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THE KOYAL EEFOEM. 



" Subjects commonly do find 

 New made Sovereigns most kind." 



THEEE was great grief in "one of the monarchies of the earth : 

 the queen regnant of a numerous people had just been sum- 

 moned to her ancestors. Yesterday she was a brilliant spark 

 of life, from which light and activity extended to the very cir- 

 cumference of her kingdom ; to-day, she is but a dull lump 

 of mortality, casting its shade, and imparting its torpor far and 

 wide around. The cheerful hum of labour is hushed in every 

 quarter, and in its stead arises the mournful wail of lamentation. 

 The royal corpse is cold, yet faithful attendants and devoted 



