Star. — London, England, 1818-11-18 00:00:00

4isirOseriMllllll . • SURRET Wel - ISM /rig PROPRIErita:d'OUBSCRIBtb!RS ar Dash e eb Qa T T,tu al LECT inibr MS are S=ED until further sadee. KNIGHT SPENCER, Secretary. • THE KVENESTG STAR. s LONDON. FIRST DRAWN PRIZE NEXT TUESDAY, THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS!! !—FOUR PRIZES et THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, ace. Aa Oissels gad Mosey. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1818. TEE FU r pa. TRICE 01 STOCKS THIS DAY AT TITILTIC O . CLOCK : per Cent. Reduced 761-3 per Ct. Cons. 77if Cons. for Acc. 774.1—„5i :,er Ct. 86-4 per Ct. 95 95{ 5 per Ct. Navy 184084 —India Bonds 86 88 pre.. Oranium f dis,—Exchequer Bills 19 20 pre. DEATH OF THE QUEEN. In the greater part of our impression of yesterday, e announced the fatal event, for which the nation {bad been so long and so painfully prepared—At one I o'siool, in the afternoon, Her MArasrr expired ! Her MAJESTY was born on the 19th of May, 1744, mod, till the last two years of her life, has enjoyed an *latest uninterrupted , state of goodlealth. The first chaege of a serious nature in the state of, ew the QuauN, was cn Monday afternoon, which was of such a nature as to cause Sir HENRY HALFORD to write to the Panics REGENT, and the language o f the letter was such as to induce the REGENT to send for the Duke of YouK, to accompany him to K Palace. Their Royal Highnesses remained at. Kew till near one o'clock, when her MAJESTY having re covered f:orn her serious, attack, their Royal High.' 'teases left their afflicted Parent for the night.. ,Het' MAJEETT, however, passed a disturbed night, but only similar to what she had frequently done for some time past, and the Physicians sent off an ac count to the REGENT, a little before eight o'clock, to i s : effect. In two hours afterwards a serious change took place in her MArenT, and Sir HENRY H.tL iottn off an express to the REGENT, which ar avid soon after eleven o'clock at CarltOn Hoare, and tie statement was so alarming, that the Pamet sent i'ar the Duke of YORK to attend him instantly, to-ac sompany him to Ke'w Their Royal Highnesses ar. rived at Kew Palace before half past twelve o'clock, and immediately resorted to the Chamber of their ex piling Parent, who, we are happy to say, was per ''ectly sensible. The scene. was most truly distressing . Witil . the PRINCE REGt.s.-r, who had the trying task of supporting her in her last breathings, and who has been so incessant in his attendance day and night, icing and ordering every thing that could possibly be dzviszd for her relief, in her long and afflicting ill aess of six months. His Royal Highness was assistei by the Duke of YORK and their Royal Sisters. The expiring scene of the 'venerable and amiable QuEust, the heartrending feelings of the REGENT and all present, it is impossible to describe. They were sup- j ported with much difficulty to a private room, where the REGENT continued several hours, supporting and Affording every possible comfort to his jointly of tlicted Hoyal Sisters, and then left Kew for town.' The first official communication which arrived in town, was about half-past two o'clock, at Carlton House, sealed with black, addressed to Viscount Stn. mourn, as Secretary of State for the Home Depart also to Sir Heszav Tortuzus, from the Duke , to postpone his Royal Highness's Levee.—, melancholy tidings were soon circulated, and were made very nunterously at • Carlton and at three o'clock the following notifica issued to the Nobility and others who were inquiring : CASIJOIC Hans, Velvinosz 17. MAJESTY expired at one o'clock till; day, pain" *sitter+ on paper with wide black edges.-- four o'clock the lamented event was oiliCially iced by Lord SIDMOUTR in the following LETTER TO THE LORD MAYOR. Whitehall, 17th Ncomnber, 1818. 1.01111—:pit kitty painful duty to inform your , of the death of her Blajesty thwiduzEN. melancholy event took place at Ira Palate ;lock this day.—l have the honour to be, Your Lordship's most obedient, " SIDIROUTII. /tight lion. the Lord Mayor," &e. :clock last night was published the following ',IMPLEMENT TO TIIENum.; cAzi:rrE. Temmar, Novalana 17, Isle. • . 1 Whitehall, November 17, lIIIL day, at one o'clock, the Queue departed to the inexpressible grief of all the Royal after a tedious illness, which her MAMMY the most pious fortitude and resignation. if great and exemplary *nue% which so distingilished her MAJPATI throughout life, were the object of universal. esteem admiration, amongst all classes of his Ma.rerrv's and render the death of this Illustrious and excellent Princess an unspeakable loss t 4 the nation." has a long 'and itteroachable cwsrdr b 4 4 1 venty-foes years, fifry-sNits of which have A sharing the first Throne in the World, bees , - the midst of bodily sulfaings, whose sere. rity and opinemin wimergiarve only solved tis ds play the courage and resignation of their victim. Till within the last twelve months, her MAJESTY had enjoyed an excellent state of health, the result of a strong sutural constitution, kept unimpaired by the equinimity of her temper, and the moderation and. simplicity ,which she preserved in her high estate, in the midst of all the refinements of a most luxuri ous age and a splendid Court. Since the period of her last journey to Bath, her strength had been gradually declinhtr e oitill the dreadful complaint, .which has at last terminated her existence, broke forth with a deg* of violence, which, at her ad vanced age, left but slight hove: of her recovery. Still her constitution was so radically good, and the attentions which she received from all the members of her family were so constans and so sooth ing, that medical skill, seconded by such aids, pro longed an existence, which seemed at its close, and for many months disappointed the grave of its prey. It has now opened, however, and devoured the aged and venerable parent on the very eve of the anniver sary of the day when it closed over the mortal re mains of her blooming grand-daughter (the lamented Princess CHARLOTTE) and'her infant son 1 Whilst no Queen has so long shared the throne of this Empire as her late MAJESTY, so none has ever displayed in that exalted station more of those virtues, which do honour to the character of a female in every' sphere. Fertile above most women, she divided her care and affections amongst her numerous progeny, with a degree of ardour and sincerity which produced from them the most graterul returns. As a Queen, she was affable Ind condescending. Though born a German, she had none of the pride and haughtiness .attributed to her nation. She maintained the dignity of her rank, but evinced the most winning courtesy , towards all those who were introduced to her presence. It is not always the goOd fortune of real worth to *quire the meed of popularity, and still seLdomer to retain it during a long series of years, after it has been acquired ; and in the case of her MAJESTY, this evanescent quality in popular esteem was strikingly exemplified. In the early part of her MAJESTY'S reign, no Princess who ever shared the thr.ate of titese rranr., enjoyed a greater or more justly de-, served share of popularity, which continued undi minished even when Lord BLITE's Ad ministration had brought a temporary odium on the character of her beloved consort. Such was the universal respect with which she was regarded, that Colonel BARRE, then one of the most violent of the Opposition speakers, in alluding to the character of the Court, could not withhold a warm and splendid eulogium on the " mild, tender, and unassuming virtues" of the Qt/sex. In progress of time, however, and particularly about the period of the meditated Regency, in 1789, the tide of popular favour began to turn strongly against her MAJESTY ; and, aided as the occurrences of that period have been, by all that the wanton calumny of the base and profligate (for it has been the rare virtue of her MAJESTY'S character, to make all the base and profligate of the land her enemies), has since been able to contribute, to poison and estrange the public mind—it was the misfortune—we are consci entiously persuaded, the unmerited misfortune—of her Manerv, never after to regain entirely that place is the love and affections of her people, which was the joy and pride of her early life. The accusation made against her NiAtesry, at the time of .the Regency Question, was, that she had changed in a great degree the whole complexion and purpose of her life, and become an active and zeal ous mover of the springs of party. But when Queen CuAni.orres conduct on that occasion is traced to its source, it will be found, that so' far from any change in her character having taken place, her MA JESTY was only acting up to the dictates of those feelings and attachments which had gained for her previous Character so much unqualified esteem. The ruling principle of the Queeses life was a de voted love for her Royal Husband ; and at the time of that melancholy lapse in the KING'S faculties, which left the reins of Government for a moment unoccupied, her MAJESTY was taught to believe (w e will not say how justly) that her support of the Mi nister was indispensably necessary to the protection of the interests and independence of her afflicted consort. If on this trying occasion, therefore, she acted so as to displease the people at large, let it be reisetabered that it was from obeying the impulse of one of the noblest of human affections—from the superabundant* of her conjugal love—that she was so unfortunate as to incur that displeasure ; and let the holy purity.of tke motive compensate, as it un doubtedly will in the impartial scales of history, for any errors of conduct to which it may have led. It has been the lot of her MA JURY to be con nected with a long and very eventful period of our history; and, there are perhaps, few individuals of equal rank in history, who have passed through so long a period so irreproachably. In other countries, and in other times, we have seen the wives of Princes. courting the admiration of the world by proud dis plays of magnificence and luxury, or by the still more meretricious charms of personal grace and beauty ; but in the example of our lamented Qum+, we have beheld her animated by an ambition whose well springs are to be found in all the purest issues of the heart, seeking to be " a crown of glory to her !sus , band," and an example to the people over whom a high ',destiny had placed her, by the quieter paths of domes dc happiness, ei moral improvement, and of praetical piety. Raised to the exalted eminence of Consort to one of the most powerful Monarchs in the world at the early age of seventeen, her innate good sense, and well grounded principles of religion, led her from the very first to chase that course of pure and upright conduit from which in after life she never deviated. A shining example of virtue in her own conduct, she gave her royal countenance to those alone who did virtuously. The QUEEN of a country long distin guished as the favourite abode cf all the charities of domestic life, she preserved her chiefest favour for those whose private lives presented the brightest ex amples of their country's peculiar worth. Blessed with a husband whose sentiments and conduct were always in admirable unison with her own, the natural influence which the female Head of every Royal House has in formiug the character of those who revolve around it, was left to operate un ehwarted ; and hence it was that, by the mere force of her MAJzsrl's personal character, the manners ,of the Court of Britain became so distinguished for their ptuity, that it became, in fact, what ought for ever to silence all detractors from her fame—the most moral of all the Courts of Europe. The basis of that system of discrimination which her MA:esry invariably observed, throughout the whole course OE I her long reign, was a delicate regard for female ho nour. The virtuous mothers of our Lind rejoiced in her as a pattern to mothers , our daughters looked 11p to her as the guardian genius of their innocence, and the zealous trimd of every hope tha: innocence 'can form ; and as long as moral •::ortla and active benevolence are thought to add an ornament to ex alted station, so long, we feel well assured, will the memory of Queen CHARLOTTE be respected and cherished. The habits of her MAJESTY were regular, metho dical, and economical ; but it was an economy which enabled her more liberally to dispense her bounty to deserving objects ; and many a retired and solitary sufferer has been cheered by her Royal Benevolence Without knowing the hand from which the succour proceeded. Her charities were numerous, though se lect, and in amount were much larger than has been. generally supposed ; they were in the strictest sense unostentatious—in a word, they were truly Christian. Her M.s.sesrv's figure was very pleasing, but her countenance, though not without attraction when she smiled, could not boast any claim to beauty. Her late Nlaresvy, whose maiden name was SOPHIA CHARLOTTE or CA Nouxit of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, was born in May 19, 1744. She was the youngest -daughter of cHARLE,I LEWIS, brother to FREDERICK, the third Duke of Mecklenburgh. Her father, however, though in the immediate line of inheritance, as his brother the reigning Duke had no issue, and was unmarried, did not succeed to the principality : he died before his brother, and thus, upon the death of FREDERICK, the succession devolved upon his ne phew, ADOLPHUS FREDERICK the Fourth, brother to her present MAJESTY. In respect to her MAJESTY'S union with our beloved and afflicted Sovereign, it 'seeps necessary to observe, that this event was not a matter of mere state policy, but of preference and ,election. His MAJESTY had not long filled the Throne before he acquainted his Council, in a meeting con vened for the express purpose, " that having no thing so much at heart as the welfare and happiness of his people, and that to render the same stable and permanent to posterity being the first object of his reign, he had, ever since his accession to the throne, turned his thoughts to the choice of a Princess, with whom he might find the solace of matrimony, and the comforts of domestic life: He had to announce to them, therefore, with great satisfaction, that, after the most mature reflection and fullest information, he had come to a resolution to demand in marriage the Princess CIIARLOTTE of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, ' a Princess distinguished by every amiable virtue and elegant endowment, whose illustrious line had con stantly shewn the firmest zeal in the Protestant reli gion, and a particular attachment to his MAJESTY'S family."—Such were the terms in which his MAJESTY announced his Royal intention to his Council on the Bth July, 1761. The negociation commenced at Strelitz, and the Earl of lIA RCOVRT, his MAJESTY'S Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, con cluded the treaty of marriage on the'lsth of August following. Preparations were immediately made for the reception of the Royal Bride in England. She Mecklenburgh on the 24d of August, and arrived after a tedious voyage of ten days, at Harwich, on the Sth of the following month. Her MAJESTY rested one night, that of her arri -101, upon her journey, at the house of the Earl of Astacoarr, at Witham, in Essex, froydrence she set out early next morning, and arrived at the Pa lace of St. James's, where she was received by his Meantsre and the rest of the Royal Family, At nine upon the same evening the marriage ceremony was solemnized by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in the Royal Chapel, under circumstances of appro priate splendor and respect. The usual congratula tory Addresses were presented to their Maansvies from both Houses of Parliament, the two Univer sities, and all Counties, Cities, and Corporations in the,Kingdom. The Grand Assembly of the Nation prepared likewise a testimony of their duty and mu nificence. On being formally acquainted with the marriage of the KING, they provided for the support of her Pdansary, agreeably to the Sovereign's wishes, a jointure of £lOO,OOO per annum, which upon her by an Act of the Legislature, t3s et ;., the Palace of Richmond and Buckilgharn n u. In the following year the joy of the nation • creased by the birth of an heir to the Throne, hope of continuing the Protestant succession M ilywasnowchangedtoa a and ale binh of an heir was of itself cje A n n j t t y t , :an established th e p opu l ar i ty of a tilis. s have fm of ENGLAND, even had she wanted those man , tues which her MAJESTY was so well known. In the Court of King's Bench yesterday„ arguments on a mere point of law, the event of b e MAigsrv's death was communicated about th ree o'clock to the Chief Justice and the Judges, in a le t , ter from one of the Barons of the Court of Et to Mr. Justice BAILtY, who imniedia'ely after the Court. The Bulletin of the morning cone:rued to at the Queen's Palace till past four oclock. No vial account of the decease of her MaJtstr been received there till it was sent from lark, House, when the Palace was closed, and Color. STEPHENSON, who had been in attendance &nil the morning, left for Kew with all possible ipcet _st. Paul's Bell, and yisose of all the other Churche of the Metropolis, tolled at intervals through art 'whole of the evening ; the several Theatres %v et shut, and published notices that they Wwl4l !tir o closed till further notice ; and most of the -hops I Bond. street, Piccadilly-, &c. were hall . crsed ( As d i melancholy occasion. But slots% ithstanding a ll tt.: publicity, the death of her MAIEiTY was Se sl at , known or believed from the previous f:ereirrc. similar reports, that numbers of per.ons i^ car,.i.t e e and on foot flocked as usual to the ditre:ent in the hope of obtaining admission, but dine, AU was dark and dtvaiarr :Ls dais! The Duke of NORFOLK, as Hereditary faire r shal of England, came to Town this day, • customary recommendation for a General to commence on Sunday next. Lest uight Mr. MARSH, of the Lord Chami Office, and Mr. FRANCE, the Royal Undetul rived at Kew to make arrangements for which will, for the most part, accord w the ceremonial observed on the occasion I ntent of Queen CAROLINL Letters were sent off by the Gorcrrmt being Post night prevented the ne(essin• . Messengers) to all the Royal Dukes, the Prir.,:c an. Princess of liEssz-Homsornu, :tad to the Duke GLouctstra, by his travelling private name. Mr- Vic, the King's Messenger, was the orlh one sent abroad with the Melancholy tidings, and ht is gone to Air.la-Chapelle. New Tiirk Papers to the 9.2 d ult. arrived at a la hour this forenoon, but we have not met, on a cur,ory perusal or :heir contents, wi.h any thing of impor. tance. The PrirstnEvr of the United States and family was at Virginia, on a tour, on the I3th Octo ber. The United States frigate Macedonian putt into Norfolk in great distress on the 12th October. She had experienced a tremendous gale of %kind at the 26th September, was completely dismasted, and lost three of her brats. SPANISH EXPEDITION TO LIMA. filltAirt OP A LSITItt IRON Mt &OMIT TO LLOYD. AT 'mot At ILLS, PATIO) " The Trinidad transport, one of the Expedition from Cadiz to Lima, is arrived at Ensinada—the troops on board, beaded by a Lieutenart, having mutinied, and killed five or six of the 04cers, and 'put in there to join the Patriots. They state, that two other vessels of the Expedition, being ecntlly discontented, intended going into Valparaiso. One of the convoy had parted some days previous to the Trinidad, and they expected to have seen her on their arrival at Ensinada.—The Expedition altogether is represented to be in a very miserable condition:' THE Foam—Consols began this mcrning at 771,1 went to 78, and the market looked very stiff; but a most sudden and unexpected change took place just before the Commissioners appeared. One or two brokers sold very large sums, and in a few minutes it was announced that an eminent Spanish house had fiiled for an immense sum, having been deeply involved in the French Funds. The Commissioners gave 761 for Reduced, and were served eagerly by two or three jobbers.—At one o'clock the market continued to look very heavy. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, we are happy to heat, was somewhat better yesterday. Thursday morning, about two o'clock, a fire brolt out in a small house at the lower end of the town of Culliampton, which it destroyed, together witk tom cottages, before the flames were subdued. Last week the LAI 1 of Ilaazwooo was convicted at Leeds, in the mitigated penalty of 20s. and costs , for not having his name inscribed on a cart belonging to him. ' The following is an Extract of a Letter from Cal•' cutta, dated the 2d of May Lord IlAsTist:s is at Gornckpoor, but is expected at the Presidency in a couple of months. Trade is very dull, money very scarce,' and Government advertising for leans at 13 per Cent. The latter, however, is only a bait to attract lenders. They give 10 per Cent. for one year only,:w•orth a premium of three additional, and then die fund verges into the common 6 per Cent. Stock, which is at present at a discount of 9 per Cent. Lb? statemei • the Duk Lornpany hi rived at Kr and immedf , piling Pare, •..tly sensib with the Pa of supportin • been so ince, . iving and% dzvised for acts of six n by the Dub expiring sce the heart•rs present, it i! ported with the RPGENI affording e tiicted Hoy; The firit .• i town, was House, seal 'MOUTH. as rnent; also • I ; . of Yosic to Themeko4 inquiries House; an Om was is! • anxiously i " Her without pa It was ni About foul announced Li • Ms Ix Lordship o " This n at one del " 1 I 'I . The ni l At nine o'c SUPPLI • Al Thi s - this life, .t family, ai bore with • The many eminently her long 1 and subjects, admi t • most excel whole nati Thus ha venty-foes spent in sh closed in - t 1 • .• n /1 ition nrone, 1 ssion in 4 V kind of itself su s of a Q a ie many si r , ro to p outs , , r, after some ' e. evert of 4, about three .15 ;ec, i n fl et. f Etcheqati ly alter ief., to "te ; h en ck. No o ff. hari t . 7r,nl • and As tnce I r [hie ! , pted. 41 ter Churche .oughlut FA leut:es tre r r'. 4 %Aid a the -Ilops ,h tt ling all ti.:• wai so lin. ' f:orierc:,Gl cArriave 7.ent Meant thole, 7 Earl M.i: to i..sue the tl Nfourrin hamberlai. dettaker, the Rtner.i with those I Of the isle, nert bags ii y r.f sendin, c Prir.,:e an. the Duke name. was the orlr lings, and ht