29 NOVEMBER 1834, Page 10

The Standard informs " British Christians," for their comfort, that

when Lord MELBOURNE announced Lord Join: Russe Lt.'s plan of Irish Church Reform, adopted by the late Cabinet, to the King, of course assuming the Royal acquiescence, his Majesty exclaimed, " I WILL DIE FIRST." To be sure, the Morning Chronicle authoritatively declares that the story of the plan (a sound and radical one) and the Royal exclamation are both fabrications—that nothing of the kind oc- curred between the King and his Minister. But we dare say the Standard had the anecdote from those who thought their authority was the best in the world. Strange things are said even by Monarchs, when they have dined.