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The Prince of Wales repaired immediately

Windsor, where he was met by the lord chancellor, and they, in concert with the queen, took such measures relative to the domestic affairs of the king, as the necessity of the case required. In the mean time, all those, who by their rank and situation in the state were required to take a part in so new and unexpected aa exigence, assembled m the capital; and an express was dispatched to Mr. Fox, at this time in Italy, to hasten his return. The parliament had been prorogued to the 20th of November; and as the intended commission for a farther prorogation had not been issued by the king, its meeting took place upon that day, as a matter of course. Tne peers ana the commons remained in their separate chambers; and the chancellor in the upper, and Mr. Pitt in the lower House, having signified the cause of their assembling without the usual notice ana summons, and stated the impropriety of their proceeding under such circumstances to the discussion of any public business whatever, both Houses resolved unanimously to adjourn for fifteen days. At the same time Mr. Pitt took occasion to observe, that as it would be indispensably necessary, in case his majesty's illness should unhappily continue longer than the period of their adjournment, that the House should take into immediate consideration the means of supplying, so far as they were competent, the want of the royal presence, it was incumbent UDOU them to insure a full attendance, in order to give every possible weight and solemnity to their proceedings. For this purpose it was ordered, that the House be called over on Thursday die Ath of December next, and that the Speaker do send letters requiring the attendance of every member. Orders to the same effect were made by the Lords.