Star.
London, England, 1820-02-03 00:00:00

BRIGH7ON, FEBRUAR

The demise of our venerable, beloved, and good
old Kixp, has excited a feeling of regret here, such
as we doubt not lets been felt in all parts of the
United Kingdom—a feeling which. more eloquently
than words, has manifested how deeply he wakseated
in the hearts and best atfxtions of the people. But
sorrow is unavailing : his reign has been long and
glorious ; and the best conso.ation the Nation can
receive, is included in the contemplation of the
manly worth, generous spirit, and enlightened under-
iaanding. of his beloved and i lust:tous successor.
The Proclamation of (110aGE IV. taoi place yester-
day, exhibiting a spectacle at once grave and inspi-
riting—sorrowful, but with its alternate ingredient
in the mind's meditation, of enthusiasm and joy.
The inhabitants were invited to appear a the Town
Hall, and at the Old Ship, in mourning, with white
silk favours at their brotsts, for the purpose of con-
stituting a Plocessiou, as a preliminary to -the mo-
mentous matter in question, and they did so. Up-
wards of 3000 persons, so habited, moved from the.
Irier place to day, preceded by the band of the 19th
Lancers, the regimen: and their officers..also making
part of the procession, together with the Infantry
srati.)ned at the barracks and in the town. ; The
Proclamation was first read by the High Constable
in front of the Pavilion, the S:eyne at the moment
tlin re.ttcr part of the population of the
town, pc: baps from 11 to 16,000 persons ; and, as
the day was remarkably bright, a more grand and
imposing spectacle has seldom been witnessed. At
the dose of each recital of the Proclamation, the
band played God save the King, and the huzzas
were universal., In the principal streets awl public
places, the same ceremony was performed with a
similar effect. The best order was preserved through-
out the day, and not a syllable in the shape of com-
plaint uttered. During the whole of the iatermfing
proceedings, it might be aptly said, that •
True did er'ry heart, in ev'ry eye appear,
While rapture heisted, aection dropfd a tear."

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