The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-07 00:00:00

THE LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. [FURTHER FARTICULARS.] In consequence of the lamented death of the Princess CHARLOTTE, dispatches have been sent off to the QUEEN and thy Princess Euz,taETH at Bath, whom it is thought the melancholy news will immediately bring to town. His Majesty's Ministers arrived in London about five o'clock yesterday morning ; after which a note was scut by Lord SIDMOUTH to the LORD MAYOR, (which appeared in our Paper of yes terday). The LORD MAYOR, in consequence, ordered the great bell of St. Paul's to toll, as is customary when any of the Royal Family die. The trades-people of the Royal Family, by a spontaneous movement, shut up the windows of their shops. • Lord SIDMOUTH sent orders to the several Theatres, commanding them to be shut. They will continue closed till atter the interment of the body of the Illustrious PRINCESS, the Orders, for which were expected to be determined upon this day. The draw►ng of the Lottery, which was to have taken place this day, is postponed, in consequence of a warrant issued by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. When the me lancholy intelligence reached the Old Bailey, the Recorder immediately adjourned the proceed ings of the Court, as a tribute of respect to the memory of her Royal Highness. The LORD MAYOR took immediate measures for summoning 'an Especial Meeting of the Court of _Aldermen, which took place yesterday afternoon. , It was attended by his Lordship, the Lord Mayor Elect, and seventeen Aldermen, with the Recorder, She riffs, and City Officers ; when it was unanimous ly agreed, that the fitting-up of Guildhall for Lord Mayor's Day should be immediately dis continued, and that the preparations already made there should be removed, and .public notice was directed to be given for preventing all shew and rejoicings on that day. A Council was held yesterday, to give the ne cessary orders for .the Funeral of the lamented Princess, and for a General Mourning. It will, s..e have Do doubt, be as general a one as ever took place in this country. An Order for - a Court Mourning, which, no .doubt, will likewise be general, is expected to appear in to-morrow night's Gazelle. It. will be as sincere as deep. The duration will be at least six weeks. Daring the whole of yesterday afternoon the Nobility and Gentry continued to call at Carlton i-louse, to leave their cards of condolence for the afflicted PRINCE REGENT. The long protracted time of the PRI:ICM . ! Stif feriog had induced the Ministers to send an ex , press to town for Dr. .1. Sims, of Guildford 'freer, whose experience and high character as accoucheur peculiarly recommended him on 'in occasion so important, and he arrived at -Claremont eat ly on Wednesday morning:. An ex ' :u'ess was also sent off to his Royal Iligliness the 1 3 11INCEREGENT„ v.lO was at the Mai qui: of Harr y ,ED's seat at Sudhourne, in Suffolk, with a letter 'from ¶ir RtcHAnD CEOFT, intimating that the pro :dress of I; er Royal Hir.,rliness's delivery was so slow, that they began to entertain apprehensions that art might be rendered necessary to assist the hirth. This intimation alarmed his Royal High ,iless, and he immediately set off for town. In what way the PHINcE REGENT received. the dreadful tidings can only be conceived by those who have known what it is to lose an only Daugh „ter and Child in the bloom of youth and health. _ Equally impossible would it be to describe tli j el grief of the Husband, Prince LEOPOLD—for they • were so admirably matched, their hearts were so united, their union had presented so uninter-. rupted a scene of British comfort, their minds • and tastes were so congenial, it had been such a home of happiness, and there was so large a pro ' miss of many years continuance of that happiness, that the dreadful and sudden event must have blasted all his fair prospects, and left disease in curable in his bosom. By the lamented death of the Princess CHAR LOTTE his Serene Highness the Prince of SAX E COBOURG, the melancholy survivor of his better hopes and brilliant prospects, will enjoy an an nuity of 50,0001. a-year, in pursuance of the mar- riage settlement. Among the incidents which have been noticed, relative to the lamented death of the Princess CHARLOTTE, the extreme degree of feeling for her loss evinced by her illustrious Uncle the Duk e o f YORK does equal honour to her memory and to his heart. His Royal Highness was greatly at tached to the PRINCESS when living, and during the greater part of yesterday, he colud scarcely recover the shock of her death. The French Ambassador sent off an express to Paris as early as half-past eight o'clock. The interment of the lamented Princess will, it is said, be in the Royal Cernetcly, at IVindsor, the Board of Works, of course, dircetiog ce remony. The Princess was in her twenty-second year She was born on the 7th of January, 1796, and 'married 2tllllav, 1816, P L.11',- . VP LE T " Claretuont, 6th Nur..Ttlursdayi 4 o'Clock, P. M. " Mr. PARSONS, the IC ing'S Messenget, Was Sent from here last night, by•Viscommot as Secretary of State for the Home Department, at ; 1 o'clock, to Bath, With an account of the PRINCESS being delivered of a still-born male child, which was allowed to be one of the finest that ever was seen. It was not in contemplation then, that the next melancholy tidings would be the death of the beloved PRINCESS. 011 its being known in Claremont-House, soon after nine o`ctock last night, that-the - infant was still-born, a gloom wax visible upon every countenance, and a disappointment accompanying it, especially as it was a boy ; but they cheered themselves upon re collection that the PRINCESS was then,pronounc ed to be as well as could be expected, and doing extremely well ; but alas ! this comfort and consolation was but of very short dura tion ; no doubt being then entertained of her Royal Highness doing well, and it was then little thought of that the •.next dispatch to London would he to announce time PaixoEss's death. The . preparations for rtjoieings at the event are this day turned into weeping andpourning, Probably the demise of au amiable female, especially one of such very exalted rank, never took place under more afflicting and distressing circumstances. Her beloved Prince LeoPoLD, Sir RicHAen CROFT, Dr. BAILLIE, and Dr. Store, had retired to their bed-rooms, and the Prince to the room adjoining that of the PrinCess ; it was then past P 2 o'clock, and it was considered by the medical Gentle Men. that - she wanted no more assistance than Mrs• GRIFFITHS, the nurse, could render her, and that doting the remainder of the night she should he kept as quiet and composed as possible ; her Royal Highness had previously expressed herself perfectly composed after ;eci. lying the intelli gence of her infsint being still-born, expressing her entire submission to the will of Provitience. Her Royal Highness partook of some chicken broth and gruel, but there was some difficulty in their passage. She afterwards complained of a severe chillness and a pain at her chest, which proved to toe spasms, and the ININCESS ap pearel so unwell that the nurse thought it her duty to call the Prince and the Medical Gentle men, who lost no time in repairing - to the,,Prin cess's bed-room ; every assistance and aid was afforded by the three Doctors, wiio rank the first in their profession, but all human assistance was in vain, it was the Almighty's awful visitation, and death was inevitable. May it be a warning to the nation at large, who were looking up to her, to be prepared to meet death, keeping in mind, that neiiher youth, beauty, amiable disposition, and the most exalted rank that is known upon eat th, but are called hence and are no more seen. Her Royal Highness laid half an hour, from a little before two o'clock till near half-past, from the time of her being taken, without speaking, supposed to have lost the power of it, but Hppefir cd perfectly sensible and composed, and also that her dissolution was approaching, her resignation being ve►y apparent. " On the Doctor's pronouncing the awful and painful communication that her Royal Highness was no more, life being ex•inct, the PRINCE'S feelings and state must be imagined, it is impos sible to describe them. His Serene Highness was incredulous for near half an hour to the comma- Ideation, and hung over the body of the deceased. He remained during the morning inconsolable, but this afternoon he is more composed, and is as well as can be expected Under - bra' severe and irreparable loss. " At eleven o'clock the Duke of Yoiu and Earl BATHURST arrived, and remained about an iour with Prince LEOPOLD. " The Archhibhop of CANTERBURY and the 3ishop of LoNDoN arrived soon after one o'clock; they only remained a short time. " The inhabitants of Esher, highly to their credit, have sbewn the most marked tokens of re spect by closing their houses ; the.shops and inns have closed their doors and put up their shutters." " Claremont, Six &Clock in the Morning, Nor. 6. " I had hoped to have sent you very, very dif ferent tidings : and, yesterday, when I dispatched my last letter to you, I felt confident that my. next would have announced the consummation of our wishes, in the birth of a future heir or heir ess. That next !---Flowever, I will endeavour to write all I have heard, as well as the general grief and cc nsternation will allow me. On Mon day in the night, or about three on Tuesday morn ing, her Royal Highness was taken ill, and ex presses were sent off to the great Officers of State, the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and the Bishop of LONDON, desiring their immediate attendante. Earl BATHUNS'i', Lord Ssnmotriti, the LORD CHANCELLOR, 'Mr. - VANSITTART, togethee with the Archbishop and Bishop, immediately attend:- ed. Dr. 8.13 t Lla and 1)r. CROFT were the medi cal attendants. During the whole of Tuesday the labour advanced slowly, but without the least ap pearance qf danger.----The Princess CI-Immo - 1 - TE showed uncommon firmness and the utmost re signation. Toward' evening, as the labour still lingered, it was deemed advisable to send for Dr. Srms, who arrived in the middle of the night. Nothing could be going no better, though too slowly ; and the excellent constitution of the PRINCESS gave every assurance tllitt 'she Would not be too much exhausted by the delay. i o lan guage, no panegyric, can be too warm for the manner in which the PRINCE LaOPOLD conducted himself. He was incessant in his attendance, and no countenance could more deeply express the anxiety he felt. Once or twice he exclaimed to the medical attendants, that the mumbling, pa tient endurance of the PRINCESS, whilst it gave him comfort, communicated also a deep affliction at her sufferings being so lengthened.' " About six o'clock yesterday the labour ad vanced more rapidly, and no apprehewiions were entertained of any fatal result, and the child was ascertained to be still living. At 9 o'clock in the evening her Royal Highness was delivered of A male child, but still-born. Throughout the whole of this lung and painful labour, her Royal Highness evinced the greatest firmness, and re ceived the communication of the child being dead born with much. resignation. Prince LEOPOLD exclaimed to the medical attendants, as soon as the intelligence was communicated to him, Thank God ! thank God ! the Princess is safe !' The child was perfect, and one of the fittest in fants ever brought into the world-. The Prin cess teas composed after her delivery, and though of course much exhausted, every hope tv,is crater tabled of her doing well. This pleasing intelli gence being communicated to the great Officers of •State, and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Bishop of LONDON they lot Claremont about eleven o'clock ; the medical a ttendants of course remaining. A little after twelve, a change was observed in her Royal Nigh:less—her quiet left her—she became restless and uneasy—and the !radical. attendants felt alarmed. Expresses were Setif off, I believe, to the Officers of State, stating the change that had lakcn place. From half-past 12, restlessness and convulsion increased, till na- Inman() life were quite exhausted, and her Royal Highness expired at half- past 2 this morming.— Prince .I..oeuep was with her Royal Highness at this agonizing moment." For the information. of our numerous Readers in tLe Country, the this day re i nini the following interesting particulars, which we inserted yester day afternoon in a Second and Third Edition : SECOND EDITION. " The Labour began early on Tuesday morning, when Sir It. CROFT Aisparehed EXpresses to the Medical Attendants. At the same time, Ex presses were sent to the Cabinet Ministers.—The Labour, it seems, was very slow in progress throughout that day.—On Tuesday, at midnight, or soon after, a Messenger arrived - at Carl. ton House with the intelligence that her Royal Highness was under the influence of labour pains, and accompanied by a Bulletin, stating that every thing was proceeding, though slow, in the roost satisfactory manner : this Bulletin was immediately dispatched to the PetNcE REGENT, who, on the receipt of it, set out for town, and arrived at Carlton House at half-past three o', , lock this morning. On his Royal Highness's at rival he received a Bulletin, announc ing that the Child was Still-born ; but with the consoling intelligence that her Royal Highness was going on remarkably well. His Royal Highness it»mediately dispatched one of his Gentlemen to Claremont, to ascertain further particulars of the progress of her Royal Highness, and to announce his Royal Highness's intention of proceeding to Clermont without delay. The Officer had just left Carlton-house when Earl BATERms.r arrived with the heart-rending intelli gence o f the cala- • miry which the Country cannot cease to deplore. " His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, ac companied by Earl BATHURST, Were, we under stand, immediately dispatched in one of the Prince Regent's carriages, to offer, in his Royal Highness's name, an asylum in Carlton-house to Prince LEOPOLD, that he might be removed from the afflicting scene by which he is surrounded at Claremont, and apartments are preparing for the reception of his Serene Highness. THIRD EllmoN. " The following additional particulars, respect ing the event that must spread consternation and sorrow over the Empire, may be confidently relied on : " The ROYAL INFANT was alive till within a very few minutes before the Delivery, and is one of the finest Children ever seen. " The PRINCESS bore the account of the frustra tion of her hopes of a living Offspring with asto nishing fortitude. " The Cabinet Ministers had such full reason to believe that all was safe with respect to the Pat cEss, that they departed fron► Claremont soon after eleven o'clock. " Between one anti two her Royal Highness was seized with alarming depression, and so obvious an exhaustion of strength, that the Physicians immediately sent a Dispatch to Earl BATHURST, at Putney ; but just as his Lordship was prepar ing to depart for Claremont, another Dispatch arrived, announcing the Fatal Event. The Earl then vent instantly to Lord SIDMOUTH, at Rich mond Pat k, and both of t hese Noblemen proceeded immedjately to Town. " When Prince LEOPOLD heard of the delivery, he instantly exclaimed, " Thank God the fyi ,t her is safe !" The PRINCE REGENT. as soon as he Was informed in'Sotrolk that her Royal Highness was in labour, immediately departed and travelled all night. The moment he arrived in town he dispatched Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD to ClAre r wont to announce his intention immediately to follow ; mill when he was on the eve of quitting I tottii, CIIC thelatichialy i;irived; 111 *ace put AO efol to hi, Oopcs 'dud " TheatreS atui vlaces of public enter tainf e l i t, %%111 of efOirse tie sbat thit cireliing , 11 ' account of the inekttclioly iseca'sidtl." It been truly a , served in some of the Pul/l' i 4 Prints, that this melancholy event, so little p'ected, will be deeply deplored by all as an, irre'l pa ra ble national loss. tier union with the Primp of SAXE CoEuaG Was ill event ever y way tur f cious to their mutual happiness. Perhaps therl never was a Royal match formed in which polifl! cal considerations less influence oh the part themselves, and in which the feelings dl the hedr l :' were more de: ply enga ge d. Hence, ff - Oni the IV of May last year, the day on which their martiag i . was solemnized, they have shunned the glare ( It '. pomp and the fascinations o f fashionable lull and, einhowered in the shades of ..Claremont' sought seclusion from the world, and trikuquill lity and happiness in each other'S society. ".,10 1 , blessings which virtuous wedded love could part were to them the chief solace of life, 0 0 7 1 :he great source o f t h e i r mutua l f e li c i t y . Prince of Convuo has been made a widower 15.5 . ' the inscrutable decree of the Great Disposer, vr ll °! alone holds the issues of life and diFaili hand, and in Whose eyes Yrittces and PeEiSgito are alike. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not appear yester day in his robes, according to custom, CM the firs' day of term, but e.me into Court soon after 1)i return AUTO Claremont merely in his silk gown, lire insert the following Letter, which we re: ceived yesterday from Bath, but withhtld. ori count of the dreadful event which overcame Public with surprise and affliction. We, how ever, present it to our Readers this day, as i skews the vanity of all human elsptct.itions, o'`‘' consequently must f Orribly 11111)u:cis a motal WO' on the mind. Amidst oar .tyinpathy for the ii , ; o ' ‘ ) Aire at large, we cannot but ft& a I'm - 1114i' t!' i gree of regret 'at the lamentable disappointt»tOt which the loyal City of Bath has snare I on tO' ' i melancholy occasion. Nothing that cf.wlti tr ,, !' -' )/. affection, reverence, and loyalty, was outi,ti 0 t'' the CoRroRATioN, and the Inhabitants note tali It versally anxious to display the same fe,:ling ; il in a moment there was an end to a ll their hors'.l and gloom and misery was spread over the who le l of the people. " BATH, Nov. S.—The Qum.: arrived so much sool' e ; than was expected, that v e ry few saw her. Aft e r she f' l dined, she sat playing- cards with the Princess and two Ge ll. tlemen, kindly condescending to hart the curtains opens 11' 1 order to gratify the earnest desire of multitudes to see- V t. fin - Majesty did not see any of the grand preparations 031 were made for tier. The TOW') Ball, Upper Rooms, OitL! heatre, were very handsome, and our illumination was brilliant, as was all Belvidere. Bath is quite in a )03 .66. hustle, and I think it is f o rtu na t e th at h er Islajeity areivt",l so much sooner than was expected, as, with every prec at rtio°.' the eager desire of our loyal Inhabitants of all descriptio s : to testify their gratitude fur the Royal visit, might hare to various aoeidents. The PRINCE is expected on Thursdsl? when we,mean to have another grand Illurninatitin:!- (ANOTHER LETTER) 13ATH, Nov. s.—At 9 o'clock this Morning; HER MAJESTY was conveyed in a chair, attende by two footmen, to the Pump-room. Sir Henn , Milford was in waiting to receiv e h er . m a i e stl , i and the Princess Elizabeth and Lady Ilcbester lowed in a private carriage. The centre part "1 the room was encircled with a railing, covete! with scarlet, and the floor was laid down with tasteful oil=cloth. On the Queen's entrance, ,eoceed e d to the vestibule; and the female in ►vait ing presented her Majesty with a glass of %tater' which she drank. The Princess Elizabeth lik 6 " wise took some, as well as Lady llehester. Majesty stayed hut a short time in the room) a n , returned to her house in the same carriage wi' / ' the Princess Elizabeth and Lady Ilchester. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Her Majesty, % yid' the Duke of Clarence and the Princess. Elizabeth' attended by Lady Ilchester, proCeeded to take carriage exercise along the Claverton-downs, SI V round Prior-park, the residence of Thoma s ' Esq. The Royal Party did not return till Ore o'clock. After the Doke of Clarence ret►trned witl► Royal Mother, his Royal Highness walked abo' the most retired parts of the city. Her Majesty kill re-visit the Pump-room to" morrow morning. The two Members for the city, Lord J. Thyno' and Colonel Palmer, have arc fired, As her Majesty attends divine 'service on Silo: day next at the Abbey Church, the Wardens of Cathedral are making every suitable preparatio il for the accommodation of the Royal Family. Half-past a o'Ciocl:.-1-Icr INLijesty is in nl' mentary expectation of receiving an express fro Claremont. 1 1 of TILE GRAND TRIUMPHAL ril, ARCH IN HONOtla - A BRITISH VICTORIas.—A Morning Paper say:' '' at last the ColllinisSioners have come to soto e- ,' thing like a determination to erect a Grand 111( ) 1 nument to commemorate our Victories by I,Ov i i. :i) and Sea. The spot select e d i s t h e same w e 13 lnded to eighteen months ago, viz. at the botte n . ' of St. James's -street, where the Court-yard 1 0 ' 7 ' stands. The Arch i s to b e o f t h e most mag,tli' 4 ' cent proportions, and the model to he taken fro;'; shout of CoNsTANTINP.. To make way tot t l ' i 3 ' Arch. all that pil e o f r u i ns ' an d retnrC i r t ing boily ings, forming Oita part of the r et r ace , are t' ) r t i' removed, and a spacious drive for eavviagcs 5.0? :, i stituted. Arrangementa art forming to fili ups',' l - t piece of water in the Palk, and 14 noble rOad ` vi ~ be made to th e Parliament Homes, &c. in a dir:;c t a line front the Arch. Before the Ist of Fehrtw' 7 ' . '1 all the range of offices, including die Itoy?d 1) : brary at the South-west end of the Palace-cos o y will be pull e d down, to make way for the it'', ' edifice for the Commander-in-Chief. The gr 4:!, i. - ! front of the Doric Order t o b e erect e d in t' ti ti, l Green Park." ...... rie