The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.-FRIDAY

Parliament was prorogued this day by commission,
when the following speech was read, by command of her
majesty, by the Lord Chancellor, sitting on the woolsack
in front of the throne in the House of Lords :
" My Lords and Gentlemen,

" We are commanded by her Majesty to express to you
the warm acknowledgments of her Majesty for the public
spirit you have evinced in the discharge of your laborious
duties during an anxious and protracted session.
" Her Majesty trusts that you will be rewarded by wit-
nessing the beneficiakresults of the measures which have
been sanctioned by her Majesty, for the present relaxa-
tion and ultimate repeal of protective duties on corn and
sugar.

" Her Majesty entertains a confident hope, that the
more free admission of the produce of foreign countries in
the home market will increase the comforts and better the
condition of the great body of the people.
" Her Majesty feels the greatest satisfaction in reflect-
ing that her Majesty's efforts to settle, in a manner con-
sistent with national honour, the conflicting claims of
Great Britain and the United States, witb respect to the
territory on the north-west coast of America, have been
completely successful.
" Her Majesty continues to receive from all foreign
powers the strongest assurances of their desire to cultivate
friendly relations with this country.

" Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you on the
victorious course and happy conclusion of the war in In-
dia ; and her Majesty has much gratification in announc-
ing to you that perfect tranquillity prevails throughout the
whole of the British possessions in that quarter of the
world.
" Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

" Her Majesty has observed with satisfaCtion the care
you have taken to prevent permanent loss to the revenue,
and to maintain the public faith.
" Her Majesty has commanded us to acknowledge the
zeal and unanimity with which you assented to the in-
crease in the naval and military estimates, which a regard
to the exigencies of the public service induced her Majesty
to propose for your consideration.
My Lords. and Gent;emen, .

" Her Majesty has to lament that the recurrence of a
failure in the potatoe crop, in an aggravated degree, will
cause a serious deficiency in the quantity of a material ar-
ticle of food.
" Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to measures
by which this calamity may be mitigated in that part of
the United Kingdom where the cultivation of the potatoe
has hitherto afforded the chief supply for the subsistence,
of the people.
" Her Majesty has seen with pleasure that a considera-
ble diminution of crime and outrage has taken place in
those counties of Ireland which had been most disturbed.
" Her Majesty is confident that, on your return to your
several counties, you will find a spirit of loyalty generally
prevalent. The extension of works of improvement has
increased the demand for labour, and the tranquillity of
the country
branches. has favoured the pursuits of industry in all its

" Her Majesty trusts that, by a combination of pru-
dence with enterprise, and of a willing obedience to law
with a desire for social progress, her people will. through
the Divine blessing, enjoy the full advantages of peace."

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
The royal assent was Riven by commission to various
bills, after which her Majesty's speech was read by the
Lord Chancellor, and Parliament prorogued until Wed-
nesday, the 4th of November.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRIDAY.
A new writ was ordered for Derby, in the room of Mr.
Strutt, appointed a commissioner of the Railway Board.
In answer to a question from 11,1 r. Protheroe,, Sir GEo.
GREY stated, on authority, that promotion in the police
force was not consequent on the number of convictions
obtained, but on entirely different grounds ; and in answer
to Mr. Wakley, as to the maltreatment of a witness exa-
mined before the Andover Union Committee on his re-
turn to that place by the Poor-law authorities, the right
bon baronet stated that the subject should receive his se-
rious consideration.