ecedents, the coronation was distinguished by the grant of new
honours. Three marquesses, four earls, and fifteen barons were created;
and this increase of the peerage was afterwards succeeded by the
addition of twenty-eight names to the list of baronets of the United
Kingdom, for the express purpose of carrying the reform bill.

OPENING OF NEW LONDON BRIDGE, ETC.

The ceremony of opening new London Bridge took place on the 1st of
August. It was honoured by the presence of their majesties, who partook
of a banquet in a pavilion erected on the bridge. On the day following,
another exhibition of royalty took place in the procession of their
majesties to the house of lords, that the king might give his assent
to the queen's dower bill. On the same day, in consequence of a royal
message, delivered by Earl Grey, the importance of making a further
provision to support the honour and dignity of the Princess Victoria,
as presumptive heiress of the crown, was taken into consideration. It
appeared that, in consequence of Prince Leopold's election to the throne
of Belgium, L6000 per annum, which he had hitherto allowed his sister
and niece, had been withdrawn. Lord Althorp made a similar statement
in the commons; and he proposed an addition of L10,000 per annum to the
income of the duchess, which resolution was agreed to _nem. con_.

RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA.

While the country was in the disturbed state described in previous
pages, its confusion was increased by the appearance of the cholera
morbus. This frightful malady first appeared on the banks of the Ganges,
in 1817. The early manifestations of it consisted in violent vomitings
and discharges of the bowels. After this, spasmodic contractions,
beginning in the fingers, gradually extended themselves to the trunk;
the pulse sank; the skin became cold; the lips, face, neck, hands, and
feet, and soon after the thighs, arms, and surface assumed a leaden,
blue, purple, black, or deep brown tint, according to the complexion
of the individual, or the intensity of the attack. The fingers and
toes were reduced in size; the skin and soft parts covering them became
wrinkled, shrivelled, and folded; the nails assumed a bluish, pearly
white hue; the larger superficial veins were marked by flat lines of a
deeper black; the pulse became small as a thread, and sometimes totally
extinct; the voice sunk into a whisper; the respiration was quick,
irregular, and imperfect; and the se