The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-23 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

THE PRINCE REGENT'S COURT.

The I.nrds of the Council assembled on We4nestlay
at the Council (Mice, fu emimineprecolents as to the
funeral of the Queen: TIW meeting was held agreea-
bly to the precedent •at the•death of Queen Caroline,
who died in Ow evenicl., and the Lords of -the
Council assembled the following morning at 10 o'clock.
Thursday the Prince Regent, as . the reigning So.
vereign, held a Privy Council as Carlton House, for
the purpose of' receiving their Lordships' report upon
the subject : among the member: present were

The Archbishop of Canterbury., the Lord President of the Council,
the First Lord of the Trcamry. the Chancellor of tilt. Exchequer,
the Secretaries of Statt• fir the Hone and Colonial Departments.
the First Lord of the Aelmirelty, the Lord Steward,. the Mister of
the Horse, &c.

The Lora President made-the report of the proceed.
ings-of the Lords of the Council ; and it is understood,
that the funeral of her late Majesty Queen• Charlotte
is not to be confined to the forms and ceremonies fOr-
mealy observed, but to be lett to the entire direction
of the Lord Chamberlain.

An order• was agreed upon for the assembling of Par-
liament, fur the despatch of business, on the 14th day
of January next.
An order was also settled fin a new Form of Prayer
to be used in all churches and chapels yesterday for a
national humiliation on account of the demise of the
Queen.
The Lord Chief Justice Abbott was introduced to the
Council with the usual forms, and was sworn in a Privy
Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly.
Sir Robert Dallas, the Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, was introduced in a similar manner,
and sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at
the Board accordingly.
The Prince t:egent gave audiences to the Earl of
Harrowbv, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melville,
and the Duke of Montrose.

Soon aftcr the breaking up of the Court, the Regent
left town for Kew, to visit his sisters. The whole
Court appeared in full dress black, on account of the
demise of Her Majesty the Queen.

THE QUEEN'S Houszttoto.—ln consequence of the
demise of the Queen, a considerable saving %yin accrue
in the future charge of the Civil List. By the Act of
the 52d of the King, the Queen's annual income, inde-
pendent of the Queen's establishment at Windsor, was
settled at 58,0001. with an additional allowance of
10,0001. a year for travelling and other contingent
expences. The salaries of the principal Officers and
Ladies of her Majesty's Household all of course cease,
after the Christmas quarter. Of these the chief are—

The Earl of Morton. Lord Chamberlain ; Edward Dmhrowe,
Esq. Vice. Chamberlain; Elul Harcourt, Master of the Norse;
Major-General Taylor. 'freasurer and Secretary ; Sir Henry Camp-
bell. Comptroller ; T. J. Mathias, Vice-Treasurer ; the Marchioness
of Bath, :Mistress of the Robes; the I.adies of the Bedchamber, the
Maids of Honour, and the Pages of Honour, with the Attorney and
Solicitor-General. &c.

Her Majesty has made a will. It appears that she
was not possessed of 30001. of money at her demise,
and that she possessed no funds. She has bequeathed her
diamonds to be divided equally among the Princesses
her daughters, with some distinctions ; and is said to
have given a handsome bequest to Laity Harcourt, who
has been always admitted to the honour of her intimate
confidence, and smaller legacies to others, who have
been longest in her Majesty's service. All the under
servants will have pensions from the public, according
to their ranks, which will amount to a considerable sum.
It appears from the accounts of the Civil List for the
last year, that the pensions to the servants of Queen
Caroline and the Princess Dowager of %Vales were than
24301. though few of them are now alive.
The funeral of the Queen will take place on Tues-
day se'nnight. In the mean time the body will lie
privately in state, at Kew. On that day it will be re-
moved to Windsor fur interment in the royal cemetry.
The Prince Regent, we understand, has mentioned his
intention to attend as Chief Mourner.

Thursday night, about eight o'clock, a plain hearse
anti flan., followed by a mourning coach, in which were
Mr. 'hinting, of lull Mall, and several assistants, ar-
rived at Kew. The hearse contained the inner case of
the coffin, intended for her Majesty. The exterior is
of thick lead, and lined with fine oak. At the bottom
is a mattrass, and cushion for the head, tinbossed with
white flos silk, upon a rich plain white satin, and an
ample sheet of the same costly material. The sides are
lined with white satin in close perpendicular plaits, and
the whole surmounted with a richly embossed border of
the cline.

It is remarkable that Sir Henry Milford should in
the early appearance of her lamented MuJesty's.disordea,
have given it as his ()pinion, that she could scarcely sur-
vive the second week in November.

One of the most esteemed and conspicuous traits of
the late Queen's character was, the strictness with
which she consulted the moral decency of her Court
Her reply to Lady —, when soliciting her lVajesty
fier permission to present Lady ---, mill when raised,
saving she (lid not know what to tell her diemppointed
friend, will hmg, be remembered and repeated--" Tell
lua," said the Queen, " You did not dare to ask ow."