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iondo,,. Js1r.c 300. 90 T ;sc ssenafec!h ec!h King William the Fourth, has coia,..cii. ced his reign under some iiauspicious c:rcsrnstances; although 1t is satisfac- tion to believe that they are not of gen eral concernmentnor incapable ofbelng readily remedied. What more par ticalarly allude to, is the acteal distress that prevails in Ireland, the riots there, the runs upon the banks for gold, and tile avowed determination Of MF. y Eonnel and bis party to carry their opposition to the English government to the greatest extremities, unth they ob- tain a repeal of the Union.

 The accession of every sovereign, makes 1t necessary to change heprayers in the liturgy of the church for the King and Queen. As George ". died on satuday morning, there was hardly time for the Archbishop of Canterbury to make the usual alterations and distri- butehs orders in season for the next day. ln fact no order was circulated beyond +hc metropolis, and perhaps imperfectly there. attended one church where the christian name of the Queen was not mentioned in the course of the service, and this l yerily believe arose from entire ignorance as to what her name was, Adelaide In other church Sss, understand, the prayerswere mere " for our Sovereign Lord, the King; without naming him, because he had not been proclaimed; but over the great .er part of the three Kingdoms, the dead King was prayed for, just as if he had been in full life.

 The character and intellect of Will liam the Fourth, is not very highly ap- preciated, but it is very likely that he will be more popular than his predeees- sor, because he will more frequently ] show himself in public, and make : of his subjects; but above all, because in his royal consort, he possesses Q queen of rare endowments of heart and intel feet, who is disposed and able to raise and reform the character of the court sand to exhibit a bright example oif female excellence to her sex of every condi- tion throughout the realm.

 There are many changes spoken of, but it IS certain that the Duke will re- s;;;;::. s;;i::.. the Premiership for the present. Huskisson IS spoken of for the Colonial Department, and it Is confidently and piansibiy asserted that several Admirals will be created Peers

 Thenews of the act eonferring on the president powers to meet in the recess of Congress any measure that England may adopt in relation to the West India Islands. was received here yesterday with great satisfaction. 1t is a jeai- cleus measure, inasmuchsas it eYinccs disposition on your side 10 dc every thing that we can in reason require.

 lrela,,d.-We have alarming accounts of the situation of the inhabitants of Ireland. Mir. O'Connel hasstated Athat the people in Munster were almost in state of staruation-that the last years crop of potatoes was exhausted, and there were no hopes of speedy supply MT. II. Grattan corroborat- ed what Mir. O'Connel had said, de- -claring ssthat the distress had not been so greatsince theunfortunate year ofIS22." !" An Connaught, the distress is called Sap Palling.' In Clare, Limerick and Xii kenny, &c. great efforts were rnade to keep multtudes of destitute wretcfcs from perisling," and it IS added that ssmany of the poor in the remote parts of the country are feeding on weeds" :" A late Dublin paper says

 "trom Leitrim, one of the northern counties of Connaught, letter states that the gentry are leaving the neigh borhood, to escape the importunities of their starving tenants, who, wishoutpro- visions, or any employment by which they could earn sixpence to buy them, are forced either to subsist upon cabba- ges and weeds, or join some of the most wreckless in plundering by night the houses of their more fortunate neigh bors. whoare known to have provisions. A letter from Sligo says, sthe emigrant vesscfsiia this port, are wind,i-tbUunti, and droyes of cmigrants, maie and female, may beseen parading through the town. They are chiefly Protestants, who were industrious, and accustomedt to comforts but as their chances Of earning q means of existence have been daily dimnish- ing, they have prudentiy resolved upon leaving this wretched country whilst they have yet sufficient property ito II