The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-09 00:00:00

HER LATE MAJESTY. [THE TIMES.] When, at the beginning of last week, her MA. JESTY'S illness first assumed a serious character, Dr. Holland requested her permission to send for another physician, observing, that whatever might be his own individual skill and attention, yet the public would necessarily expect, in the case of a Queen, that every possible aid should be had recourse to, her Majesty answered with a smile to the following effect :—" My dear " Doctor, do what you please : if it will be any "relief to your own mind to call in assistance, " do so; but do not do it for my sake : I have t; no wish to live; I would rather die." Indeed, from the first moment that her Majesty was as sured of the very serious nature-of her indisposi tion, she clung to the assurance with joy and gra titude, and listened with a reluctant ear to the hopes of recovery which her physicians and friends held out to her from time to time. " Why " do you wish me to live ?" she exclaimed on one occasion in the early part of her illness ; " life to me can be nothing but a series of sorrows " and persecutions : I shall be much happier in " another world than in this." It was observed , that she desponded too much ; that public opinion was in her favour, and would make her amends fcr all her-sufferings. 1-ler Majesty asked "what " public opinion had done for her." It was an swered, that it had defeated that late dreadful attempt to ruin her—the Bill of Pains and Pen alties. Her reply was prompt and firm—" What " am I the better for the failure of that bill ? " If it had passed, I should have been degraded ; " and what is my situation now ? I have indeed " the empty title of Queen,; but am I Queen of " England ? Have I the privileges, the power, " the dignities of a Queen of England ? No, no: "lam a mere private person—l am not Queen "of England." It will be recollected that on Friday last the symptoms of her Majesty's dis order had become very alarming, and the physi cians had scarcely any hope of her recovery. She received the announcement of her danger with admirable calmness and composure ; and shortly afterwards proceeded to make her will. There was an air of cheerfulness about her after she had signed it, which induced one of her pro fessional advisers (we understand, Mr. Brougham) to express a hope that she felt herself easier and better. Her Majesty answered, " Oh, no, my " dear Mr. Brougham, I know I shall die, and I "do not at all regret it." Mr. Brougham said, that he was of a different opinion, and expected her Majesty "to recover, but added, that,the step she had just.taken was perfectly proper in case of accident. Her Majesty persisted in saying, that she knew she was dying. In the course of the evening she took occasion to say—" I do not " know whether I shall suffer bodily pain in "_dying, but 1 can assure you that I shall quit " this world without r egre t: I h ave no great rea c son to be attached to life." On Saturday and Sunday, in spite of some 'favourable symptoms which inspired the phy sicians with hope, she still expressed her firm conviction that she should die. She seemed to feel pleasure in talking on the subject, and re joiced in anticipating her release from trouble-- lzer escape from the malice of her enemies. She said, that in this world, whether in England or abroad, the rancour of her persecutors would al ways beset l►er : and it was only in another world she could look for peace and justice. She expressed the deepest regret that she was so little able to reward those faithful servants who bad stood by her in her difficulties ; but hoped that. Government would not let them want. She declared herself warmly grateful—and hoped her gratitude would be made known—to that generous portion of the people of England whose support of her had been most steady when most Ni - anted, and who had never been frightened from her cause either by the power or the calumny of her oppressors. " England," said her Majesty, " has certainly been to me a land of sorrow and " persecution, but I know how to love those " faithful English who have always sympathised " with my sorrow, and have done all in their " power to defeat the malice of my perse " tutors." It was on this occasion that she observed that her enemies had been for years plotting and conspiring to destroy her : " at last," said she," they have destroyed me, " but I forgive them. I die in peace with all " mankind." Shortly after, she 'sent for Ma riette Brune, to whom, (as we mentioned yester day) she declared her perfect forgiveness of her sister's (Demont's) cruel falsehoods. All who had an opportunity of seeing her Majesty were struck with the glorious trait in her character, that though her heart was evidently broken with the recollection of the deep injuries she had re ceived, and though an indelibly strong image of the injustice of her enemies was always present to her mind, yet she never used a harsh or angry expression against any individual: she freely forgave them all, spoke of them in terms of pity, and even made allowances for their conduct on the score of the weakness and frailty of human nature. On Monday night it will he remembered that her Physicians seemed to consider her Majesty out of all danger : she was informed of their opinion, but insisted that they were mistaken, adding, she felt she was dying, and thought she should die before nine o'clock the next evening. It is not improbable that her Majesty then felt the symptoms of incipient mortification. She sent for Mr. Wilde, who was in attendance, and added a codicil to her will : we believe it related to the place of her interment. Her first wish was to be buried in the same grave with her beloved daugh ter ; but, added she, " I can have little hope 46 that the Government will grant this wish : I " desire, therefore, to be buried in the same cc vault with my father and brother at Bruns " wick." When her Majesty had signed this codicil, she began to converse at considerable length with Mr. Wilde ; the physicians fearing that conversation might disturb her, wished to withdraw Mr. Wilde from the room, and that gentleman, from the same motive, was anxious to go, but her Majesty begged him'tostay. "I thank ‘, my Physicians," she said, " for their kind in " tentions ; they mean nothing but what is right ; ' 44 but they do not understand my character. They gc think that it agitates me to talk of death ; they " are mistaken ; to me, who have little pleasure in 44 the past, and no prospect of future tranquillity " in this life, it is a pleasure to contemplate my 4 C approaching death ; and why may I not speak " what I feel i" All these observations were made with such sweetness of manner and such calmness of tone, as to make an impression never to be effaced from the minds of these who were present. The night between Monday and Tues day was passed without sleep, owing, it is be lieved, to that restless anxiety which usually ac companies the process of mortification. On Tues day afternoon, about one, she again sent for Mr. Wilde and Dr. Lushington, and again conversed on her usual topics. Alluding to the few friends who had remained constant to her to the last, and for whom she expressed the most grateful regard, she took occasion to observe, that her adversaries had put in practice two modes of separating worthy people from her so ciety : one was to deter them from visiting her by propagating the most atrocious calumnies against her and them : the second was, when they saw her surrounded by persons of honour, to endeavour by anonymous letters, and all means in their power, to poison her mind against them, in order to induce her to break with them. " Against the first mode of attack," said her Majesty, 66 I could have no help : the second " plan I soon detected, and therefore defeated." She then alluded to the practice of opening the body after death, and said that she saw no occa sion for the operation in her case, and wished it not to be done. She then begged that she might not be made a show of after her death. " There has been," ,she observed smilingly, " quite enough _of that in my lifetime ; be " sides, there are persons who kept aloof from "me when alive, who may have no objection " to see me when dead, and there is no good 44 reason for satisfying their curiosity." She then again adverted with great regret to her inability to bestow adequate compensations on her ser vants, or remembrances on her friends; hut said their services and kindnesses were deeply writ ten on her heart. Mr. Wilde then left her for some time.' About four o'clock an access of fever came on, which operating on a frame already almost exhausted, produced for a short time a greater exultation of spirits than she had yet ma nifested : during this period she expressed her self with more vehemence of manner, but still with the same forbearance of language, touching the cruel conspiracies of her inveterate foes : but the fever soon subsided, and she recovered her usual gentle tone—her usual calm and firm de meanour : she was again all resignation to the will of God. A drowsiness then came on which lasted till nearly eight o'clock ; when she suddenly awoke, and observing by her bed side Dr. Holland, who, during her illness, had often expressed a hope of her recovery, said with a smile and .ascent of the greatest sweetness—" Well, my dear Doctor, what do " you think now ?" Her Majesty soon after wards became insensible, but remained alive for above two hours, showing by her breathing a vigour of the lungs_ and of the heart which the physicians said exceeded any case they had ever witnessed. At' length, at twenty-five minutes past ten, her heroic and persecuted spirit fled to the region of truth, and justice, and peace. The anguish of her friends, the agony' of her servants, we have before described ; and have only to add, that the physicians betrayed emotions of grief not often seen among the professional attendants of a death-bed. It is understood that Dr. Lushington and Mr. Wilde attended Lord Liverpool yesterday morn ing for the purpose of showing the will, and taking instructions as to the funeral of her Majesty. All that has transpired is, that his Lordship said he should give orders to prepare a squadron to convey her Majesty's body to Bruns wick, according to the request in her will. The executors to her Majesty's will are Dr. Lnshing-- ton, Mr. Wilde, the Marquis Antaldi, and Signor Felice. The two foreigners are men of the high est respectability ; the first a man of letters, the second a judge : they are both from Pesaro. WEDNESDAY, TEN O'kil.ooK.—Trammersmith this morning presents but a gloomy appearance. Soon after twelve last night, the bell of the parish church began to toll, and its deep tones continued during several hours, at intervals, to remind the inhabitants of their loss. It was not until near midnight that the fact of her Majesty's decease was fully pro mulgated in the town. Persons left Brandenburgh-house almost instantly upon the event ; but they were severally cau tioned not to disclose the news, lest the assembling, at such a moment, of a large concourse of persons might produce con fusion, and impede the necessary arrangements. The whole neighbourhood for several hours afterwards continued restless and unquiet. Some persons wandered up and down in quest of par ticulars ; others were busied in sending offintelligence to their friends. Private parties sat late in conversation ; and many houses of public entertainment were not closed during the whole night. A different sensation prevails this morning. Anxiety has given way to silent regret. The gates of Brandenburgh House, yes terday thronged with visiters, are now deserted; persons pause for a moment, but pass on without inquiry. Throughout Ham mersmith the shops of the tradesmen are shut; the windows of the private houses are half closed ; the flag, hoisted half mast high at the church steeple, drenched with wet, flaps hea- Vily in the wind ; and the rain, falling in incessant torrents, adds to the sombre appearance of the scene.--These public tokens of sorrow for her late Majesty are not confined to the vi cinity of her own residence. In Knightsbridge and Kensing ton—all the way, indeed, from London to Hammersmith—the shop windows (with few exceptions) are closed ; and we under stand that, lower down the road, similar symptoms of affection and respect are universally manifesting themselves. TUE METROPOLIS.-The several theatres are closed on this evening (Wednesday) : they will again be shut on the night of the funeral. The expression of feeling in Lon don is very general. At noon this d a y th ere were not, i n the long line of way between Blackfriars-bridge and the Elephant and Castle, a dozen shopkeepers who did not partially close the fronts of their dwellings. The few tradesmen who stood as ex ' ceptions were chiefly of the Society of Friends, whose religious tenets forbid them either to make merry or weep after the things of this world. Throughout the Lambeth-road, at Bermond sey, and at Camberwell, the same demonstrations of sorrow ap peared. In many parishes the bells tolled during the whole morning ; and nearly all the ships in the Thames had their flags flying half mast high. When the account of the Queen's death reached South Audley_street last night, a vast concourse of per ' sons were surrounding Cambridge-house. On the bulletin benN; read, there was a general shriek from the females assembled; many fainted, and were carried into Alderman Wood's house opposite.—Upon the receipt of Lord Hood's note, announcing her Majesty's decease, the Lord Mayor immediately sent di rections to one of the Vergers of St. Paul's to toll the greatbell; but this the Verger declined doing until he had other instruc tions. A message was then sent to Mr. Lingard, the principal Verger, who said he must consult the R ev . Dr. Wellesley, the Residentiary Canon, on the subject. Mr. Lingard, we under. stand, repaired accordingly to Dr. Wellesley, who resides at Chelsea ; and, we presume, obtained his concurrence, as the bell commenced tolling at one .o'clock, and continued to toll until three.—(lßlD.) • r **.• LMORNING HERALD.] The west end of the metropolis, yesterday, presented a scene of gloom'and sadness that struck to the heart of every beholder. At least nine shops out of ten were partially closed, and the majority of the private houses had the shutters closed, or the blinds drawn. The houses of seve ral of the most distinguished personages who had taken a decided part against her Majesty during her life-time exhibited the same sombre appear ance. At the mansion of the Lord Chancellor in particular, the shutters in the lower part of the house were shut quite close, and in the upper part. the blinds were drawn. Most of the 'looses in St. James's-square were also in the same state,— Somerset House and the other public offices were partially closed, but the.business proceeded as usual. At Carlton House the shutters in front were all closed ; but whether in conse quence of the recent melancholy event, or the absence of his Majesty, we are not able to state. The noble line of houses from the Pultney Hotel westward to Hyde Park Corner, were shut up with two exceptions : one of them the mansion of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. The resi dences of the Duke of Devonshire and Lord. G. Cavendish were quite closed. The late residence of. her Majesty in St. James's square was closely shut up, Brandenburgh House was closely shut, and no persons but those who had special busi ness were suffered to approach nearer than the lodge. Hammersmith, Wednesday night, Eleven o'Clock. Immediately after the death of her. Majesty, on Tuesday night, Lord Hood dispatched a courier with a let ter to the Earl of Liverpool, announcinc, the event, and request .. ing to knew whethe r hi s Majesty's Ministers were prepared. to take any part in the n ecessary arrangements consequent upon her demise. The Noble Earl was at his seat, Coombe 'Wood, and the courier did not arrive there till after twelve o'clock. — His Lordship had then retired to rest ; but he returned a verbal answer to Lord Hood's letter, acknowledging its receipt, and stating that he would be in town, at Fife House, early in the morning, and ready to confer with any of the gentlemen . from Brandenburgh House on the subject.—Accordingly Dr. Lushington and Mr. Wilde had a n i n t erv i ew w i t h hi s L or d s hi p at Fife House, between 19 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and in consequence Messrs. France and Banting, of Pall-mall, the King's upholsterers, received instructions to proceed to Bran denburgh House, and make the necessary preparations, in their department, for the funeral They arrived in the afternoon, aecompanied by one of the clerks from the Lord Chamber lain's Office, and remained here several hours. Mr. Wilde also arrived from town this afternoon, and appears likely to continue here all night. There is no truth in the statement given in some of the Evening Papers that Mr. Ala. Wood had arrived here from town, with an artist to take a cast of her Majesty's counte nance. The Alderman has not left the house since her Majesty's decease, nor does he intend to leave it till the funeral takes place. An artist (whom we have not learnt) certainly did call at Bran denburgh House this morning, and applied for . permission to take a cast f rom t h e f ace of the illustrious deceased; but we be lieve his request was not {Wanted.—Her Majesty's physicians had a consultation at Cambridge House to-day, on 'the subject of the embalmment, and we understand that operation will be pe formed to-morrow (this day.)--So far back as Sunday last, her Majesty talked of her approaching dissolution with a composure which deeply affected her attendants. She repeatedly expressed an earnest desire that her remains might be deposited in the sepulchre of her family at Brunswick. Among other matters of minor import, she desired that her coffin might be of cedar, anti that it might be made by Mr. 's rwfßooairt:ds her Majesty, and Id a pieiaslsset whilstr ad . B uA extensive s t ti t i ti made .aotn ita, alu a ir; b ht o be o ui l a eot wsui s eds e eeuh a n n wdi d eni trhsTt awhn library-table ehdoibhchale dshi in as since failed, and is at present incapable of undertaking such a work. We believe it is intended that her Majesty's remains shall lie in state the day previous to their removal, in the long gallery at Brandenburg House.--(lbid.) [BRITI theRESS.] The intelligence of with the utmost rapidity yesterday morning throughout all parts of metropolis. Few seemed to have expected it, but to the immense majority of the peopl e it appeared to come with all the surprise that is felt when one hears of a sudden death. The intelligenCe every where produced an• extraordinary sensation, and opi nions were freely expressed and freely canvassed respecting the effects which the event might be supposed to produce upon the.political aspect of public affairs. An expression.of regret was most general, but it was accompanied for .the most part with the melancholy admission made by the Royal Sufferer herself, that death was to be considered, with respect to her, as a merciful relief from a state of deep . and un- alleviated distress. The great bell of St. Paul's was tolled at intervals throughoutthe day, announcing to the public that another- mem ber of the Royal Family was added to the long catalogue of mortality which that family has so recently exhibited. Iler Majesty is the sixth member of the Royal Family who has claimed the-tribute of public sorrow within-dm short in terval which has elapsed since the close of liosti lilies. We have within that time witnessed the successive demises of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, of Queen Charlotte, of the Duke of Kent, of King George,lll., of the Duchess of York, and of 'her late Most Excellent Majesty. —These we notice exclusive of the deaths of in fants, and they offer to the contemplative mind a lesson awfully impressive. In consequence of the absence of the King,-the place of burial, and other arrangements for her Majesty's funeral, cannot be kno wn f or some days.—The The a t res were closed last night, as a mark of respect to her memory, but it has been intimated to the several Managers that the Theatres need not continue •clostid during the time previous to her Majesty's interment. [MORNING POST.] Expresses have been forwarded to his Majesty in Ireland, to announce the death of his Royal Consort. There are various accounts of the ori gin of her Majesty's illness. It is said by some that she was taken ill at Drury-lane Theatre, in consequence of having drank some lemonade whilst in a state of perspiration—others say that the beverage was cyder. On the Sunday previous to the attack, her Majesty attended Divine Ser_ vice atliammersmith Parish Church, and appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. At that time her Majesty entered into conversation with several persons of the Town, with whom she was very affable and condescending. [For a Biographi:al Sketch of her late Majesty, see the Fourth Page.] LITERARY REVIEW. DON JUAN. Cantos Three, Four, and Five. The admirers of poetry and original genids will see with pleasure that the noble Author - 4f this singular Work has renewed his attention to •it to a considerable. extent. The same 'spirit which characterised the first two-stanzas appears' in the three now added. There appears also the same suprising facility in the invention of new and ludicrous rhymes; and it is evident that though the Author has devoted much attention to the pur suit of such rhymes, it has not led him from the developement of the most delicate, intricate, and complicated feelings of the human heart, or from accurate, striking, and vivid descriptions of the beauty, variety, grandeur, and sublimity of the scenes of Nature, and of the productions of Art. The interesting story of the loves of JuAs and lIAIDEE proceeds, and many affecting scenes are described, in the progress of which many pro found observations on human life, and admirable maxims for human conduct, fall from the author with a careless ease," like dew-drops from the lion's mane." We shall not anticipate the pleasure which the Reader will receive in the perusal of this ex traordinary, and we may add, beautiful work, but at present content ourselves with extracting from the fourth Canto the dream of HAIDEE, which may well be compared with that of ELOISA, so beautifully imagined by POPE, whom the folly of modern hypo-criticism will not acknow ledge to be a Poet of a very high, if not of the highest order. The noble Poet,while introducing the passage which follows, happily styles dreaming " The mystical usurper of the mind." She dream'd of being alone on the sea-shore, Chaired to a rock ; she knew not how, but stir She could not from the spot, and the loud roar Grew, and each wave rose roughly, threatening her; And o'er her upper lip they seem'd to pour, Until she sobb'd for breath, and soon they were Foaming o'er her lone head, so fierce and high Each broke to drown her, yet she could not die. Anon—she was released, and then she stray'd O'er the sharp shingles with her bleeding feet, And stumbled almost every step she made ; And'something roll'd before ber in a sheet, Which she must still pursue howe'er afraid ; 'Twas white and indistinct, nor stopp'd to meet Her glance nor grasp, for still she gazed and grasp'd, And ran, but it escaped her as she clasp'd. The dream changed ; in a cave she stood ; its walls Were hung with marble icicles ; the work Of ages on its water-fretted halls, Where waves might wash, and seals might breed and lurk; Her hair was dripping, and the very balls Of her aack eyes see.n'd turn'd to tears, and murk The sharp rocks look'd below each drop they caught, Which froze to marble as it fell, she thought. And wet, and cold, and lifeless at her feet, Pala as the foam that froth'd on his dead brow, - Which she essay'd in vain to clear, (how sweet Were once her cares, how idle scem'd they now !) Lay Juan, nor could aught renew the beat Of his quench'd heart ; and the sea dirges low Rang in her sad ears like a mermaid's song, And that brief dream appear'd a life too long. And gazing on the dead, she thought his face Faded, or alter'd into something new— Like to - her father's features, till each trace More like and like to Lambro's aspect grew With all his keen worn look and Grecian grace ; And starting, she awoke, and what to view ? Oh ! Powers of Heaven ! what dark eye meets she there ? 'Tis—'tis her father's—fix'd upon the pair ! BOGNOR, AUG 7.—The early arrival of the Duchess of KENT, with the Princesses VICTORINL and FEODORE, may be looked to; Captain Cori- RO Y, her Royal Ilighness's Equerry, arrived here last night, and has begun to make the necessary arrangements -for the- accommodation of the Household. The house of Sir JOHN HARRING TON is taken for the residence of her Royal llighness. • DEATH BY FIGHTING.—A boxing-match took place on Tuesday between Cooper and O' Leary— Cooper won the battle, after several rounds, h y a heavy hit, upon the temple of his antagonist ; and that hit, we regret to state, killed O'Leary. lie was taken oil' the ground in a state of stupor to the Cock Inn, at Sutton, where he expired about nine o'clock. lie was bled,and there was no want of medical aid, but it was all to no purpose, as the blow caused a rupture of one of the vessels of the brain. The deceased was a very brave men. A Coroner's Inquest will sit on the body this evening. The extraordinary passengers who landed at Dover a few days since were visited by numbers of the inhabitants ; it is stated that they are na tives of the interior •of the Brazils, about 600 miles inland, that in their habits they are Caul bals ; they are exceedingly timid at the ap proach of strangers, fearing they intend immo lating them, nor can their agitations be soothed until a mutual kissing of hands, as a token of peace, excites confidence. The man is about five feet two inches, and the woman rather shorter, the child is well formed and of good features ; the man and woman wear ear and mouth orna ments, which do not accord with our idea of the decorative elegance, the ears are stretched until 'they become sufficiently distended to. admit a large cork, nine inches in circumference, which is embedded in the ear and hangs down upon the shoulder ; the lower lip has incisions made in it, and is then stretched out until it extends suffi ciently to contain a similar cork, which projects the lower lip out to a monstrous size. The man attempted to escape from the room where they were confined, by climbing up the chimney, with the child in his arms, but was discovered. Their food consists of raw flesh of animals. When first taken they refused all kind of sustenance, and it was only on condition of their being treated with a live monkey, they could be induced to take any food. They left Dover on Friday, in company with the Frenchman who has brought ' them over, for the metropolis, where they are to be exhibited for the amusement of the Londoners. i (Maidstone Journal.) FREEMASONRY. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. Monday, : August 13, LONDON. Nos. 40, 100, 143, -.211, 319, 333. } . • COUNTRY. Nos. 97, 1 238,' 243, .320, 378 5 433, 437, % • 473;,,517, 524, 538441, 546, 558, 570, 574, 57 3 , • 643, 680, 701, 710. Tuesday, 14, LONDON. Nos. 23, 6'2, 290, 300, 316, 367, 479. COUNTRY: Nos. 24., 67, 87, 130, 133, 145, 211, 263, 28.5, 292, 340, 427, 477, 537, 592' 604, 626, 640, 649, 6, w , 714. Wednesday, ..._.15, LONDO - k.' Nos. 56, 225, 309. COUNTRY. Nos. 54, 95, 105, 121, 124, 146, 164, 207, 229,_2 91 ' 339, 342, 465, 472, 460, . 487, 529, 543 563, 581, 678, 711. Thursday, - 16, LONDON. Nos. 152, 274, 284, 38 3 ;,, COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 48, 51, 57, 1" , 115, 171, 288, 384, 416, 420, 453, 461, 466, 41 ;?' 483, 506, 511, 545, 35 ,4 561, 586, 587, 657, 670 ' 717. -- 17, LONDON. No. 493. COUNTRY. Nos. 30, 55, 193, 470, 53 ' 600, 646. Friday, Saturday, - 18, LoNDox. * * a COUNTRY. Nos. 64, -3.-)8. 'WEYMOUTH, AUG. 6.—On Monday next, 13th instan t ' in honour of the King's birth-day, the foundation stone of t ile ' intended new bridge will be laid by Wm. WILLIAMS, P q ; M.P. P.G.M. attended by the Master s , W ar d ens , Officers, an d Brethren of All Souls, and the respective Lodges in the ro• vince, and many visiting Brethren from distant part 4 of th c • country. The Masonic Procession will be accompanied by dic Members of the Borough, the Mayor and Corporation/ Friendly Societies, &c. with their banners, preceded by the" litary and other bands of music, and will altogether form a grs ll ,,, and most imposing spectacle.—The Fraternity on that day. 7 he highly gratified to „see that the Masonic Hall of u.;. - town has been lately very much improved ; an elegant Vim! tilator is placed in the centre of the ceiling ; the bull's el e (which is three feet in diameter,) is gilded, and the tures for ventilation are about two inches wide, formil4 within that space an equilateral triangle. Around this plaster is the frieze, which, is composed of pomegran ate ,: eleven inches wide—twelve rays emanate from the frieze ; of them are about three feet six inches long, and of a serPelt form, beautifully arranged ; and the others are about half length, and pointed, which produces a fine effect ; the diare e ' ter of the whole being about ten feet six inches. On the O r r line are placed the twelve signs of the Zodiac, being ole la ; tant from the point of each serpentine ray. There are 01 0 t • i ; round serpents, one placed east, a nd th e o th er west , aboo t , feet from the ventilator. The ceilin g i s p a i n t e d bl u e, ° lc . gives a very imposing appeaiance to the interior altoget ilc o ; but the greatest ornament and addition is the a dmirable highly finished portrait of the Right Worshipful Wil- I° o WILLIA3IS, Esq. M.P. P.G.M. for the c o un ty o f Dorset,w il is placed opposite the throne, enriched with a matt_ clef frame of eleven feet by eight. I t i s one o f t h e most co rrcct .3 l stat e, striking likenesses ever seen. H e i s s itti ng i n a c h a ir of ,3t ' o , arrayed in all the honourable m e d a l s of Masonic distirl eti° o ci amongst them may be particul ar ly o b serve d t h e c ostly e l ra l presented to him by the Brethren of the Grand Stela td Lodge as their PAST MASTER, &c. Th e c l o thi n g and eve part of the painting are executed in a very superior stYl e ' o f do infinite credit to the exalted ta s t e an d pre - em i nen t abill uc ' the artist, Mr. PIC:I:MISCUE. PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT TV Bank Stock 234 333 3 per Cent. Red. 76.1. 3 per Cent. Cons. 75 4 per Cent. 95,4 5 per Cent. Navy Ann....100i 1 111. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-10 tP. OP. Morning, 25 minutes after 11. I Evening, 0 minutes. lid" F STOCKS WELVE O'CLOCK. 1 India Stock ............... .". India Bonds ........ . ...... Excheq. Bills ............ Cons. for Account. .•••' •" THE BUN SOLEM QUIS DICERL FALSUM AUDIO LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1821' Tat KING. cif Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at g ° II dated 7th Inst. One P . at. !tor OP CC The Royal Squadron came to ali C 111 5 • this harbour at ten o' c l oc k P . M . y e sterday' rO. MAJESTY does not land, an d it a ppears very f eo bable the Squadron will be under weigh ill % hours. The wind is contrary ) but moderitte. . _A The French Papers of Monday, whicl!r na ' .- rt i. us this morning, contain several important oc , Iles from Vienna and other:parts of Ge rr fo which put it beyond a doubt that both ni and anssia have determined to proceed t° 1. 1 - ac e lities. The Turkish Government appea rs t iol° been so well convinced of th e hostile bite°, qf 11 of Russia, and of the alm o st cer tain imP° s- 5.1 1 of adjusting its differences with that row er ' v ll5 ttl it has been making extraordinary e-eioce to assemble a large army in the f ro an tic i ' adjoining Russia, and, what was litt le • life' A gated, with a view 9f acting o n the oil e "%nte' The Ottoman force in M o ldavia al° 31' 41 A on the 15th of last month to 60,0 00 t 5 100 pieces ,of cannon ; reinforcemen, j° to 1(' daily, and when th e corps on t h e ir Mar" .st4o°° it shall have arrived, it will consist c ' f combatants. Its commander, Juss° t he makes no secret of his i n t en ti o n to paSs fo rtre pr°t 5- and to lay siege to Choczim, the princiP 3 f obi °. in Russian Moldavia, the possession' ° o tar e his will materially tend to the success of ur uis 4 operations and to render secure the tbv ° P ICPI principalities of Moldavia and stron foo c e t h o e n o t t h l i e e r l e l t i f a n b d a , nk th s e o lt r ui i h s e inn;:: ll oo :d_ fe t il li a e Cossacks were rea4ly with the ir vossels to 0: ot. , the passage of the river. The army o f Get'