The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-14 00:00:00

INN 9 State of
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da e wan e maple. To remedy
these defects we have remodelled the corpoAtions of the larger
cities and towns—we have enlarged and defined the franchise,
and bv extending to Ireland the same principles which have
been successfully applied to England and Scotland, we trust
that we have ensured to the municipal inititutions of that part
of the United Kingdom the respect and confidence of those
for ,w liose advantage they have been established. We

have anxiously considered the suggestions of the eccle-
siastical commissioners, with a view of supplying the want of
churches, and of resident clergy, so much felt in various
parts of the country. To increase the fund applicable to
those objects, we have made most important modifications in
the constitution of chanters and cathedral colleges, which,
without impairing the efficiency of these valuable institutions,
will furnish the means of providing a large class of your
Majesty's subjects with the blessings of public worship and
sound religious instruction. Various other subjects have
pressed on our consideration during the present session, but
these three important measures have been brought to com-
pletion, in pursuance of your Majesty's gracious recommen-
dation. We anxiously hope, under the blessings of Divine
Providence, that they will produce those salutary results
which we have ventured to anticipate, and we feel confident
that they will be regarded as an additional proof of your
Majesty's constant anxiety to advance the constitutional
liberties, and promote the religious welfare of your loyal and
grateful people. It is now my duty to present to your
Majesty a bill to apply a sum out of the consolidated fund
for the service of the year 1840, and to appropriate the sup-
plies granted in the present session of parliament, to which,
with all humility, we pray your Majesty's gracious assent."
The royal assent was then given in the usual form, by her
Majesty, to the consolidated fund bill, with the appropria-
tion clause, the ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill, the
loan societies, the joint stock banking bill, and the coal
duties (London) bill.

The LORD CiIANCELLOR, kneeling on one of the steps of
the raised platform, presented the royal speech to her
Majesty, who proceeded to read it with that enunciation
and intonation, and with that degree of self-possession,
which so peculiarly characterise her Majesty's demeanour on
all occasions of this nature.
HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.
" My Lord. and Gentleme3,

" The state of public business enables me to dose the

session of parliament ; and in releasing you from your at-

tendance I have to thank you for the care and attention with

which you have discharged your important duties

I continue to receive from foreign powers assurances of

their friendly disposition, and of their anxious desire for the

maintenance of peac

" I congratulate you upon the termination of the civil war
in Spain. The objects for which the quadruple engagements
of 1834 were contracted having been now accomplished, I am
in communication with the Queen of Spain, with a view to
withdraw the naval force which, in pursuance of those en-
gagements, I have hitherto stationed on the northern coast of

Spain.
" I am happy to inform you that the differences with the
government of Naples, the grounds and causes of which have
been laid before you, have been put into a train of adjustment
by the friendly mediation of the King of the French.
".I rejoice also to acquaint you that the government of
Portugal has made arrangements for satisfying certain just
claims of some of my subjects, and for the payment of a sum
due to this country under the stipulations of the convention
of 1827.
" I am engaged, in concert with the Emperor of Austria,
the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan,
in measures intended to effect the permanent pacification of
the Levant, to maintain the integrity and independence of
the Ottoman Empire, and thereby to afford additional secu-
rity for the peace of Europe.
" The violent injuries inflicted upon some of my subjects
by the officers of the Emperor of China, and the indignities
offered to an agent of my crown, have compelled me to send
to the coast of China a naval aqd military force, for the
purpose of demanding reparation and redress.
" I have gladly given my assent to the act for the regula-
tion
of municipal corporations in Ireland. _
" I trust that the law which you have framed for further
carrying into effect the reports of the ecclesiastical commis-
sioners will have the beneficial effect of increasing the effi-
ciency of the Established Church, and of better providing for
the religious.instruction of my people.
" I have observed with much satisfaction the result of your
deliberations on the subject of Canada. It will be my duty
to execute the measures which you have adopted, in such a
manner as, without impairing the executive authority, may
satisfy the just wishes of my subjects, and provide for the
permanent welfare and security of my North American
provinces..
" The legislative bodies of Jamaica have applied them-
selves to the preparation of laws rendered necessary or ex-
pedient by the altered state of society. Some of these laws
require revision and amendment, but I have every reason to
expect cordial assistance from the Assembly of Jamaica in
the salutary work of improving the condition and elevating
the character of the inhabitants of that colony. The conduct
of the emancipated negroes throughout the West Indies has
been remarkable for tranquil obedience to the law, and a
peaceable demeanour in all the relations of social life.
" Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
" I thank you for the supplies which you have granted for
the service of the year.
"I lament that it should have been necessary to impose ad-
ditional burdens upon my people, but I trust that the means
which you have adopted for the purpose of meeting the exi-
gencies of the public service are calculated to press with as
little severity as possible upon all classes of the community.
" My Lords and Gentlemen,

a In returning to your respective counties, you will resume
tiuma.chtti.s.w.hich,yanpufamsedunfily ttihaViArgheetrePrfiai
welfare of mankind, my efforts will be sincerely and unre-
mittingly directed ; and, feeling assured of your co-operation
and support, I humbly rely upon the superintending care and
continued protection of Divine Providence."

The LORD CHANCELLOR then said, it is her Majesty's will
and pleasure that this parliament be prorogued to Thursday,
the Sth of October, to be then here holden.
The royal procession then quitted the house in the same
order in which it had entered, the King and Queen of the
Belgians (who did not leave until a few minutes had elapsed
from the departure of her Majesty) bowing most graciously
on retiring to the company around them.
The whole scene was one of very gorgeous display, and of
peculiar interest ; and the number of peeresses, &c. present
could not, we are assured, be less than three hundred.