THE Kr:co AND 11105 EA:our.r.-11is present Majesty, Wrr.ttAm IV., was
born on the 21st of August 1705 ; and is, et' cootrse, at pre- sent in the sixty-fifth year of 1:is age. Ile was created Duke of Clarence and St. Atalreoe's, and Earl of Munster, in May 1789. His iMajesty is also a Knight of the Garter, of the Thistle, anoi Grated Cross of the Bath. Ile was nnited to her Illajesty, Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caro- line Amelia, eldest daughter of the late, and sister of the reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen, on the I I LI' of July 1818, vhen Ile was in his fifty- third year, otud lois consort in her twenty-sixth year. The issue of this mar- riage was the Princess Charlotte Augusta, born and died the 27th of 31arch 1;t1:), and the Princess Elizabeth Geoesiame .Adelando, born 10th of December 1820, died on the 4th of March, in the following year. The Earl of Errol, the Honourable Jolla Erskine Kennedy (second son of Earl (assilis), Mr. Philip Sydney (the Member of Eye, and only son of Sir .I:onts Sydney, Bart.), and Liemenant-Colonel Charles Fox, of the filo Regiment of Foot, stand in the relation of sons-in-law to his 'Majesty ; having rtarried the Misses Elizabeth, Augusta, Sophia, and Mary Fitzelarence, tie: King's daughters. Cohmel litzdarence, of the 7th Fusileers, married, in feel, Louly Anetosta Boyle, daughter of the Earl of Glasgow ; oted Colonel ( ieeree Eitzclarence is son-in-law to
the Earl of Egremont. Captain Adelplets Fitzelarence, it and the Rev. Augustus Eitel:us:owe, Rector of Maple Durham, and Chaplain to his Majesty, are too oil:
THE DUE E or Wc 1.a:eye TON.—A number of people had assem- bled in St. James's Park on Thursday, in mnscquence of a rumour that the King and Queel 71!l'allt to) ViSit DICkillg11:1111 Palitee. At hell-past 'twelve, the Duke of ‘Vellington rode up to the crowd, and yerygraciously informed them tloat the visit had beelo postponed. His Grace's con- edescension was noted her:II:St! be is hoot over attentive to such trilies from his smiling appearance and conrteous planners, it was generally conjectured that he load had some non to agreeable communication ftem his Majesty than the deferring of his inspection of tlte Palace.
COD save THE Kis:co.—The national anthem, which requlreil' little: belching, to make it suit a mono of two syllables, was given at the King's Theatre on Tuesday, in the following form. The alterations are few, and neatly made.
God save our gracious King, Thy choicest gifts in store William, our noble King, On IVilliant deign to pour; God save the King I Long may he reign! Send him victorious, Blay he defend our laws, Happy and glorious, And ever give ns rause Long to reign over us,
To sing, with heart and voice,
( God save the Kitogi God save the King 0 Lord our God arise, Shield him, thou Good and Great, Scatter kis enemies. And to our Queen and State New blessings bring ! And make them fitll; Confound their politics, Guard Britain's throne, and long Frustrate their knavish trIcko; May the exulting throm:
On hiui our hopes we Si; For Diem renew tho uoog
God save us all! God save the Kim; I It is said that Lord Fitzroy Somerset will succeed Sir Herbert Taylor as Ad j u cant - eneral. It is said that the Earl Fitzwilliam is to be created a Marquis.
Peociaseerme ow THE limo ter THE Towert 11 AMI.F.TA.--ThiS core- Melee tool: place yesterday. The royal standard was holeted at an early hour ; at eleven o'clock the Tower guns fired a royal salute; and itnnue diatelv after, tbe proclamation was made within the fortress. It woos afterwards repeated at Spitallields market, and Ratcliffe Cross. Tlw in- habitants if the eastern suburbs appear to have been greatly gratified by the Splendour of their procession 0 compared with which, 31 r. I,eto on horseback, and the Lord Mayer in ho is coach, were, it is said, but a pitiful concern. lt is :tomtit fed, however, that we of the west had the advantage in point of weather. The raj 11, says the penny :t-hi me worthy Ivho records the rejoicings of the Eastendians, tltrew rather a damp on tile spectators. These are tlie towels terms in which noon whose hearts are filled with love and loyalty can speak of such an even-down pour as visited its yesterday.
COMMON' Coe. xeu..—An address to the King, on the death of his brother and his own eccession, was voted at the Common Council on Wednesday. THE KING'S COUNSET..—The patents of precedence which were held by Messrs. Foublanque, Jervis, Sir Charles Wetherell, Brougham, and Denman, (the same not being places within the meaning of the Statutes of the 4th of Anne' c. 8, and 5th of Anne, c. 7,) having become void on the decease of the late King, lois present majesty was most gra- ciously pleased to communicate to the above gentlemen that thee might elect either to he appointed his Majesty's sworn counsel, with their re- spective former rank, or to have their patents of precedence renewed. Messrs. Jervis, Sir Charles Wetherell, and Brougham, have elected to be his Majesty's counsel, and Were yesterday (1st of July) seve- rally sworn in as :etch. Messrs. Fonidatopte and Denman have had -.their several patents of precedence renewed.—Times.
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