The National Register. — London, England, 1817-11-10 00:00:00

MU MI MI ~~».. 1111111•11 / // r/1 Lit 4./ _. .._ . . . . . • Arlattonai ,p ________ , . Our iting, ConOtitution anti it ablii. • i No. 509...—V0L. X. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1817. Paica 94d. - . , , DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. watching from the timed his Royal consort's being taken Dukes of York and Cumberland were with his lit . ......6 0 .-- ill, had completely exhau s ted his strength, retired to Highness during part of the day, as were Lords Liv a °pith lies on her, like an untimely frmt an adjoining room, to take same necessary- rest. pool and Sidneouth. The Duke of Sussex was hourlSs • • . Upon the sweetest dowel of all the tichl.n About 12 o'clock the fired alarming symptom occurred expected, Many of the Nobility also left their express --- when her Royal Hie:linos' felt a difficulty in swallow- ions of condolence. WE know not on what period of our history we ing some gruel, at the some time complaining of being The City Authorities have already set the example • could fix, in which an event occurred so calamitous as chilly and of a pain e 4 .her chess. The Prance was int- of a respectful and solemn manifestation of regret for . . . that which we have this week the melancholy task of mediately called up, and was soot) at the bed-side of his the nations loss, end have agreed( twforego all the pomp ts• recordin. g . . Even in horidttelA e. the death of mother beloved consort, Th e t wo me di6l attendants hum the and ceremony which have been :immemorially considerel and he' rmafaitt in the same momen t, i s a circumstance next room instantly joined Sir R. Croft, who had never essential to the maintenance of their rank and dignity. . • of such overwhelming misery, that it never flits to ex- quitted the room, although the contrary has been er- For this, there is, we find, one precedent, that of the ' cite all our warmest sensibilities ; h u t w h en th e victims raucously stated. Every remedy which their unitcdskill year 1786, when the elder Princess Amelia having i are of' exalted rank, when a nation's hopes are fixed could devise was sedulously applied. flied early in November, Alderman Sainsbery, the Lord ' 4 upon_ them, when in their loss we behold the direct Her Royal Highness is stated to have remained sen- Mayor of that year, went in a chair to Guildhall, and . ; i .. suer:es:mon to the throne e ndan g ered, our sorrow becomes Bible to the last minute of her lifts. She was taken with thence in his private carriage to Westminster. I.et the e more acute, as public calamity is aided to private dis' dangerous spasms about one o'clock ; upon ascertaining citizens, as well as their principals show, a proportionate trews. In the present unhappy case, the demonstration 1 which, Dr. Baillie sent off an express to the Cabinet respectfordeparted worth and dignity. Everything about of public concern assumes almost the character of Ministers, expressing his doubts with respect to the theta will remind them of the propriety of this sug- ' private grief: we turn back with fond and lingering event. Prince Leopold remained by the bed-side the gestion ; for the Lottery has been suspended by an : I recollections ;—we reflect upon her youth, her beauty, whole time, endeavouring, as touch 11. i I%) \Sible, to dis- order front the Lords of the Trensury, and the . . her refined understanding, a nd fe e l that she whom we guise from his suffering comiort the rid and agony he Theatres are closed by order of the Home Department. , .. have lost had throned herself in our hearts, which felt at th e unexpe c t e d turn that had taken place. Her Both these suspensions will remain in force till after '• : shrink at the agonizing pang of so untimely a separa- Royal Highness, it is said, scarcely ever moved her eyes the funeral. • tion. from the 'face of her beloved partner, extending her Prince Leopold has declined the considerate offer of • In traversing the whole of our historical annals, we hand frequently to meet his—that hand which was, in the Prince Regent to leave the immediate scene of his fa no precise parallel to the present gloomy eveut ; I one short hour, to be cold, insensible, and liii•less.— affliction, and ,o take his abode at Carlton-house. He that of the death of Ann's eon, is the nearest, as it About five minutes before her death, the Princess said purposes to attend the funeral in person. It will take , . • • i respects the succession, but it was unaccompanied by to the medical attendants, "Is there any danger ?" place at Windser, and be accompanied with the same the double domestic affliction which in this case weighs They replied, that they requested her Royal Highness solemn ceremonies as were observed when the late • down the heart, and loads us with an involuntary ins- to compose herself. She breathed a gentle sigh, and Princess Amelia was buried. The bodies of the mother pulse to reflect upon the uncertain tenure of" frail mor- expired. and son will be deposited together in St. George's . . i , 4 tality." The agony of Prince Leopold at this moment may vault. The Dean of Windsor has been sent for to , A As every particular relating to this heavy visitation perhaps be conce iv e d—it c annot be adequatelydescribesl. give the necessary direction fur preparing it. The day 1 must be interesting to the public (fur sorrow loves to Ix He has ever since appeared like a man bereft of all Coln.. of interment is not yet, fixed, but we suppose it will .. . particular,) we will present our readers with every flirt, and the agonv of his mind will not allow him to not be very early, for persons have already been sent material fact, which may either satisfy present curiosity, take his 'wan] rest. from the Lord Chamberlain's department to embalm ' 1. 1 • or serve as a memorial for the future. Immediately alter her. Royal Highness's delivery, the body ;it was opened for that purpose on Friday The first symptom of her Royal Highness's Whirs- Lord Sidon/oil' dispatched a letter to the Lord Mayor, by Sir Everard Home, and Sir David Duudas, sergeunt . sition was manifested about 3 (Mock on Tuesday stating the event. But the public were doomed to be surgeons, and by Mr. Braude, the upothecaey to the e . morning, whet, Sir Richard Crop, •her physician, who merged in complete desnair ; for at half-past six the King, in conjunction with Mr. Neville, surgeon to the • had been in constant uttentlance for three weeks, saw f o ll ow i ng morn i ng , th e neseru f u l i n t e lligence was coo- household at Claremont. A the most convincing reason for pronouncing that her municated to the seine quarter; and the tale of' grief The intelligence of her Royal Highness's accouch- • i accouchment was approaching. s ervan t s were i mme - was c o i l e d by the followiug short, but expressive notice mow was received by her Majesty at Bath on Thurse ate dily sent oil express for the different o f in the G az e lle:— t Officers Gette:— d . ay; just as she was about to receive the address of the . ,It atate whose dote it is to be present on such occasions. Mayor anti Corporation. It not only made a painful I LONDON GA ZETT% EXTit %ORDINARY, Toca.;o.tv, • • .... Dr. Baillic was likewise summoned to give his advice, imprteolon on her Majesty's mind, but cast a cues:der- Nov. 6. , f / it' necessary. So great ass the speed of' the different e Wins-effete., Nov. a. able gloom over the whole city. As, however, her p Z messengers, who all left Claremont at a quarter past o f "Liii:l It o ll Ro yal g i t n n u eS : r e P li, in r ar i e C l i r r ,l"." t t :' `„Ag u ei t eil d ' u r t t: Royal Highness was believed to be doing well, it was 0-, k , ::,, that Bathurst arrived film Putney at a gear- _eerie_ _ . at cl. sc...Liute. was adirered not thought necessary to stop the entertainment to be i v I serene nmes the hince I II a ( th. . ter past 5 o'clock ; the Archbishop of Canterbury and of es:in-horn male child lan o'clock la r night, sad slut loaf -past g i ven by th e M a y or t o th e N o bility an d G en try, in a ' the Bisho of Loudon, from Fulham, at 6 (idea ; the 12 i ( 1' iliqiii iiighne s was sect with ) s oot difficalty of hrentlong, honour of her Majesty's arrival. Accordingly, a nn- f. ! p rot: sense and lontatioti, Will alarodor symptom inesateet till Chancellor of the Eechequer, from Downing -street, !Wrens; 2' tA•!:/tii this morning. whet' Jr e tibial tligio.esd en4red, memos company met at the Guildhall and dined tu- P) . es g at half-pest 7 ; and lastly, the Lora Chancellor, from to the inssprasems s t!if r a his !loyal lio:l.ne, the Prince Itorti_ . L Anther, Litt alas ! before the tables were cleared one of ' I'' Bedford-square, at a quarter before 8. The dist:wee of 7 .. f atui liti! I: , Lt•ltroa.l con-Ja, the P ri n ce Leopold, and of ah ale Royal her Majesty's pages brought a letter to Sir H. Hallord; . IClaremont from London is 16 miles. Dr. Baillie ar- V. it was instantly handed to his Royal Highness the • rived front VirL;inia-water ut a quarter past 7. The Prince Regent had been for a woek or ten days Duke of Clarence, who, rending it with much. emotion, :,' In the course of the evang of Tuesd::y, as time la- pest, nt the seat of the Marquis of I lertfima in SufihMl: ; rose and took his &past:ay.—lt commenicatcd the .' tour was very lingering, and theinterval between the but on intelligence that the illness of the Princess Char- melancholy intelligence of the death of her lloyel High- p . . eifferent pains much longer titan usual, the attendant I lone had t•ornaenced, he hastened to town on his way nese F j::ysieiMis deemed it adviscable to send fir Dr. Sims, to Cluremont. During his journey, his Royal Highness We cannot describe the sensations of the assemblage , in th e apprehension that it was possible that ar- stopped two messengers with dispatches:—these, it is after the sudden departure of the Royal Duke. In a ' i - I im tificial assistance must be resorted to. 1)r. Sires anived said, announced only the slow progress of the labonr, faltering tone of voice the Marquis of Camden propos !' with the greatest speed, but saw no reason to depart .and the apparent absence of danger : a third, with the ed a suspension of all entertainment, and every indivi- , them the course already pursued ; and thought like, account of tits delivery of the still-born child, passed dual rose from the table, and retired in silent contem- 'I the others, that the labour would have a happy termina- him in the night s so that it was not till after hi , ar- elation upon the melancholy and deeply regretted - thin, rival in town, that his Royal Highness became acquaint- event. At eight o'clock on Wednesday morning the •three ted with the full extent of his misflirtime. He readied When the messenger who was dispatched by Lord , remlical gentlemen issued a bulletin stating that " the Carlton-house about four in the morning., where the Sidmouth and Earl Bathurst, to Bah, arrived there th e • l..bour of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Duke of York anti Lord Bathurst met him as the official Queen, was at dinner with the Princes Elizabeth, Lady 1 - , is going on very slowly, but, we trust, favourably." In bearers of the melancholy intelligence. II ile course of the day the an.swer to enquiries wns, Ilchester, General Taylor, and ether persons of distinc t. Overwhelmed with affiction for the loss which he tam. General Taylor to whom the dispatch was ad ; Her Royal Highness is going on in a much snore fa- had sustained, his Royal Highness vet had room for. dressed, was culled out of the room, to read it.—His vourable way." At 9 o'clock in the evening the delivery the feelings of sympathy in the sutihrings of others; feelings were so shocked, that it was some time bcchre . 1 1 teok place, and the c hild was still-born, but her Royal Sir W. Congreve was sent to ('laremout to express to he recovered himself. He then desired Lady liches:er 1 I highness eehlited no symptoms of alarming indispo- Pince Leopold, the sentiments of' his affimtionate cen- to be called out, thinking and rimming, that such a s.. v na • ..p, t slam) :on the contra r y, s h e was perfectly tranquil ; and dolence, and to enquire after the health of his & m rent sircusta m nce might in solve measure prenere the Qaecn. even the distressing intelligence of her dead child was Highness ;at the same tine offering an -immediate nssy- He did so. NVlten her Ladyshie returned, the Queen ' esfil r ee e get , • received by her with resignation, and an expression of lum in Carlton-house, out of' the way of afflictive pre- exclaimed, —e I know MUM fatal event has heppened!" ' • ..%. ik, I ions submission to the will o f H eaven . At its birth the partitions necessary ;for the funeral of his consort. It Her Majesty was then informed, and immediately re- e,7 1 ft . i OW was found a perfect fine form e d ma le, and it was is further sail, that his Royal Highness has written to tired with the Princess Elizabeth, who watt also dread ascertained . . to have been living but a f e w minutes be- Prince Leopold a letter of the most affecting nature, fully affected, to her private epartments The Queen .. 1, 1 ,1 , fore its birth. At JO o'clock a bulleti n was issued, expressing the deepest sense of the manner in wh:ch he and the Princess Flizebeth have determined to leave r -.;._ 4 4 , : • 6 signed by the three medical gentlemen, stating the cir- had invariably conducted himself to his daughtee, a Bath as soon as possible. Letters arrived in town this ' \•••• %di , `' t f •, e, . est ' 1, cumstances. manlier which had ensured to him the blessings ;nd morning from 'her Majesty, tie Princese, and the Duke es e ate seso. .7:N t; Soon afterwards Her Royal Highness seemed in- affection of the father, and the :ulmiration and reel ect of Clarence, to the Prince Rtgent, and Prince Leo- s : , j dined to sleep : this, perhaps, might he the effect of of the nation. His Riwal.Highness, while he has thus.. pold. . G!'s-- 4. mere exhaostion ; but as it was unattended by any of , consitlerntelv cut leavoured to console the affiictlee of• I ler Majesty and suite left Bath yesterday morning s i 'I. the usual charm tees of serious illness, it was construed ' elle husband, las iiinisilf stood in need of sympethieing for Windsor. 11 into a favoureble.cremustance, and the great Oftners of attentions:, '1 he effect of his grief made it neecesars Accounts from Claremont mention that Priece Leo- . t State took th e ir d e p or tur e , Prince Leopold, too, whose to take souse amid front him, after which his Itl` id *AI continues in time deepest distress, b.:t he is sonic- i . , e • unremitting attentions, constant anxiety, and unceasing if app e llivd more resigned and calm. 'I 10. what m rJ.calm than yeksterday mottling. & less .. • . . ' - k r r-,tloo '...;.,;;;,..).-...;:*' ~..Vi,*- Z olgiNt. ')4 : ';'.t,." .-Flel • 5 4 0.: 'Xv.,. 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