to their lordships might be made public; which her Majesty was pleased to order accordingly. C. C. GREVILLE.

Here follow the signatures of the Privy Councillors present :

At the Court at Kensington, the 20th day of June 1837, present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,

Right Hon. C. P. Thomson,

Right Hon. Sir H. Parnell, Bart.
Right Hon. Thomas Erskine,

Right Hon. Sir A. Johnston,

Right Hon. Sir E. Knatchbull, Bt.
Right Hon. T. L. Corry,

Right Hon. Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Bt. Right Hon. H. Labouchere,

Right Hon. Henry Ellis,

Right Hon. Edward Ellis,

Right Hon. Sir H. Vivian, Bart.
Right Hon. G. S. Byng.

Her Majesty, at her first coming into the council, was this day pleased to declare that, understanding that the law requires she should, at her accession to the Crown, take and subscribe the oath relating to the security of the church of Scotland, she was now ready to do it this first opportunity; which her Majesty was graciously pleased to do, according to the forms used by the law of Scotland, and subscribed two instruments thereof, in the presence of the Lords of the Council, who witnessed the same. And her Majesty was pleased to order that one of the said instruments be transmitted to the Court of Session, to be recorded in the books of Sederunt, and afterwards to be forthwith lodged in the public register of Scotland; and that the other of them remain among the records of the council, and be entered in the council books.

The House of Lords met on the same day at a quarter past ten o'clock. The Lords present were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Chichester, Viscount Strangford, and Lord Kenyon.

After prayers had been read by the Bishop of Salisbury, their Lordships took the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to her Majesty Queen Alexandrina Victoria, and signed the Parliamentary Roll; after which the House adjourned to three o'clock.

Shortly after three o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, the Earl of Shaftesbury took his seat on the Woolsack; at which time there were upwards of fifty Peers in the House, to whom the oath of allegiance and supremacy were administered. Among the noble Peers who took the oaths and signed the Parliamentary Roll were, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Ellenborough, Earl Grey, the Duke of Northumberland, Earl Beauchamp, the

Marquis of Westminster, Lord Wynford, Lord Rolle, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord Hatherton, Lord Dundas, Lord Bandon, Lord Brougham, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Earl of Albemarle, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Abingdon, Bishop of Exeter, the Earl of Glengall, the Bishop of Winchester, Lord Langdale, the Earl of Ripon, and the Archbishop of York.

The Duke of Richmond was the first who signed the Parliamentary Roll, as the Premier Duke present.

The Duke of Norfolk, who subsequently arrived, and the Earl of Fingal, took the oaths as Catholic Peers.

Lord Melbourne and Lord Duncannon entered the House shortly before four o'clock, took the oaths, and signed the Parliamentary Roll.

The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack, and shortly afterwards, Lord Glenelg also took the oaths, as did Lord Lyndhurst.

The Duke of Sussex also took the oaths, and subscribed the Parliamentary Roll.

Their Lordships then adjourned.

In the Commons* a considerable number of members entered the House at twelve o'clock, but the Speaker did not appear before a quar

It is generally considered, in the metropolis and elsewhere, that by the death of the Sovereign both Houses of Parliament stand dissolved. Such, however, is not the fact. A statute was passed in the reign of his Majesty George the Third, that the Legislature should not be considered dissolved by the mere demise of the King or Queen; but that the Lord Steward for the time being should attend the Houses of Lords and Commons within twenty-four hours after the decease of the Monarch, and administer the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration to the Speaker, Lord Chancellor, and the members of both Houses; and that the Parliament, thus constituted, should continue for six months afterwards, unless previously dissolved by the reigning Sovereign. In consequence of the Marquis Conyngham, after the demise of his Majesty George the Fourth, not arriving in town within the specified time, by which circum

ter to one; he immediately proceeded to the head of the table, and took the oath of allegiance to her Majesty Alexandrina Victoria, saving the rights of any issue of his late Majesty, King William the Fourth, which may be born of his late Majesty's consort. He then took his seat in the chair; and the Chief Clerk called on the members present, beginning with the representatives of the city of London, to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to her Majesty. About 150 members were present at this period; they advanced to the table in groups of 50, in the order in which they had inscribed their names. Amongst those who first came forward were Sir R. Peel, the Marquis of Chandos, Lord W. Bentinck, Sergeant Talfourd, Sir A. L. Hay, &c. The Roman Catholic members took the oaths appropriated to them in groups by themselves. About 320 members were sworn in at four o'clock, when the House adjourned; the Speaker having intimated that he should take the chair at ten o'clock the following day.

The ceremony of proclaiming her Majesty, Queen Victoria, took place on the 21st of June, the day after her Majesty's accession to the throne. The form of the ceremonial observed upon this interesting occasion is here fully described, by way of giving completeness to the work, and with a fervent hope that it may be so many years before the country witnesses its repetition, as to render it necessary to search for precedents.

Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and attended by Lady Mary Stopford, arrived at the palace from Kensington at ten o'clock, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The royal

stance considerable interruption in public business occurred, an act was passed, dispensing in future with the attendance of the Lord Steward, and providing that, in lieu thereof, the First Clerk of the House of Lords should swear in the Speaker, and other honourable members, by administering a similar oath to that adopted on the assembling of Parliament. Fifty members having been thus sworn in, the Speaker assumes the chair, and the oaths are regularly administered to the remaining members as they present themselves at the table.

suite, occupying two other carriages, included Lady Flora Hastings, the Master of the Horse, Colonel Cavendish, and Colonel Harcourt.

The Queen, who was attired in mourning, soon after her arrival passed through the state-rooms to the presence-chamber; the window of which, looking into the large court-yard of the palace by the side of Marlborough House, was open. The guns in the Park having fired a salute, her Majesty made her appearance at the window, and was received by the public, who filled the court, with loud and reiterated cheers. The Duchess of Kent was on the right of her Majesty. Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Steward, the Earl Marshal, and the Groom of the Stole, stood close to her Majesty. The Commander of the Forces, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Horse, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Postmaster-General, the Marquis of Headfort, (in Waiting,) and Lord Gardner, Lords of the Bedchamber; the ViceChamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Sir William Houstoun, Groom in Waiting; and the Hon. William Bathurst, in their several uniforms, and with their respective ensigns of office, were in attendance around her Majesty.

In the court-yard, a guard of honour of the Life Guards was drawn up in the middle of the yard, fronting the palace; a little in advance stood the Queen's Marshalmen, and the Queen's Sergeant Trumpeter, and the Household drums and trumpets in state uniforms. On the north side of the space, between the Guards and the palace, were the Sergeants-at-arms on horseback, bearing their large gilt maces, and wearing silver collars of S.S.; on the opposite side, near to the window at which her Majesty stood, were the Heralds and Pursuivants dismounted and uncovered.

Sir William Woods, (Clarenceux King of Arms,) acting as Deputy Garter, wore a splendid tabard richly embroidered in gold, and a gold collar of S.S. James Cathrow Disney, Esq. Somerset Herald; C. G. Young, Esq. York Herald; and Walter Aston Blount,