The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-27 00:00:00

THE L4TE QUEEN, ke.

Yesterday morning the (Mike of Viotti had a
long interview with the l'ittNtE at Carl-
ton' House. Ilia Royal Highness :ollerwards pro-
ceeded, between one and two Wein" 4, to Kew, i*
N visit of condolence to his Royal Sisters, and. le-
turned to town about five o'clock.

The staircase or Kew Palace has been additionally
secured, by extra supp9rers ireirrg placeri under Is,
to guard against the possibility of an accident I,r
the removal of the Royal reeria:•l., from the great
weight of the coffios, and the bomber of persons
whotsiii necessarily be employed on that occasion.
The floyal carriages which are to go in the pro-
cession bout lies., are commanded to be• there at
:t quarter before: nine o'clock no IVednerolay morn-
ing, to prevent airy confusion arising. The mourn-
NI procession is to halt for about an hour at Long-
ford, and the time of arrival at St. George's Cha-
pel IS 110 t to exceed a quarter-past eight o'clock.
the commands issued to those who will have thr!
Arranging and directing of the proceSsion being to
that effect.

Kew Church, Richmond Church, and Windsor
Church, have all been hung with black by Messrs.
PRANCE and BANTINO, the Royal Undertakers,
her tete MAJESTY being considered a irarishioner at
all those psiishew. Preparations are making for
the hanging of Sr. George's Chapel, Windsor, with
black previous to the day or the foneial. A great
number of the Nobility are Invited to be present at
the funeral of her late 114.1gsrir.

Sintlay last, as consequence of the death of her
ftia)xsTY, the ships in this sod the neighbouring
ports had their colours I►uisted in
( WhitehUVC4 Pape►.)
The melancholy account of the death of our
beloved QuEEN reached Worhingtim on Thursday
evening, whilst the respectable inhabi►ants or the
town were enjoying the recreation of dancing at
the card assembly. The amusements of the even—
ing were immediately put an end to, it tieing una.
nimously the wish of the whole party to she* an
example of loyalty and respect worthy of general
itairatiun.

The inelanchoiy intelligence of the death of her
MAiLsTY was received in Chester on Thursday
11110111111 g. The great bell of the cathedral, and of
the other churches in the city. were tolled at inter-
vals throughout the day. The shops were gene-
rally half-closed early in the tuoriiiiig. and have
been so since that period.

As soon as the account of her MAJESTY'S death
was received at Liverpool, the journeymen Nikita
demanded dotable ware, which the masters not
complying with, the men immediately left their
employ ; but aii several of them had lett their ty,rk
in an unfinished state, they were brought up by
summons, on Friday, before the Magistrates et the
Town-hall. After having heard the case, the Ma-
gistrates stated, tfiat the men were bound to finish
the work they had begun, and made an ruder to
that effect, with which the men reluctantly complied.
Sunday forenoon the LOUD PROTOST, Magis-
trate., and Council of Edinburgh, and nine of the
Lords of Session. attended divine service in the
High Clinick, dressed in deep mourning, on
count of the death of her Majesty the QUEEN. A
suitable sermon was preached on the recent loss
sustained by the nation, by the Rev. Dr. INGLIS.
one of the Ministers of the Old Greyliiars' Church,
from Job, vii. 16: " L would not live alway."lll
the afternoon au impressive sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Dr. BAIRD, from Ree. XX. 12: " 1 saw
the dead, small and great, stand before the Lord,"
&c. The pulpit, King's seat, and fronts of the gal..
leries, were hung with black cloth. Similar dis-
courses were preached indifferent quarters. All the
pulpits of the churches and chapels were also re-
vered with black. The mourning, however, ws%
not very general, owing to want of time, as many
were not prepared who otherwise would have !tool
this mark of respect to the memory of her MA..
JESTY.

General TAT LOB was, as usual, o► the Koval
dinner party at Cambridge House. the residence
of the PattscessEs, at Krw, on Wednesday. On
the eight of that day, immediately after the de-
'torture of the PRINCE, he left Cambridge Houqs
unattended, and, in parsing along one of the ave-
nues near the menagetie, owing to the darkness of
the night, lie fell over some gardening imple-
ments (which had been improulently left there
by some of the workmen) and fractured the
small bone of the right fore HMI, and lie also
rreeived a consitlerable injury in the knee.
lfr. !vim's, surge at, of Ktclitnottd, was imme-
diately sent for, and the fracture, after route time.
was reduced. A messenger was Ow relit to Mr.
BROOK TAYLOR. the Geuend's brother, directly
after the accident, and he visited him instantly.
The Gewer:ll was able to walk out list morning,
and pay his respects to the PUINCESSES.
ANTIQUITIES.-111 the island of Jersey are the
gloves of King essaat.ra U. who, when he took re-
fuge it, that island, presented the Government of
it, among other things, with his gauntlets, and in-
structed them to 'peseta them to the first Prince of
Wales (for CsaaLes was only Prince of Wales at
that time) that visited the island.

is Dia Grace the Duke of WELT.INITON, ;1
dining with the Emperor ALEXANDER, MI tiotlai.,
for the fit4t tune in his quality of F,elil 3lsr, of.
Russia, was dressed in the Empefor's clan coat.
As the pasty was composed of linssput Griggs!
Officers, invited to meet him and congratulate
on his new dignity, it was laditlyeasable that he
should appear in a Kassian uniform : and as Ute
time IVA% tot) Shutt to admit of piovnini.r. oar, tltr
Emperor t toadeseendiugly own."
—(Vide 7'he 'limes, November islS.)

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MOVEMENTS.

ARRIVALS.
Sir W. Gordon, SIMS howse in Stanhope-itreet, May-tair.
'Me HO4l. Mr. Mhos, at his bowie iw Upper Grosvoser-
wee', Grwaerwa► square.
C.A. Tracy, Esq. at his house iu Dover-stredl, PiClll-
dilly, Crow the Centimes,.
The Eirl and Cusateis of Darnley, at Santlgati, from
Cultism Nall, Kest.
The Earl of Dartdbwli, at his seat, Saadwell
Staffordshire.
Earl Grosvenor, at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, town a tow.