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positively fixed On this subject
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a Busse,in. a. which ,he Fnll,wirg IL
copy. hss been ,hi- morning received BY se-
cre,s'y Sir itobcr, Peel. one Of his N.jes'y's
principal Secretaries Of State -
Jpindsor Cattle. June 20 lit has pleased
Almighty Cod to take from this ~ GRID the
Kings Most Exceliest Majesty.
Ills Majesty expired at . quarter past ;
O'Clock tins morning. wiihou, pain.
III. lIALFORD.
(signed) M J. 1IERNEr.'
In the course of Friday evening. be-
fore nine o'clock. the physicians init
mated to their royal patient their ina
biiity 10 give him further relief, and
their opinion that his last moments
were rapidly approaching. To this
communication his majesty replied,
Gods will be done y and in a few
moments after. he asked. Where is
Chichcster:' The bishop Of Chichester
was instantly summoned to the royal
chamber, and at his hands the dying
sovereign received the Sacrament
Du.ing the administration Of this rite
his majesty was much less troubled BY
the cough than he had been previously,
and afterwards il gradually subsidized,
and towards midnight he sunk into 4
state Of apparently quiet repose, which
eontinued until about three o'clock,
when he became rather restless, and
ieeb'y expressed u wish to have his
head placed in more elevated! posi,i.
on. Previous To this, all the attend.
ants had retired. except Sir Matthew
Ticrney and Sir Wathen Waller; and
they inotantly attempted to afford his
Majesty the relief he had requested,
but they had scarcely commenced the
attempt, when his Majesty suddenly
motioned them TO desist, and. placing
both his hands upon his breast, no Ella.
culated, 'Oh this is not right this
~ death oh. God - am duinpn-
These were the last. and the only dis
tnct words he uttered after having re
celved the Holy Sacrament and from
this tiue his dissolution came on So
quietly and SO gradually that the phy.
s'cians had some difficulty in ascertain.
ing precisely at what moment he ceas
ed to exist. IN the mean time the
Bishop Of Chichester, and all the priu
c'pai members Of the ROYAL household
with the pages in immediate atten
dance, were called in, and, in their
presence, without the slightest indica.
tioa of suffering, his Ma esty calmly
expired. The principal persons prc
sent were the Bishop Of c Chichester, the
Physicians. the Marquis Conyncham
Sis Andrew Barnard, Sir William
Keppel, Sir William Kniehtop. ST,
! Wathen Waller, Lord Stratbaven. and
Colonel Thornton, and when the phy
sicians had announced that his Males
ty had ceased to exist they retired
leaving the pages in attendance 10 per.
form the necessary attentions TO the
Royal Corpse, under the superiuten.
dahce Of the physicians.
HE body was removed from the bed
to the couch on which his Majesty n.
sualIy reposed throughout his illness.
and covered with fine linen sheet
turned down so rs To expose a mart OF
The bust; and IN this state il was sub.
initted 10 the view, not only Of the
whole Of the domestics Of the Royal
Household, but TO the out door Ser.
wants from the stables, their famiIie,
ana acquaintance, and the Rova,
tradesmen resident here. Thev were
freely admitted from about FIVE O'Clock
IN the morning until after eight. by
which time several hundreds Of per.
sons had availed themselves Of the on.
portun'ty OF not only seeing their de-
ceased sovereign, but Of taking him by
the hand; and, according TO The CON
current account Of many of them. tha,
hand was warm and plant three hours
alter death. IL is said this exhibition
Of the Royal remains was strictly in
accordance with wish expressed by
his late Majesty on the evening prc.
ceeding bis dissolution.
TIE ACCESSION or WILLIAM
His Majesty William Nv. arrived n,
ST James Palace few moments no
fore twelve O'Clock on Saturday. and
appeared TO be in excellent health
The King entered the State room. in
which the throne is placed, about one
O'Clock. His Majesty was habited
IN an Admiral's uniform. and took his
station at the throne. The whole oT
The members Ut the late Kings Priyy
Council, who had arrived Al the pa.
lace, we're assembled in this apartment
Ills Majesty read the following decla.
ration. viz
lam convinced that you will fully psr;.
e'pa'e IN the sfiiietion which am sufTcr;ns
on account OF the loss off Sovereign. una,
whose sospice-. - Regent and % King. III.
county has maintained during war its s5cien,
reputation snd gloFy-has enJoyeda long DE.
roo OF hsppi"rss and internal pesce,-sn
has possessed the friendship, respect, and
confidence at foreign Powers
H.. al 60 l.