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The death of the King will have brought the London season to a premature close. Most of the remaining balls, concerts, and fetes of every description, are postponed sine die ; and many families, especially those of Members of Parliament, are already leaving town, a month sooner than they intended.
His Majesty the King of Hanover, though lie took the oaths as a Peer of Parliament, will not, on quitting the country, leave his proxy with any noble lord. We were prepared for this step on the part of his Majesty, which is equally consistent with what is due to his Hano- verian subjects and his own dignity.— Times. [ How complimentary the Times is, now, to the man against whom it was formerly in the habit of more than insinuating unmentionable atrocities ! No doubt the country has reason to be grateful to his Hanoverian Majesty, for his dignified forbearance. Should, however, his Orange confederates be burd_pushed
in some division, we may yet see the name " Ernest" figuring among the proxies.] The Court Journal of Saturday erroneously stated that "the Dutehess of Northumberland is incessant in her attendance on the Princess Victoria," and that " her Grace is generally in attendance on the presentation of the various congratulatory addresses to the Prin- cess." The functions of the Duteltess of Northumberland as Go- verness to the Princess Victoria ceased when her Royal Highness ness attained the age of eighteen, and her Grace was not present on any of the occasions alluded to by the Court Journal.—Illorning Post.
The story that Dr. Chambers and Dr. Davies had been knighted by the late King, is contradicted. Dr. Chambers was allowed to decline the " honour " of ordinary knighthood, but received the decoration of Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order. There was no attempt on the part of his Majesty to make Dr. Davies, Sir Davies, or Sic David, (that gentleman's Christian name has been printed both ways in the official bulletins.)
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