safety, prior to its ascent, an inclosed
circle will be completed sufficiently large to contain
abut 2,000 persons. Should the wind be in the north
direction, Mr. Green will be fully prepared"to visit the
coast of France. Report is rife that he will be accom-
panied by several persons, anti a lady is spoken of as
fin ming one of the Dumber.--Somerset Courtly Gazette.
THE Caors.—Since the late rains the crops gene-
rally in this neighbourhood are greatly improved ;
hitherto the fields, in many instances, had presented but.
a sorry aspect ; a very favourable turn has, however,
now taken place. lit die wheat crops, although there is
inuity fields a thinness of the plant, the ears are re-
inarkaui.) tin , full, and heavy, and promise an average
eri,p. bona: hear) ers have fallen during the week,
mit the re is 111/W a prospect of tine a cattier, and, should
it continue, re.Apitig V.itl next week have commenced on
niost of the high grounds. '1 he oats, barley, and beans,
are likewise materially benefited by the rains and now
present a healthy appearance. The plant of turnips is
also good. The hay crops, this season, were seldom
known to have been lighter.--Rending Mercury.
During the week, from the 15th to:the 21st inst.,
inciusi►e, the number of passengt is bt tw ten France and
Englatid, who embarked from and landed at Boulogne,
was 1,620—0 f carriages 11, and of horses 2. At Calais,
the number during the same period were—passengers,
905, carrritt4es 8, horses 15.
good-humoured old women, compared with
young ones, are what raisins are to fresh grapes. They
are WitheriA ;' but they are also preserved ;'Vd appear
to akralltaze iu Ulu freshest compaq. •