Litchfield enquirer., 1837-07-27
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s@ DEATH OF THE KING OF ENGLAND.
 Since the above was in type and by yesterday mor- nings mail, we have intelligence of the deah cf the King of England. The N. Y. Express of Tuesday Ssays:-
 By the packet ship St. James, Capt Sebor. we have received London papers to the 2Oth ult inclusive- The King of England is dead. The news of this event is thus announced in the Morning Chronicle of the Both:
 & His MAJESTY expired about twenty minutes past three clock this morning Iaged 72l The Archbish; sIae members of the KING's Family. Immediately af. ler the decease the Archbishop of Canterbury left Windsor Castle for Town"
 The English papers in mourning, as it is called, n consequence of this event, and are filled with re-
 marks of what were to be it's consequences, even be- fore his death was known.
 The London Morning Chronicle has five columns as biographical sketch of Williom ne Fourth. He was born on the 2lst of August, l765 At the age of he xas midshlpmGnn, mi, and though the son of in the fleet which, in l79, captured the whole of a Spanish convoy. Eight days after he was in SC; rious fight with the Spanish fleet under the command midshipman the prince served in the West Indies, .and off the coasts of Nova Scotia and Canada. On the North American station he served under Lord Keith, in the Warwick, when he captured L'Aige,
 large French fngate, La Sophie of 9 guns, and the Terrier soop of war; off the Delaware river, llth Sep iember l7S2. He afterwards joined Lord Hood, who tiHi tO INetSOn on board the bafHeur. Tn l!S3 he was appointed third lieutenant of the Hebe t1gae In l7s6 he was appointed first lieutenant of ! captain and ordered to Nova Scotia He then pro ceeded to the Leeward Islands and was there under the command of Nelson. Nelson spoke very highly of him obedient and attentive officer In De cember 17S7, after returning to England he was an pointed to the command of the Audromeda freate in which he sailed for the West Indies. The i9fI1 of May, I789, he was created Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews in the kingdom of Great Britain and Earl of Munster in Ireland. On the 3d of September he was made Rear Admiral afterwards he became Admiral Ii the Red and upon the death of Sir Peter Parker ;n 1911, he was made Admiral of the Fleet.
 The union Of William the Fourth, with the celebra led Mrs Jordan, commenced in l79O, and endured br twenty years. She was of the most captiva- f;ng women of her time and the King was very much attached to her She was of the Theatre. By her IS had several children. In l6l0, they parted which ave Mrs. Jordan the greatest pain. His pecuniary
 banassments she says, were the cause of the part 11E In 1918, he was married to the now Dowager 0neeu Adelaide. As Duke of Clarence, he advocat- eN Catholic Emancipation in the House of Lords, and made speech in its behalf
 June 18th, 1880, the Duke became King of England 6n the demise of George the Fourth. He was man 8toQether the reverse of George the Fourth and Ike hs father George the Third. His course as King is in the memory of the public.
 There is no commercial intelligence of importance. Every thing looked more favorable than on the first receipt of news from this country Ofthe Bank suspen- ni0ns.