Rush narrates, that Denman, when making his famous speech, turned to where this royal duke sat, and, fixing his eyes on him, called out, Come forth, thou slanderer!' When, according to the Morning Chronicle, the lords gave their votes on the queen's bill, they generally 'preserved decorum on whichever side they determined; but the Duke of Clarence, a prince of the blood royal, brother-in-law and cousingerman to the accused, distinguished himself from all others by the vehemence of his manner.' Shortly after the trial, Turner, of Aldersgate Street, published a pamphlet which commenced

'ABSCONDED.

The Slanderer, a broad-faced, naval gentleman, about fifty-five years of age, accustomed to slander, and late an inhabitant of the river Jordan. He was last seen in the gallery of a place of public entertainment; and has lately been particularly anxious to disseminate lies and other improprieties, in the hope of obtaining a crown which had been slily offered him,' &c.

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CHAPTER IX.

The Queen's Thanksgiving-The Coronation and the King's Vanity-Exclusion of Her Majesty and its Effects-Her Death and Remarkable Funeral-Riots and Bloodshed-The King with his Irish Subjects— O'Connell and the Modern Cæsar—The King's Seclusion-His Eccentric Life at Windsor-The Marchioness of Conyngham and her Despotic Rule-The King's Last Days-His Love of Mimicry-His Hallucinations and Death.

THE people were satisfied with the victory

which the queen had gained, and rejoiced over it exceedingly; for three successive nights London was illuminated, and presented a blaze of light from end to end. 'A town relieved from a twelvemonth's siege,' says the Morning Chronicle, could not have displayed more tumultuous gladness.' Bands Bands patrolled the streets; bon-fires blazed in the squares; the effigies of those who had borne false witness against the queen were paraded through the

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town, and hung high upon a mimic gallows; the windows of houses which exhibited no lights were ruthlessly smashed; the residences of Lord Castlereagh and Liverpool were guarded by the military; and great was the general excitement.

Amongst the first to call on Her Majesty and offer her their congratulations, were Prince Leopold and the Duke of Sussex; the latter had been summoned to the House of Peers by the Lord Chancellor for the second reading of the bill, but had stoutly refused compliance. Their example was quickly followed by numbers of the nobility; many old friends flocked round her, and addresses poured in on her by the hundred. Her triumph had such effect that the funds rapidly rose, and have,' says the Times, 'continued rising since the receipt of intelligence in the city that this bill, this nightmare on the national credit and tranquillity, had vanished into the regions of utter darkness whence it originated.' Immediately after her trial she applied to the premier to be furnished with a suitable residence and provision; to which Lord Liverpool replied, the king had no intention of

permitting her to reside in any of the royal palaces, but the allowance she had enjoyed would be continued to her. A subscription was then set on foot for the purpose of building her

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a palace at once befitting the dignity of the queen, the gift of the people, and their sympathy in her sufferings from the first moment of her landing on the English shore.' Large subscriptions were received, and, had she lived, the palace would no doubt have been erected.

She now determined to proceed to St. Paul's in state, there to return public thanks for her recent delivery from the hands of her enemies. When intimation of this was given by the Lord Mayor to the dean and chapter of the cathedral, they were by no means ready to lend their aid towards carrying out the necessary arrangements, having already received due instructions from high quarters. Lord Sidmouth, in a letter to the dean, Dr. Van Mildred, Bishop of Llandaff a mild and paternal shepherd, who had expressed himself in favour of the royal divorce, and had been obliged to take refuge from a flock that had ousted him from his parish of Ewelme -regretted it was wholly out of the power of

the government to prevent Her Majesty's intention of attending divine service at St. Paul's Cathedral from being carried into effect.'

It was arranged by the ruling powers that no special service should be held; that the doors of the church should be thrown open to the public as upon ordinary occasions; and, moreover, that the Lord Mayor and Corporation would be held responsible for any injury the cathedral might sustain. On November 30, the queen came in such state as she could summon, and was attended by a voluntary guard of honour, consisting of fifty horsemen and an immense number of people. She was received at Temple Barby the Lord Mayor, sheriffs, sword-bearer, and many members of the Corporation, who conducted her to the City. The church was crowded to excess, but it was noted that two seats were vacant, the bishop's throne and the dean's seat, both of these good men having written to the Lord Mayor prohibiting them from being used. All that the Dean and Chapter could do to lessen the effect of the service was carefully done. In the Litany no mention was made of the queen's name, and in the