The National Register.
London, England, 1821-08-12 00:00:00

' 250

Cambridge-house, rweeting the
arrangement taking place relative to the
ef' her Majesty's remains. The Nille 7
mated a letter on the receipt of 1)r. Lushingt,
cemmunication, and invited hint anti Mr. Wilde
Fife-house, to which place they set out at halt:
1.2 o'clock. At one a messenger was sent to .Alt
France and limiting, the King's upholsterers,
Pall-mall, to attend at Cambridge House, fine
purpose of receiving orders tirr the coffin of her .
jesty, and the funeral paraphernalia. At met
minutes past one a gentleman arrived from I •
and Ranting's, and waited the return of Dr.'
ingtun limn Lord Liverpool's. Alderman \
and Mr. Hieronymus, her Majesty's steward,
lett Hammersmith fur town on Wednesday mar
about 11 o'clock. The surgeon and two of
Majesty's physicians returned on Thursday ra„,
to Brandenburgh-house, for the purpose of beit
present, doting the op_ nine of her Majesty's boot'
and preparing it for its being placed in the
On Thursday evening at seven o'clock the
coffin for the remains of her Majesty was brought
Brantknbiargh House, and about eight the body •
placed in it, and it was soldered up.
Friday evening the workmen of Messrs.
and Sanders, the King's Upholsterers, com
coveting the whole of the interior of the Vestila
and Entrance Ilan of Brandertburgh-llouse vii
black cloth; and yesterday, at noon, they had
great prop% as in their work, Ihe floor is ,
with black baize, and the mansion which, a
months ago, was surrounded by hundreds and doe
sands of persons with flags and mnsie, which
the place one scene of lively gaiety and gratulatio;
is now become the dreary mausoleum of the tlea
the melancholy and deserted appearance of whit
is such a contrast to its fitrmer state, that it tiirei'
affects the min I of every person who tisits the
The body will lie in state pert of tl.'s day and
morrow, whilat it is decided that the procession
move than Hammersmith.
The external coat will be conveyed to "
burgh-house to-morrow morning, by whir
most positive orders have been given by
Government to the d;flerent Depe-tmem
whose d'rections the preperations for the
procession are making, to have every thing
diners for its departure for Hr-wich.
now completely finished, except that the I
fastened on the lid. 'lnc plate was sent
dertaker's on ltiday ;it very .
massive, about a que• to of ea inch in thick,
and but aished. Thefollow ieg is the
asittint
Seren;,,in:w Princi-iesrie
CAROLINA AMELIA K..IZABETI
Dti Gratin Regime Consort;
Augustissinti Potentissimi Mon:trete
Georg Qua..i,
Del Graii a Brit; miniature Regis, Fidei
Defensorii, Regis Hanoverte, ac fironsvio
Ac lameburgi
Obit VII. die Mena is Augasti,
Anna Domiri
Aitatis sue LI V.
ITRANSLATION.I
Depository of
(the remains of)
CAROLINE AMELIA ELIZARE'i
By the Grace of G. t Queen Consort of
The must Aumast and Powerful Monarch,
GEORGE IV.
By the Grace of Gul King of the Pink! Kingdom,
Defender of the F. 'di,
King of Hanover, and Duke of Brunswick and Lonenberg,
Died 7t.11 day of the month of August, in the year 1521,
In the .5. till year of her age.
At nine o'clock on Friday evening Dr. Lushi
ton and Mr. Wilde, two of the executors, urn
together in one car .iage.
Mr. Alderman IVood had been at the House ,
whole of the day, and at seven o'clock the larni'
of the Alderman arrived arrived in their carriage.
At a few minutes bane ten, the Household w,
summoned to hear the will of their beloved 7
tress read.
By her Majesty's NVill she directs that Cami.
House shall be sold, and the purchase-money
to Mr. William Austin—it being confidently c:
peeled by her legal advisers that she had an Noir
ble claim ma Government to provide her a hous
The first instalment on the purchase had been ,
by her Majesty—and the two next, amounting
12,0001., are guaranteed by the house of M,
Ransom and Co.
Her claims under the Will of her mother L
Duchess of Brunswick, whatever they may alum
to, she also leaves to Mr. William Austin, and
makes him her residuary legatee.
She directs a sealed box, which she describes,
be transmitted to a merchant in the City, to wl
she owed 4,3001. It is supposed to contaiu
diamonds.

:--

Site bytrie.itlis 5001. cad► to Lord and Lady Hood.
She Icavis a picture of herself to Lady Aust
miltim, one to the Marques Antildi, true to
Signor Ft:diet, and one to Mr. William Austin.
She 1711vcs to Dr. Lusiiington her coach and

rust ure.
lravus to Ilicronywous her berouchettc al
her hi:co—and to the ester llanout all h.
utariug

-

• .•, :.

*Mb

~ ~.: , .

TINS NATIONAL REGISTER

Italian property is not alluded
:Tiously settled itra duarial deed.
She'slimas that her body shall not be
• laid in state—and that she should be
Aide of her father awl brother at
c body to be sent off' in three days.
The following inscription to be engra\

" To the Memory of Caroline of Bra)
jured Queen of England."
There are two Codieils to the
:ens of atli,..aion to her domestics.
Lord anti Luly flood, Lady Ann Um.
lain, and Mr. Alderman Wood and the
family were present upon this mournful
occasion.
many little circumstances wi
r our observation us connected with
event in question, we cannot ret.
lug the following anecdote a place in our ,
%hoot twelve o'clock on Wednesday an
drage drove up to the lodge of granden
and one of the Ladies (they were
.) in the carriage requested in
to look at the bulletin. The woman
handed her the document containio
mice, and she sunk back in the
. aloud. The other ladies were equal.
. the carriage drove off with its fair
1 venting their grief, apparently withotu
of suppressing it.
'en her Majesty was on her death-i
. by a confidential attendant, whet
writings of a private nature which
dispose of, as it was probable that
her demise her papers would be examined.
-ty's reply was, that site had no papers •
.red to conceal—that the whole of
printed if it were a satisfaction to an;
Her 'Majesty was the second daughtL
. of the late Charles William Ferdinand, .
;runswick Wolfenbuttle, by the Princess Augusta,
liter of his Royal Highness the late Frederick
is, Prince of Wales, and sister of our lute re-
d and most gracious Sovereign King George 111.
Princess was considered by the Court and the
• of England as a most desirable match for his
Highness the Prince of %Vales. The marriage
Royal Highnesses, after a short negociatiot
on the Bth of April, 1795, in the
e Royal Family and of the principal
kingdom. Nothing could be more magni
the celebration of these nuptials, nor .
wing than the joy which all classes of the pent
tiled on the occasion; addresses poured in
• p.trt of the country to congratulate the
on their union ; and when in a few
..rtls it was understood that the Princess
way to give an heir to the throne, the 1,-
, people was at its height.
ittt short was the space in which England
.ilate herself on the union which promit
auspicious. Within a very few months
Royal Nuptials, domestic differences arose,
nature we cannot distinctly state, and we
vt ish to repeat the scandalous rumours of ,
but they were probably of that trivial kit
might have been easily accommodated had
tyal Highness been properly advised; but she ,
kind maternal friend to offer advice or assistam
a circumstance had unhappily occurred wl
her the regard of a high personage, whose in;
with the Prince was very great.
These unhappy differences, from whatever
sprung, terminated in a separation within
:hs after the birth of the lamented
trlotte, which happened on the 7th of Jam-
3. The Princess of %Vales became the inhabitm
a separate establishment on Blackheath. Dur'
residence here her Royal Highness formed
emintance with Sir John and Lady Douglas,'
re her constant associates. After a lapse of
her Royal Highness was informed of circus
races which induced her to decline the conk,.
deli laid the foundation of' what is known by
of the " Delicate Investigation," and the
Ire of occurrences winch ought never to 1
,ed the portal of domestic privacy. But tin
!rincess was cleared of the charge impr
by two successive commissions of the
neil, and subsequently by her Sovereign _
tele, her domestic disquietude was not removed
intercourse with her daughter was restrie'
her actions us closely watched as ever.
. the resolution of going abroad, and _
ly, in the year 1814, the Princess quitted Eng-
,, very much against the advice of her couliden-
, friends, Mr. Whitbread and Mr. Brougham.
The circumstances attending her residence on the'
Attincut are too voluminous even to admit of a sa-
isfactury analysis, and too recent in the recollection,
our readers to require enumeration. The same
srvations apply to the interval from her Majesty's
.urn to England, in August twelvemonth, t.) the
onencetnent of her malady, which terminated in
dit.4olution on T ucality uigbt.

•••

.4,7*

Niwg

lid:0;7:711k
'l4 -‘l6a;:r4t •
"ro

x

Florjeaty wits born on the 17th of May, 1768
die 'the 7th of the avert month, at the age
• 2 ltiontbs, and n days.

Lions have already commenced in several
. .

for forming processions to attend the re-
. her ajesty from Hammersmith to London,
from thence a part of the way to the port at
- may be put on board ship.
.ion Council is to be held on Tuesday next.
other bodies have also given notice of meet-
imilar purpose. Among these, the inha-
I lammerimith, who have been always
their attachment to their persecuted

have been anxious to pay the last -public tai.
memory. The following requisition was
course of signature there on Friday, and had
,tained the names of many of the most res.
ulividuals in the neighbourhoods--
undersigned inhabitants of this hamlet, request you
41 call a public meeting to consider the best maim of
,e respect of the inhabitants at large for the memory of
Gracious 11Iajcsty the Queen Consort of George IV.
James Gonnue. Churchwarden of Hammersmith,
Aug. 10, 1821."
addition to this the annexed circular was sent
At'emelt who formed the Committee for ar.
her Majesty's escort from Hammersmith to
the day of her visit to St. Paul's s—
'ou arc requested to meet the rest of the Gentlemen
lojesty's Escort Committee at the Hammersmith
on Saturday evening, at II o'clock precisely, to
steps as may appear necessary in order to pay the last
-^t to her Alajesty, by lomung a procession to attend

I am, Sir, your humble servant,
1821. •' J. BOWLING, Chairman."
ilotr circular has been issued to the gentle-
formed part of the late procession to St.

bove arc not the only public testimonials of
Ind veneration in which her late Majesty
at a meeting of the vestrymen of the
Sepulchre, London, it was unanimously
_,o►vcd, that the parish church should be hung
with black, in the same manner in which it was on
the death of the late l'rincess Charlotte. This is an
example of proper feeling which we have no doubt
will produce many imitators.
The theatres were ordered to be closed on Wed-
nesday, and also on the day of the funeral. St.
Paul's bell has been tolled by authority, as well as
bells of the other churches.
Teen Caroline, the Consort of King George IL
of the same severe indisposition which has ter-
the life of Queen Caroline, the Consort of
,Iv.

necessity of some Her Italian
to the disposition was previousl;
Sriiblo Earl trans. She'slimas
1)r. Lushington's nor laid in rata
and Mr. Wilde to he side of he
t out at half-past The body to 1
VaS sent to Messrs. The follow
's upholsterers, o • tomb-stone:—
re House, fin. the '"fo the A
coffin of her Ma- itjared Quern
Alia. At twenty There are
ived from franc tokens of stik.
turn of Dr. Lush Lord anti I
Alderman Wood, - Austin, and
ty's steward, both his family we
'ednesday morning (cresting occa
and two of he Of' the im
Thursday morning under our ohs
purpose of being ruble event i
et' Majesty's body, ,iving the fol
;ea in the coffin. -.-Ahout twc
o'clock the leaden sittipage dra
sty was brouglit to louse, and on
eight the body was number) in
tone to look o
of Messrs. RAley lodge handed
terers, commenced intelligence,
tr of the Vestibule iabbed aloud.
lurgh-llouse with and the cars
on, they had made still venting
he floor is covered power of sot
ion which, a few When her
undneds and thou. asked by aco
nnsic, which made any writings
ty and gratulation, to dispose of,
;tricorn of the dead, in her demist
pearanee of which Majesty's rep
de, that it tirreibly wished to co
who tisits the spot. , be printed if
th's day and to- Iler Alak
the procession will child of the 1
of Brunswick
veyea to Branden- aughter of
by which time the Lewis, Princ
en by Fs Majesty's vcred and no
eix.-tinents, under- The Princess
as fir the funercl People of Er
very thing in rca-.. Royal Hight
vich. The coffin is •of their Royo
hat the plate is not took place on
vas sent. to the Un- of the Royal
's very large and the kingdom
ch in thickness, gilt than the cc
s the i-seriptiont touching the
sae
testified on t
iZABETHA," every part o
nsonis couple on tl
monarchs) afterwords i
tegis, Fidei in a way to ,
ac Ilrunsvhi of the peoph
But short
KM. coagratulatc
be so nuspici
the Royal
what nature
LIZABETII, not wish to
Consort of
Col Monarch, day ; but t.l
that might
Unittl Kingdom, Royal High
wick and Lonenherg, no kind mat
Ist, in the year 1521, for a circun
a age. lost her the
coin,' Dr. Lushin,,-
e, owe with t
executors, arrived These ut
an at the house they spruni
the months aft.
n o'clock the family
in their carriage. Charlotte,
1796. The
the Household were of a
separat
d' their beloved mis- her resider
acuai
Nets that Cambridge
werqe herntam et
purchase-money paid
time her
confidently ex-
stances wit
.t she had an equita-
which laid
.ivide her a house.—
name of th
rehasu had been paid
closure of
next, amounting to
escaped tht
he house of Alessrs. the irrinec,
of her mother the her by tw
ver they may amount Council, L.
Linde, her
.iant Austin, and she her intact
!e. and her o
an+ site describes, t adulated th
n the City, to whom ingly,- in
osLd to contain her
anti, very
Lord and Lady Hood. tial friends
elf to Lady Aun H. The eirt
Antaldi, trne to th, Cwitinc"t
William Austin. tisfactury :
na her coach Ina 'f our reo
.bservatioi
her bernochette and turn to
of D:anout all bet tnmenec
her dis:ailt

titddedeedto, as that
and deiAttlsitYe
not be open f 53 years, 2 41
uld be buried by
at Brunswick.-... Preparations
tys. quarters, for fo,
engraved on her mains of her Al
and on from do
I Brunswick, the which they ma:
A Common C
Will, containing Several other b
logs lbr a simik
n Hamilton, Mr, bitants of I lar
and the whole conspicuous for
mournful and in- Queen, have lx
bute to her mer
cos which came in the course
1 with the deplo- already obtains
not refrain from pectable indivii
:e in our columns; We, the untio
will forthwith call
esday an elegant evincing time respee
)1' grandenburgh- her Most Gracious
:y were three in To Mr. Jamet
ed in an ugitat In addition
a woman at th
ntainin„,,, the final to the gentle=
ranging her M
the carriage and London on the
c equally affected, Sim,—You at
its fair inmates, of her
iittue.eninil
nil y without the
adopt such steps a
tribute of respect to
loath-bed, she was her funeral.
whether she had Aug. 10.1821
which she wished A sitnilar cii
that immediately men who form,
examined. Her pours,
to papers that sh The above a
de of them might the love and v
to any one. was held ; at
Lughter and fifth parish of St. St
Ferdinand, Duke resolved, that