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HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker and members of the House of Com- mons having appeared at the Bar, The Royal assent was given by commission to a large number of Bills. The Lord Chancellor then read, somewhat rapidly, but loudly enough and with sufficient dis- tinctness to be audible in every part of the House, the Queen's Speech, which was as follows :— My Lords and Gentlemen, 'We are commanded by Her Majesty, in re- leasing you from the labours of a protracted Session, to convey to you Her Majesty's acknow- ledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to your Parliamentary duties. 4 Her Majesty has much satisfaction in informing you that her relations with all Foreign Powers are on the most friendly footing. <H er Majesty has watched with anxious interest, the progress of the war which has recently con. vulsed a great portion of the Continent of Europe Her Majesty cannot have been an indifferent spectator of events which have seriously affected the positions of Sovereigns and Princes with whom Her Majesty is connected by the closest ties of relationship and friendship but Her Majesty has not deemed it expedient to take part in a contest in which neither the bonour of her Crown nor the interest of her people demanded any active inter- vention on her part. Her Majesty can only ex- press an earnest hope that the negotiations now in progress between the belligerent Powers may lead to such an arrangement as may lay the foundation of a secure and lasting peace. 'A wide-spread treasonable conspiracy, having for its objects the subversion of Her Majesty's authority in Ireland, the confiscation of property, and the establishment of a Republic, having its seat in Ireland, but deriving its principal support from naturalized citizens of a foreign and friendly State, compelled Her Majesty at the commence- ment of the present Session to assent to a measure, recommended by her Representative in Ireland, for the temporary suspension in that part of Her Majesty's dominions of the Habeas Corpus Act. That measure, firmly but temperately acted on by the Irish Executive, had the effect of repressing any outward manifestations of treasonable inten- tions, and of causing the withdrawal from Ireland of the greater portion of those foreign agents by whom the conspiracy was mainly fostered. The leaders, however, of this movement were not deterred from prosecuting their criminal de- signs beyond the limits of Her Majesty's dominions. They even attempted from the territories of the United States of America an inroad upon the peaceful subjects of Her Majesty in her North American provinces. That attempted inroad, how- ever, only served to manifest in the strongest manner the loyalty and devotion of her Majesty's subjects in those provinces, who, without excep- tion of creed or origin, united in defence of their Sovereign and their country. It served also to show the good faith and scrupulous attention to international rights displayed by the Government of the United States, whose active interference by checking any attempted invasion of a friendly State mainly contributed to protect Her Majesty's dominions against the evils of a predatory inroad. Her Majesty would have been rejoiced at the close of the present Session to be enabled to put an end to the exceptional legislation which she was compelled to sanction at its commencement, but the protection which Her Majesty owes to her loyal subjects leaves her no alternative but that of assenting to the advice of her Parliament to con- tinue till their next meeting the provisions of the existing law. Her Majesty looks anxiously for- ward to the time when she may be enabled to re- vert to the ordinary provisions of the law. I Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 4 Her Majesty commands us to thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the public service, and for the naval and military de- fences of the country. My Lords and Gentlemen, Her Majesty has seen with great concern the monetary pressure which for a period of unpre- cedented duration has weighed upon the interests of the country. The consequent embarrassment appeared at one moment to be aggravated by so general a feeling of distrust and of alarm that Her Majesty, in order to restore confidence, authorized her Ministers to recommend to the Directors of the Bank of England a course of proceeding suited to the emergency. 'This, though justifiable under the circum- stancas, might have led to an infringement of the law, but Her Majesty has the satisfaction of being able to inform you that no such infringement has taken place, and that, although the monetary pressure is not yet sensibly mitigated, alarm is subsiding, and the state of trade being sound, and the condition of the people generally prosperous, Her Majesty entertains a sanguine hope that con- fidence will soon be restored. Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction and with deep gratitude to Almighty God that He has so far favoured the measures which have been adopted for staying the fearful pestilence which has visited our herds and flocks that its destructive effects have been in a great measure checked, and that there is reason to hope for its entire ex- tinction at no distant period In the meantime, Her Majesty has given her willing assent to a measure which has been introduced for the relief uf those districts which have suffered the most severely from its visitation. Her Majesty regrets that this country has at length been subjected to the fearful visitation of cholera which has prevailed in other European countries, but from which it has hitherto been happily exempt. Her Majesty has directed that a Form of Prayer to Almighty God, suitable to the present exigency, should be offered up in all the churches of this realm; and Her Majesty has given her cordial approval to legislative measures sanctioning the adoption by local authorities of such steps as science and experience have shown to be most effectual for the check of this fearful malady. 'Her Majesty hopes that those in whose hands so large and beneficial an authority is left will not be slow to execute the powers intrusted to them and that they will be seconded in their endeavours by all who have at heart the safety and well-being of her people. In connection with this subject Her Majesty hopes that a Bill, to which she has given her ready assent, for improving the naviga- tion of the river Thames, may incidentally be con- ducive to the public health. Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congra- tulating the country, and the world at large, on the successful accomplishment of the great design of connecting Europe and America by the means of an electric telegraph. It is hardly possible to anticipate the full extent of the benefits which may be conferred on the human race by this signal triumph of scientific enterprise; and Her Majesty has pleasure in expressing her deep sense of what ev v • i.. is due to the private energy which, in sp;te of re" peated failure and discouragement, has at length, for the second time, succeeded in establishing direct communication between the two continents. Her Majesty trusts that no impediment may occur to interrupt the success of this great undertaking, calculated, as it undoubtedly is, to cement yet closer the ties which bind Her Majesty's North American colonies to their mother country, and to promote the unrestricted intercourse and friendly feeling which it is most desirable should subsist between Her Majesty's dominions and the great Republic of the United States. Her Majesty is aware that in returning to your respective homes many of you have duties to per- form hardly less important than those which belong to you in your legislative capacity. Her Majesty places full reliance on the loyalty and devotion with which you will discharge those duties and Her Majesty earnestly prays that your influence and efforts may, under the blessing of Divine Providence, tend to the general welfare, prosperity, and contentment of her people.' The writ of prorogation was next read at the table. The Lord Chancellor then said,—By virtue of Her Majesty's Commission to us and to others directed and now read we do in Her Majesty's name, and in obedience to Her command, pro- rogue Parliament to Thursday, the 25th day of October next. The Commons then retired, and the proceedings terminated at twentyfive minutes to three o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The House of Commons met at half-past one o'clock. Mr Adderley, in reply to a question of Mr Mill, stated the nature of the last advices from Jamaica, from which it appears fears were then entertained of a fresh outbreak in one district of the island. Lord Stanley, replying to questions from Sir G. Bowyer and Mr B. Cochrane, said be believed the statement in The Times of yesterday as to the demand made by France on Prussia for a rectification of frontier was correct, but he was not aware of the precise nature of the communi- cations which had PHBiod-between the two Governments. He also stated that the Government was preparing to send Mr Flad back to Abyssinia with such advantages as it was hoped would enalle him to obtain the release of the prisoners. Sir J. Packington, in answer to an appeal from Mr Seely, promised to give that gentleman himself every facility for examining the navy accounts, but declined to admit his secretary into the Accountant's office. Several notices were given for next Session, and at two o'clock the House was summoned to the House of Peers, where Parliament was prorogueti with the usual form II. ASPHALTE v. DAMP.—Noticing that a great many buildings are being erected upon wet swampy land, I would, through the medium of your valuable journal, earnestly call the attention of all architects and builders to the advisability of having the foundations and ground flooring laid with good asphalte, from 1 to If in. thick, and also to have the outside walls coated with the same composition from the foundations to a little over the level of the ground. I need hardly refer to the well- known fact that damp houses are very prejudicial to health. By the process I have named, damp would be effectually prevented, and much after-trouble, annoyance, and expense saved, as water cannot penetrate through asphalte when properly laid, and by this means the property would be rendered more valuable both in a monetary and sanitary point of view. This would be particularly the case with public-houses, where dry cellars for the storage of beer, &c., are so much needed. -Builder. CONDITION OF UTAH,or- The American Government has issued a report made by the 'House Committee of Ter- ritories' on the condition of Utah. The commissioners appointed to make an investigation say that the testimony discloses the fact that the laws of the United States are openly and defiantly violated throughout the territory, and that an armed force Is necessary to preserve the peace and give security to the lives and property of citizens of the United States residing there. The witnesses who were examined testify that the President teaches hostility to the Government of the United States. General Connor, who has been military comminder of the district of Utah since 1862, testified that polygamy is taught as a funda- mental principle of the Mormon religion, and disloyalty and treason to the Government is a practice enjoined by its tenets. It is regarded by good Mormons as not only allowable, but meritorious, to assail and despoil the Federal Government in every way. General Connor has no doubt the Mormon leaders have assumed to authorise and justify homicide. He believes it from their own record, from current report among themselves, and from a Mormon who confessed to him that he bad committed murder by direction of the Mormon leaders, and believed at the time he was doing right, as taueht by them. As further evidence, the witness submitted the copy of a special order issued by Brigham Young for the murder of eighty innocent men, discharged teamsters of General Johnson's command, then at Fort Bridger, Utah, who were en route for California. Fortunately the officer designed to execute the order was a humane person and did not execute it. and lately gave the original order to a Federal officer in Utah, and it is now in General Connor's possession. The committee have not been able to agree upon any plan which might be likely to remedy the state of things their report discloses, and state that they have postponed the further consideration of the subject till December next. SUCCESSFUL OYSTBR CULTURE.—Hitherto it has been generally supposed that the system of oyster culture followed in France, and which has been ao successful in many places in that country, was inapplicable to our waters. It was thought that the general temperature of the water was too low for the effective development of the process. Several partial attempts have been made to carry it out at various places on our coasts, but not only have they generally failed to give any successful results, but they have failed so completely as to leave no encouragement whatever to the projectors to continue their attempts. These attempts, however, were probably made by persons who had but an imperfect knowledge of the French process, and who thus made some fatal oversight in the arrangement of their apparatus. It is satisfactory, then, to find that the system has been successfully carried out at Hayling Island. In the harbour there a company has become possessed of 900 acres of ground, this harbour being a great inlet of the sea, similar to that of Portsmouth harbour, and situated at a few miles to the east of it. A large portion of the harbour has been cut off by the embankment of the railway which runs from the mainland to the south of Hayling Island, and within this is situated the 900 acres referred to; the embankment, by the aid of sluices, giving the company a perfect command over the water supply. Parts of the ground have been divide1 off and set apart for various purposes, some for pares and spawn- ing grounds, some for growing and fattening grounds, others for the cultivation of other molluscs than oysters, or the more valuable crustacea, and others as viviers for fish. Hitherto, however, the company have only tried two branches of their undertakings-those which would be most likely to pay well if they succeeded. The one is oyster and the other lobster breeding. For the latter purpose the company had a suitable reservoir constructed and stocked it towards the end of the season with a score or two of breeding lobsters; and the result is that they have now in their ponds thousands of small lobsters passing through the unprofitable stages of babyhood. The oyster pare has been made on the side of the old Salterns, oysters being laid down, and collecting tiles placed to receive the spat in the most favourable posi- tions. It is scarcely a month since the oysters com- menced to throw out the spat, yet already the collecting tiles have been covered with the young oysters. The embryo taking to the tiles, and fixing itself firmly to them without difficulty, the tiles are covered with oysters; the number of which may be imagined when we say that there are about 26 oysters to every square inch of tile. The experiment has been carried out at a small expenditure (four acres only out of the 000 having been occupied by the present pare), and the produce promises to be considerable; which is some- thing to the general public, if it leads to other enter- prises of the same kind and a downfall in the price of oysters,-JPaU-MaU Gazette. i

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