PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 48, 13 January 1843, Page 2

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

On the 12th of August parliament was prorogued with t reat solemnity, by her Majesty, to the 6th of October; the following is her Majesty’s speech:— “ My Lords and Gentlemen, “ The state of public business enables me to release you from further attendance in parliament. \ “ I cannot take leave of you without expressing my grateful sense of the assiduity 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 interestjlof the country, calculated to j crtuiL, i\j improve inti riixciounl t souiees, Shd, • by extending trade, and stimulating the demand - for.labour, to promote the general and permanent 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 improvements in several branches of jurisprudence, and in laws connected with the adminis- ttration of domestic affairs. “ I return you my .especial acknowledgments for the renewed proof which you afforded of your loyalty and affectionate attachment, by your ready and unanimous concurrence in an act for the 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 westward of the Indus, yet I have the satisfaction of reflecting that the gallant defence of the city of Jellalabad, crowned by a decisive victory in the field, has eminently proved the courage and discipline of the European and native troops, and the skill and fortitude of their distinguished commander. “ Gentlemen of the House of Commons, “ The liberality with which you have granted the supplies to meet the exigences of the public service, demands my warm acknowledgments. “ My Lords and Gentlemen, “ You will concur with me in the expression of humble gratitude to Almighty God, for the favourable season .which hjs bounty has vouchsafed 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 effected many branches of manufacturing industry, and has exposed large classes of my people to privations 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 interests which you have manifested during the discharge of your parliamentary duties, and will do your utmost to encourage, by your example and active exertions, that' spirit of order and submission to the law which is essential to . the public happiness, and without which there can be no enjoyment of the fruits of peaceful industry, and no advance in the career of social improvement.”

The Guards.^— ln ,of the disturbed state of the, manufacturing districts, all the troops in the metropolis forming the household brigade have received orders to be ready for active service at a moment’s notice. On Tuesday morning, the Ist battalion of Scotfusilier guards marched early from St. John’ss wood to the Wellington barracks, Charingcross, to occupy the posts of the 3rd battalion

of the grenadier guards, sent to Manchester on Saturday last. The Coldstream guards left the Tower the same morning for St. John’swood, and were replaced by the 73d foot, commanded by Colonel Love, C. 8., and they were conveyed by steamers from Woolwich dockyard. The whole of Sunday two companies of the Ist battalion grenadier guards were held in readiness at St. George's barracks, St. James’s park, to be instantly despatched to Manchester, , in case of need ; and the 2d battalion of Scots fusilier guards expect “ the route” for Scotland, if tranquillity be not speedily restored. All the regiments of the guards have nearly completed their full complement, viz. SOO men.

State of Trade. —Every succeeding week adds to the difficulty of truly representing the state of this market, and this difficulty is certain to continue so long as the present artificial production continues. Prices are quite arbitrary, especially in those kinds of goods that are known to be scarce. For instance, some large manufacturers of the best kinds of powerloom cloth refuse to sell unless at an advance of Is. per piece, /. e. from the lowest point, but there is no reason to think that so large an advance has in any case been obtained. The chance, however, is, that even that sum will be realized in another week, should the present strike of the weavers continue, and of which there is no doubt that it will for the present week, and the coming one too. Some manufacturers also refuse to contract for a future make. Twist is in good demand, and all shipping number very scarce, .indeed not to be had in quantities, and this state of things has caused a further slight advance. The-entire advance may be said to be l 7 jd. per Ib. Diving Bells for our Men of War.— Commander Henry Downes, R.N., the hon. director of the United Service institution, has suggested a plan which, in cases of need, he thinks may be found of use. He recommends that, in line-of-battle' ships, and in the larger frigates, one of the tanks for water should be so constructed, as to do, if required, double duty (viz. of tank and diving-bell; such to be stowed at the mouth of the hatchway, and the first one to be emptied); he suggests, that instruction in the use of the diving-bell be given to the officers and men who are in training on board the Excellent. Little need be said as to the advantages of having ready at hand, and at such trifling expense as it is presumed such a contrivance would incur; for most naval men will, on reading this, l)e able, to recollect-posi-tions in which they have been placed where such an instrument might have proved not only useful, but perhaps even to the saving of thenship. One instance may be adduced wherein a trial has already been made with a ship’s tank, and most successfully, too, under the skilful and persevering exertions of Captain Dickinson, 11. N., in recovering the treasure wrecked in the Thetis frigate", .v t • (From the Timer, Sept. \.) Manchester, Wednesday, 11 o’clock a. m.— The turn-outs have as yet manifested no dispo- %• sition to recede from their resolution not to resume work unless they obtain an advance of wages. Manchester is quiet, but accounts from the neighbouring towns represent the working people to be in lather an excited state. At Glossop and Mottram, to which I alluded yesterday, several riotous and lawless assemblages have taken place, arising out of the number of public meetings which have been held in the neighbourhood, and four men having been wounded in an attempt to turn out the. hands from Mr S. Shepley’s factory, near Glossop. It appears that during the last week the factories of Mr. Samuel Shepley, of Brookfield, Mr. Joseph Cooper, of Holehouse Mill, and Messrs. Platts of Hadfield Lodge, recommenced working with full complements of hands. The people employed in .the other establishments in Glossop and the neighbourhood, however, were not disposed to permit them to go on peaceably; and on Wednesday an attack was made by a large mob upon the mill of Mr. Coo'per/whose hands were driven out, and compelled to fly in order to avoid ill-treatment. On Friday a similar attack was made on Mr. Shepley’s factory, but not with the same success. Mr. Shepley having armed some of his work people, resisted the attack; and a body of special constables coming promptly to the spot, tlje assailants were beaten off. Some of the parties engaged in these attacks being known, four of the ringleaders at Mr. Cooper’s mill, and three of those at Mr. Shepley’s mill, were apprehended; and being brought -before the magistrates at Glossop, on Monday, they were severally identified, and committed to Derby for trial. After their commitment, IVlr. Cooper aud his two, sons, .who had been examined as witnesses against those concerned dp the attack upon Holehouse Mill, were returning home across the fields, accompanied by one or two of their overlookers, when they were recognized by some women, who, by their outcries speedily collected a mob ; and the Messrs. Cooper were pursued for some distance, . and severely pelted with stones. Mr. Cooper and one of his sons, and the overlookers, succeeded in making their way into a house, where

they remained concealed; but Mr. Joseph CoOper jun. having been knocked down by a stone, fell into the hands of the rioters, who treated him with the most savage barbarity, and eventually left him for dead upon the ground. Indeed, we have heard that he has sustained a fracture of the skull, and that his recovery is considered extremely doubtful.

Present to Her Majesty. —Windsor, Tuesday.—A most extraordinary horse (perhaps the smallest in the world) arrived at the Royal Mews, in Sheet-street, yesterday afternoon, by the Great Western Railway, from town, as a present to her Majesty from Java, (in which island it was foaled), of the diminutive size of only inches in height—indeed, not near as tall as many of the Newfoundland and other dogs belonging to her Majesty aud his Royal Highness Prince Albert. This extraordinary little animal, which is rising five years old, is of a dark-brown colour, well formed, and extremely quiet and playful. It appears to be somewhat out of condition, but, with the necessary care which will be bestowed upon it in the : Royal stables, it will, in the course of a very short time, recover from the effects of its voyage. Shortly after its arrival at Windsor it was taken to the Quadrangle, where it was seen by her Majesty and Prince Albert, their Serenp Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the visiters at the Castle, and put through its different paces. This morning it was taken upon the New Terrace, for the purpose of its also being seen by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and several of the Court. To-day being the anniversary of the battle of Blenheim (fought in 1704), the annual tributary banner from the Duke of Marlborough at the Castle, and was deposited in the Guard,* Chamber, over the bust of “ Queen Anne’s hero.”

A Present for the Queen. —The Lady Mary Wood brought over a beautiful Barbary steed, as a present to her Majesty from the King of Morocco. It is a dark iron grey, of exquisite symmetry and very docile. It is four years old, and caught up wild from the desert about two months since. It was in charge of an attendant.

A Present to Prince Albert. —A very beautiful Arabian mare (the only one which has been permitted to leave the country for many years past, and which arrived in England a few days since) has just been presented to bis royal highness Prince Albert, at Windsor, from the English consul at Morocco. The mare, which for symmetry may almost be said to be unequalled, is of a dark grey colour, standing 15 hands high, and not more than two years old, and of the purest Arab blood. It reached Windsor by the Great Western railway from town a day or two since, and immediately on its arrival it was taken into the quadrangle, where it was seen by the Queen and the prince, and several members of the royal household, by whom it was greatly admired. Its mane had been cut previously to its leaving Morocco (a plan adopted in that country with respect to all mares bred there), and the only “ drawback” to its beauty and general appearance is that of a “hog mane but it is expected that in a few months, with the care and attention which will be bestowed upon it, this will be remedied by means of the usual training. The mare, which is now at the royal mews, Windsor, will ultimately be placed in the paddock, at Cumberland lodge, under the care of Mr. Quarton, the stud groom, for the purpose of raising a stock in this country from the purest blood of Arabia.