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flee principle to popularity; and, at the
commencement of her reign, make some
false steps in politics, which she may not
easily recover.
a messenger was at once sent 10 Lord
Melbourne. commanding HIM to an audi
cnce with Queen VERONA, al 0 y. NJ. -
AT IL. a Puvy Council was held at Ken
slngion, attended by the Ministry and Pri.
w Counsellors of all parties IN the State.
The Princess and her mother were present,
md the young Queen took the u.uo oa,hs
The cabinet ministers, knceing before her,
sworc allegiance and supremacy. This the
other prlvy counsellors did also Then the
Ministry rendered The seals Of office. which
The Queen returned to them. A Procla-
nation of VIcToRiA as QUEEN was agreed
to and signed by all present. The Dukes
of CUMBERLAND and Sussex, her uuces,
signed It first. II was remarked hat she
appeared to recognise no one exccp, her
uncles. The manner of her bearing was
dionlfied. She was very plainly dressed;
plain black lustrng, white cape and Grape
scarf
AT this council she made the following
declaration:
1.-THE severe and affecting loss which the
nation has sustained by the death CT his Ma
jcs,y. my beloved uncle, has dovolved upon
me the duty Of administering the government
ofthls empire. This awful responsibility is
imposed upon me so suddenly, and at SO early
a period of my life, that | should feel myself
. utterly oppressed by the burden were I not
sustained by tho hope that Divine Providence
which has called me TO this work will give me
strength for the performance Of it, and that
shall lind in the purity ofmy intentions, and
in my zeal for the public welfare. that support
and those resources which usually belong TO a
more mature age, and to longer experience.
II place my firm reliance upon the wis.,
dom Of Parliament, and upon the loyalty
and affection of my people. | esteem It al.
so peculiar advantage, that succeed to
sovereign whose constant regard for The
rights and liberties of his subjects, and
whose desire to promote the ameoratlon
of the Tvs and institutions OF the country,
have rendered his name the object of gen.
eral attachment and veneraion.
Educated in England, under the tender
and enlightened care Of most affect iona,c
mother, have learned from nv infancy TO
respect and love the Constitution of my IA
| tive country.
| at Will be my unceasing study to main
| tain the reformed reg ion as by law estab.
lDshed securing. at the same time, TO all
the full cnjoymcn, of religious liberty; and
| sha steadily protect the rights, and pro-
mote, to the utmost Of INV power, the hap.
pncss and welfare of all classes of my sub
jec,s."
The London Morning Chronicle has five
columns as Biographical sketch of VIII
LIAM THE FoURTH He was born on the
2lst Of August, 1865. At the age of 10
tie was a mld>hipman, and though the son
ola King, George Ill., he was kept on
footing with the other midshipmen. Under
Admiral Rodney, he vas in tie feet which
in 1910, captured The whole of a Spanish
CONVOY. Eight days after he was in Sc
rlous fight with the Spanish feet. under
the command of Don Juan de Langara.-
The residue of his time a. a mldshlpman
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'.4igie, a large French trl,
gate. In Sophie, of % guns, and the Ter
rer sloop of war, off the Delaware river,
18th September. 1889. He afterwards
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