Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-03-14
NEw.YoRK March IL.
LATE AND IMPORTANT NEWS.

captain Edridge, has arrived from Liver
pool, with important news. She sailed on
1.-The first OF last moplh--and the editors of
the Gazette have received papers in deep
mourning, Of the 3ist Of January.
| These papers, as will be seen below.
announce the death Of the king OF England.
/ and the duke OF Kent, one Of his sons.
We have also late news from Cadiz, from
which It appears that the revolutionists
have taken Cadiz, and were progressing in
| the new order Of things without Interrupt
ton.
1 The Duke Of Kent, the fourth son ofthe
late monarch, died on the 23d Of January,
at Sidmouth, in Devonshire, after few
DAVIS illness. He vas in bis fifty-third
year.
The princess of Wales (now queen Of
EngIand) was at MarseiIIes, where she has
resided since November.
The King OF France has pardoned nj.
de Laveiieite.
| Tom Paine.-A dinner was to have been
given on the goth, (under the auspices OF
Cobbett) at the Grown aud Anchor tavern,
London, TO celebrate the memory of Tom
Paine. The intention, however, was frus-
trated, as the proprietor of the tavern re-
fused to suffer his house to be used on the
occasion.
The banking house of Rothschiid e. Co.
OF London, had received two wagon loads
Of siver, nearly eight tons weight, from the
continent.
Trade and manufactures are reviving
10 Scotland.
DEATH OF THE KING.
The London Gazette Extraordinary,
SUNDAY, JANUARY 80.
Whitehall, Jan. 80, 1920.
A letter and enclosure, of which the fol-
lowing are copies, have been this morning
received from His Royal Highness the
Duke OF York, by the Lord Viscount Sid
mouth, one of His late Msjesty's Princi-
pal Secretaries of State.
Windsor Castle, Jan. 20, 1920.
My Lord--It becomes my painful duty
to acauaint your Lordship, that it has
pleased Almighty God to take unto him.
self, the King, my beloved father, and our
most gracious and excellent sovereign. He
expired at thirty.6ve minutes past eight
O'Clock P. M.
| | enclose the certificate Of all the ply
sicians 10 attendance at this melancholy
period.
MY Lord, ever yours most sincerely.
(Signed) FREDERICK.
The Ri. Hon. Wise. Sidmouth, &c. &c.
4
i At three O'Clock on Monday morning,
the following letter was received by the
Lord Mayor:
j g Windsor Castle, Jan. 20, 1920.
HMy Lord-It is my painful duty to
inform your Lordship of the demise Of his
late Majesty King George III. This me-
lancholy event took place, without the
least apparent suffering, at Windsor Castle,
at thirty -one minutes past eight yesterday
morning, to the great grief Of his present
Majesty, and of the Royal Family.
81 have to request that your Lordship
will give directions for the toiling of the
great bell at ST. PauI's cathedral. / have
the honor to be your Lordship's most obe-
dent humble servant,
/ SiDMOUTH.
/ /. To the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c.
His Majesty George the third was born
on the Gath Of May, 1888, which, since
the alteration Of the style has become the
4th Of June. At his death, therefore, he
had reached the advanced age Of eighty
one years, seven months and twenty-six
days. He was proclaimed King on the
25th of October, 1850. On September
9th. 1901, he was married to her late Ma
jesty, and had Issue seven sons and FIVE
daughters. of whom six Of the former and
four Of the latter survive him. His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales was appoint
ed Regent on the 9th Of February, 1871;
and from that time be has been virtual
sovereign, acting 10 the name and on be-
half OF bis Majesty. His Majesty, from
the appointment Of the Regent, remained
IN retirement at Windsor Castle. under
the guardianship Of council, who met
every month, or more frequently as occa-
sion might require, and issued report OF
the state of bis indisposition.
AT two o'clock CD Sunday Council
was held at Carlton House, for the pur-
pose Of recognizing the new sovereign; the
members Of the Privy Coun Gil in town, in-
Guiding the speaker and the Lord Mayor,
together with several Adorned and other
persons Of rank. were present.
After he death of his late Majesty had
been formally announced, the following ii-
strun,ent was prepared aud signed -
Whereas, II hath pleased Almighty
God to call to his mercy our late sovereign