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London, England, 1820-01-31 00:00:00

DEATH OF MS MAJESTY

GEORGE THE THIRD.

LONDON GAZET I E EXTRAORDINARY.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1820.

Whitehall, Jan. 30, 1840.
A letter and it►clnnure, of which the following
are copies, have been this morning received from
his Royal Highness the Dike of YORK by the
Lord Viscount Stnmou'rn one of his late MA-
JRST'eII Principal Secretaries of State.

If "ind.yor , ir 29v 1810.

Aly LOHD—It becomes my painful ditty to ac-
quaint your Lordship, that it has pleased AL-
MIGHTY GM to take unto liitnielt the King, my
beloved Fai her, and our most Gracious and Ex-
cellent SoVEIIItIGIO. He expired at thirty-five
minutes past eight o'clock, P. M.
• I inclose the Certificate of all the Physicians
melancholy period.

I am, my Lord, ever yout's 11mA sincerely,
(tingitcd) FREDERICK.

Tlitt-Iliglat lion. Viscount Si. &c.

triis(hor Casllr, .Irtle. .39, 1620

It has pleA4ed the ALMIGHTY !o.lcleAse his Ali
JIISTY from 411 further •utferiug. Ills MAJESTY' cX
!sired, without pain, at thir•y-five minutes pas

eight o'clock this evenitiv.
(Sig ued) H. HA LFORD,
Al. BAILEY,
W. IiEBERDEN.
Fur his Royal 1-14hoess the Duke of York,

R. AVII.I.N,
I). DUNDAS

LETTER TO THE LORD ?L

IVhilehall, Jan. 30, 1820

My LORD—It is 'my painful duty to inform
your Lotdslrip of the demise of his late Majesty
King GEORGE 111. This melancholy event took
place, without the least apparent suffering, at
Windsor Cssthi, at thirty-five minutes past eight
yesterddy afternoon, to the great grief of his pre-
Sent MAJESTY, and of the Royal Family,
I have to request thug your Lordship will give
directions fur the Tolling of the Great Bell at St.
Paul's Cathedral.--I haws the honour to be, your
Lordship's must obedient bumble Servant,

To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Lc.

SIDNIOCTI

At tWo o'clock a► Coll was belt! at Carlton

(louse for the purpose a recognizing the new
Sovereign: thy Mewhrrs of the Privy Council in
town, includiog the SPEAKER, and the LORD
MAYOR, together with several Aldermen and

other personA of rank, were present.
After the death of his late AI AJESTY had been
formally announced, the following instrument was

prepAred and signed :

PROCLAMATION.
DECLARATION OF FEALTY.

" Whereas, it has pleased the ALMIGHTY GOD
to call to his mercy our late Sovereign Lord, King
GaoRGE the 'THIRD, of blessed memory, by whose
decease the Imperial Crown of the United King.
(loin of Great Britain awl Ireland, is solely and
rightfully come to. the high
.and mighty !'since,
GuottGe, Prince of WALas ; We therefore, the
Louis Spiritual and Temporal of this Peak], be-
ing bete assisted with those of his Imes MAJESTY'S
Privy Council, with numbers of other principal
Gentlemen o; quality, with the Loan MAYOR,
Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do DOW here-
by, with one voice
.and consent, of tongue
and heart, publish, and proclaim that the high-
and mighty Prince, GORGE,
IS now, by the death of the Ist" Sovereign, of
happy memory, becomeour only lawful and right-
ful liege Lord, GEORGIE the FOURYS, by the
Grace of God, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
Defender of the Faith, and so forth, to whom we
do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience,
with all hearty and humble affection ; beseeching
Coo, by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to
bless the Royal Prince, GEOHGB FoUnThil,
with long and happy years to reign over us.
"Given at the Court at Califon House,- this
30th day of January, 1820.
" GOD Save the KING."

[Then follows the signatures of the Privy Coun-
cillors, &c. preiteit ; for which see the account of
the KlNo's first Court.)
His AIAJeSTT, King GEORGE IV. then made a
dechuation of his tenderest affection for his native
country, and his determination to do all in MS
power to promote the glory and happiness of the
Kingdom.

His
MAJESTY' Seemed deeply affected through-
out the whole of these important ceremonies.
At the conclusion of the Council, the Loan
CHANCELLOR proceeded to the House of Lords,
and the SPEAKER to the House of Commons, but
both Houses adjourned, without doing any busi-
ness, to this day.

The FIRST COURT of his MAJESTY KING GEORGE
the FOURTH.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, his Majesty XING
GEORGE IV. held his first Court as a matter of
State necessity Authorities hating ceased on
the demise of KING Gannon M.), at Carlton
House, now his Majesty's Palace.
The Court consisted of all the male branches of
the Royal Family now in England, most of the
Cabinet Ministers, the great Officers of State, the.
Members of the Privy Council of the late KING,
and a numerous assemblage of the Nobility, Nlem-
bers of the two Houses of Parliament, the Lord
Mayor of London, the Court of Aldermen, &c.
His present MAJE§'-h' having declared himself
Successor to his late Father, our highly revered
Sovereign, the oaths of Allegiance, &c. were ad•
ministered by Viscount Cu KTNVY No, the Clerk of
the-Connei:, who afterwards took the siiine him-
self, which were administered ley Mr. BuLt..Ett.
.His MAJESTY afterwards commanded a Privy
edi Council to be holden, when ell those present of

his late Ma3;.,srir's Council were re-sworn Privy
Councillnrs to his present MAJESTY King GEORGE
IV.; consisting of—

Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Clarence.
Sussex, Ginucester, and Prince Leopold, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Duke of Athol, the Marquis of Hertford, the
Marquis of Wellesley, the Earl of Lauderdale, the Earl of
Chatham, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Liverpool, Ears Mul•
grave, Viscount Sidnun►th, Viscount Melville, the Duke of
Montrose, the Marquis of Camden, the Bishop of London,
the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir W. Scott, Sir W.
Grant, Mr. T. Wallace, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Arbuthnot, Sir
John Nichol], Mr. F. J. Robinson, ,Mr. Robert Peele, Mr.
Sturges Bourne, the Hon. Charles Bagot, Sir Benjamin
Bloomfield, the Lord Chief Justice of The Court of King's
Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Vice Chan-
cellor.

A forte of Proclamation was then agreed upon,
declaring his present MAJESTY King Geoace IV.
Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain, &c., which was signed by all the above
sworn in Pi ivy Gonocillors. The following were
81.9 specially summoned for the occasion by Lord
StnmouTft, as Secretary of State for the Home
Department, to whom his Lordship read the Pro-
',•laulation as agreed upon by the Privy Council,
rdien they also Rddrd their signatures to it, viz.:
The Earl of Besburough; Sir R. GiUrd, the Attotney-Ge-
netal; Sir J. Copley, the Solicitor-General; Sir H. Hotham ;
Mr. Warren, Chief Justice of Chester; Mr. Banks, Lord
Ellenhorongli ; the Deans of Westminster, Chester, and can-
tertm-ry ; Mr. Croker, Sir G. Clarke, the Earl of Ailesbury,
the Bishop of Carlisle, the 1,9n1 Mayorof London; Aldermen
Curtis, Eamer, Perrint;, Shaw, Scholey, Doraville, Birch,
Wood, C. Smith, Atkins, Magnay, Cox, Thorpe, and Ruth-
well; Sit Joint Silvester, the Recorder of London; Mr.
Knowles, the Common Sergeant; T. Tyrrell, Esq. the Re-
membrancer ; Riclord Clark, Esq.- the Chamberlain ; H.
Woodthorpe, Esq. Town Clerk. The Lord Mayor was at-
tended by his Sword Bearer and Chaplain.
All die Cabinet Ministers Of his late Maittsrv,
now in town, yesterday morning resigned (heir
seals of office to Viscount StriMotnii, Principal
Secretary of State for the Horne Department, at
his office at ‘Vhitehall. His Lordship afterwards
presented them to his present N 1 AJBSTY at Court,
when the KING was graciously pleased to re-ap-
point them in their former situations. The Lon()
CHANCELLOR appeared in a plain dress only, carry-
ing the purse containing the Seals of Great
Britain, which his Lordship resigned to his pre•
sent MAJESTY. -when !he KING was graciously
pleased to return them, and re-appoint him to his
former office.
Viscount MELBOURNE arid Colonel IVATTEY
were the Lord and Groom in waiting.
The inquirers orcondolence to the KING yes-
terday were very numerous, upon the death of his
late MAJEsTv. Among them were—
count Lieven, the Russian Ambassador; the Duke San
Carlos, the Spanish Ambassador ; Count Panatella, the Por-
tuguese Ambassador; Baron Pagel, the Ambassador front
the Netherlands ; Count Song*, the Earl of Ailesbury, Sir
Hobert Wilson, Sir \t Mimi} Adams, the Chevalier Ruspini,
Viscount Carlton, Lady Weastmeath, the Countess Pall.nella,
Mr. Archer Houblon, the Common Sergeant.;

MEETING OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, SUNDAY, JAN. 30.

In consequence of the melancholy and much de.
plored event of his Majesty's demise, a meetiug
took place under the relevant provisions of the
Acts of William 111. and Anne, though the House
stoi,d regularly adjourned till the 17th of next
month.

The hour of sitting had been appointed for two
(eclat It. mid several Peers Attended ; but ►he LORD
CHANCELLOR being detained at a Council held on
special and highly important affairs, did not come
down to the House till twenty minutes after tour
o'clock.

A number of Peers were present, all in Court
or trill wrourniug ; and after Prayers were read,
the strangers were admitted. A tew moments of
general silence flyer/Ailed, when a Paper was pre-
stored to the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, by
the De-puty Cle►k of the Parliament. His Lord-
ship immediately put the question of Adjournment
until three o'clock to-morrow, n bleb was ordered
accordingly.

tacked by a slight species of diarrhoea, which,
however, after some days, yielded to anodyne and
astringent medicines, and all apprehensions with
respect to it ceased. In the commencement of
the present month, the following Bulletin was
published, and was meant probably to prepare the
public mind for a change in the health of the
Sovkreign:-
-
AISINAS rt,E, 716
His Ma}est*OnieArlit_6olt ati 6 nsibtslate-
at;on. His Majesty's by it health has partaken of souse of
the infirmities of age, bat has been generally good during the
last month.''
This official notice, however, was very far from
producing the impression of immediate danger ;
and indeed, compared with the reports that had
previously obtained circulation, tended rather to
induce the belief of a reinstatement. All the
intelligence we have been able to collect, from
.oral information and all other sources, leads
us to the conviction that it was not till several
days had elapsed from the publication of
the Bulletin, that his late Majesty's symptoms
became a source of peculiar anxiety and solici-
tude to his Medical Attendants. At that period
his disorder returned with greater violence, and, in
despite of tile utmost skill of his Physicians, se-
veral of whom remained in constant attendance,
continued front day to day to make visible inroads
on the health and strength of the Royal Patient.
To the inhabitants of Windsor, who bad oppor-
tunities of observing the increased vigilance that
pervaded all time movements about the Castle, the
suspicion soon infused itself that an unfavourable
change had taken place in the health of his Majesty.
The Lords in Waiting, who were Lord St. Helen's
and Lord Henley, were noticed to remain longer
at their posts and to quit their charge fur shooter
periods than usual. His ►Majesty, in the early
access of his second attack, rejected animal food.
The most nourishing diet, in every form that
could be devised to tempt his appetite, was pre-
pared for him, but seemed to fail in its purpose of
sustaining or recruiting exhausted nature. A few
days before his deaths he becattie reduced almost
to a skeleton. The general decay to which his
constitution was now s uoj•cted showed itself. in
the usual symptoms. It was evident that his
blood was becoming torpid and chilly ; for
though artificial means were used to . raise the
temperature of his apartments, yet he con-
tinued to manifest increasing suffering from
cold. Among other distressing proofs of his
debility and approiching dissolution, lie lost
his remaining teeth : he also lost his appetite,
which .had been previously so hearty, that it had
been usual to medicate his food in order to pro-
cure digestion and prevent any injury from the
tendency to excessive indulgence. It was not,
however, till within two days of his decease that
he kept his bed entirely, though for several days
past lie had not risen at his accustomed early
hour. On the night of Friday last time symptoms
became so alarming that Sir Henry Halford came
express to town very early on Saturday morning,
and had an immediate audience of the Duke of York.
The consequence was, that his Royal Highness's
carriage was immediately ordered, and without a
moment's, delay he set forward with post horses
for Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness ap-
peared agitated as he got into the coach ; and
there was an air of mystery and hurry in the whole
affair, which gave but too much reason to antici-
pate the distressing nature of Sir Henry Halford's
communication. At 10 o'clock on- Saturday
morning, the Medical Attendants, and the Lords
in IVaiting, felt assured that the last hour of the
venerable sufferer was approaching, and that the
day must terminate his mortal career. As time
evening advanced, his Majesty became gradually
weaker and weaker, but apparently without the
slightest pain,• till nature was quite exhausted.;
and, at thirty-five minutes past eight o'clock,
he breathed his last, without snffering even a
struggle. The decay, though rapid, was unac-
companied with any violent and sudden changes ;
so that none of that physical excitement had
occurred which sometimes, in cases of mental
derangement, restores to sufferers in the last mo-
ments a transient use of their understanding, and
embitters the parting hour with a consciousness
of their late dreadful situation. Our venerable
Sovereign was spared this last pang : there worts
no rout oimmg visit of his reason, ►vhich could only
have served to torture him with a sense of what
he had lost, RS well as what he was about to lose.
It is true that, from this insensibility, he could
not have time melancholy satisfaction of ►witness-
ing, by his death-bed, the affectionate duty of the
Duke of York ; but theu lie was saved from the

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anguish of n►issing the aged Partner of his Throne,
his beloved Grandchild, and that estimable Prince
whose manly virtues so neatly resembled his own.
At the moment of his dissolution, there were
present, besides the usual attendants, his Royal
Highness the Duke of York (who hung over his
pillow with the most affectionate solicitude),
Lord Henley, Lord Winchilsea, all the Phy-
sicians, and General Taylor. In the Palace
were the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princesses
Augusta and Sophia, and some reports add
the Duchess of York. Immediately after the
decease, the Duke of York retired and dispatched
General Cartwright with the mournful and im-
portant intelligence to the Prince Regent. His
Royal Highness did not himself leave the Castle
till yesterday morning. The Duchess of Glou-

(ester proceeded to Bagsbot about half All hour
after the death of her Royal Parent 3 her Sisters
remained behind. Doctors Baillie, Eltherden,
and IVillis, were yesterday at the Castle, but we
could not learn whether they are likely to prepare
and issue any detailed statement respecting the
death of their Royal Patient. Though all the
Physicians were present at the dissolution of the
King, yet up to Friday those only were in atten-
dance on whom that dirty devolved in regular ro-
tation, if we except the occasional jemmies, dur-
ing the last week, made to and fro by Sir H. Hal-
ford, for the purpose, as was supposed, of cononuni-
eating authentic information to the Prince Regent.
Up to a late hour last might, no orders bad
been received at Windsor respecting the ceremony
of embalming the body of our late Sovereign.—
His late Majesty is said to have expressed a strong
dislike of that offensive pray ice but perhaps it
may not he thought right to deviate from a cus-
tom so long esrablishsd.
Of the preNioni stare of his Majesty as little i 3
known as ut the symptoms that preceded his dis_

solution. flis Majesty's taste for music, till •r,
very late period, when his hearing became itoreebt
feet, continued to soothe his vacant hours. 'e,
sense solitude he seems never to have 0)0(
rienced, but always to have supposed a part „
his family to be present.t The arrangements :Irai
plicalele to his personal ciativ ieoc s ire All
eols
tisprinctbt Ref ; yVievrtill-
kisk 1,01 help svereN:osl ate t a unit:ol.l
letnperiture,No 1 against the risk of tall
cold by passing from ne part to another ; snip
in fact, during nine years, the long interval 'lf
Majesty has remained in retirement at Windsor
Castle under the guardianship of a Council,
been the object of unremitting care and attentia'
Tbe last sad moments of the life of our Ns'
cious Sovereign were undisturbed by pain:
tare seemed to have been exhausted, and he di''
as we have stated, at thirty-five minutes past clef,
without indicating any appearance of bodily id
fering.
The temperance of his late Majesty's life l'ssr
become almost proverbial. He rose in sumo°
and winter before six o'clock. He would take,
slight breakfast at eight, and dine off the plail'e6
joint at one. He retired early to rest, after pOlii
ing the evening with his family, generally amuse
with music, of which he was passionately fond
and in which he manifested a most correct ors'e'
The King's agricultural pursni's (for as Burk:
has justly said, " even in his amusements
he rvs
a patrioti contributed to the strength of his OW
stitution.
The habitual piety of his late Majesty was 01'
ways the most striking part of his charad4l."
Those who have been with him at his moraine
deco at the private chapel at Windsor,
never forget the fervour of his responses durill
the service. This constant sense of religi4
doubtless contributed to the invariable &owe°
and serenity of his mind. When one of the yoiivr,
Princes was hourly expected to (lie, the King ""ig
sitting on a Sunday reading a sermons to his Pr
roily. An attendant CRITIC in with the tidings of
the child's death. The King exchanged a 100
with him, signifying he understood his
SiOn, and then proccetled with his reading till it
was finished.
It is generally supposed and understood (hilt
the Household will he immediately broken op' '6'
the Princesses have frequently expressed theirde#
termination not to reside at Windsor after the
demise of his Majesty : indeed one of them fiti‘i
already ceded the property to the Crown, whic";
was left to her by the Queen. Although George
has hitherto sliewu an aversion to the town 4/"
IVindsor as a residence, there seems to be sol
reallon to suppose, that front the magnificence °
the structure, and after some reparatiosrs 1►o'!e1
been made, he will continue to hold his Coor.,
there as his predecessors have done.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER came to town Ye!•
terday morning, front his seat at Bagaliot
to be present at the KING'S Court, to take tbe'
oaths of allegiance, and to• be sworn in a Moo'
ber of his MaiesTv's Most Honourable Ptiff'
Council.
.Earl BATHURST and Viscount SIDMOUTH Wei_re
in town irorn Putney and Richmond Park'!"
about seven o'clock yesterday morning, in coose;
(pence of having received notices of the death 1,1
the late KING, and waited upon his present .1‘1,4•.
JESTY at his Palace, in Pall-mall.
A Nlessenger was sent off early yesterday marl'
ing by Viscount SIDMOUTH to Ireland, comintill
eating the melancholy intelligence of the death
the late KING.
Dispatches were also sent off from the Foreign
Office to Lord CASTLEREAGH. in Norfolk; and 11):
our Ambassadors at Foreign Courts, communics" •
ing also tie melancholy intelligence of the death
of the lane KING.

St. Paul's Bell commenced tolling at 12 o'clock'
It was preceded by the tolling of all the other
Church bells in Loudon. The whole eoutitined
to toll during the nay and last night.
Yes,erday Mr. MARsn, of the Lord Chamber;
lain's Qtlice, left town for Windsor, by command
of his MAJESTY, in the name of the Lord Cho'
berlain, to pay every due respect to the rewsiol,
of the late beloved Monarch, and to make or'
rangements for the Funeral. The KING has coil"'
mantled one of his Lot di and Grooms to sit oP
wi!li the corpse of his late MAJESTY.
As his late MAJESTY'S Funeral is to be public'
it will require at least a month for prepaemioll'
No notice was sent to the Theatres from t"
Lord Chamberlain's Office up to a late hour 1351
night ; but we trust that the same humane con'
sideration for the number of families tlependent
on the establishments for subsistence, which
directed the order on the event of the lameutctl'
death of the Duke of KENT, will limit their clo'
sure to a few days,

It may be right for us to add, that it is an er'
roneous supposition that all Crown prisoners and
others are entitled to their enlargement as a sitar'
ter of course. The well-known disposition of till
MAJESTY may induce him to make a wide 806
liberal exercise of. his Royal prerogative of mercy;
but he will he guided by the advice of his con.6'
dential servants in the selection of objects.
Every commission held under the Crown most
be revived, and the fees to the Lord Chancellor
for appending the Great Seal tvill amount to 6
very large sum.

A notice has been receiver! at the House Of
Commons from the Post-office, that no franks
will be permitted to go free, save those of the
Speaker. It is doubted whether this regulatioo
will be strictly adhered to, as the prcsent Par!la"
ment, if it be the wil! of his ATAJBSTY, mqy con:,
finite embodied for six months alter the demise 01
the late KING.

The coincidence is singular that the last instance i
of Parliament sitting on a sunday, was in coose•,,
(pence of the death of his Majesty King Georgel
the Second. The demise happened exactly i');
such time as to render this almost'unprecedented
procedure necessary, under the Acts in that case
made and provided. Parliament in like manners
assembled to be sworn in, hut owing to the ab-.
sence of the Lotd Steward, who was not in Low' H
don, they again met on the two succeedin4; days,
before the oaths were administered. The Par-
!lenient was then prorogued by Commission for 8
few tidy,.

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John Nichol], Mr. F.J. Robinson, -Mr. Robert Peale, Mr. producing the impression of immediate (hanger ;
est Jarre's Principal Secretaries of State.
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Bauch, the tLheerelL(C)ridi induce the belief of a reinstatement. Al! the The last sad moments of the life of our (lri.:l,
d• ueler your Lordship, that it has pleased At.-
olisics, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Vice Chan- intelligence we have been able to collect, from cious Sovereign were undisturbed by pain: 1,'_,1,
tnre seemed to have been exhausted, and he dl',,
.7. M• tGIITY Gon to take unto himself the King, 111 Y
ceilor.
oral information and all other sources, leads
,F,
us to the conviction that it was not till several as we have stated, at thirty-five minutes past cleft,
,-, beloved Felber, mid our most Gracious and Ex- A form of Proclamation was then agreed upon,
without indicating any appearance of bodily se
, days had els sad from the blicat'o t
•' c• ellent SoVEREIGH. He expired at thirty-five declaring his prettier 'MAJESTY King Ge-reoe le.
they Bulletin, thatP
his late Majesptiel's symptomsln° feting,
0
.7.,.
minute, past eight o'clock, P. M. Sovereign of the United litigiloin (i.f. Great
shoes became a source of peculiar anxiety and solidi- The temperance of his late Majesty.'s life l_....ter!
tam, &c., to bleb Was signed by all the eh(' tilde to his Medical Attendants. At that period become almost proverbial. He rose in Immo',
.41/4 I nodose the Ceifificiite of all the Physicians
sivorie in I'l ivy Gonlicilliirs. 1 rfhe following; were his disorder returned with greater violence, and, in and winter before six o'clock. He would take(
in attelidenceetechie melancholy period. also specially summoned for the occission by Lord
slight breakfast at eight, and dine off- die plaitle6,
.se
despite of die utmost skill of his Physicia'ns, se-
SITIMOUT4i, as Secretary of State. for the Home
eas'" I am, my Lord, ever yout's most sincerely,
regal of whom remained in constant attendance I°llll °1 one. He retired early to rest, after ptotis
-)', Department, to whom his Lordship read the Pro-
log the evening with his family, generally &mos!,
,',."';;l (Sigitc.l) FREDERICK. , .
Namation as agreed upon by the Privy Council, continued from (lay to day to make
iviisiblle inroads
with music, of. which lie was passionately foew,'
op the health
..ant strength of the oya Patient.
The-Right Ilott. Viscount Sidnioutt, &C.
f' ,
n hen they also added their signatures to it, viz.: .
and in which he manifested a most correct test!:
os
I o the inhabitants of Windsor, who bad oppor-
IfOisilsor Castlf., steer. 3g, 1620. 'flue Earl Of Beshurough; Sir R. Gifford, the Attotney-Ge- tunities of observing the increased vigilance that The King's agricultural purstri's (for as Bitill_;
• ,
ii4Y It has pleased the ALMIGHTY toe eleese his MA- metal; Sir J. Copley, the Sulieitor-Getteral; Sir H. Hotharn ; pervaded all the movements about the Castle, the has justly said, '' even in his amosantents he `v.,,
ose
all further e. . „ , , Mr. Warren, Chief Justice of Chester; Mr. Banks, Lord suspicion soon infused itself that an unfavourable a patriot") contributed to the strength of his o°l
..-' JESTY from l stinering ilia aiAJeSTI ex-
4. ! •
El leillWr.ligh ; thr Deans of Westminster, Chester, and Can-
ired,
change had taken place in the health of his Majesty. stitution.
to pired, without pain, at tlfiry-five minutes past
terhtiry ; Mr. Croke r, Sir G. Clarke, the Earl of Ailesbury, Tile LOUIS in Waiting, who were Lord Sc. Helen's The habitual piety of his late Majesty was l' !.!
=; --*". eight o'clock this evening.
'the Bishop of Carlisle, the Lard Mayorof London; Aldermen and Lord Henley, were noticed to remain longer ways the most striking part of his cliaracl4l.",:
IP.::f
:4? (Signed) H. HA I.FOR I),
M. BAILEY, R. WILLIS, cortis, Ranier, Perring, Shaw, Scholey, Domville, Birch, at their posts and to quit their charge for shorter Those who have been with him at his moral,
D. DUNDAS.
-,-.
Wood, C. Smith, Atkins, Ni.gnay, c„,,, Thorpe, and Ruth- periods then usual. His Majesty, in the early devo•ions at the private chapel at Windsor, wi„
.:
we HEBERDEN.
well; Si, Join( Silvester, the Recorder of London; Mr. access of his second attack, rejected animal food. never forget the fervour of his responses durinr
li•-• For his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
The most notirisbing diet, in every form that the service. This constant sense of religil
Knott let, the Common Sertteant; T. Tyrrell, Esq. the Re-
-1-" '
I.I.4TTER To THE LORD MAYOR. membraneer ; Itichitrd Clark, Esq. the Chamberlain; H. could be devised to tempt his appetite, was pre- doubtless contributed to the invariable firtnuei,
-I'''''
pared for him, but seemed to fail in its purpose of and serenity of his mind. When one of the yo'ilies
-,..: 07ritehgli, Jai" 30, IE2O. Woodthorpe, Esq. Town Clerk. The Lord Mayor was at-
sustaining or recruiting exhausted nature. A tew Princes was hourly expected to (lie, the King -we.:
•_„%-11,.e.' ~. .•
4' -my LoRD—It is 'my painful duty to inform tended by his Sword Bearer and Chaplain.
clays before his death lie lacciu:te reduced almost sitting on a Sunday a sermon to his ftr,,‘.
i!.4. our I,„„d„esp of the demise of his late Majesty All ,he Cabinet Ministers of his late MAJEsTY, to a skeleton. The general decay to which his frilly.' An attendant came readingin with the tidings t)
new in town, yesterday tool-Ding resigned their stitution was now subjected showed itself in the child's death. The King exchanged a lof-:.
eas' King GEORGE 111. This melancholy event took
seals: of office to Viscount SIDMOUTH, Principal c
the usual symptoms. It was evident that his with him, signifying; he understood his coinillls:
place, Without the least apparent suffeting, at Secretary of State for the /Lime Department, at blood was becoming torpid and chilly ; for sion. end then proceeded with his reading till 11:
1*; Windsor Castle, at thirty-five niititites past right ' his office at Whitehall. His Lordship afterwards
~.,,
though artificial means were used to . raise the was finished.
• -..
presented them to his present MAJESTY at Courts
,I"yesterday afternoon, to the great grief of his pre-
temperature of his apartments, yet he con- Ir is generally supposed and understood (her
lii ,„ when the KING was gractously pleased to re-ap- tinned to manifest increasing suffering from the Household will he inunediately broken up es
•.".. sent IuAJESTY, and of the Royal Family. point them in their former situations. The Lotus , ,
ewe. Among other distressing proofs of his the Princesses have frequently expressed then
a a I have to request thee your Lordship will give CHANceeeott appeared ill a plan) dress only, cart v_ cold.
and approaching dissolution, he lost termination not to reside ai Windsor after th-
lit; se,i i
ati the Jilt;
crshe
his
containing tli
resigned
Seals
to ofii i
1G tire: t
his remaining teeth : he also lost his appetite, demise of his Alaiesty : indeed one of them 11`114,
Ai directions fur the Tolling of the Great Bell at St.
l ship I wine!) had been previously so hearty, that it had already ceded the property to the Crowi) Will,
'a..-*•:. Paul's Ceihedral.—l have the honour to be, your sent MAJESTY, - when the KING was graciously
been usual to medicate his food in order to pro- was left to her by the Queen. Althou ell Geo'rge I vill
e
•'- Lordship's must obedient humble Servant, pleased to return them, and re-appoiet him to his cure digestion and prevent any injury from the has hitherto sliewii an aversion to the town I"
„.4,.
eteoloome. former office.
tendency to excessive indulgclice. It was not, Windsor as a residence, there seems to be 5001;
4.'. To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Lc. Vi•count MELBOURNE and Colonel WATTEY
",,•:::$
however, till within two (lays of his decease that reason to suppose, diet from the magnificence °' •
.
were the Lord and Groom in waiting.
he kept his bed entirely, though for several days the structure, and after some reparatious hotel:.
f'''''7; At two o'clock a Council was held at Carlton- •Th •• of i 1 , . KING
• -st el►c inquirers or come. elite to the yes- past lie had not risen at his accustomed early been rustle, lie will continue to hold his Con(
:',,es. House for the purpese Of recognizing the new tgrday were very numerous, upon the death of his hour. On the night of Friday last the symptoms there as his predecessors have done. • ,
:frit Soveteign : the Met-pliers of the Privy Council in latt,e,MtAiTE'srrYn; tilA7t=igui"lAenni.selii.ieu—r• the Mike San became so alerming that Sir Henry fialford came The Duke of GLOUCESTER came to town Ye!. ••
..,!': town, includiog tlie SPEAKER, and the LORD Carlos, the:Npawiii Anibal's:l(l4)r ; Count. Pal'lmella, the Po'r- express to town very early no Saturday mornings terday morning, from his seat at Bag -shot Pei"',
t:se Ambassador; Baron Fwl, the Atubissador from and had an immediate endience of the Duke.of York. to he present at the KING'S Court, In take die,.
... MAYOR, together with several Aldermen and
s''. ;11:aguNetherlauds ; Count Song*, the Earl of Ailesbury, Sir •
l'he consequence was, that his Royal Highness's oaths of allegiance, and to. be sworn in a Mee '*.
„..
Robert Wikon, Sir ‘tilliant Adams, the Chevalier Ritspini,
lAr other persons of rank, were present.
carriage was immediately ordered, and without a her of his MAJESTY'S Most Honourable Priff'
Viscount Carlton, Lady Weastmeath, the Countess Pal Luella,
mornent'a delay be set forward with post horsey Council.
rZ: After the death of his late MAJESTY had been Mr. Archer Houtdon, the Common Serxeant.l
40.:
—....5........--
for Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness an
. - .Earl BATHURST and Viscount SIDMOUTH WeLff
'..7: formally announced, the following instrument was
I'•;4!
MEETING OF THE IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. geared agitated as he got into the coach ; and in town trout Putney and Richmond Perk,eu7 ,
prepared and signed : there was an air of mystery end hurry in the whole about seven o'clock yesterday morning, in conse;
PROCLAMATION. HOUSE OF LORDS, SUNDAY, JAN. 30.
affair, which gave but too much reason to antici- (pence of having received notices of the death 111
1;17;5
DECLARATION OF FEALTY. In consequence of the melancholy and much de- pate the distressing nature of Sir Henry Halford's the late KING, and waited upon his present I‘l•4*.
•••*
--; ..4.t
event of his Majesty's demise, a meeting communication. At 10 o'clock on- Saturday JasTy at his Palace, in Pall-mall.
-?. " Whereas, it has pleated the ALMIGHTY GOD 1111)re<1
r-2,3
took place
.untler the relevant provisionir of the morning, the Medical Attendants, and the Lords A In
was sent off early yesterday mon':
i:: to call to his mercy our late Sovereign Lord, King Ga.RGE the Titian, „f blessed „,,.„,ary, by whose Acts of William 111. and Anne, though the House in Waiting, felt assured that the last hour of the inr, by Viscount SIDMOUTH to Ireland, cominttnii
stoed regularly adjourned till the 17th of next venerable sufferer was approaching, and that the eating the melancholy intelligence of the death e
'.:,,' decease the Imperial Crown of the United King-
day must terminate his mortal career. As the the late KING. '
it,iti elom of Great Britain awl Ireland, is solely and month.
'4,!....,t rightfully come to. the high and mighty Plince, Time hour of sitting had been ap.poi.nted for two evening advanced, his Majesty became gradually Dispatches were also sent off from the Fmeig:
'-`)., GuoaGe, Price of WaLas ; We therefore, the o'clock, and several
. Peers Attended). tult.the LORD weaker and
.weaker, but apparently without the Office to Lord CASTLEREAGH. in Norfolk; and
',,
CHANCELLOR being detained at a council held On slightest pain,' till nature was quite exhausted.; our Ambassadors an Foreign Coorts,communicafs, •
•,:se, Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, be-
, ing hale assisted with those of lois We MAJESTY'S special and highly important affair!, did not come and. at thirty-five minutes past eight o'clock, ing also tlie melancholy intelligence of the death
down to the House till twenty minutes after tour he breathed his last, without snffering even a of the late KING.
:. Privy Council, with numbers of other principal ,
.4 c.d.,' 0, quinsy, with the Loan MAYOR, o'clock. h
struggle. The decay, though rapid, was unac- St, Paill's Bell commenced tolling at 12 o'clock'
`'t/ Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do now here- A •nuns er
.oi Peers were present, all in Court companied with any violent and sudden changes; It was preceded by the tolling of all the All.
4,, by , with one voice
_and consent, of tongue or full mournitig ; and
.after Prayers were read, so that none of that physical excitement bad Church hells in Loudon. The whole coutioue" .
!:
and heart,
publish,
and
proclaim that
the high- the strangers were admitted. A few moments of occeried which sometimes, in cases of mental to toll during the day and last night.
-;'s-e" , - derangement, restores to sufferers in the last mo- Yesierday Mr. Ma Rsti, of the Lord Chamber; ''.
. 114 mighty GEORGE, PtitiCe of IVALEI,
1 4.: ••
of sewed 10 the Noble Lord on the 1-Voolsack, by ments a transient use of their understatiding, and lain's Office, left town for Windsnr, by comment' ..*
.1- is rimy, by the death of the late Sovereige,
the De-puty Clerk of the Parliament. His Lord- embitters the parting hour with a c-onscionsness of his MeeesTY, in the name of the Lord Chan-l.'s
e...: happy memory, becomeour only lawful and right-
ship immedietely put the question of Adjournment of their late dreadful sidle:ion. Our venerable berlaiit, to pay every due respect to the reinsial ,
`l7: fill liege Lord, GEORGE the IOURTS, by the
until three o'clock to-morrow, n bleb was ordered
of the late beloved Monarch, and to make Br- '
Grace of God, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Sovereign was spared this last pang : there wits.
no rout iiiiig visit of his reason, which could only rangemeets for the Funeral. The KING has coo'
a'•',.'.:' Defender of the Faith, and so forth, to whore vre accordingly.
have served to torture him with a sense of what mantled one of his Litidi and Grooms to sit oP
do acknoWledge all faith and constant obedience,
'.;,.
HOUSE OF COMMONS—Sitsuar.
,-,... wit h all hearty and humble affection ; beseeching
lie had lost, RS well as what he was about to lose. with the corpse of his late MAJESTY. .
':;''', Coo by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to Mr. BELLAMY, the Door-keepers. and Nleystn- It is true that, from this insensibility, he could As his late MAeesoy's Funeral is to he public,
. 4 - '
,:4.;.; bless die Royal Prince, GEORGE TUB FOURTH, gers, expecting the •House immediately to assert- not have the melancholy satisfaction of ►witness- it will require at least a month for preparetioo'
.Vv' with long and happy years to reign over us. ble for the purpose of taking the Oath of A/le- ing, by his death-bed, the affectionate duty of the No notice was sent to the Theatres from tlee
4. " Given at the Court at Califon House, this giance to GEoftGE the Foe eon, were it) attend- Duke of York ; but then lie was saved from the Lord Chatnberlaires Office up to ala I
te .101 T 1351
~,,,, 30th day of January, 1820. mice shot tly after one o'clock. Before two nosily anguish of missing the aged Partner of his Throne, Di& ; but we trust that the same humane coo'
..02 " GOD Save the KING." Members of the House of Comments arrived, tine his beloved Grandchild, and that estimable Prioee sideration for the number of fa mil ies dependent
der an impression that at that hour they might be those manly virtues so newly resembled his own• oii the establishments for subsistence, which
!,--'l,'s [Then follows the signatures of the Privy Crum-
"
es,
sworn. They passed to the
with Long Gallery, where At the moment of his dissolution, there were directed the order on the event of the lamentfti
frl' cillors, &c. preseet ; for which see the account of
they remained conversing each other on the present, besides the usual attendants, his Royal death of the Duke of KENT., will limit their Clfe
,;''• the Kitso's first Court.)
mournful event which had thus unexpectedly Highness the Duke of York (who hung.oyer his sure to a few days. ,
1,,...::• His AIAJESTY, King GEORGE IV. then made a
, brought them together, for more than two hours. pillow with the ntost affectionate solicitude), It may be right for us to add, that it is an e" •
, (lecher
• (I • •
alion of his tenderest affection for his native T 1 Lord Stewaol of the Household, whose of- Lord Henley, Lord IVr,inchilsea, all the
.Ph y- roneous su
e position .
;position that all Crown prisoners an
country, and his determination to do all in his ie. • • •
flee it is fo administer the Oaths of Allegiance, stclans and General I aylor. In thee Palace others are entitled to their enlargement as a sitar•
....,...a power to promote the glory and happiness of the • , • f Duchess
of es, is • - T. , ~• • •
of I is
was by many momentarily expected to arrive. were the o uioucester, the rincesses ter of course. The Well-1(110MM (119(M:1011 )
..t,, Kingdom.
Hour after hour elapsed and lie came nut. Inter- Augusta and Sophie, and sonic rel
ports add MAJESTY May induce him to make a wirer ion I.
:".....": His MAJESTY seemed deeply affected through- Hon
was received that his Lordship was out of the Duchess of York. Immediately after the liberal exercise of his Royal prerogative of mercy .'
'',4 out the whole of these important ceremoniee.
town, and that of course no business could he decease, the Duke of York retired and dispatched but Inc will he guided by the advice of his con6'
At the conclusion of the Council, the Lotto
proceeded with for that day. Some degree of General Cartwright with the mournful and im- den
servants in the selection of objects. .
.:j. CHANCELLOR proceeded to the House of Lords,
uncertainty still hung over this communication, purtant intelligeece to the Prince Regent. His Evely commission held under the Clown most `-,*:
' and die SPEAKER to the House of Commons, hut
t. though it was confidently believed to he correct, Royal Highness (lid not himself leave the Castle be revived, and die fees to the Lord Cliencellor
ra:i., both Houses adjourned, without doing any husi-
till at length the SertAKER returned Iron, the Privy till yesterday morning The Duchess of Glatt-
• for appending the Great Seal will amount to ni 4
' . nese, to this day.
Council held at Carlton House, and confirmed it. crater proceeded to Bagsbot about hill an hour very large. sum.
—.—.
A:1 four o'clock the Right Houourable Gentle- after the death of her Royal Parent 3 her Sisters A notice has been received at the House of -,
`''i. The FIRST COURT of Ili, MAJESTY KING GEoIaGE
the FOURTH. man cane privately to the Long Gallery, where remained behind. Doctors Bisillie, Heberdcn, Commons from the Post-office, that no franks
a.•
Yesterday, at two o'clock, his Majesty KING he briefly addressed the Gentlemen present, and and Willis, were yesterday at the Castle, but we will be permitted to go free, se
those of the '
GEORGE IV. held his first Court at a matter of NIIIIOIIIICeiI to them that in conseolience of the could not learn whether they are likely to prepare Speaker. It is doubted whether this regulatio"
State necessity (di Authorities having ceased on r.ord Steward's being out of town, nothing could and issue any detailed statement reepecting the will be strictly adhered to, as the present Farlia'
the demise of Ktmes Gannon III.), at Carbon ,be done dust day, and the Members must of ne- death of their Royal Patient. Though all die mew, if it be the veil! of his MAJESTY, may con'f.
a:. House, now his Majesty's Palace. ' eessity separate. He added, that he should attend Physicians were present at the dissolution of the throe embodied for six mouths alter the demise oft
' The Coert consisted of all the male branches of the House at twelve o'clock to-morrow (this *King, yet up to Friday those only were in amp- the late KING. i
the Ro•
yal Family now in England, most of the Morning), for the purpose of taking the oaths of dance on sebum that deity devolved in regular no- The coincidence is singular that the last instance
es Cabinet Ministers, the great Officers of State, the, allegiance to his present Majesty 5 End it might cation, if we except the occasional journies, der- of Parliament sitting on a Sunday, was in cruise' '
ee Members of the Privy Council of the late KING, be convenient that the Members should severally ing the last week, tnade to and fro by Sir H. Hal- (pence of rte death of his Majesty King George e
'z.' and a numerous assemblage of the Nobility, Mem. be sworn. as they arrived. ford, for the purpose, as was supposed, of commoni- the Second. The demise happened exactly iii ..'`,
....E.'. hers of the two Houses of Parliament, the Lord The Right Hon. Gentleman shortly after with. eating authentic information to the Prince Re eat, such time as to render this almostnnprecedented -
(--.., Mayor of London, the Court of Aldermen, &e, drew, and the Long Gallery was speedily cleared, Up to a late hour last Hight, no orders had procedure necessary, under the Acts in that case' '•
His present MAJEa‘Or having declered himself with an understanding that the HUlltle would meet been received at Windsor respecting the ceremony made and provided. Pailiament in like manner *;
. Successor to his late Father, our highly revered
of embAlfiling the body of our late Sovereign.-- assembled to be sworn in, hut owing to the litY ''.
this (lay at noon,
...._,.........._
.;:...., Sovereign, the oaths of Allegiance, &c. were arf•
His late Al.liesty is said to have expressed a strong senee of the Lord Steward, who was not hi Lon' '4',
:;,:,f. ministered by Viscount CHETWYND, the Clerk of PARTICULARS of His MAJESTY'S LATE ILLNESS, 1(e• dislike of that offensive praetiee ; but perhaps it don, they again met Oil the two seeeeedi" dose ..-''
~'
.::i flle'Co i 1 n c i : , WhO afterwards took the some liim. The first signs of decay in the excellent co.nsti- maY not he thought right to deviate from a sus- before the oaths were administered. The l'itr- tf!v
appealed abort self, which were admtered ley Mr. lleet..Eit. ['Him, enjoyed by Iris late Majesty torn so long establislisd.
lianfent was then proroetied by Corruniciei‘,„ Fur a
se
- -
e-451." ..His MAJESTY afterwards commanded a PrlYy RV() 11)01ffit5 ago, Wilefi, aft,er SlitrerillP meet, from OF ,I___. ,_ - -_-- -, ••-- •
—:-..i C ~,,, iril to he. iiest.i.... ..1.-....11 ~