Sitting of 20 June 1837

PROCEEDINGS ON THE KING'S DEATH.
The Speaker proceeded to the Council at eleven o'clock, and at a quarter to one entered the House. Standing before the chair, the right hon. Gentleman took the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to her Majesty Queen Victoria.
The names of the Representatives of the City of London were then called, when they advanced to the table, and took the oaths as did a great number of other Members.
The House was occupied in administering the oaths of allegiance until four o'clock, when it adjourned.

DEMISE OF HIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH.
Their Lordships met this morning at a quarter past ten o'clock, in consequence of the DEATH of his MAJESTY, King William IV, which took place at Windsor, at twelve minutes past two o'clock, on this day, their Lordships were immediately summoned in pursuance of the 7th and 8th, William III, c. 15. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Earl of Chichester, Viscount Strangford, and Lord Kenyon were present, and after prayers had been read by the Bishop of Salisbury, all took the oath of allegiance to her Majesty as Queen Victoria.
Their Lordships adjourned till three o'clock, and at that period a great number of Peers took the oath of allegiance.