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

DEATH OF THE QUEEN. —...leggLiw.--. [PROM THE TIMES.] LAST MOMENTS AND DEATH OF HER MAJESTY Hammersmith, half-past Three. p. .—All here is alarm and confusion. A report is afloat that the Queen has had a relapse. No satisfactory answer can be obtained from the servants at Brandenburgh-house. The morning Bulletin still stands at the gate. It is this : " . The Queen has pissed the night. without sleep: her Majesty's symptoms are not worse than yesterday. " AZ. BAILIATE. " H. AINSLIE. " W. G. 31 ATON. " P. WARREN. " H. HOLLAND." Mr. Wilde, Dr. Lushington, and two of her Majesty's Physicians, are now in consultation. The most positive orders are given that their con ference shall not be interrupted. A messenger is this moment dispatched to Dr. Baillie. half-past Four o'Clock, p. m.—The evil news gains, strength. The gates of her Majesty's resi dence are surrounded. The Household is in con sternation. The principal domestics believe that there has been an important change, and fear that it is a change of an unfavourable nature:— The inquiries are so numerous, that it is found necessary to prevent persons (except of rank or on immediate business) from entering the avenue. Dr. Baillie is sent for, we understand, at her Ma jesty's express desire. Fire o'Ciock.—Three expresses have just passed at full speed through the town : they have all taken the road to London. The High-street is crowded with persons, each questioning the other, and all alike unable to give answer. The inha bitants of the' town are running from'all quarters towards Brandenburgh-house. Dr. Baillie is ar rived. A Quarter past Five.—The ill-tidings are con firmed.' The following Bulletin has this moment been issued : " In the course of the morning, her Majesty has suddenly become much worse. " M. BAILLIE. " W. G. AUTON. " HENRY HOLLAND." This account, the more terrible as it was unex pected, scatters dismay in every direction. An express has been sent to the Lord Mayor with a copy of the bulletin. Six o'clock.—Dr. Ainslie and Dr. Warren are here. Mr. Thompson, her Majesty's apothe cary, is also come. The Prince Equilano, Mr. ifobhouse, and Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, came in at a gallop about half an hour back; and a vast number of horsemen are hovering about Branden burgh-house for intelligence. The medical men are now with her Majesty. We have been interrupted . by a report of her Majesty's decease. We mention the rumour to show the state of anxious feeling : it is wholly without foundation. Seven o'eock.—Stories of every description .are afloat ; they are caught up by the stage coaches passing through Hammersmith, and will, no doubt, by to-morrow morning, make their way to all quarters of the kingdom. Nothing authentic has transpired within the last hour. Eight o'clock. Matters remain in the same state. A messenger from the Duke of Sussex has been at Brandenhurgh-house : he brought a let ter, and, after waiting a few minutes, departed at full speed with the answer. Nine o'Clock.--The Queen's medical attend ants are all in consultation : Lord Hood, Alder man Wood, Mr. Wilde, and Dr. Lushington are with them. A bulletin is presently expected. We heat that her Majesty is dosing, and that she is at present nearly or quite out of pain. It is but justice to the individuals who compoSe her Majesty's household to say, that they are pene trated with the deepest distress on her account. The Queen, at least, may be truly said to have the blessings of those who eat her bread. Ten o'Clock.—No bulletin is yet issued. A few minutes since, the cry of women was heard in the upper apartments of Brandenburgh-house ; but no immediate danger is announced. It is impossible not to be struck with the earnest yet cautious demeanour of the persons (no matter what their rank) who are incessantly repeating their inquiries after her Majesty's welfare. The only individuals who show themselves at the lodge are two decent, attentive, young women ; and yet, notwithstanding the concourse of per sons, and the eagerness for intelligence, not a question is asked above the tone of a whisper. A messenger from the Duchess of Kent has been at Brandenburgh-house. We hear that he carried back only a verbal message ; it is said, a message of threatening import. Half Past Ten o'Clock.—The struggle is over ! Hope, fear, anxiety, are now alike at an end; Caroline, Queen of England, is no more ! The shock through the household was violent, almost to stupefaction. About five minutes ago, a Moorish domestic of her Majesty burst, half frantic, into the vestibule; and at the same in stant a loud and lengthened shriek from the female servants, as they rushed towards each other from their several apartments, rendered all explana tion unnecessary to the horror-stnick spectators. The cry of alarm was succeeded by a long and fearful pause. It was a pause of death-like silence —of a silence which every one dreaded to break. Even to the last fatal moment, spite of evidence to the contrary, all had hoped, and many had trusted, that she, their friend and mistress ! would recover. The sobs of the women were loud and unrestrained ; the men covered their faces with their hands and wept. It was long before any thing like regularity could be restored. FOP some time, all distinctions of rank appeared to be at an end ; in this instance, the most eminent indi viduals present were seen walking about the house, forgetting to claim, and scarcely receiving, any thing like ready attention from their own servants. At length, the necessity - Of making certain arrangements produced the, restoration (in some degree) of order; and we were enabled to collect a few particulars which may be reli►ed upon as authentic. • At an early hour this morning her Majesty's friends and servants were impres . sed with a full conviction of her speedy recovery. It would appear, however, that the expectations of the Queen herself were not so sanguine; for when Mr. Wilde requested leave to attend his profes sional duties on the western circuit, the Royal patient intimated her wish that he should remain. About noon unfavourable symptoms began to manifest themselves, and her Majesty endured considerable pain : that undaunted resolution, however, which had conducted her in safety over nearly half the surface of the habitable globe, which taught her first to defy the threats, and then enabled her to baffle the machinations of her enemies—that noble determination did not forsake her even in her dying hour, and, if she suffered severely, she suffered without a murmur. Opiates were administered, and for some thne they had a consoling effect; but at two o'clock increased inflammation was visible to every one, and the post-haste attendance of the physicians was desired. Drs. Baillie, Maton, and Holland, first arrived, and, under their di rection, the bulletin dated half-past four o'clock was put forth. Dr. Ainslie and Dr. Warren pre sented themselves immediately after. At four o'clock Mr. Wilde was summoned to her Ma jesty's chamber. At that time a marked altera tion—an alteration which could scarcely be mis taken—had taken place in her appearance. The illustrious sufferer herself seemed perfectly aware of the change ; and, amid the tears of all who sur rounded her, spoke with calmness and with resig nation of her approaching dissolution. She thanked her friends for the care they had bestowed upon her; lamented her inability to reward their kindness as it deserved ; - and expressed the most perfect conviction that in a few hours she should cease to need their attention. She commended her soul with humility, but with confidence, to her Creator ; and trusted to meet that justice in another world' which had been denied to her in this. Her Majesty adverted also to some highly important and interesting facts, with which we art. not as yet fully favoured, and upon which we decline therefore, for the present, to enter. From four until seven o'clock the Queen con tinued gradually to grow worse. Just before eight, she sulik for a short time into a doze. Soon after the eye became fixed, the muscle grew rigid, and a stupor ensued,from which her Majesty never awoke. At twenty-five minutes past ten o'clock (after an entire absence of ,sense and faculty of more than two hours) nature gave up" the contest ; and, almost without a struggle, the Consort' of. George IV., and the reigning Queen of England„ expired. At half-past eleven o'clock the following bul letin was issued : "-Her Majesty departed this life at twenty five minutes past ten o'clock this night. " M. BAILLIE. " H. AINSLIE. " W. G. lIIATON. " P. WARREN. " H. HOLLAND. Brandenburgh:aOuse, Aug. 7." The persons present at the moment of her Ma. jesty's death, were Lord and Lady' Hood, and Lally Ann Hamilton; Alderman Wood and his son, the . Rev. Mr. John Wood ; Dr. Baillie, Dr. Ainslie, Dr; Maton, Dr. Warren, and Dr. Hol land ; Mr. %% fide, Dr. Lushington, and Mr. Austin. Soon after the bulletin was delivered, all the medical gentlemen, except Dr. Holland, depart ed. Dr. Holland remained all night at Bran denburgh-bouse, as did also Lady Anne Hamil ton. Numerous expresses were sent off in diffe rent directions. The sensation produced in the vicinity of her Majesty's residence was deep beyond description. At midnight lights were moving in the window s of every house in the village of Hammersmith; the streets were filled by persons running to and fro, whither, or why, they scarcely knew ; and circles collected round the door of every &vol. :: ling discussed the dreadful event of the night with interest painfully acute. " The Queen is gone," was the observation with which each met his fellow. " Peace be to-her soul !" was the fervent prayer of thousands! [BRITISII PRESS.] It was a little before twelve o'clock last night when the melancholy intelligence of the death of her Majesty was received at Cambridge-House. A crowd amounting to about 200 well-dressed persons, men and women, were then waiting for the arrival of the Bulletin, some of them in front of the house of Alderman Wood, and the rest op posite Cambridge House. As the bearer of the Bulletin drove up to the door of the latter, they all pressed around him, eagerly inqui r in g w h a t news.—The answer, " Dea," excited a heavy groan ; some of the females shrieked, and many burst into tears. Some flattering them selves that the account was not authentic, observed that the Bulletin was a copy, the signatures not being in the hand-writing• of the several physi cians whose names are subscribed ; but this doubt only shewed the reluctance of the parties to credit the fact.—The Bulletin was exhibited by the do mestic of her Majesty, who has been in the habit of attending for the purpose, and to who m th e bearer was well kno wn . Her ajesty was Caroline Amelia, daughter of Charles William Ferdin and, Duke of Brunswick, by her Royal Highness Augusta, eldest sister of his late most gracious Majesty G6orge 111. She was born 17th May, 1768, and in 1795 married his present Majesty George IV. then Prince of Wales, by whom she had one daughter, the late lamented Princess Charlotte of Saxe-eoburg.—lt was the opinion of some of the Physicians from the commence ment of- her illness, that if she had sufficient strength to bear powerful medicines necessary to overcome the violence of her disease, she would have recovered. [MORNING POST.] The following are the afflicting details of her Majesty's last moments: —Although her Majesty passed a very restless night on Monday,. her Physicians did not perceive any unfavourable symptoms on Tuesday morning, when the first Bulletin was issued. About twelve o'clock the Queen complained of increase of pain in the abdomen : some consoling medicine was then administered, accompanied with opiates, and for a short time her Majesty appeared to receive some relief, and be inclined to doze. About two o'clock increase of inflammation was manifest, and Expresses were immediately sent off to all the Doctors, who shortly after arrived. A Con sultation immediately took place, and the follow ing Bulletin was dispatched to Cambridge House at half-past four o'clock;' an Express was also sent to the Lord Mayor, with a copy of the same,—(see ,a foregoing account.)—Drs. Ainslie and Warren, soon after arrived, and a long consultation was held. About five o'clock her Majesty suffered a very considerable in crease of inflammation, attended by violent spasms of-the most alarming nature. Dr. Lush ington and Mr. Douglas Kinnaird arrived; and remained for some time. At eight o'clock the Doctors decided upon remaini ng for the night, or till some deci s i ve alterations should have taken place. Th e greatest alarm was visible in every countenance,and no person wag suffered to approach the house but those, connected with the Household. Between 9 and l 0 o'clock symptoms of approach ing dissolution became apparent to all the persons in attendance. They continued to increase till twenty-five miputes past ten o'clock, when, grasping Lady Ann Hamilton's arm, and ex claiming, 64 God Almighty bless you," her Majesty expired almost 'without a struggle in the arms of that Lady, and of Lady Hood. The other persons present were, Mr. Wilde, the Barrister, Mr. Alderman - Wood, and the five Physicians. 'I he moment this event was known, and e s ex la te rushed into the h a ll , d eeply affected, mig, " Our Mistress is gon e !" Messengers with dispatches were immediately sent to the Earl of Liverpool, and other public Functionaries, and the Physicians retired, with the exception of Dr. Holland, who remained in attendance as Household Physician. [MORNING HERALD.] The Bulletin of yesterday mo rning announced that her Majesty had passed a restless night, but nothing unfavourable appeared in the symp toms of her disease. About twelve o'clock the Queen complained of increase of pain in the ab domen, and• this- was shortly' afterwards attended by alarming spasmodic gffeCfion. Dr. Baillie ar- rived soon after two o'clock, when some power ful aromatic and opiate medicine was administer ed, which for a short time alleviated the inflam mation, and the Queen appeared t o doze. About three o'clo c k the diiorder took a more decided and unfavourable turn; a violent increase of pain, at tended with the most alarming symptoms, manifest ed that a relapse had ensued. Every skilful remedy was immediately had recourse to by the three Physicians in attendance, but, we regret:to add, with very little effect. Expresses were now sent off for Doctors Ainslie and 'Warren ; but such was the alarming state of her Majesty, that it was thought necessary to issue the following Bulletin.— (See another column of THE SuN.)-- 7 Copies of thi s were sent to h er Majesty's town residence, and to the Lord Mayor by express. Doctors Ainslie and Warren arrived soon after, and a very long con sultation took place. The greatest anxiety and apprehension were manifest in every countenance of the Household. At six o'clock Dr. Lushing- ' , ton, the Honourable DO ug la s Kin na i r d , and Mr. Hobhouse arrived within a short time of each other, and remained for a few Minutes in Bran denburgh House. - About :eight in the evening the Physicians, after having ,spent considerable time in consultation, gave directions to have their horses taken out, and declared their intention of remaining till some decided alteration was ap parent in her Majesty's complaint. Mr. Wilde has been waiting on her Majesty since Friday last. We were informed that her Majesty re quested to be kept perfectly quiet, and appeared to be convinced that recovery was impossible.— Her resignation and composure displayed the strongest confidence in the mercy of the CREATOIt. Every symptom of approaching dissolution from this time increased; the continued existence of spasmodic affection, and various other circum stances, convinced her attendants that she could not long exist. At 10 o'clock, a great difficulty of respiration was manifest, and before 25 mi nutes past that hour the Queen of England had breathed her last! We were, of all the agents of the public Press, the only persons present when this event was made known to the Household ; and of all the affecting scenes we ever witnessed, this eclipsed the whole—to describe it would be impossible. With one rush, the whole of her Majesty's Household descended into the Hall, and, by the bitterness of their grief, displayed their affection for their Royal Mistress. [NEW TIMES.] The justice of our remark, that "a very few minutes might produce the greatest change" in the Queen's situation, has been too awfully confirmed, Her Majesty expired last night at twenty five minutes past ten! In the early part of the day a Bulletin was issued, which seemed but a prelude to a more unfavourable change. —A short time afterwards those symptoms which had previously been regarded as indi cating a prospect of recovery, gave way to others of a different kind. Drs. Ainslie and Warren, who had sate up the whole night with her Majesty, had now retired for necessary 'repose ; but the other Physicians present en tered into consultation, and at length, at four o'clock in the afternoon, issued what may be called an alarming Bulletin.—From this period, her Majesty's end rapidly approached. To inqui ries, at a later hour no other answer was given than that there was no new Bulletin, and that , none would be issued unless some alteration should take place. At length, about the hour of 1 11, an unusual bustle was observed to take place at the house. One or two persons were dis patched in different directions, and conjecture readily supplied the cause of these appearances. In a quarter of an hour, or twenty minutes after wards, a servant brought to the gate a Bulletin, intimating that her Majesty had departed this life, which was read aloud by a Gentleman to the individuals present, who, at that time, were not more than 12 or 14.—0 f the sentiments with which her Majesty's decease impresses us, we have already spoken by anticipation in our paper of Monday'. To what we have there said, we have only to add—Requiescal in Pace ! [MORNING CHRONICLE.] About six o'clock Dr. Lushington and the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird arrived and remained for some time.—The very • sudden and unexpect ed relapse her Majesty has suffered was of the moss alarming nature the first symptoms were observable, soon after ten o'clock in the morning of yesterday when the illustrious sufferer corn- plained.of increase of pain in the seat of the dis order ; this was soon followed by spasmodic at tacks, and considerable apprehension was for some - time entertained for her life. The most effectual remedies were instantly applied by the three Physicians in attendance, and the Queen obtained some little relief; this was not, how ever, of long duration—and, on the second attack, the increase of inflammation was so alarming, that it was deemed necessary to issue the following Bulletin ( See another column of Tux Sox.)--Her Majesty, we are informed, was fully sensible of her very dangerous state, and not half an hour since ex pressed herself piously resigned to the will of Heaven, requesting she might not be disturbed, as she was confident she was departing for a bet world.—From that period all the symptoms of dissolution became more and more evident. About ten o'clock all hopes of recovery were at an end, and the agitation and anxiety of her at tendants were evinced by the loudest shrieks. At 25 minutes past ten her Majesty was no more, and a scene took place which baffles all attempt at description. All the servants rushed with a simultaneous movement into the hall, fell pros trate on the ground, and, in accents of the most heart-piercing grief, called out that their mistress —their beloved mistress, was no more. Her Ma jesty died almost without a struggle, in the arms of Lady Anne. Hamilton and Lady Hood. Ex presses were immediately sent off to Lord Liver pool and the Lord Mayor, and other public func tionaries. The late General SCOTT, so celebrated for his success in gaming, was one evening playing very deep with the Count D'Artois and the Duke De Chartres, at Paris, when a petition was brought up from the widow of a French Officer, stating her various misfortunes, and praying relief ; a plate was banded round, and each put in one, two, or three Louis d'ors ; but when it was held to the General, who was going to throw for a stake of 500 Louis • d'ors, he said, " Stop a mo ment if you please, Sir; here goes for the widow!" —The throw was successful, and he instantly swept the whole into the plate, and sent it down to her. Mr. JOEL Bisnor, who formed one of the pro cession to the Cathedral at Bristol on the day of the Coronation, had attended the ceremonies ob- : served in that city on the Coronations of George the Second and George the Third, being now in the hundredth year of his age ; notwithstanding which, after supper on that day, he drank his MAJESTY'S health in a bumper, and sung a hunt ing song to amuse his friends. The celebrated painting of " Moses striking the Rock," by Muair.r.o, which is placed in one of the hospitals in Seville, is likely to be trans ferred to this country; the enormous sum of 4000 guineas having been offered for it by a Noble Amateur, which it is thought will. be ac cepted. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET HOUSE. NOTICE is hereby given to the MEMBERS and STIJ DENTS, that in consequence of the lamented DEATH of HER MAJESTY the QUEEN, the SCHOOLS of the ROYAL ACADEMY WILL BE CLOSED till further Notice. HENRY HOWARD, R. A. Secretary. PRICE-42: THIS DAY AT it' 3 per Cent. Red. 7 6 iii 3 per Cent. Cons. Dia 3 i i per Cent. 863: 4 per Cent 9s}i 5 per Cent. Navy Ann lOBl 10) MU - • F STOCKS WELVE 0 - CLOCK. Bank Long Ann. 19 9-19ths Imp. 3 per Cents. 7sig India Bonds 595. 603. Excheq. Bills 4 5 pr. Cons. for Account 7b 76 75i HIGH WATER AT IrONDO: Morning, 11 minutes :41er 10. IN BRIDGE TO-MORROW . I Evening, 48 minutes after 10. THE S UN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM A UDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST s, 1821. THE QUEEN has at length paid the great debt of Mortality, and it must be consolatory to every humane heart to know that her bodily suf ferings were not severe. Whatever were her errors, and errors are inseparable from human nature, in all ranks and conditions, they should now be treated with that lenity which luntl° frailty has reason to hope it will experience from the Power that penetrates into all our motives/ and will assuredly blend mercy with justice. I t is now time to put an end to all controversies respecting her character and conduct. Her MI" vocates should pay the tribute of respect to her memory without recurring to topics intended to provoke those who entertain opposite opinions , If those who believe that the charges agains t her were well founded were really actuated hp moral principles, they will not be irritated by any reflections which may be thrown on them by her friends and admirers. All party feeling s should be buried with her in the grave. Mo re allowance should be made for those who ar e placed in such situations as afford them all huts° enjoyments, than for people in the ordinal ranks of life. They have all the means Of luxury at command ; the indulgence of thei r passions meets with little if any opposition, they are courted and flattered by artifice and interest, and the Sycophants of Power gratify' their own pride by administ er i ng f o th e pr ide °r those to whom they pay the homage of servility If we may presume to advert to our own conduc t during the lamentable discussions which unsettled the minds of the People, and disturbed the Cotll 3 ' try at large, we may fairly say that we forbor e to express our sentiments a n d f e elings upo n the melancholy subject, and left all to the wisdom of the Legislature and the jutir ment of mankind. But an awful terminaol has at length taken pl a c e , a n d none b u t thef e c c s : illiberal natures will attempt to revive a 014 so distressing. Our Readers will find in our other columns all the particulars attending o latter moments of her MAJESTY, which the seve ral Morning Papers and our own private re sources could supply, on a subject that can° t but excite an interest beyond the mere irniul lse of vulgar curiosity. We doubt not that the R e ' mains of her MAJESTY will receive the full b°' nours suitable to her elevated rank, and that alt humane and virtuous minds will join with us in saying on this solemn occasion— REQUIESCAT IN PACE! SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE of TV° . DAY, the 7th of AUGUST. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1821. Whitehall, August 8, 1821. Yesterday- Evening, at twenty-five minutes after Ten o'Clock, THE QUEEN departed 6115 life, after a short but painful illness, at Brandell burgh-House, at Hammersmith. Copy of a Note from Lord Hoop, dated Brandenburgh L10u94, 7 August 7, 1821. . 't " Lord HOOD has a duty to perform, and a painful duty is to report the Death of the QUEEN, at 25 minutes past ten (Signed) JOHN THOMAS THORP) MAYOR , " Mansion-House, Aug. 8, 1821. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.I In about an hour after the death of her M r ' JESTY the servants were admitted to see her/ the body having been laid out, and a white cov er;fig placed over it to the neck. The alteration i n her features was so great, that several of them cowl"scarcely believe it was their late ss Longer, the Black, whom her Majesty brole from the Brazils (an orphan), is inconsoil lh and refuses to take food. The inhabitants Of Hammersmith would scarcely , credit the bi te ligence of the Queen's death, till official not ice was given to the Rector of Hammersmith chare], and the bell began to toll. It tolled from t W° 'to three in the morning, and again from eight to nine. Young Austin is overwhelmed with g rieff ' and indeed every member of the family. P r ' Lushington and Mr. Wylde were with her Naj.es.tY , 1