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Swallows. Therrtare six American species of the swallow. .iH of which are now found with us. They have all mark ed points of resemblance in their forms and habits ; all making the air their pe culiar element and swimming as it were in it with the graceful and easy mo tion of fish in the water. All live up on insect food, all are sociable in their habit?, all delight society or neigh borhood of man. Yet all possess strong ly distinctive traits in their appearance and modes oflife. There is the bcauti . ful purple Martin, the sentinel of the farm house, and yet the most aristocratic ot birds ; either'a baron, a priest or private gentleman, as his happens to he in a castle, a church or a less prt tending dwclHni hpuse. Hut much more useful withal than sitch aristocratic personages are apt to f>e ; for he most effectually keeps off the crow and hawk, and other mvauders from the farm yard. Next is the forked tailed, steelblue, backed barn swallow, buildiug his'ndst of mud with sometimes twenty or thirty of his species against the Yhfter of the barn. Then fallows the cliff swallow, building his nest of clay and sand, in the shape of a retort or bottle, and agglutinating it to the side of a cliff or building. The fourth species is, the white-belled swallow, who builds his nest without mud, of fine dry grass, and places it in a hallow tree or ujpler thfc eaves of a barn or dwelling house. The fifth species, the Bank swallow, a plain homely bird, burrows a liofe in the side of a saud bank or gravel pit, and there deposites his nest, at just such a dfpth as to be out of the reach of the arm of any intruding marauding school boy. Last of all the family, the singular looking Chimney swallow, which betakes itself to some unoccupied and lofty chim ney where hcplaces his basket-like nest, of neatly interlaced twigs, cemented by an adhesive gulp which the bird* secretes. At twiliglrt lie issues with the bat from his sooty home and shoots like an imp backwards and forwards through the up per regions of the air. The most remarkable circumstance in the?history of the swallows is, their seek ing out the society of man, and attaching themselves to his neighborhood. The first of the family which found out these advantages were the martins, who when the country was first discovered used to build their nests in gourds or calabashes which the Indityjs hung up near wigwams for this purpose. As the country became civilized, the barn and white bellied swal lows left the caves and hollow trees, and bytook themselves to-the barns, where they now invariably build.—The chim ney swallows formerly built in some large hollow tree, open at the top ; hut within a compawpively short time have discov- Ofed the »u\u»t’\ot of iho nies to which they tnow always resort. But what is the most curious of all, is another species, the cliff swallow, has discovered the advantages of associating ‘round the habitations of man within the fast twenty years. When they first came to notice of naturalists they occupied the region about the rocky mountains and the cliffs of the Missouri. In 1815 they appeared for the first time on the banks of the Ohio. In 1817 they appeared at Whitehall, near Lake Champlain. Since 1830 they have been found in several pla ces in the State of Majne. In .all the places where they have built, they have augmented their nests in a year or two from a single cluster to two or three hun dred. Thus much have we gleaned of the na tural history of the sociable and neigh borly swallows. And now gentle reader whoever thou rnayest be, who hast deign ed to read our humble sketch, we would ask thee if (lie pressure of business, or of worldly cates is upon thee as thou walkcst gloomily through the streets, to throw off for a moment the weight of thy brooding thoughts, and mark that beauti ful bird as it courses by tliee, just skim ming the ground in its flight. Observe that bird ns it now rises from earth and soaring aloft moves in the pure air of the clear upper sky. These beautiful tilings of earth are meant for emblems and mon itors, and like that bird may thy care laden spirit rise from its worldliness to the brightness and purity of heaven. Passage of the Red Sea. The route of the Israelites, and the place where they crossed the Red Sea, are thus dis cussed in the “Incidents of Travel,” by au American: **‘Late in the afternoon, landed on the opposite side, on the most sacred spot connected with the wanderings of the Israelites, where they rose from the dry bed of the sea, and, at the command of Moses the div ided waters rushed together, overwhelming Pharaoh and his chariots, and the whole host of Egypt. Y\ itli the devotion of a pious pilgrim, I picked up a shell and put it into my pocket ns a memorial of the place; and then Paul and I, mounting the dromedaries which my guide had brought down to the shore in readiness, rode to a grove of palm trees, shading a fountain of bad water, called ayoun Moussa, or the fountain of Mpses. I was riding carelessly along, looking behind me towards the sea, and had almost reached the grove of palm trees, when a large flock of crows flew out, and my dromedary, frightened with their sudden whizzing, started back and threw me twenty feet over hi? head, com pletely clear of -liislong neclc, and left me sprawling in the sand. It was a mercy I did not finish my wanderings where the I children of Israel began theirs ; but I saved my head at the expense of my hands, which sank in the loose soil up to the j wrist, and bore the marks for more than j two months afterward. I seated myself where 1 fell; the sum was Just dipping below the horizon, told Paul to pitch the tent with the door towards the place of the miraculous passage. I shall never forget that sunset scene, and it is the last I shall inllict upoti the reader. I was sitting-on the sand on the very spot where the chosen people of God, after walking over the dry bed of the sea, stop ped to behold the divided waters return ing to their place, and swallowing up the host of the pursuers. The mountains on the other-side looked dark as porten tous, as if proud and conscious witness es of the mighty miracle ; while the sun, decending slowly behind them, long al ter it had disappeared, left a reflected! brightness, which illuminated with an al most supernatural light the dark surface of the water. “ But to return to the fountain of Mos- j cs. I rfbi aware that there is some dis pute as to the precise spot where Moses! crossed ; but, having no time for skepti- ■ cism on such matters, 1 began by making ' up my mind that this was the place, and then looked around to see whether, ac cording to the account given in the Bible, (.he face of the country and the natural land-marks did not sustain opinion. I remember I looked up to the bead of the gulf, where Suez or Kolsum now stands, and saw that, almost to the very head of the gulf, there was a high range of mountains which it would he necessary to cross—an undertaking which it would be physically impossible for 0(10,000 peo ple, men, women, and children, to ac complish, with a hostile army pursuing them. At Suez, Moses could not have been hemmed in as he was; lie could go off into the Syrian desert, or, unless the sea has greatly changed since that time, round the head of the gulf. But here, directly opposite to where I sat, was an opening in the mountains, making a clear passage from the desert to the snore of the sea.” Tun Aiu’uoacu nv the Thames.— The correspondent of the Boston Atlas gives the following account of the ap proach to London by the river : “I to-day, for the first time, ascended the Thames, in the steamer from Rotter dam. 1 know not what may be the chief impression on other minds when thus ap proaching and first entering London. Nothing, T know, has so much impressed me a< tiie grand scale, the enormous mag nitude upon which every thing seems to be done. Within two hours previous to my IfeUtlinK l luul see w nt mtsnrn hoats, storming jllowii the river, thronged, completely thronged with passengers; then what multitudes of ships, merchant men and men of war, momently, for miles and miles met the eye. As we advanced, upon our left arose the great Greenwhich hospital, that immense repository of bro ken limbs and naval valor. Upon the right are now those vast works, the East India, the West India, and the London Docks, crowded with vessels, and show ing forth, even in the distance, a perfect wilderness of masts. England is said to be mistress of the sea. One cannot be assured of her greatness on that element, if he approach the metropolis through the avenue of the river Thames. And yet the thousands on thousands of vessels 1 have this day seen are but a small part of her maratime power. Judging from the great number of build ings that lined the river banks, 1 expect ed every moment to land. ‘We are vet three miles from the custom-house,’ said tlit* helmsman. At length London bridge appeared. Barges, wherries, ships, coal vessels, steamboats of all sizes anil shapes, seemed nmv to be trebly multiplied, all crowded together in a confusion that ap peared not more inextricable than hazar dous. *\Ve are here just over the grand tunnel,’ says a passenger ; ‘more than for ty men are at work'some fifty feet be neath our steamer.’ We at last stood in front of the custom-house, itself a stu pendous building, and one, moreover, wherein the traveler learns that if much is here done on a large scale, something is likewise done in -a most minute and scrutinizing one.” Tides. According to recent and accurate observations, the tide wave travels from tbe Cape of Good Hope to Giberaltar, a distance of nearly .5000 miles, in the incredibly short period of 12 hours, which is at the rate of above 400 miles an hour. The same wave re quires 12 hours to reacii Edinburg from C» ihaltar, a distance of about 1900 miles, and proceeds with a velocity of 160 miles an hour ; whereas that from Edinburg to London, only 500 miles, requires the same, 12 hours, and goes at the rate of 42 miles an hour. These retardations in the rate velocity of the tide wave are occasioned by the obstruction it receives from the coast it comes in contact with. At Liverpool it is found, that a fall of one tenth of an inch in the barometer raises the tide one inch, which is a beau tiful illustration of the law of gravitation. [Eng. paper. A Goon Wife. —A preacher in a fu neral sermon on a lady, after summing up her good qualities, added, “that she always reached her husband his hat when he called for it. without muttering.” BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. The boot of the evil. After all that i? said of hard times, scarcity of money, high price of provisions, and want of employment, the foundation, the sub stratum of the whole difficulty appears, on full consideration, to consist in this : that too many have a distaste for tbe cul tivation of the soil, and by resorting to almost any other kind of employment to avoid that, overstock other occupations, and thin the farmer ranks, whereby con sumption is made to exceed production. Hence the aupmaly of the high price of provisions, and the scarcity of money at the same time.-—Hence tbe numbers out of employment, and the strikes for high er wages in the mechanical and manufac turing business. Hence tffe various new projects to create employment in ways almost innumerable, such as the starting of publications, uncalled for by the wants of the community, the ever lasting change of fashions in all kinds of mauuincturc, the establishment of somany j mercantile companies, and so, through the long catalogue. Were one half of the population that are now engaged in other pursuits, to turn their attention to husbandry, it would be better for all con cerned. There are too many merchants, too many clerks, too many lawyers, too many physicians, too many editors, too many of almost every thing but farmers. We say not that all should turn husband men. We admit the necessity, the utili ty of many of the occupations of society. But farming appears to be the general aversion; and men seem even to prefer street-cleaning and chimney sweeping, to that natural, that healthful occupation, tilling of the earth. [N. Y. Sun, Marshal Soci.t. —Crossing the Point Royal, shortly after my arrival, in compa ny with a friend, the latter pointed out to me a stranger on the opposite sidewalk, and desired me to guess who and what he might be. The subject of iny exam ination was a compact, solidly-built man, with a plodding, rustic air, and who walk ed a little lame,. —After looking at him a minute, I guessed lie was some substantial grazier, who had come to Paris on busi ness connected with the supplies of the town. My friend laughed, and told me it was Marshal Soult. To my inexperi enced eye, lie had not a bit of the exterior of a soldier, and was as unlike the engrav ings we see of the French heroes as pos sible. But here art is art; and the man who was accused of betraying another into an unprofitable speculation by draw ing streams on his map when the land was without any, and who defended him self by saying that no one ever saw a map without streams, the French artists think every one should be represented in his i.luni cimtnctcr, lot him be as bourgeois as lie may in truth. I have seen Marshal Soult in company, and his face has much character. The head is good, and the eye searching, the whole physiognomy possessing those latent lires that one would be apt to think would require the noise and excitement of a battle to awaken them. [Cooper’s Recollections of Europe. A traveler in Germany gives an account of an interview with a petty potentate, who imagined himself as great and pow erful as any monarch in existence. He talked about bis declining to subscribe to tlie quadrupartite treaty. This reminds us of a story of the nigger Prince on the Coast of Guinea, whose throne was a block of wood, and whose guard was three or four native savages with wooden pikes. When he had completed the bar gains with the slave merchant, bartering a few of his subjects for,glass beads and rusty nails, lie pompously inquired if they talked much about him in England. These petty Germans assume as much conse quence with about equal pretentions. Benevolence. —’Phe late Archbishop of Bordeaux was remarkable for his toler ance and enlightened benevolence. The following anecdote will not he read with out interest. “My lord,” said a person to him one day, “here is a poor woman come to ask charity, what do you wish to do for her?” “How old is she?” “Sev enty.” “Is she in great distress?” “She. says so.” “She must be relieved ; give her twenty-five francs.” “Twenty-five francs ! my lord, it is too much, espec ially as she is a Jewess.” “A Jewess?” “Yes, my lord.” “Oh that makes a dif ference : give her fifty francs, then, and thank her for coming.” Boston in old times. —A decree of the court —“Captain Stone is sentenced to pay a hundred pounds, and prohibited coming within the patent without the Governor’s leave, upon pain o f death, for calling Mr. Ludlow (one of the Justices) a Just ass ?” The jewelry worn by the princess Hel ena, on the occasion of her marriage with the Duke of Orleans, recently, cost over 3,000,000 of dollars ! The marriage robe, made entirely of lace, cost 8000f. Fine Arts in France. The objects of art in the cabinet of the late Baron Gros are sought after with avidity, by am ateurs as well as artists. The sketch of the “Plague of Jaffa” attained the price of 8000 francs. The hat which Napoleon wore at the battle of Eylau was sold—or rather given away—for 8000 j francs ! Latest from France. The Poland, Capt Anthony, from Havre, at New York, brings tiles to June 22d ; Paris to the 21st. Great dissatisfaction exists in the Spanish army, in consequence of Gen. Evans having quitted- The French Chambers are discussing the i®*pens«J! of the Home Department- The RailroacTqiiestion is postponed to next ses sion. Another plot is spoken of against the King’s life, to have taken effect during the fetes. The soldiers to whom overtures had been made, disclosed the authors, and six per sons were arrested. The whole of the provisions intended for the Royal banquet at the Hotel de Ville, have, in consequence of the sad disaster of numer ous persons billed in the crowd while attempt ing to leave the Camp de Mars after the fete, been, by order of the Prefect of Seine, distrib uted among the various hospitals at Paris.— The Duke of Orleans has charged himself personally with relieving the families of the sufferers. Gen. De Rigny, accused of high treason in the Algerine war, was to be tried at Marseilles June 2Gth. M. Phillip Dapin was his coun sel. . An American Gentleman assisting at a Roy al Fete. The principal prize, at the Versailles races was won by Mr. James Thorn, an A meriean gentleman, possessor of an immense fortune. He rode himself the horse to w hich belong the honors of the day. Lord Seymour was the next w inner. M. Alexander Dumas, the author of numer our valuable works, has received the cross of the Legion of Honor, and the Belgian Cross from King Leopold. The interview between General Bugeaud and Abdel-Kader is spoken of as one of great interest. The French General was escorted by six battallions of cavalry, and had to wait some time for the Emir, who finally came down the mountains mounted on a splendid | Arabian, followed by 10,000 men—2oo of them chiefs—some of whom held his stirrups, tjie flaps of his coat, and the tail of his horse. Abdel is described as pale, w-ith a wide mouth, brown beard, and an eye of fire—fore head noble and uncovered. He shook hands with the Frencli General with great cordiality, and then sat together on the grass. They con versed an hour and affectionately parted. The hills resounded with shouts of joy. From the .Liverpool correspondent of the N. York Star, we learn that there has been an e lopement in high life. Mr. Conroy, son of Sir John Conroy, (equerry to the Princes Victoria,) has boiled with Lady Alicia Parsons, the beau tiful daughter of the Earl of Rosse, an Irish peer. * Three years since the youthful pair met at a quadrille party, at Tunbridge Wells, where the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria were spending the summer. D’lsraeli insists that there is such a tiling as ‘love at first sight’ and might quote this as an instance, for it is certain they were mutually smitten, and thus they continued until ten days since. They met where, how, and when they could—Love, you know, icill do all these tilings. It is like a hydraulic power—always finding its own level. At a late Almacks’ ball, Lady Alicia and Mr. Conroy w-ere again partners .in the mazy dance. He pleaded his suit— she blush a,',a ■'■■■'' wsoiiteti n little, lie spoke of marriage—she of the pam it would give her papa. He whispered ‘Gretna Green,’ and the lady sighed—lie talked of flight, and she pat ted his cheek, prettily, with her fan—he said that he had a carriage and four in readiness at the end of Oxford street, and she—‘saying she would not consent, consented.’ So, away they went, and the next day but one saw them in the little parlor of Gretna. They have not yet been reconciled to Lord Rosse, but no doubt will. Meantine, ’tis the town talk ; since Brinsley Sheridan run away w-ith Miss Grant, the rich heiress, there has been nothing of the sort in London life. The Marquis of Waterford has been at it again. He and some friends had a spree at W indsor, went thence to Eton College, made an attack upon the statute of Henry VI., the founder, and wrenched away its sceptre. They then posted off to London. The college au thorities offer a rew-ard of £2O for their appre hension. The sceptre has since been anony mously returned. The Marquis denies the truth of this tale, but is not credited ! A circumstance occurred last week which had a termination which may be fatal. The names of the parties have not transpired- the few papers that alluded to the matter merely giving initials. The Hon. Mr. II , had a lady aged 37, and a nephew aged 23. The parties eloped—some saying that the youth was the seduced, not the seducer. lie is spok en of as Mr. M . On-Tuesday they met, near the Regent Park, and the duel was on the point of taking place, w-hen a carriage and four ! rapidly dashed up, and a lady jumped out — She made for the place of combat, but ere she reached the combattants, they had exchanged shots, and a brace of bullets had entered the body of her much lamented husband. She ex claimed, ‘I have murdered him! guilty wretch that I am!’ She threw herself on the ground by his side—tore her garments to staunch the blood which rapidly gushed from his wound— fetched water from an adjacent spring to cast in his face—and bathed his cold forehead with her repentant tears. When the husband re vived, he was agitated, beyond measure, at seeing at his side the w-oman whom he had much trusted, by whom he had been much wronged. He fainted again, and the lady was j taken away. Since then she has not seen him, but it is said she has made two attempts on her life. The husband was, at first, believed to be mortally wounded, but it is now said that lie hus some chance of recovery. The neph ew has fled to France. You may be curious to know how success ful authors aro paid here. I can name one.— For both series of the Random Recollections of Lords and Commons, Mr. Janies Grant re ceived nearly £SOO, his publisher making £ 1500. Os the first series of the Great Me tropolis, 1300 copies have gone off, and a third edition is in the press. For this and the se cond series lie has got £OOO. From £250 to 300 pounds is quiu; a high price for anew work. The late W. P. Scargill, author of a novel called ‘The Usurer’s Daughter,’left a work be hind him, which is in the press, for the benefit j of his widow, and is called the ‘Widow’s Os- j fering.’ Tom Moore is gone to Paris with his eldest; son. He intends making use, for the subse quent volumes of his History of Ireland, of the immense collection of historical manuscripts . once belonging to the Irish College at Paris, i and now in the Library of the King. [Boston | Herald. _ _ [From the New York Star.] Biography of King William. It strikes me that it cannot be out of place, here, to give you a brief sketch of the leading events in the life of the late monarch. William Henry, third son of George 111., was bom on August 21, 17G5. His childhood presents nothing worthy of notice, except that Mrs. Chapone, the authoress, describes him as being-a lively, small, manly child, and fond of fun. In 1 778, he was entered midshipman under the command of Captain Digby, in the Royal George, a9B gun ship. This was towards the close of the American war. George 111, though a very obstinate man, had a fair share of common sense, and determined that his son should work his way up in the navy, the same as any other man’s son. He was compelled to rough it, accordingly. He had not been twelve months in the ser vice, when he had the good luck to be present at the capture of the Caraccas. This was the engagement between Lord Rodney and the Spanish Admiral, Don Juande Langara. The Spaniard was taken prisoner, and brought on board the Royal George. Here he saw Prince William Henry in his shirt sleeves working away with the other middies, and exclaimed, ‘well may England be mistress of the ocean, when the son of her king is thus employed in her service.’ Subsequently, the Prince was in action at the capture of a French man of war, and three vessels, and served during much of his time as midshipman in the West Indies and off Nova Scotia and Canada. In 1782 he passed the winter in New York. He appears there, to have become noted as a bold spirited, gallant youth, with the constitu tional courage of his family. While he was in New York, a bold plan was concocted to carry him off from among his friends and comrades. The deviser of this daring project was Colonel Ogden, a gallant officer in tile revolutionary army, and who, with his regiment, was stationed in New Jersey. At this time the Prince was living on shore, with Admiral Digby, and as no danger was apprehended, their quarters were very slightly guarded. Ogdon’s plan was to land secretly on a stormy night, with a small and bold band, to capture and carry off the Admiral and the Prince, and to take them to New Jersey.— Washington sanctioned the plan, because he thought if successful, he would the sooner and the better make terms with England for the acknowledgment of American Independence. His directions to Ogden (dated 28th March, 1782) were that no insult or indignity should be offered to the Admiral or the Prince, and that they should be conveyed to Congress. The plan was not executed. Sir Henry Clinton got a hint of it, and took care that the guards should be doubled, and every precau tion taken for the security of the Admiral and Prince. The plan ivas thus disappointed. In 1785, the Prince was made Lieutenant. The following year, he was appointed Captain of the Pegasus, and in 1790 was made Rear Admiral of the Blue. This last appointment was made by Order in Council. In May, 1789, he was made Duke of Clar ence and St. Andrews, and Earl of Munster. This, it is said, w-as delayed until he had re peatedly rClUUUStXßHfrL.UUih±haluncr L*o on the delay of giving him a peerage. He swore, in a sailor like Fashion, that if he could not get a seat in the Lords, he would purchase a seat in the Commons. He had actually lodg ed the money (£2000) to effect this. The title of Duke of Clarence had not been held, I believe, since the time when it was held by the gentleman who was drowned in the butt of nmlmsley. When yet a child he had been nominated to the rank of Knight of the Garter. In 1770, the child— old—was made Knight of the Thistle, being the first member of the royal family who had, except George 111, worn that order since it was revived by James 11, in 1(587. Although made Rear Admiral, the Duke of Clarence did not get any active command. This galled him amazingly, and he was so piqued that he withdrew from the navy in a great measure. In 1791, the Duke commenced the well known liaison with the celebrated Mrs. Jordan —it lasted for twenty years. The idea was that she was twenty three years old at the time of its commencement, but there is reason to believe that she was seven years older.— She was however, a very beautiful and fascin ating creature—full of life and spirits—the embodiment of hilarity. She had, also, good temper, and it is said during the 25 years of their acquaintance she and the Duke never quarreled. The fruits of this intercourse was a large ; Uid fine family—the eldest of whom is now Earl of Munster. They all married well—into the first families in the kingdom. Eight chil dren out of ten survive. The Duke and Mrs. Jordan lived happily to gether until 1811, when it was suddenly broken up. The cause Iras been never exactly known. I believe, in truth, the Duke was tired of the damn. The woman of 55 was less attractive than the woman of 20. She retired to France on an allowance of £3OO a year, and died in 181(5, in poverty—caused by giving blank ac ceptances to a friend. She was not, however, in absolute want, as has been reported. In 1811, the Duke was made Admiral of the Fleet, in place of Sir Peter Parker. In 1814, he hoisted his flag, on being appointed to con voy the Count de Province (Louis XVIII) to France. Early in 1814 the Duke of Clarence was present en amateur, with the British troops at Antwerp, under command of Lord Lyndock. He was, at the same time, in the midst of the melee Marxem. On the death of the Princess Charlotte, in 1817, it was considered politic that there should be a batch of royal marriages ‘to keep up the stock.’ The Duke married Adelaide, eldest daughter of die Duke of Saxe Meininger.— The marriage took place at Kew, in July 1818 —two children, who died young, were the on ly issue. In 1827, tiie Duke was made Lord High Admiral of England. In this capacity he gave satisfaction to the naval service, invariably giving promotion to poor and well meriting officers. But, at the close of 1828, the Duke of Wellington—then Premier— removed him from the situation. It was as Lord High Ad miral that the celebrated ‘Go it Ned’ letter to Sir Edward Codrington was said to have been written. The fact is,—and this I state on the authority of an autograph communication to myself from Sir Edward—no such epistle ever was w-ritten. The Duke of Clarence, before he was King, mixed very slightly in politics. Re spoke on the Queen’s trial, in 1820, and sided with his brother against her. In 1829 he spoke in fa- Vor of Catholic Emancipation. Iri June 1830, he became King, and contin ued the Duke of Wellington in office. At once he became popular—for he had showed himself to and among the people, which George-IV had studiedly avoided. He walked, unattend ed, through various parts of London, and thus gained popularity, which he liked. In November 1830, the Duke of Welling ton’s cabinet was broken up. What followed is well known—the appointment of Lord Grey and the enactment of the Reform Bill. In 1831 ’ the coronation took place, in such an unexpen sive manner as compared with that of 1821 that the wits called it a Italf-crownalion. Short ly after the King called his bastard son to the peerage, as Earl of Munster, and gave the title and precedence of a Marquis’ children to his other illegitimate sons and daughters. It is said that, at the same time he offered an Earldom to Colonel D’Este, son of the Duke of Sussex by Lady Augusta Murray. The par ties had been lawfully married at Rome, but Parliament declared it null and void, as con trary to the provisions of the royal marriage act Colonel D’Est© said ‘No Sire. lam the legitimate son of my father, and cannot de scend to the doubtful situation of your sons by taking the rank you give them. The son of the Duke of Sessex wants no patent of no bility to give him rank!’ In November 1834, the Reform Ministry suddenly went out The Ministry of Peel fol lowed—broken up in April 1835—and the Whigs again came in, by the aid of O’Connell and ‘the Tail.’ On May 24, the Princess Victoria became of age—lß. The Queen was unable from ill health to take any part in the festivities on this occasion. Early this month the King was seized with severe illness—it gr€w worse and worse, and on the 20th jnst all that was mortal of Wil liam IV. had ceased. The character of the late monarch may be summed up in a few words. He was an hon est, plain-spoken, blunt man. He always meant well, but he often' acted absurdly. Ho loved his country, and wished to see all men happy around him. William IV. remained in full possession of all his faculties until the hour of his death. During the last ten days of his illness, he was uneasy if he missed the Queen from his side, and it is a fact that during the whole of that time, so attentive was she day and night, that she actually had no time to take off her clothes. What rest she took was in a chair by his bed side. They were certainly a model for mar ried people. The King was nearly twenty years older than the Queen. By an act passed in 1831, the Queen Dow ager lias a pension of £IOO,OOO, and the use of two palaces; Marlborough House, which was the residence of Prince Leopold, and Bushy Park, where—the other palace being much out of repair—she will reside in the summer. Queen Adelaide continues at Wind sor Castle, but is preparing to leave it On Monday, being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the flag which the Duke of Wellington must send in homage as the ten ure on which he holds the estate of Straths fieldsaye, was transmitted to the King. He took it in his hand and said, ‘Ah, that was a glorious day for England.’ He turned to Dr. *n«i anU ‘Vov mwr*t Keep me alive one day more or the Duke cannot have his Waterloo dinner. You must tinker me up for this one day.’ He took no formal leave of his family. They were sent for, when he knew his danger to be immediate, and remained with him until he died. The Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Han over, was his only relative, except the Princess Victoria, who was not with him during his last illness. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victo ria, did not, it is remarked, send any inquiries to Windsor as to the King’s health. Perhaps this was the result of a very intelligible feel ing of delicacy on the part of the heiress to the throne. The King’s funeral will take place on July G. .His body has been embalmed—much wa ter was found in the cavity of the chest Dur ing the fe'M last days of his life, the King sat on his couch, with his chest resting on an easy chair to mitigate the great pain caused by his severe cough. A post mortem cast of his face and head has been taken for his children. His domestics at Windsor were admitted to see his body, which has been deposited in a shell, as decomposi tion had commenced. The funeral will be al most private, by his own desire. The public mourning will be general. It commences, from this day, by an order from the Lord Chamberlain. , The King signed some neccessary docu ments the day before he died. Every shop in London was closed out of re spect to the late King. The proclamation of Queen Victoria took place on Wednesday. The Queen arrived at St James’s Palace, and was present when,with the usual state, this was done. She wars led to the window, according to form, and was hailed by the cheers of the multitude. The proclamation took place also in the city of London. She held a council, and gave numerous au diences ; chiefly to official persons. She then went back to Kensington. On Thursday evening, a message from the Queen was read in Lords and Commons, re questing them to expediate public business, as there must be a dissolution of Parliament The oath of allegience to the Queen is ‘saving the rights of any issue to his late Majesty, by his consort, Queen Adelaide.’ On Tuesday the oath named Queen Alexandria Victoria but since then it is Victoria alone, such being her signature. What her policy may be no one knows. I / think it will not be very decided. To Lord Melbourne she appears to have a personal dis like ; perhaps on account of the Norton case. The Duke of Cumberland is now King of Hanover; he swore allegiance to his niece, and took his seat in the Lords. Ho has left England for Hanover. Among those of the Commons who have taken the oaths, is General Evans. He was hailed with much applause. Thf. Royal Family of Great Britain.— I His late Majesty, William IV. was born Aug. , 21st, 17(55, married July 11, 1818, to Adelaide Amelia Louisa Teresa Caroline, eldest daugh- * ter of the Duke of Saxe Meinigen, bom Aug -153, 1792. The King died June 20,1837, aged nearly 72. His successor, the present Queen of Great j Britain, &c. Alexandria Victoria, (daughter ot the late Duke of brother to William