position had attained. At a late hour on Friday evening, the Earl of Liverpool set off to Windsor, where he remained the whole of the night. All the messengers of the House of Lords had been in hourly attendance upon Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, the Usher of the Black Rod, during Thursday and Friday. The fires in the House of Lords were kept regularly lighted, as if the Peers were sitting; and Mr. Cooper, the Deputy-clerk of Parliament, through whom, we believe, the summonses for the immediate convocation of Parliament should issue on the demise of his Majesty, arrived in Palace-yard at three o'clock on Saturday, rather unexpectedly. Soon after his arrival he communicated with Sir T. Tyrwhitt, and Mr. Quarme, the Deputy-usher of the Black Rod. The Archbishop of Canterbury was at Lambeth-palace on Saturday, having specially arrived from the country. These preparations were in consequence of the necessity that Parliament must, if possible, meet on the day after the demise of the Sovereign. If the melancholy event occurred even during a dissolution of Parliament, the former members reassume their functions, aud assemble forthwith for the dispatch of business.

At ten o'clock in the morning on the 29th, the medical attendants, and the Lords in waiting, felt assured that the last hour of the venerable sufferer was approaching, and that the day would terminate his life. As the evening advanced, his Majesty became gradually weaker and weaker; but apparently without the slightest pain, till nature was quite exhausted; and, at thirty-five minutes past eight o'clock, he breathed his last without suffering a struggle.

The decay, though rapid, was unaccompanied with any violent and sudden changes; so that none of that physical excitement had occurred, which sometimes, in cases of mental derangement, restores to sufferers in their last moments, a transient use of their understanding the venerable Sovereign was spared the last pang: there was no returning visit of his reason, which could only have served to afflict him with a sense of what he had lost, as well as what he was about to lose.

The Duke of York hung over his pillow with the most affectionate solicitude.

At the dissolution there were present, besides the usual attendants, his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Lord Henley, Lord Winchilsea, all the Physicians, and General Taylor. In the palace were the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princesses Augusta and Sophia. The Princesses evinced the most painful feeling throughout the last scene.

The royal remains laid publicly in state, in the royal apartments of Windsor Castle, for two days. The coffin was placed on a raised platform, and covered with a rich velvet pall. A few inches of the foot of it alone were perceptible, and on the top were placed the Crowns of Great Britain and Hanover. Above it was a temporary throne, luxuriantly hung with purple drapery, whose top reached the ceiling. Immediately at the back of the throne was displayed, richly emblazoned, the royal escutcheon, of a diamond form, and surrounded by a profusion of wax lights. On each side of the coffin, on raised pedestals, stood three large wax candles, about four feet in height, and two or three in diameter; and around the room were double rows of sconces, each bearing two candles. The lustre produced by so many lights, enabled every person clearly to distinguish the other accompaniments of this imposing spectacle.

At nine in the morning a select party of persons of the highest respectability, friends of the late King's household, were permitted to enter the state-rooms, for the purpose of viewing the ceremony of lying in state, previous to the admission of the public.

His Royal Highness the Duke of York took an early view of the preparation: he was accompanied by Col. Stephenson, the Surveyor-General. He entered the state apartments by the grand entrance, and thence went into the drawing-room; he spoke in a tremulous voice, and seemed deeply affected. Shortly before ten, the Yeomen of the Guard, the Gentlemen Pensioners, the Heralds, and Royal Horse-Guards, took their respective situations; and at ten the great gate, which we

have already described, was thrown open to an immense crowd, which had even at that early hour assembled. They were all decently clad in mourning, and their conduct was in the highest degree decorous. Every countenance bespoke a state of feeling worthy of an English heart. Individuals of all ranks were admitted; and the number were greatly increased by the arrival of the Coldstream Guards, who were permitted to march through the chambers, with their side arms only. All the other military not on duty, quartered in and about the town, received the same indulgence. The same imprudent but natural anxiety for admission was displayed, and the same difficulties encountered, as on the preceding day. The same accidents occurred, and the same alarming shrieks were heard from the body of the crowd.

Every shop in Windsor, as well as in the surrounding villages, was closely shut; and Divine Service was performed in every place of worship. In the parish church of Windsor, a sermon, appropriate to the melancholy occasion, was preached by the Rev. M. Graham, from the 78th Psalm, 72d verse, "So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, and ruled them prudently with all his power." The corporation of the town attended in their dress of ceremony. The congregation, which was numerous and respectable, appeared deeply moved by all the allusions the preacher made to the life and virtues of our lamented Sovereign. Every heart responded in sighs, to the pathetic and eloquent panegyric of the reverend divine. The Castle great bell, and those of Eton and Windsor, tolling at the same time, produced on the mind a religious and mournful impression, such as makes the pious more godly, and is often the commencement of virtue in the impious. The pulpit and organ were covered with deep mourning.

His Royal Highness the Duke of York, as chief mourner, took the place of Earl Delawarr, and remained at the head of his revered parent's coffin until a quarter before nine. At seven, those who were to take part in the approaching funeral procession, began to reach the Castle.