an order to substitute oral for-written pleadings. The
motion was refused.

On Tuesday, August 5, Lord MONTEAGLE moved the
second reading of a bill for the purpose of removing
doubts as to the penalties attaching to the assumption of
ecclesiastical titles under the recently-passed ecclesiastical
titles act, and which he described as having exactly the
same object with the clause which he lately proposed
as an addition to that bill. After some discussion, the
motion was negatived without a division.

On Thursday, August 7, the Earl of HARROWBY put
the question whether the government would use their
best offices with the court of Rome to obtain permission
to build a Protestant church in that city.—The Marquis
of LANSDOWNE replied that no steps had yet been taken
in the matter, nor, if such an application were made, was
it probable that it would be attended with success.—The
Earl of HARROWBY hoped that the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs would soon be called on to make the application.
—The Bishop of LONDON said that the view entertained
of toleration by the church of Rome in that city and in
Protestant countries was widely different. In those
countries it claimed the widest toleration for itself, while
it denied to Protestants at Rome any toleration at all.
Within the last few weeks a large sum had been
subscribed for the erection of a proper Protestant church at
Rome, instead of the granary outside the walls in which
the Protestant services were at present performed, and
this had been done, not by indulgences, but merely by
the love and attachment of British Protestants to the
church of England and her ordinances. After some
further discussion the matter was dropped.

The Earl of MINTO moved that the Commons'
amendments to the Patent Law Amendment Bill should be
agreed to, but the motion was opposed by Lord
MONTEAGLE, who moved that the amendments be considered
that day six months.—Earl MINTO then withdrew his
motion, while Lord Monteagle's was carried.

On Friday, August 8, Her Majesty Prorogued the
Parliament in person, with the usual formalities. When
the House of Commons, represented by the Speaker,
attended by a considerable number of members,
appeared at the bar, the Speaker addressed Her Majesty
in the usual form, giving a brief summary of the
proceedings of the Session. The Royal speech was then
read by Her Majesty:

"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

"I am glad to be able to release you from your attendance
in Parliament, and I thank you for the diligence
with which you have performed your laborious duties.

"I continue to maintain the most friendly relations
with foreign powers.

"I am happy to be able to congratulate you on the
very considerable diminution which has taken place in
the African and Brazilian slave trade. The exertions of
my squadrons on the coasts of Africa and Brazil, assisted
by the vigilance of the cruisers of France and of the
United States, and aided by the co-operation of the
Brazilian Government, have mainly contributed to this
result.

"GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

"I thank you for the readiness with which you have
granted the supplies necessary for the service of the
year.

"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,

"It is satisfactory to observe, that notwithstanding
very large reductions of taxes, the revenue for the past
year considerably exceeded the public expenditure for
the same period.

"I am rejoiced to find that you have thereby been
enabled to relieve my people from an impost which
restricted the enjoyment of light and air in their
dwellings. I trust that this enactment, with others to
which your attention has been and will be directed, will
contribute to the health and comfort of my subjects.

"I thank you for the assiduity with which you have
applied yourselves to the consideration of a measure
framed for the purpose of checking the undue assumption
of ecclesiastical titles conferred by a foreign power.

"It gives me the highest satisfaction to find that,
while repelling unfounded claims, you have maintained
inviolate the great principles of religious liberty, so
happily established among us.

"The attention you have bestowed on the administration
of justice in the courts of law and equity will, I
trust, prove beneficial, and lead to further improvements.

"I have willingly given my consent to a bill relating
to the Administration of the Land Revenues of the
Crown, which will, I hope, conduce to the better
management of that department, and at the same time
tend to the promotion of works of public utility.

"It has been very gratifying to me, on an occasion
which has brought many foreigners to this country, to
observe the spirit of kindness and good-will which so
generally prevailed.

"It is my anxious desire to promote among nations
the cultivation of all those arts which are fostered by
peace, and which in their turn contribute to maintain
the peace of the world.

"In closing the present session, it is with feelings of
gratitude to Almighty God that I acknowledge the
general spirit of loyalty and willing obedience to the
law which animates my people. Such a spirit is the
best security at once for the progress and the stability of
our free and happy institutions."

The Lord CHANCELLOR then, by Her Majesty's
command, announced the prorogation of Parliament till
Thursday the 4th of September next.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, on Saturday July 26,
the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read a
third time and passed. The house then went into
committee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill,
and passed a great many clauses after some prolonged
discussion. The report on the Patent Law Amendment
Bill was brought up and agreed to.

On Monday, July 28, the SPEAKER read a letter from
Mr. Salomons, in which that gentleman informed the
house that two actions for penalties had been brought
against him for taking his seat and voting, and that he
had been advised that he ought to apprise the house
that such was the case, and also that any resolution
which might be come to, adverse to his claims, would
be used as evidence in the courts of law against him.—
Sir B. HALL, after recapitulating the whole of the
proceedings in reference to Mr. Salomons, moved, in
accordance with the prayer of a petition from certain of
the Electors of Greenwich, that they should be heard by
counsel at the bar. This motion was opposed by the
Attorney-General, Sir F. Thesiger, Lord John Russell,
and others, and negatived by 135 to 75.—Mr. RAIKES
CURRIE then said, that after the decision which had
been come to he would not press upon the house the
consideration of the London Petition in Favour of Baron
Rothschild.—Mr. ANSTEY dissented from the view taken
by Mr. Currie, conceiving that Baron Rothschild stood in
a different position from Mr. Salomons. He insisted on
presssing the question, and moved that the London
petitioners should be heard at the bar.—Mr. AGLIONBY
took the same view of the question.—Mr. CURRIE (who
had been chairman at the meeting at which the London
petition was agreed to) then gave a description of the
petitioners, introduced an amusing description of the
volunteered interference of Mr. Anstey "with his well-
known pocket-handkerchief," and of Mr. Aglionby, whom
he described as of great calibre and no ordinary "bore,"
and justified himself for not pushing forward a petition,
portions of which were the result of the interference he
had ridiculed. After some further discussion, the
motion was rejected by 77 to 41.—The adjourned debate
on Lord J. Russell's resolution Declaring Mr. Salomons
Incapable of Sitting, was resumed by Mr. ANSTEY, who
moved as an amendment the addition of words to the
effect that the house, having regard to the religious
scruples of Mr. Salomons, would use its undoubted right
to make such an alteration in the oath of adjuration as
would enable Mr. Salomons to take and subscribe it.—
Mr. HEADLAM opposed the amendment, which was
negatived by 88 to 50: majority against it, 38.—Mr.
BETHELL entreated Lord J. Russell not to tarnish his
former reputation by pressing his proposed resolution,
and strongly recommended the house to hold over its
decision upon the legal question until the judgment of a
court of law should have been given.—Lord J. RUSSELL
(in reply) remarked upon Mr. Bethell's having availed
himself, in a purely legal question, of every argument