Star.
London, England, 1830-07-02 00:00:00

REMAINS OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE. THE FOURTH

The body exhibited but little sign of putrefaction ;
and the anassrca had disappeared excepting some slight
remains of it in the thighs. Notwithstanding the appa-
rent emaciation of his Majesty's person, a very large
quantity of fat was found between the skin and the ab-
dominal muscles.

A nnoMEN.—Tbe omentum, and all those parts in
which fat is usually deposited, were excessively loaded
with it. The abdomen did not contain more than an
ounce of water. The stomach and intestines were some-
what contracted ; they were of a darker colour than
natural in consequence of their containing mucus tinged
with blood, and in the stomach was found a clot of pure
blood weighing about six ounces. The liver was pale,
and had an unhealthy granulated appearance. The
spleen, although larger than usual, was not other-
wise diseased, and the pancreas was in a sound state.
The sigmoid flexure of the large intestine (the colon)
had formed unnatural adhesions to the bladder, accom-
panied by a solid inflammatory deposit of the size of an
orange. Upon a careful examination of this tumour, sac
or cavity was found in its centre, which contained an
urinary calculus of the size of a filbert, and this cavity
communicated by means of a small aperture with the in-
terior of the bladder at its fundus. In other respects the
bladder was healthy, and the prostrate gland did not ap-
pear to be enlarged. The kidneys were also free from
disease.

THORAX. —Two pints of water were found in the ca-
vity of the right side, and three pints and three quarters
in the left side of the chest. The left lung was consider-
ably diminished. The lower edge of each lobe of the lunge
had a remarkable fringe, which, upon examination, was
found to be formed by a deposit of fat. The substance
of the lungs had undergone, no change of structure, but
the mucous membrane lining the air tubes was of a
dark colour, in consequence of its vessel being turgid
with blood. The pericardium (or heart purse) contained
about half an ounce of fluid, but its opposite surfaces
in several parts adhered to each other from inflammation
at some remote period. Upon the surface of the heart and
pericardium there was a large quantity of fat, and the mus-
cular substance of the heart WR3 so tender as to be lacerated
by the slightest force. It was much larger than natural.
Its cavities upon the right side presented no unusual ap-
pearance, but those on the left side were much dilated, more
especially the auricle. The three semilunar valves at the
beginning of the great artery (the aorta) were ossified
throughout their substance, and the inner coat of that
blood-vessel presented an irregular surface, and was in
many parts ossified. The original disease of his Majesty con-
sisted iu the ossification of the valves of the aorta, which
must have existed for many years, and which, by imped-
ing the passage of the current of blood flowing from the
heart to the other parts of the body, occasioned effusion
of water into the cavities of the chest and in other situa-
tions. This mechanical impediment to the circulation of
the blood also sufficiently explains those other thanes iu
the condition of the body► which were connected with his
Majesty's last illness, as well as all the symptoms under
which the King had laboured.
The immediate cause of his Majesty's dissolution was
the rupture of a blood-vessel in the stomach.
HEWN! Huron,. AST LXT PASTOR COOPER,
BIATTRZW JOUR TIRRVICT, B. C. BROMIC.

The Beacham of the Inns of Court yesterday cels-1
bmted the accession of William IV. by sending round an
additional bottle of wine to each mess. His Mgisstri
health was most cordially drunk.
On the day of the King's funeral the procession, will
descend from the state apartments, by " the Queen's
great staircase" above-mentioned, into the great quad-
rangle ; and from thence along a covered platforms' now
erecting, on an inclined plane, all the way from that
staircase, through the portcullis archway, at the base
the round tower, and down the lower ward of the Castle,
to the south entrance of St. George's chapel. Hess it
will enter the sacred edifice ; and, immediately
to the left, down the southern nave, it will advance up
,the centre aisle, and beneath the organ into the choir.
The northern nave is fitting up with seats, tier above tier,l
for the public; and, in order that a bettor view of thel
procession may be here obtained, each attending soklis
will have a space of three feet allotted to him, instead e(
twenty inches, as on former occasions. Between two'
And three hundred workmen are actively envie* in
these preparation.

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