The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-20 00:00:00

thronged with "spectators ; every shop and house ‘vere closed, and the most marked grief and re spect wras Oetrtiby all the srctatOrs. At &glom the esco:t of the 10th Regiment was relieved hy'n party of the Royal Horse•!Guards, "who hail left Windsor about eight o'clock for that purpose. The procession did not enter Windsor till a little before two o'clock, where-there was a great con-, course of people, who had been waiting some hours vigWit. Windsor has notibeen so full of com p3ny since the last Installation. The rimAins of the Princess were received. at the Lower Lodged cry a party of the Yeomen of the Guard, %rho car-1 He& Ite coffin. A Guard of -Honour from the 3:1 1 Reginteut of Fmit.Guards, who are goartered at) kViotltor, 'were stationed tt • the outside of thl L.ldbe. Piiiice Leopold, - his attendants, and others in the-mourning coaches, alighted at the Lodge. The coach containing Cie body of' the' Infant and the Urn drove to the Chapel, where was received by the. Dean, and deposited in the vault wiihout any Church service.' Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the road leadity , from London and Other places to Windsor' were thronged with carriages or all descriptions,l ik perso,ns all respectably dressed in deep mournj nig. Great numbers experienced a disappoint-1 mew, it hawing been generally understood thal the Princess was to lie in state, whereas, on ac o m rma of the smallness of the premises, and thei'e t ~..: being uo passage to enter and reotrn, those per-0 sons only were admitted who had pass tickets. The room that the corpse entered %viis hung with , black, and the. adjoining room, where it wile placed', was certainly fitted Up in a style for lying: in state. A hrge black velvet .pall on the eotlin,. l, with 'a large white border lying on the ground,4 which, as well as the whole 'ohm, was covered -c,itli black cloth. Ort the coffin,was the Princess's crown, and at the head of the coffin, against the wall, was a large escutcheon of silk, similar to' hole occasionally placed' on the fronts of houses. Three - large wax-candles were . oii each side — of Tile c4,rfiu ; also numerous small wax-candles were burning on ail sides of the room. WINDSOR, WF,DNESIDAY NIGHT, 12 O'CLOCK When the - bodies of the Ptincess,Charlotte and key Royal' Infant cane into Windsor last the Ffilirral . Piocession was pre . seded by I(}( `of! the Eloise Guards (Blue), and the Infant and thel Urn were-im-nediately conveyed, to' St. George's Chapel, and t sere received by .the Hon. and Rev. i Dr. Hobart, the Dean, the Rev. Mr, Northey, and he Rev. Dr, Cookson. The Dean stood with his hack to the West, in the Ulia'pel, the Rev. Mr. Northey and the Rev. Dr. Cookson on' each side of him. The most pi ufound sirence' was observed, by all ; eight Yeomen • of the; Guard standing round. The body and the urn' were then gradually lowered by a windlass in• to the Royal Cemetery ; two of the yeeimen descending to receive them. They were deposited temporarily on a shelf, previous to being placed on the coffin of the Princess. No service took; place, but an awful stillness w a s preservid•. This ; was the whole of the ceremony. The procession came in last night without flanibeatx, or any other) lights, at a slow and half-foot pace. The Mili-1 tary were obliged occasionally to halt, to Isecom emlate the movement of the funeral. It was a fine night, and the moon had shone brightly all the way from Claremont till the procession reachedi th e town of Windsor ; but here in a remarkable manner the sky became overcast; the moon was lost in clouds, and darkness ensued—a sudden change, which visibly affected thousands of spectators, wllO 1 ~ ved with the utmost decorum, and after wards retiree( to their respective homes, filled with! , orrow. The town yesterday had been extremely full ; but this morning there was a great acces sion of numbers 'from all parts, Loping to see the ceremony of lying in state. The unabated grief of Prince Leopold was the thief cause , of disap pointment in this object. His Serene Highness had ex l ,ressed his i•ntention to sit up all night with / the corpse of the Princess, or at'least to Visit it. He did so duringthe night, and again at 8 o'clock this morning. Some few persons attached to the house bold were afterwards permitted to enter the awful Chamber. The Parish Church was exceedingly , thronged, this morning to bear Divine Service,. and a Sermon to be Breached by the Rev. Isaac Gossett. ' The learned Preacher took his text' from the seventh chapter of the Revelations, Terse' 17, ~ And God shall wipe away all tears from their . eyes." The discourse was truly eloquent and im-,' pressive. The 39th Psalm was chanted by way cot : anthem by the choristers. At noon fresh nUmbers. arrived, aniong whom were many of the Nobility, who were accomsnodated with apartments in the Queen's Lodge. The shops were all shut up docely,„ and the streets were filled with people wikose mournful countenances depicted theirgrief. At 8 in the evening, the funeral procession of the Princess Set _ out from the Lower Lodge: to' the chapel. There were no torch lights, nor beating [of drum.. Prince Leopold', attended by Barons I llardenbrock and Dr. Stockman, followed 'the 'hearse in a mourning coach and six. Then camel two carriages of his Serene Highness. Five{ mourning coaches empty concluded the procession. l The Chapel, at seven o'clock, presented a most imposing appearance : the lower division of thei ‘v,as lined with tralitary, bearing flam beaux; the recesses of the aisles behind the mili tary. were filled with strangers from all parts of h e king{ l, —). About 60 . persons were admitted special tickets into the organ-loft. At nine o'clock exactly there was a sli ; .;ht huz, %is if some moement was hug - int-dog at the bottom , ! uf the south aisle : this was _followed - by a com !plete and awfursilenee : the procession then be !gat,. For the sake of sprksenting a connected de tail of the Funeral, we repeat a copy of the official ,Order of Procession, adding to. it only the names the. persons who bolt! - the offices mentioned, it :- 'Servants and Grooms of her late lloyal Highness and of his I . SereneHighnesss on foot, in deep Mourning. i , Servants.and Grooms of the Royal Fainily, the Prince Regent, and their Majesties, on foot, In lull State Liveries, with crape hatbands RHO black gloves; four andfour, bearingftambcaut. .--,; The full Band of the Royal Use Guards Blue. .-- i , ai a • Drawn by Eight of 'his Royal Highness the .-.1,-.. l'i ince Regent's Black Horses, 74 = 7 - 'X fully caparisoned, :: ,. ..i `.,1 each Horse attended by a Groom in full State Livery. r., 1 His Majesty's Body Carriage, •••••• c c (Drawn by a full Set of his Majesty's Purses, each Horse attended by a Groom in full State Livery), conveying c his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold, Chief Mourner, 5- and their Royal Highnesses the, Dukes of Yotk and Clarence, Supporters to the Chief Mourner. The Carriages of the Prince Regent, t heßoyal, and the Prince Leopold, each drawn by Six Horses, closed the Procession. The whole Procession from the Lower Lodge•to St. George's Chapel, was flanked by the Itliiitarv, every 'fourth Man bearing a iimpbpn, upon arrival at St. George's Clrapelo.lwServants,Grooms, l and Band, filed off without the South Door. At the entrance, the Dean and PrehendaiiEs, attended bvl '1 ;the Choir, received the Body; and Procession (having !previously been formed by SirG. Nayl6r;assisted by the other i 'Offices of Arras, and - bring flanked by .the Military, every, ;fourth Man bearing a tiambeau),moveq down the South up the Nave, into the Choir, in thejoilowing order : Poor Knights if Windsor. Pages of the Prince-Leopold. Pa i .:es of the Royal Family. Pages of the Prince Regent. Pages of their Majesties. (These, with the exception of the Pages of Prince Leopold, proceeded up the Nave, and flied off on each side, the Officers of the Chapel nut allowing.t bent to enter.) . , I .Solicitor to her late !loyal Eli hoesk (4,Sinallpiepe, Esti.) ,Comptroller of the Household of her late Royal Highness (Nortou Willis, Eq.) ' ApothechOes , • Strfgvens of her late ilf her late Royal Highness: - . tiAl'al Highness. l'he Curates and Rectors of the Parishes of Esher and Windsor. Physicians who attended her late Royal Highness, • • (I)rs. Bailhe and Sims.) • Chaplains to his Serene - Highness, (Pr. Short, &c.) Equcrry to her late Royal flightless. . Equerries of the. Equerries of the Prinee,Rt•gerit. Quarter-Master-General, Adjutant-General, Sir Willoughby Gordon, K.C.11.) (Sir H: Calvert, G.C.13 Officers of the Ducity of Cornwall, • _ _ Mr. Chancellor Leach; Mr.Serjeant Best, Attorney-General the Earl of Yarmouth, Lutrd Warden.) - Chamberlain to the Great Steward of Scotland, (Lord Viscount Keith.) Grooms of the Bed Chamber to the Prince Regent. • Pursuivauts of Aries. Comptroller . Treasurer i o f the Prince Regent's - 'of the Prim. Regent' Household. Household. Master of.the Prince Regent's Household. . • HeraHS of Arms. Privy Purse and Private .Secretary to the Prince Regent, (Right Hon. Sir Benj. Bloomfield.) Lords of the Prince Regent's Bld-Chartiber. Norroy King of Arm.. The Bishop of Exeter. The Bishop of Salisbury. The Bishop of LondotL The Ministers of Hanover and Saxony. (Count Munster and Baron de Just.) The Deputy Earl Marshal, (the Right Hon. Lord H. Howard.) His Majesty's Ministers. The'Archhishop of Canterbuty. ' • Choir of Windsor. • Prebendaries of Windsor. lean of Windsor, (the Hon. anti ltev. Lewis Hobart.) Captain otthe Yeomenof the Guard, (Earl of Macclesfield.) The Groom of The Lord Steward of his The King's Mas the Stole, .Majesty's Household, ter of the Horse, (Nlarquis of (Marquis of - . (Duke (1 Winchester.) Cholmondelev, K. G.) Nlcrtarose, LG.) .. • . _ .. Clarenceux King of Arms. • i ' . rifle Coronet of her) • l late Royal Highness,' I , Gentleman Us - ber-4 borne upon a Kick }Gentleman Usher . .1 Velvet Cushion, by 1 , ..Colonel Addenbrolie.T - I {Garter,Priueipal King. Gentleman Usher • ritArins, bearing Ins` 'Gentleman Usher • Sceptre. . . . ace (T retary to, ,the he 'bird -Chamber- - • - -•'' The Lard ) lain of. his Majesty's • Vice- . Chamberlain, ) Household (-Marquis' ,Chamberlain, i i(J. Calvert, Esq.) t. of ilerttord, K. G.) (Lord Jocelyn.) Supporters of the Pall, Lady Grenvi!le, Lady Ellenboroughi lOi . URI Supporter's of the Pall Lady Boston, : Lady A hien. Covered with a Black Velvet' Pall, arlortted . with - eight es cutcheons of her late Royal Highness's,. Arms, the Collin, carried by eight Yeomen .of the Guard, - under a Canopy of, Black Velvet, borne by eight Gentlemen I;shors. His Royal High- f . The, — 1 His Royal High-, ness the I CHIEF MOURNER, i ness the Dukeof Clarence, his ierene Highness Duke of York, in a long Black I PRINCE LEOPOLD, -in a long Black Cloak, his Train in a long Black Cloak, Cloak, . his Train; borne by Two I his Train borne by borne . by Two (Gentlemen of his • Baron deHardenbrock Gerd lenien of his! 'Royal Highness's I and I Royal Highness'si 1 Household. Sir Robert Gardiner. 1 Household. . . PRINCES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL, i'l long Black Cloaks,the:Prain of each bornebyTwo Gentlemen ' of the respective 1-Liuse!iolds of their iloal-H igh messes. Ladies of the Bed Chamber to her late Royal Highness. Women of the lied Chamber to her late Royal Highness. I His Majesty's Establishment at Windsor, viz. Groom of the Stole.. Master of the Robes. Vice. Chamberlain. Lords of the Bed Chamber. Grooms of the Bed Chambere - , Clerk Marshal.. • - Equerries. Master of the Household. Her Majesty's Establishnient at Windsor„riz. Master of the Horse. • Vice Chamberlain. Secretary and Comptroller , of the Uousehold. Treasurer Of the Household. Equerries and Gentlemen Ushers. Ladies of her Majesty's &d Chamber. Women of her Majesty's 'Ecd Chamber. Ladies Atfendants on their Royal Highnesses t he Princesses. Attendants on her late Royal Li igline'ss the Princess Charlotte Attendants on her Majesty,and the Princesses. Upon entering the Choir, the Body was placed •n a plat form, and the COronet and Cushion laid upon the Cofin. The 'Chief Mourner sat on a chair placed for his Serene Highn2ss' t at the head of the Corpse, and their Royal Highnesses, his Supporters, on chairs on either side ; the Stipporters of thel Pall sat in their places near the Body.. Tiii:eoyal Dukes, and ,th'e Nobility, Knights ofa i pe Garters ;went to their respective , Stalls. The Ministers of State, Officers of the Household, and others of the Procession, were co►lducted to their respec- tire places. The Anthem being performed, and the part of the Service ) ef o re the interment read, the Body was slowly lowered h Imachinery into the Royal Vault. The Office of Burial being concluded, Sir Isaac kleaid, Garter Principal King of Arms, ;after a short pause, proclaimed the style of her latoltoyal, High:loss : " Thus' it bath pleased ALMIGHTY Gov to take out of this transitory life, unto his Divine Mercy, the late Most Titus rcious Princess CrmaLorrE AUGUSTA; Daughter of his Royal 'Highness GEORGE Prince of Wales, Regent of this United Kingdom, Consort of his Serene Highness LEOPOLD GEoRGE FREDERICK, Duke of Saxe, Margrave'Cif Misnia, Landgrave of Thuringia, Prince of Coburg, - of 'Saalfeld, and Grand daughter of his Most Excellent Majesty GgoieuE the Third, by the Grace of Gov, of the Ignited-Kingdom of Great Britain ~and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, whom Gon bless and preserve with long life, health, and honotir,"and all wurldlyl lbappiness." ' 1 In the delivery of Which he was deeply affected—not a dry eye. I After which, his Serene Highness,' the Royal Pukes, 11),.. 'Nobility, and others who compoied the pi.ocession, retired. I i N.B. The Knights of the several &Mrs S.lip - eared hi theirl itibands and Stars respectively, and without Collars. 1 All Persons admitted into St. George's Chapel to witness; the solemnity, •'appeared in deep mourning ; and no Officer was admitted ;41 Uniform who was - n•t on military duty w•ithio the Chapel. ' - I Tire procession was cominctelLwith the Igloos( Isoicinnity, and %%lien it arrived in:the choir; there' lwas the deepest interest, which was 'Signified by a . . !s le n and mournful silence. The choristers, as Hon - as tliey.maile theitapp - earanCe in the chapel, 1 . )et. , *7 to chant the solemn service of " I know that my Redeemer li verb :''' the ranopy followed the choristers,- and moved at a very slots pace : it appeared to he of immense length, and, being borne high in the air, had a most imposing effect !: under this was the coffin, carried by eight of the (Yeomen of the Guard, and the magnifident pall. was supported .by four Baronesses, Prince iLeopold followed the coffin A chief mourn'er • , bis appearance created the deepest interest ; his i , Lcountenance was dejected; his Manner was full of despondenCy ; and though he made evident; efforts to preserve calmness and fortitude, yet he every now and then burst into a flood of tears. Ile %valked'along with unsteady steps, - and took thei 1 seat provided for hint at the head of the coffin, be-1 tween the Dukes of York and Clarence. During the i whole time of the funeral . service 'he 'Preserved" one 'fixed but downcast look towards the eOffin of his be- , loved Wife: he never once raised his eyes to tdiel ‘congregation: he was totallyabsorbedin grief. The Royal Dultes who sat or stood beside:him, watch! ed him with much solicitude, as' if they were afraid; t he would sink under his affliction. His distress,l however, was tolerably subdued till the moment: !when the coffin 'was gradually lowered into i the grave ; at this awful crisis, *hen his deeply- r egretted Consort was be separated from Elani !for ever, .he was alarmingly moved,', but by a! strong effort he seemed also to aithquer this! emotion; and the rest of the service passed on! iwithout requiring any particular notice. The usual t lanthems were haunted with proper.:Aolemnity-.1 !The Dean' went through his portion Of it with! ! ~ dignity and pathos. When it wasover, Sir Isaad ILleard read the titles of the Princess in a - voice! lauch, more broken by grief than age ; and thei mourners walked back, though Without time State' !accompaniments. The Prince Leopold' appeared !distressingly ill; and indeed his state of health land feeling might excite alarm, if it were not that !he has latterly been able to procure some sleep. iThe Royal Dukes conducted themselves with beg coming seriousness. f. 1 The melancholy business was over before II o'clock, but the chapel and the avenues were not completely cleared till 12 o'clock. At that hour the whole town of Windsor was full of but,tle and contusion. - The carriage-ways were! 1,111 blocked up with vehicles of every, descrip-c ion, and the footpaths were impassable, for the ilittltitude of spectators. In a minor bit_t at they, satne time in a very great degree, this confusion 'prevailed all the way to London : the road was covered with post chaises, and a change of botil,i f Has no .where to be obtained. ' Prince Leopold returned to Claremont altnofj immediately after the mournful ceremonial. f had made in the morning a short call at tfiel Queen's Lodge, and walked for a short spew 0 1 the Little Park with the Duke of Clarence. TO Queen and Princesses kept themselves closely cot nevi to their chambers. ~ [ANOTHER LETTER FROM WINDSOR) Yesterday presented a 'scene of mourning': 0 1 erieiii lamentation that will ba long rememberd 'in this country.. Crowds were attracted from 0 7 quarters to Windsor on the•melancholy and ejo' witous occasion of the interment of the amiable atl! I regretted Princess. This sad occasionnianifeste the generous sensibility of the British character. After Divine Service in the Church of Windsor , crowds pressed to the Lower Lodge, wher e tue iremains of her Royal Highness the Princes Clio' lotte lay in state. The room .where the coffin tVrif placed was exceedingly small, and having on!, one door,.was ill calculated for the reception of ,c he company.—No one, howe*er, was admitted without a pass ticket. room, -with that which adjoined, was hun - g with black cloth. The ,coffin was covered with a bla.ek,velvet palli.bordcr ed with white. On the coffin was the Princess's coronet, and upon the wall at the head was a silit 4 !scutcheon, similar to that attached to the froilt of houses to indicate the death Ofone of the beads of the family. Three candelabras wcre on each side of the cof' fin, while numerous small wax candies were burn' ing on all sides of the room. The Gentlemen of the College . of Arias were busily employed ltirin% he ‘rhole of the morning in arranging the Stalls in the Chapel for the recePtionrof the Knights of the Garter, and making other - arrangements for he funeral. The machinery for letting the corpse: "down into the-vault was completed. At half-past ,six o'clock six companies of the Guards, under the command 'of Colonel Guise, entered the Castle-yard. At - that moment the pressure of persons for admission was intolerable. !she Constables were unable to keep the avenues, Itree, and a detachment of the Blues were conse..: ;tilientlY called upon to open the approach. Th :conduct of these soldiers was truly exemplary. ft ,seemed almost as if the scene for which they were 'ill preparing, had blended its sympathies with the sterner duties of military 6iseipline • , Tire quickened tolling of the bells, at half-pst eight, announced the removal-oltheltoyal remains frofw . theTAwer Lodge s to St,.Ge9rge's Chape:: i At a quarter s before nine, the hearse, drawn bi eight black horses, preceded by two troops of lb? Blues, entered the Castle Gate. Ninety-nine of the Royal Servants in State liveries, with torches ; and 24. mutes, accompanied the body. Ele,i43 coaches belonging to the Royal Family, with sit horses each, followed in funeral procession. They had all their blinds drawn up, save ,the stmt, is which the Prince Leopold moved to discharge tint last heart-rending duty to the once dear source (I All his hopes, but now of all his sorrows. Tie ,! serenity of the night, the moon shining in tui clouded majesty, blending its tranquil rays wit) the artificial glare of the funeral flambeaux, three An awful, a religious, and an interesting effect 01, the whole of this sepulchral pageant. , 1 When the hearse reached the entrance of tls Chapel, the crowds of spectators whose tickets e admission were restricted to the CaStle-yard, i tile agony of feeling, gave the homage of the' hearts. Sighs, rears, and ejaculations, respondi Crom one side of the square to the other. Peat to her manes, was the language of -affliction. Vit toes such as her's may walk through the valley c the shadow of death, and fear no evil—the Sta ,and Staff of Israel was with her. , The Procession entered by the gate on the South Aisle, through which it proceeded and moveJ, or the nave into the Chapel. Tlie aisle:on each sid was lined by a ' detachment of the Foot Guarcia, , 1 three deep. , . The coffin i Was placed with the feet towards the altar. At .the head Prince Leopold was seated, with the Duke of York upon his right hand, and the Duke of Clarence upon his left. • The afflicted and afflicting appearance of Prince L?opold, we shall not attempt to describe—we callow. indeed refer to it without pain. It was the touching ge nuine expression of settled woe. His Serene Highness never ceased to weep, and,the sympathy of the' assemblage was heartfelt and universal, especially when the coffin _Was let down. in:t4, the vault—then indeed there was no eye without a tear, no heart without emotion. The Baronesses who bore the Pall were Ladies Grenville, Ellenborough, Boston, and Arden. Among the company who filled the Chapel .(for Pit was literally' filled),' we recognised the •mast distinguished personages in the countyy, both male iand female; together with li number of eniinent !foreigners, all of whom appeared deeply ' pene ltrated by the in , lancholy which overspreads this l ien - wire., , . The funeral service bad closed about eleven o'clock, and the Chapel was cleared.betore twelve. [For further interesting Particulars, •see the Last Page.] ,' B .ertn : Az Ca Attic l ie. ter( affe the t ?a l iWii 40 I