LATE ENGLISH NEWS. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 273, 10 January 1849, Page 3

LATE ENGLISH NEWS. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Parliament was prorogued by the Queen in person on tlie sth September. Her Majesty spake as follows : My Lords and Gentlemen,— I am happy to be able to release you from the duties of a laborious and protracted session. The Act for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage in Ireland, which received my assent at the commencement of the session, was attended by ihe most bene ficial effecti. The open display of arms intended for criminal purposes was checked ; the course of justice was no longer interrupted ; and several murderers who had spread terror through the country were apprehended and convicted. | (The tlistiess in Ireland, consequent upon successive failures in the production of food, has been mitigated by the application of the law for the relief of the poor, and by the amount, of charitable contribution! raised in other parts of the United Kingdom. On the other hand, organised confederacies took advantage of the existing pressure to excite my suffering subjects to rebellion. Hopes of plunder and confiscation were held out to tempt the distressed, wh.le the most visionary prospects were exhibited to the ambitious. In this conjuncture 1 applied to your loyalty and wisdom for increu.-ed powers ; and strengthened by your prompt concurrence, n>y government was enabled to defeat, in a few days, mac iaai o is which Lad been prepared during months. The eneigy and decision shown by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in this emergency, deierves my warmest approbation. In the midst of these difficulties, you have continued your labours for the improvement of the laws ; the Act for facilitating the Sale of Incuaibered Estates will, I ttuat, gradually iemove an evil of great magnitude in the social state of Ireland. The system of perpetual entaili of land, established in Scotland, produced very serious evils both to heirs of entail and to the commuui y ; and I have gieat satisfaction in seeing it amended upon principles winch have long been found to operate beneficially in this part of t ie United Kingdom. I have given my cordial assent to the measures which have iv view the improvement of the public heal ih, and I entertain an earnest hope that a foundai tion has been laid for continual advances in this beneficial work. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, — I have to thank you for the readiness with which you have granted the supplies necessary to the public service. I shall avail myself of every opportunity which the exigencies of the state may allow lor enforcing economy. My Lords and Gentlemen, — I have renewed, in a formal manner, my diplomatic relations with the government of France. The good understanding between the two countries has continued without the slightest inter mution. Even's of deep importance have disturbed the internal tranquillity of many of the States of Europe, both id the north and in the south. These events have led to hostilities betneen neighbouring countries. I am employing my good offices, in concert with other friendly power?, to bring to un amicable settlement these differences, and I trust that our efforts may be /successful. lam tejoicud to thii k that an increasing sensa of the value ot peace, encourages the hope that the nations or Europe may continue in the enjoyment of its blessings. Amidst these convulsions I have had the tatisfaction of being able to piepare for my own dominions, and to maintain our domestic tranquillity. The strength ot our institutions has been tried, and h<u not been found W/in.ing. 1 have studied to preseive the people commuted to my charge, in the enjoyment of that temperate freedom which thry so justly value. My people, on their side, ieel 100 bensibly the hdvantagei of order and secuiity, to allow the promoters of pillage and conluiioa any chance of success in their wicked designs. } I acknowledge with grateful feelings the many marks of loyalty and attachment which I have received irom all claisei of my people. It is my earnest hope that by cultivating respect to the law, and obedience to the precepts of religion, the liberties of this people may, by the blessing of Almighty God, be perpetuated,