Star. — London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

to the deceased and persecuted queen of England was no mere state.ceremony, but the unbidden wor- ship of manly and'generous hearts, who revered her virtues, and sympathized with her afflictions; and who, with disinterested zeal vied with each other in their symbols of veneration for one who had herself lost all power to serve them. The Procession moved very slowly towards the town, and as the clock struck twelve, reached the inner barrier. Here the mourners descended from the carriages, and the whole cortege now proceeded on foot, with the ex ception of Sir George Nayler, who kept his state in the first carriage. From the entrance of the town to the Cathedral Church, the distance is about a mile, and the slow pace at which the Procession moved, together with the various streets through which it passed, gave the whole population an opportunity of witnessing the grand spectacle without much incon venience, and with scarcely any danger. To the people, however, was due the, praise of the good order that prevailed. The only arrangement made by the Authorities—so great and so just was their confidence in the good disposition of the People— was an escort of about twenty Constables. The Brunswick Cavalry, that, to the amount of about 200, accompanied the Procession, marched slowly by the sides, as State attendants, but took no pan in directing the movements of the immense mul titude about them, and guided their well-managed chargers through a countless crowd, in narrow streets, with Out alarming, much less hurting a single indi vidual. One admirable arrangement here struck us as contributing equally to the decorum and safety of the scene ; and this was the total absence of women from the crowd. Outside the barriers, where the space was very extensive, women as well as men were seen in all parts of the assemblage ; but in the streets of Brunswick not a woman was to be seen.— The men alone were in the streets, the women were at the windows of the houses; and there was not a house in any. street through which the Procession passed w hich had not every window crowded with spectators of the female sex, all dressed in black, and all expressing, by their anxious attention, the deep interest which they took in the solemn ceremony passing before them. In this manner the Procession moved on to the church, the glare of a thousand torches making every part of it visible to every one of the multitude. At the door of the church, a short scene of confusion took place, but no injury ensued. .When the hearse reached the church-door, the multi tude, with a very natural desire to see as much as they could of the funeral rites, endeavoured to enter the church ; but as there was no room for them, it was necessary to put them back. Remonstrance, however, was ft unless, for the pressure from ! _hind had now become so great, that it prevented the first line from stepping back : in this dilemma, and in order to afford a pa-sage into the church for the moot nets, the cavalt y were ordered to clear the way ; Cris they did with equal dexterity, promptitude, and care. At the same in - tint three bodies a them moved fors and as from three sides of a triangle to a point, and completely cut off the multitude from the door. This movement was effected with so much care, that not a single person received the slightest hurt; and in a minute a clear space was left for the mourn ers to enter the Church. Here at the porch the Mi nister and the Municipality stood ready to receive the body : the coffin *as lifted from the car, and car ried by sixteen serjeants of the Brunswick Cavalry, while sixteen Majors bole the pall. The appearance of the Church was solemn and imposing. Though a building of no striking beauty when seen by day light, its lofty columns and long aisles hung with black, had by night an appearance of melancholy grandeur. especially as, to increase the sombre effect, the illumination was but scanty. Owing to positive orders from some quarter, no service, not even a funeral chart, was to be performed in the Church ; and this, for some absurd pretence that, as the Queen -had died abroad, it was to be considered that these rites had been already performed, and that the cere mony at Brunswick was merely depositing the body of the deceased in the family vault—a ceremony which was always performed without funeral service, as in the case of the Duke of Brunswick, the father of the late Queen. _ _ But this was a mere idle pretence : the late Duke was absolutely interred, and with all funeral ceremo nies and services, out of his dominions, during the tyranny ci Bonaparte, after whose defeat he was dis interred, and removed to Brunswick. The Queen of England had not been so interred : no religious rite had been performed on her ; and decency, as well as religion, required that a Queen should not be cur tailed of those rights which belong to the funeral of the meanest subject : but here again, however, the love of the people made very ample compen sation for the curtailments of power. Even the Offi cers of State expressed their regret that they were forced to comply with orders manifestly unreason able and disgusting ; and the worthy Minister of the Cathedral, who loved and venerated the virtues of the late Queen, :hewed by his manner that he was no party to the official arrangement. As the corpse passed along the aisle into the place of sepulture, a hundred young Ladies of the first fa milies in Brunswick, dressed in white, stood on each side and scattered flowers before it. In a few seconds the coffin and the mourners had all arrived in the family vault of the illusuions House of Brunswick. The entire space is very large, and already contains fifty-seven coffins of different branches of that ancient family. A portion, about seven yards square, was separated from the rest by hangings of black cloth, and was illuminated with wax lights. In the middle of this section stood a platform, raised about two feet from the ground : on one side stood the coffin of the gallant father of the Queen, at the foot was the coffin of her gallant brother, both heroes slain in battle when fighting against the tyranny of Bona parte; and here, in this appropriate spot, was now' deposited one as brave as the bravest of herrxce. When the mourners were all arranged in the tomb, the Minister, whose name was J.W. G. Wolff, preacher of the Cathedral Church, a mild and sensible-looking man, about sixty years of age, stood at the head of the coffin, and, in a voice tremulous with emotion, uttered a prayer in the German language, during which all were deeply affected. The military did not disdain to express their emotions in an audible manner, and several times the Great Chamberlain was observed to wipe away the tears from his fine manly countenance. As to the immediate mourners, including the servants of the Queen's Household, never was seen more unequivocal and unaffected sor row. When the prayer was finished, and before the mourners left the tomb, the hundred young Ladies were admitted, and formed a large circle round the platform : they strewed flowers on the floor ; and then having prepared some wreaths, arranged them in different forms on the coffin ; they then knelt down, uttered a short prayer, and retired amidst the tears and sobs of the company. The Funeral was over about two, and in less than half an hour the streets were completely empty, and all was as si lent as the tomb to which the Queen had just been solemnly consigned. Thus ended the funeral of the amiable and perse cuted Queen of England. She chose rightly in choosing to be buried in Brunswick. Our Readers will not be surprised to learn, that the frank and affectionate Brunswickers feel no very good-will to England, which they consider as the land of suffering and per secution to their beloved Princess ; but nothing could exceed the respect and kind regard they shewed to those faithful English, who, having fought the good fight for her 'while alive, now with sincere and dis-, interested attachment accompanied the remains of their broken-hearted mistress to a distant grave.— Among the English present, were Lord and Lady Hood, Lady Ann Hamilton, Dr. and Mrs. Lushing ton, Mr. and Mvs. Wilde, Alderman Wood, and his son, the Rev. T. Wood, Mr. Ilownam, and Mr. Wil son (son of Sir Robert): among the foreigners, Count Vassali and Captain Hesse: Mr. Austin and the Household were there also. It is right to mention, that the executors applied at Brunswick, before the funeral, to Mr. CALVERT CO restore the plate which had been taken off the QUEEN'S coffin at Colchester; and that Mr. CALVERT an swered, that he conceived himself to be without au thority to comply with their request. After the fu neral the executors made a second application, but without success: it was, however, clearly understood, that it the plate should be restored, the actual Au thorities at Brunswick would offer no opposition to its being placed on the coffin. On Sunday a Fune ral Sermon was .preached by Mr. WOLFF, at which all the mourners attended. TILE FUNDS. STOCK EXC-ILANGF., ONIF. O'CLOCK. Consols have declined i i i, per Cent. since eleven . o'clock. The depression is ascribed to the accounts brought by•the French Mails, which are at vaiiance l with those received in town on Thursday, as to the probability of peace between Russia and the Porte being preserved.—Current prices : Bank Stock 256-5 per Ct. lied. 76% 1 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols 75% to 3 / 4 -3 1 / 2 per Cent. 86 3 / 4 per Ct. 95% 1 / 2 -5 per Ct. Navy 1087 s 3 / 4 Long Annuities 19 11-16 Vs—lndia Bonds 61s.pr. Exch. Bills ss. 3s. pr.—Cons. for A c ct. 7 6 1,4 3 / 1 3 76 The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have arrived. *e regret to state that the accounts which they contain of the result of the negociations between Russia and the Porte are of a very different com plexion from those received in London. The depar ture of the Russian Ambassador from Constantino ple is regarded, not as a mere punctilious observance on his Excellency's part of the orders of his Imperial Master, but as au actual declaration of war, caused by the refusal of the Porte to accede to the ultima tum of Russia. A private letter, dated Augsburgh, August 23, says :—."f he Chancellary of Foreign Affirits at Vi enna has received a dispatch extraordinary from M. de Lutzow, Imperial Internuncio at Constantinople, containing the important news, that the Reis Effendi having transmitted a detailed Note to Baron Strogo noff, relative to the ultimatum of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and the Russian Minister not finding them satisfactory, immediately demanded passports for himself and the persons attached to his Embassy ; declaring, in the most formal manner, that all diplo matic communications were from that moment at an end between the Governments of the two Empires. —A hope was at first entertained that the existing difficulties might be removed by a suitable arrange ment, but all of a sudden the Porte retracted a part of the concessions which it had originally made. In consequence of the unexpected turn which the nego ciations at Constantinople have thus taken, • under the mediation of the Ministers of Austria and England, and of the receipt of positive intelli gence that great movements had taken place among the Russian troops cantoned on the banks of the Pruth, as well as in the Ottoman Army under the orders of Jussuf Pacha, a Council Extra ordinary of Ministers was conveyd at the house of, Prince Metternich on the 18th instant, on the rising of which several couriers were dispatched to St. Pe tersburgh, to London, and to the Generals who com mand the Austrian troops stationed in Transylvania, and in the Bannat of Temeswar." An article dated Vienna, the 19th of August, affirms that Ilaron STROGONOFF set sail from Con stantinople ftr Odessa on the afternoon of the 31st July, and adds that, according to letters from Odessa , of the Sd of August, ce after the arrival of a ship from Constantinople, the General-in-Chief, Count WITTGENSTEIN, set out on the Ist of August, with the whole of his Staff, for the head-quarters on the banks of the Pruth." French .5 per Cents. Tuesday, 88fr. 10c. A Mail arrived this forenoon from Lisbon, with Papers to the 21st August. They contain the fol lowing Royal Decree: Don JOHN, by the grace of GOD, &C. &c. &a. The General Extraordinary and Constitutional Cortes of the Portuguese Nation, desiring to establish by all means the neces sary independence of the Legislative Power, provisionally De crce as follows, till the promulgation of the Political Constitu tion of the Monarchy: 6 I. No Deputy to the Cones, during the time of his holding the place of Deputy, shall accept or solicit from the Govern ment, for himself or for any other person, any pension, mark Of honour (condavrafao), or employment, except when it belongs to bim by virtue of the law, or tht career of hi, profession. " 2. No Deputy is allowed to make a request to the Govern. ment, in any manner, without the previous consent of the Cortes. " 1. The dispositions of this Decree arc applicable to the Sub stitutes of the Deputies, from the day when they are called to the exercise of their functions?' Palace of the Cones, August 10, 1 S2l. (Here follow the usual forms of publication). The Cortes are still engaged in the discussion of the articles of the Constitution, in regular succession. Saturday, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY and suite, accompanied by Lord VALLETORT, arrived at Bel fast from Dublin; and, after taking refreshments, proceeded to Mount Stewart. • Letters received from Edinburgh say, that Sir WILLIAM Founts and Co. the Bankers there, have given notice, that in consequence of money being so plentiful, they can only allow 3 1 / 2 per Cent. for de posits; and where the sums are small, only 3 per Cent. The ANDRONIACHE frigate, Captain SHIRREFF, has arrived from Lima, with a great quantity of specie on board, and has brought home Lady CocnnANE as passelger. The Robert Bruce steam-packet, from Liverpool to Dublin, when a little past the Great Orms-head, on Tuesday morning last, took fire, owing to a want of attention to the boilers; the vessel was, with much difficulty, got into the creek of Cemaes near Aml welt, and scuttled. The cabin and deck are much burnt, but it is expected that she may be got off again, and repaired. The passengers, twenty-four in number, and the crew, of fourteen hands, with their luggage, &c. were all landed in safety. Tuesday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Ilero steam-packet, from London to Margate, with two hundred passengers, put into Sheerness under stress of weather, the wind blowing hard from the east. The passengers landed, some of whom staid all night, and for others, post-chaises, gigs, and vehicles of every description were put in requisition, to forward them on their journey : many of them, particularly the females, looked very badly. MODERN LEANDER.--Thomas Morgan, a seaman . of his Majesty's ship Etinva Lys, had frequently swam 1, from the ship to the shore in the night, to visit his sweetheart. On Friday night he was drowned in the attempt. " The Courier has been for some time in bad odour with the more moderate, or sensible, or accom modating part of the Administration, on account of his violence, and they disclaim him as an auxiliary. They have too much good sense, and, we hope, too much probity, and let us add, too much regard for the blessings of a limited Government, not to reject the services of a Paper, which, in every case of per plexity, grave or trifling, in which the Ministers of a Constitutional Sovereign- happen to get entangled, knows and recommends no other mode of extricating them, than by cutting the knot with the sword. This might do well enough in a country where liberty was really a nuisance; where it produced only unmiti gated ills; where it left no monuments of its utility ; and where, in consequence, the wishes of the wisest men in the nation inclined to a despotism, as a hard refuge from the greater evils of the former. But, in England, where everything attests the vivifying force and the great moral effects of free institutions, to re commend the maxims of tyranny, shews so much perversity and folly combined, that no one can be sur prised at the disgust with which it has inspired some of his MAJESTY ' S Ministers. The Courier, therefore, has been able, fbr some time, to communicate such intelligence only, as he can glean by his industry. No exclusive information now appears in his columns:— Public Ledger). Government, yesterday, sold by auction, at Green wich, 1,5(X) casks of provisions, two years old. The beef averaged 90s. a tierce, and the pork 60s. A melancholy accident occurred on Thursday even ing, between five and six o'clock, which has involved a whole family in the deepest affliction. The .two sons of Mr. CoopEn, of Stamford-street, the elder ten years of age, the younger just turned seven, slip.. ped away from home, their mother within the last few days having been confined. The elder boy, having a toy boat, went down to the river side above Blackfriars-bridge, to sail it, accompanied by his brother ; they got on board a barge at its moorings, and occupied themselves the one putting the toy boat into tke river at one end of th e b arge , an d th e ot h er catchlig it at the other end. The younger boy, an interesting child, lost his balance, pitched over, and sunk to rise no more. The elder brother called out to three watermen, who were close by, when they tendered every prompt assistance in their power, but they could not recover the body before the vital spark was extinguished, never to be recalled. The great Sessions for Montgomeryshire com menced on Thursday semnight, at Welsh Pool. John . Davis was capitally convicted of highway robbery, and received sentence of Death. Two witnesses had their pockets picked in the Court, in York Castle, at the Assizes, at the very moment Mr. Justice HOLROYD was passing the dread ful sentence of the law on Ann Barber, for the mur der of her husband ! Exminim—Thursday Frederick Johnson, Ema nuel Willis, and John Cable, capitally convicted at the late Kent Assizes, were conveyed to the usual place of execution on Penenden Heath, and about noon suffered the dreadful seuteace of the law. MS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDEXT. DUBLIN, AIONDAY, AUGUST 27. This day has been most unfavourable to " o ur pleasaunt conceits and dainty devices." " From early morn to latest eve," it has rained incessantly. The new Custom-House Docks were opened to-day. A, dejeune a-laluurchette was prepared for about :.(x) persons, and ALEXANDER'S entry into Babylon was expected to be eclipsed in history by th entrance of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS'S yacht into the virgin basin of our Docks : but an Irish climate, revengeful of the disappointed claims of native pretension, showered down its displeasure on the scene ; and of the nume rows distinguished personages invited, but very few attended. The whole pageant, in short, went ofr in the dullest manner possible. About five o'clock his MAJESTY drove into town, from Slane Castle, to dine with the P:ovost and Mem bers of the University : it was raining then at its heaviest. We all regret that his excursion should h tve been under circumstances so unfavourable to the an. pearance of the country. There was no Address presented to the KING, on Saturday, at Drogheda. In the wide extent of his MAJEiTY'S dominions, there could riot be loom! an equal number of persons more qualified to afford attic entertainment to the Royal Visitor than those collected at Slan,!—Lord MANNERS, Mr. PLUNKETT, the ATTOZINF.Y Auld Lien - oft-GENERAL, &c. and, from the n::y!re of the weather, these resources were peculiarly wanting.— All the intoxicating bustle in which we are now in volved, has nearly arrived to its termination —three days more, and all will be over! The KING quits us, and like a theatre, the business of the scene closed and the lights extinguished, we shall be involved ia aggravated gloom, when the cheering and splendid rays of Royalty are withdrawn. We shall then be looking upon the past as a delightful dream, from which we awaken to regret. I feel, at times, as if we were indulging in the creations of fancy, an d when I hear the shouts of exultation and loyalty, and the quickly-circulated cry of " Here comes the KING!" or listen to the regal sounds of his escort, or ce the Theatrical placard " By command of his Mairsry," I am almost deluded into the belief that England and Ireland have exchanged relative rank and im portance, and that the poor province has become in vested with the honours and pre-eminence of tie proud principal—but the pleasing, the flattering in toxication will too soon subside into " sober sadness." As the optic venturing to rest on the bright,and daz zling luminary of day becomes opake and enfeebled, so shall we experience a correspondent gloom : our streets will become silent—our gay flags and banners - and colours withdrawn, and cast into receptacles of lumber ! and, except the troublesome mementos of tailors bills, the mouldering triumphal arch, &c. we shall have no memorials of this period of extatic jubilee. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28. Notwithstanding that it has mined incessantly the whole of this day, the curiosity of the Public to see his MAJESTY in the Procession of the Knights of St. Patrick was not damped. From the Castle to the Cathedral, (that is, through a part of Dame -street, the whole of George's-street South, 'Aungier-street, Bishop -street, and part of Kevin-street), the foot. ways were impassable with people, and the windows of every house, together with the numerous scaffold ings, were filled with spectators. The Procession, after all, was not worth seeing ; instead of the Knights and Esquires walking, as heretofore, they went its close coaches, an arrangement altogether unavoid able, from the state of the weather. Nothing, there fore, of what would have been beautiful and impos ing in the pageant was seen. • The loudest acclamations, however, rent the air as the KING passed, and the rain did not prevent umbrellas being lowered and hats doffed, in respect. ful and zealous devotion to the Royal visitor. The Procession, such as it was, was not compact, but much broken, the carriages and coaches of the Knights having passed in three distinct divisions. A long interval took place before the Kt rio's coach and escort appeared, closing the Procession. The glasses of the Royal coach were close up, which, with the rain, prevented any view whatever of his MAJESTY. To-morrow is fixed for his MAJESTY going to the Curragh, but the weather seems to have set in for rain ; and consequently what would, of a fine day, be the finest shew connected with the Royal visit (except the public entry), will be utterly spoiled. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. I would not write this day, having so little subject for a letter, but to tell you that his MAJESTY did not go to the Curragh this day, as was intended. He has postponed that interesting excursion to Friday next, when I earnestly hope the weather will be pro pitious. It has rained incessantly these last three days, and it is feared that the most serious injury will be done to the harvest. Wheat has risen, on the prospect, 7s. a barrel, and potatoes, which were yes• terday but Bd. per stone, were this day 16d.: DUEL.—Friday se'nnight, a meeting took place at Rathgar Castle, near Dublin, between a Mr. 1-1--N, and a Gentleman, who was understood to be his bro ther-in-law. Mr. H—N was seconded by Mr. S—tt; his opponent, whose name is not known, was secondcl by Mr. M'L—N. Surgeon P--T attended upon the occasion. After exchanging a few shots, and Mr. H. wounding his antagonist, the matter in dispute was adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties. LONDON ; hisued Mul ptViabri by i you. 11‘..^:1, 1 :.k.tc- Tenip!,-1:4:.. I _~ purl tion witl duti 'was Mr. mni boa' was coot form had up t ulthc with put i Vesi Che they pin • que opci con I mot try ••.1 voi Os be of •Cb p 3 ins