The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-27 00:00:00

DEATH OP THE DCIEE OP GLOUC&

Several persons have left this place within the last
dty or two, overwhelmed with ennui, after the los.
of the agreeable parties they had been so long ac-
customed to at Lady H st tt.rne's. The secet,ii
are indeed continually replaced by new sitceer,ian,
of visitors ; but there is little prospeft of finding an
adequate substitute for her Ladyship, who took the
lead in every thing that was rational and elegant.
I believe I mentioned to you, that the ball at the
Royal Hotel, on Tuesday last, was very thinly at-
tended. It was the most so indeed of any I ever wit-
nessed ; for the seats did not exceed seven couple at
the most, and only font towards the conclusion.
liad not Lady HAMILTON departed on the preced-
ing day, the appearance would have been esuemely
different ; but as things are, and after that experi-
rnrnt, I surely think they will not venture on Arlo-
the rball for the remainder of the season.
The Infant Roseius concluded his engagement
here on Wednesday last, in the charafterii of Sadi.
in The Mountaineers; and Lennts.e, in The Prize, iii
both which he displayed all his accustomed humour.
This night, for his own benefit, he is to perform Sir
Jobs Pai.tne; in thew, Me Fourth, and Dail, in
Bea Ton. In the former, the jr,ince qj Wart, by
another very young Gentleman of I'a or Iti years of
age, being his first appearance on any stage.
The Play of Pi:erro is in preparation by the com-
pany here, and will be performed on Wednesday
next.
Among the last arrivals are, Mr. Wcsrors, Mr.
Lull°, two Messrs. 1)1 ORE le, Mr. CULSIIIAM, 3(C.
Si ttttra GS/AIMS is e i,.ge Iby Mr. Cumin for
the Hampshire Musical Vestival, to Enke plats in
042ba.

The report of the death of the Duke of at ou-
CESTER, which we romeriteied yeneedar, has piny-.I
but too well founded. The melancholy event took
place oil Sunday night, a little after eleven o'clock,
at his Rov A L HlGllNess's house, in limier Grosve-
nor-stieet, and at twelve o'clock Mr. VI Nets+ r, his
Secretary, set off express for Weymouth, with tit,.
ungrateful tidings to Ili. MAJtsTY• HIS RJVAt
HIGHNESS'S illness originated in a violent coil
which he caught at the late Review upon IVimble-
don Common ; during which an incessant rain fell,
and his Rov AL HlGHtitss declined putting on a great
cost or cloak. He was completely wet through all
his clothes for a considerable time, and when he dis-
mounted, he was so stiff he could hardly move.
A constitution, naturally delicate, stink beneath
this attack, and a complication of disorders was the
consequence. For several days past little or no
hopes were entertained of his recovery, and on
Sunday morning his immediate dissolution became
apparent. The sacrament was administered to
him about one o'clock, and shortly after Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gs-or:came, Her Royal
Highness the Princess SOPHIA MATILDA, and I lis
Royal Highness Prince Wi tr.t•at, took their final
and sorrowful adieu.
His Royal Highness was married on the 6th of
September, to MARIA, Countess Dowager of Wal-
degrave. This Lady was the second daughter of
Sir EDWARD WA LYDIA, K. B. the youngest son of
the great Sir Ronne' Weil. Pot is, Earl of Orford.
By her former husband. JAMES, the fourth Earl of
Waldegrave, she had three daughters; the eldest,
married to her cousin, the late Earl of WALDE-
OkAVE ; the second, to the present Earl of Fus-
Too ; and the youngest. Lady HolArta, since
dead, to the late Lot% HUGH SEYMOUR ; by whom
she left the beautiful and interesting Miss Sty moult,
the objea of a recent and well-known disquisition
in the Court of Chancery, now under the pi oteaion
of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. By
his Lady, his Royal Highness has left two children,
the elder, the Princess SOPHIA MATILDA of Gust:-
curet, born 29th May, 1773 ; and the younger,
His Royal Highness Prince WILLIAM FRFDERICIL,
now Duke of Gloucester. born January 13, 1776 ;
who is lineally descended, the great grandson of
His late Manse's', King Geoaoc 11. ; and also,
by a curious coincidence, lineally descended, the
great grandson of hisfolourife and Prime Miniver,
Sir R. WALPOLR, K.G.
By the demise of His Royal Highness, the
disposal of a Blue Ribbon ; of the Command of the
First Regiment of Foot Guards (the most lucrative
Colonelcy on the establishment), which, in all pro-
bability, will forthwith be conferred on His Royal
Highness the COMMANDER in CHILI, who now has
the Second Regiment ; the Rangerships of Cran-
bnurn Chase, near Windsor, of Hampton Court
Park, and of the New Forest, Hampshire ; end of
the Chancellorship of the University of Dublin ;
falls to the Minister. His ROYAL Hicnuzss's Pee:-
ages, arid various titles of honour, vest, by right
of succession, in his son, the present Duke of G Leni-
ent. ca. who is already a Knight of the Garter.
From the time of the notificdtion of the decease
of any Welber of the Rov At. FAMILY, the great
bell in the Southern Tower of St. Paul's, regularly
tolls u •til the interment takes place, a distmaion
paid to no other individual save the Bishop of
LoNDOH.
The ceremoni it and formalities which took place
on the melancholy occasion of His Royal High-
ness's fraternal relative, the late Duke of Cuss esti-
t. Alto's death, are, of course, those which will he
observed in the present instance. The notification
of the former mela..chuly event. in The Lindens
Ginette, was couched in the following terms:
Whitehall, S.-pt IS, 1771•
" This morning, about fife restock, dep.irt d thin lire, at
Cumber:am, house, Pall-'1 all, after a long dines, the Royal
Iliglm. as 4eurr Frederick Duke of Cumherlaud, to the peat
grivt of Their Majeaies and all the Royal Family."
Shortly aft-r His Royal Highness the Duke of
CUMIIISRL ANDS decease, the body was embalmed,
and the bowels and entrails placed in an urn, which
was conveyed in one of the Duke's coaches, escorted
by or small party of the Life Guards, and lodged in
Hewitt, the Vll.'s Chapel, the same night, about
ten o'clock. The third day after His Royal High-
nesses death, the body, which was placed in a su-
perb coffin, covered with purple velvet, and adorned
with escutcheons, mouldings. clasps, &c. of silver
gilt and chased, was conveyed, in a state hearse,
attended by a troop of the Life Guards, to the
Prince's chamhcr. one of the apartments attached to
the Rinse of Lords (that which His MAJISTY for-
merly used to robe in). in which, the chamber being
suitably decorated for the occasion, the remains of
Ilis Royal Higness lay in state, until the third night.
They were theta removed, in great funeral pomp,
and with appropriate splendour and solemnity, to
the Royal Vault under King Hese,/ the VII.'.
Chapel, and deposited in one of the vacant nitches ;
at the same time the urn, containing the bowels,
was entombed, and placed on one side of the coffin.
'l'ne Processasn from the Pa iiice's chamber to
Westminster is!,!)ey. proceeded on a scaffolding
creek,' for the purpose, covered on the top with a
shed, supported by pots at given distances ; the ,
whole covered with black cloth, or baize. The pro-
cession
entered the Abbey at the door leading to
Poets' Career, filed round the choir, and thence in-
to Herta Y VII.'. Chapel, on the North side. The
scat! dd was lined on die outside by double files of
the foot ,sti tads; and, outside these, were a line of
the Royal Horse Guards. The crowd and pressure
on the occasion were so great, several injurious ac-
cidents took place.
The Court Mourning, on the occasion, continued
for a a weeks. viz. fore of whole mourning, and
Iwo of second mourning.
The Official Notice was follows :
Levi Luamb• rlani'‘i Office, Se,u I
" Ord fair the C-hart's ring 'mu iumi mug OM Sunday
omit the 291 h i wain, to kin late Ruyal the Duke
01 Cumbe WO, HH M.,,e ty'• Mother, v:it
" The Ladies t, wear black a lk, plain atmlin or lone '
lawn, cm ,e or lore duds, black 'elk black glateg
..nd black paper fans.
tfartr:w, black or grey, uftwatered fab;e,.
" The Ovals nen to wear black efwtt, w buttons on
the .iiatees 0, yueltert ; plain mit-lane tiseats and
wet %) ra, black fronds end buckles.
" Uudrees, dark grey frocks."
The Theatres and other places of tribl-c amuse-
ment were closed for a fortnight.
Yesterday at two o'clock Mr. Cu tam LI" the