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London, England, 1820-02-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LARDS, MONDAY, J*? VARY 31.

At three o'clock the !louse of Lords met fur the
purpose of sWedrlll4to Peers. The first the.t ad-
vanced to the table to tike the oaths was the Lord
Chu tell••r, after him was his llut•al Meitner&
the Duke of York, then their Royal 1-liglattesses
the Dukes of Clarence and Sussex. The rollowtog
I'eeraalw► look the oaths
Dukes of Wellington, Athol', Northumberland,
Mositrutie, and Dorset; Marquises Wellesley, Conynglism,
Hertford, amAnsomleley, snit Cuadra; tbr Earls of Lire--
pool, Westmorland, Lauderdale, Duwerebniore, Hunting-
don, Chatham, Mei:anion, and Warwick; Lords Walsinc.
limn, Kenyon, Melville, Lake, Montfort, Carrington,
Lll-
- Prudhoe, Sydney, Ailesitery, Cathcart, aud Zourhe.

The Archt;bltjt.of Caut;iburt and the Bishops
of Durham mid London •Iso performed the saute
ceremony.
At a quarter past four o'clock the House ,ad-
journed.
Their Royal highnesses the Dukes of York
and Sa.sex were dressed in full urning. His
Royal Li hues the Duke of Clarence was dressed
iu his full uniform as Admiral of the Fleet.

PIIttIGL4I-AING HIS MAJESTY
KING GRONGE Ir.
Yrsterdryi at half-past ten o'clock, a rind of
honour, preceded by the baud of the Coldstream
fey±inrrit of Foot Gatrds, lurched inm the Court-
yard of the King's Palace, Isle Carlton Honse; moon
after • detachment of the Life Guards arrived iu
Pall-in ill and ‘Vaterloo-place, opposite the Palace.
The extraordinary serenity of the weather, which
appeared to convey an auspicious prospect to flat
commencement of the reign of our illustrious
Sovereign, had collected together a must immense
concourse of people round the Palace and streets
adjacent ; the windows of the houses were filled
with an elegantly-dressed assemblage of females to
see the procersion, and hear the proclamation an-
nouncing his MiAirily Klux of the United King-
dom, &c. There were also assembled Sir Nathanisl
Conant, the Chief Magistrate of the Police, with
Townsend, Sayers, and a numerous assemblage of
Police officers, the gentlemen porters, the livery
servants in their state liveries, and the porters at
the gates with their grand sashes and staves.
Toe distinguished personages assembled to wit-
ness this important ceremony were—
Their Royal Highnesses the Doke of York, the Duke and
Duchess of Clarence, the Duke of Gloucester, Priore Leo-
pold, the Archbishop eirCanierboiy, the Duke of Montrose,
the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Hertford, the Mar-
quis of ebolmondeley, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Liverpool,
the Earl of Mulgranre, Earl Cathcart, Viscouut Sidmoutli,
Viscount Melville, Mr. Canning, Mr. W. Dundas, Mr. T.
Wallace, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Nicholl,
Mr. Wellesley Pole, Mr. Beckett, the Lord Chancellor, who
appeared in his full rubes, bolding the seal, of Greatßri-
tain in the Stale Parse, the Vice-Chancellor, Sic.

Precisely at twelve o'clock • royal salute was
firrd in St. 111111).' es Park, a nirouncing the accession
of George the Fourth to the throne of England.
At the same time the shove distinguished per-
sonages having assembled under the portico of the
grand entrance to the. Palace, and being all un-
covered, Sir Isaac Heard, the Getter King at Arms,
appeared in the full and splendid dress of his
office, on the fight of his Royal Highness the
Doke of York, holding his superb official staff and
the Proclamation agreed upon by his Majesty in
Council sus Sunday, which he read aloud, and the
concluding sentence of 44 God save the King" was
Insanity repeated by the royal and distinguished
personageitsurrounding him. Sir Isaac Heard is
uow ninety years of age, sad it is a remarkable cir-
cumstance that this venerableCiendernan acted in
lois official capacity at the funeral of George the
Second, and also at the proclamation and corona-
tion of George the Third.
Immediately after reading the proclamation, the
trumpets and trombones, to the number of twenty,
played the Jabilee insrch. The trumpeters were
habited in their splendid gold lace dresses, and
preceded by John Nest, Esq. the Deputy Serjeatit
Trumpeter; after which the band of the Guard
of Honour played s' (iod sate the King," and at
its conclusion the drums and fifes plaryed
George's March."

During the 'performance of the shove national
music, the whole of tile military, both horse and
foot, prevented arms, uccompamed by repeated
shouts of " God aave the King !" with the 'vitriol.;
of their swords, &c. ; and the immense concou.se
of people who seemed impatient to evince the rind-
lino') of their feelings, joined simultaneously in the
patriotic about with auch well-timed precision. that
a fuglemati could not more effectually have direct-
ed their spoutimeous rejoicings. These reiterated
ocelamationti were accutniAnied by the waving of
hats and handkerchiefs, and every other demon-
stration of joy which they could evince towards our
present beloved Sovereign.
The procesaion then began to move from the
Kineat. Palace-yard to the other places appointed
fur proclaiming the King, consisting of the Heralds,
and other official Gentlemen on horseback, richly
!subtler', preceded by the trumpeters, and escorted
by a party of the Life Guards.
The procession was arranged in the following
order :

Far►iers of the Life Guards, with axes ertct.
French Horns of the Troup.
Troop of Life Guards.
The Beadles of the different Parishes, in their lon cloaks.
Constables.
Two Knight Marshal's Officers.
Knight Marshal and his Men.
Household Drums.
Kettle Drums.
Trumpets.
Parsuirants.
Blue Mantle—William Woods,, Esq.
Rouge Croix-4Y. Radclyffe, Gent. F.S.A.
Rouge Dragum—G G. Young, Esq.
Portcullis—J. F. Bella, E.q. SA.
HER %ID.
Kings of Arms—Garter Sir Isaac Heard, Ent. supported
by two Serjeants at Arno, with their maces.
Chirencieux—G Harris's-in, Esq.
Norroy—R. Bigland, Esq.
Heralds in their full dress.
Wiodsur—Frauci■ Martin, Esq. FS.A.
Cluster—G. M. Leaky, E.
loneaster—Edm. Lodge, Eiq. F.B A.
York—Sir G. Nayler, Kat. FAA.
Rielimasid —Jos. Hawker, Esq. F.S.A.
Sornerort—James Canino+, Esq.

that Gentleman being indisposed, it was read I,s
It. Bignold, Esq., Nnrroy King at Arms.
The procession moved up the Strand to Temple.
bar, the gate of which was shut, and the Lord
Mayor, with nearly the whole of the Aldermen,
Sheriff% See, statiorted within, iu front of the liner
Temple-gate. After the usual formality of de-
manding admittance, the gates were opened by or.
der of the Lord Mayor, and the cavalcade proceed-
ed to the end of Chancery-lane, where the Pro
clamation was again read. Thence they proc,rdeo
through the City in the following order, imuirdi•
ately after the Heralds :

City Diem, Trempets, Sheriff: Officers, City Music, lbe
two City Marshals, Lord Mayor's Officers; Lard Mayor
in his state coach, attended by the Sword Rawer, Regime.
brancer, the Al.kruseu in their coaches; the Re.
corder, Sir John Silreater Bart.; the Comma
City Counsel, the two Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, the Town
Clerk.

A troop of life guards closed the procession.
The Proclamation was again read at the end of
Wood-street, Cheapside; and, lastly, at the Roy il
Exchange. which ended the ceremony. The tsum-
pets and drums played at interval., and the bells
of the different churches rang as the procession
passed them. The moment the first Proclamation
was made the Park sod Tower guns were fired.
An immense multitude accompanied the proces-
sion from hegi 0000 mg to end. The win :owe in the
different starts through which it passed were filled
principally with Ladies. The utmost triter and
decorum was uhseived by the crowds in the streets
through which the procession moved, and we have
not heard that any serious accident occurred in the
severe pressure attendant upon the hustle of such
• multitude. The whole ceremony did not cue-
elude until after three o'clock.

IVhett the carriage of Mr. Alderman A!ki:er,
joined the procession in Fleet-street, the piped/ice
stinted him with the usual cry of " fire, fire!—
Murder, murder P.—Great depredations were tom..
tnitted in the city by gangs of pickpricketir,
took advantage of the occasion to atrwwipi le create
confusion nod distusbaner. sLory of them were
seized by the officers of the police, aI.O were ex-
tretnely active in preserving order.
About three o'clock the I.:fe Ginirtt: ahrl the
greater number of persons who lonised (fir p.oces-
&ion, returned from the City down the Strand, in
the same hue in which they had advanced.

THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTEAOIiDINART.

Wkifelaill, Joituary 31, 11140

On Saturday afternoon, at thirty.flve minutes pest rigid
o'clock, our late Must Gracious Soveieiga King George
t►e Third, whom streagth had gradually declined fur souse
weeks, expired without the least apparent sufferiag, at hi*
Castle of Windsor, in the eighty-sitcom' year of his age, and
the sixtieth of his reign. Nu Sovereip ever possessed to a
higher degree the vnieralion sod affectiene of his subji-cis,
and their grief fur his loss is only Muted by the ',shanty
malady which has precluded his Maj►sty from directiug the
measures of his Government during the Wine latter years of
►is glorious reign.

Upon the news of this melancholy event 'seising in Lou-
don, the Lords of the Privy Council areemitted yesterday at.
Carlton Howse, and gave orders fur proclaiming his present
Majesty, who wade a most gracious Declaration to diem,
•nd carted all the Lando and others of the hate ►lug's
Privy Council, who sere theta present, to he sworn of leis
Majesty's Privy Cuencil.

And this day, about noon, Lis Majesty was proclai med ;
fins before Carlton House, where the ()theta. of State, No-
!Slily, and Privy Counsellors were present, will, the Officers
of Arms, all ►eiu` on foot. Then the Officeitt, living mount-
ed on horseback, the like was dune at antring.crust, within
Temple-bar, at the cud of %Wood-street, in Clirup.itie, and
lastly at the Royal Exchange, with the usual salenauities ;
the Principal Officers of glate,a Koval number of the NO6l.
lily, and of other persons of distinction, attetiding daring
the whole ceremony.

[Here follosrs the Proclamation announcing the death of
his late Majetty, and Me Accession of hii lurxeut Majesty ,
George the Faulk which Ice rice in uur Paper af yea ter-
day.]

At the Court at Carlton Muse, tiff 301 th day of Jabuiry,
1820.

PRESENT,
The KING'S Meet Excellent blejeoly la Council.

His Majesty being this day preetot is Cuero', was pleased
to make the fellowin Declarotiem,
I have directed that )uu should be auernible,i lirrr, in
order that I snag discharge the painful duty of announcing
to you the death of the Kisco', beloved Father.
It is Impossible for owe adequately KO express the stare of
my feelbegs upon this melancholy ucca,wu, Litt I have the
msasolatioa of knowing, that the mews e calrmliy a lib 11 hit It
his Majesty has hems adlieted foe so wally years has serer
effaced hum the minds of his sabre," the imprametece
crested by bit many virtues; sod his cirami..e will, I its
persuaded, live fur ever is the grateful is menibrauce of Is
country.

Celled upon, in consequence of his 111;,jesty'r
lu ritercise the prerogatives of the Cruo LI uu tIIS le. ii
was the Arid nob of wy heart to be ulioutd lu It blurt ilito
his bands the pojw.sa with which I was it bus
pleased Almighty triad to determine it otherwise; ■ad I
have not been insensible to the advantages which I have dr.,
fived from administering, in my dear Fathei's okiors