Heralds' College, January 16, 1840.

The Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for Her late Royal Highness the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg.

IN pursuance of Her Majesty's command, these are to give public notice, that, upon the present melancholy occasion of the death of Her late Royal Highness the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg, Her Majesty's Aunt, it is expected that all persons do put themselves into decent mourning; the said mourning to begin on Sunday the 19th instant.

NORFOLK, E. M.

Horse-Guards, January 16, 1840.

IT is not required that the Officers of the Army shall wear any other Mourning, on the present melancholy occasion of the death of Her Royal Highness the late Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg, than a black crape round their left arms, with their uniforms.

By command of the Right Honourable General
Lord Hill, Commanding in Chief,

J. MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.

Admiralty, January 16, 1840.

HER Majesty does not require that the Officers of the Fleet or Marines should wear any other Mourning, on the present melancholy occasion of the death of Her Royal Highness the late Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg, than a black crape round the left arm, with their uniforms.

J. MOORE O'FERRALL.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 17, 1840.

Buckingham-Palace, January 16, 1840.

THIS day Her Majesty proceeded in state from Buckingham-Palace to the House of Peers, where she arrived soon after two o'clock; and was received, on alighting from her state coach, by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Earl Marshal, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Lord Viscount Melbourne, Garter King of Arms, and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and proceeded to the robing-room in the customary

manner.

Her Majesty was there robed, and, having put on the imperial crown, the procession moved into the House in the usual order ;-the sword of state was borne by the Lord Viscount Melbourne, and the cap of maintenance by the Earl of Shaftesbury, in the absence of the Marquess of Winchester.

Her Majesty being seated on the Throne, the Great Officers of State and others standing on the nght and left, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart. Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was sent with a message from Her Majesty to the House of Commons, commanding their attendance in the House of Peers. The Commons being come thither accordingly, Her Majesty was pleased to deliver

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the following most gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament:

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

SINCE you were last assembled I have declared My intention of allying Myself in Marriage with the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. I humbly implore that the Divine blessing may prosper this union, and render it conducive to the interests of My people, as well as to My own domestic happiness; and it will be to Me a source of the most lively satisfaction to find the resolution I have taken approved by My Parliament.

The constant proofs which I have received of your attachment to My Person and Family, persuade Me that you will enable Me to provide for such an establishment as may appear suitable to the rank of the Prince, and the dignity of the Crown.

I continue to receive from Foreign Powers assurances of their unabated desire to maintain with Me the most friendly relations.

I rejoice that the civil war, which had so long disturbed and desolated the northern provinces of Spain, has been brought to an end, by an arrangement satisfactory to the Spanish Government and to the people of those provinces; and I trust that, ere long, peace and tranquillity will be re-established throughout the rest of Spain.

The affairs of the Levant have continued to Occupy My most anxious attention. The concord which has prevailed amongst the Five Powers has prevented a renewal of hostilities in that quarter; and I hope that the same unanimity will bring these important and difficult matters to a final settlement, in such a manner as to uphold the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire, and to give additional security to the peace of Europe.

I have not yet been enabled to re-establish My

diplomatic relations with the Court of Teheran; but communications which I have lately received from the Persian Government inspire Me with the confident expectation that the differences which occasioned a suspension of those relations will soon be satisfactorily adjusted.

Events have happened in China which have occasioned an interruption of the commercial intercourse of My subjects with that country. I have given, and shall continue to give, the most serious attention to a matter so deeply affecting the interests of My subjects and the dignity of My Crown.

I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that the military operations undertaken by the GovernorGeneral of India, have been attended with complete success; and that in the expedition to the westward of the Indus the Officers and troops, both European and native, have displayed the most distinguished skill and valour.

I have directed that further papers relating to the affairs of Canada should be laid before you, and I confide to your wisdom this important subject.

I recommend to your early attention the state of the municipal corporations of Ireland.

It is desirable that you should prosecute those measures relating to the Established Church which have been recommended by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I have directed estimates for the services of the year to be laid before you.

They have been framed with every attention to economy, and, at the same time, with a due regard to the efficiency of those establishments which are rendered necessary by the extent and circumstances of the empire.

I have lost no time in carrying into effect the intentions of Parliament by the reduction of the duties 1840.

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on postage; and I trust that the beneficial effects of this measure will be felt throughout all classes of the community.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

I learn, with great sorrow, that the commercial embarrassments which have taken place in this and other countries are subjecting many of the manufacturing districts to severe distress.

I have to acquaint you, with deep concern, that the spirit of insubordination has, in some parts of the country, broken out into open violence, which was speedily repressed by the firmness and energy of the magistrates, and by the steadiness and good conduct of My troops.

I confidently rely upon the power of the law, upon your loyalty and wisdom, and upon the good sense and right feeling of My people, for the maintenance of order, the protection of property, and the promotion, as far as they can be promoted by human means, of the true interests of the empire.

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