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No. 510.—VoL. X. MONDAY, NOVElk$ 17, 1817. ,
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THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. /IMO
the highest esteem and love for his illustrious niece, is her bonnet and the cloak she wore in the last pedes-
. —re-- now proportionately afflicted at her loss. trian exclusion with him, are kept constantly before his •
it
Who can express her goodliest." 'by the final event. Her Majesty received a visit on in the sitting parlour, and there they have remained
Tuesday from the Duke and Duchess of Gloucesteri ever since; nor will the Prince either allow them to 1;
Sorrow for the death ofour departed Princess grows who hail been since Sunday mornine residing at Carlton he removed, nor any person whatever, to touch them. ,;
every helm upon the hearts of the commuoity. Time, House, fur the purpose of soothing the melancholy of Her tioyal Highness's watch also remains on the mantle ll'
which effaces common grief:;, often addfistrength to the Prince Regent. The health of his Royal High-
piece in precisely the same situation in which she her-
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, powerful emotions, and sanders them more fixed and ness is not in that alarming state in which it was at self placed it. I
painful. The object, however, which we lament most first : but he refuses all comfort, except such as arises The Prince Regent, it is understood, could not be re-
,:,ti
the re-
tenderly, is not always that, the loss of which inflicts from some association with the memory of his be-
strained on his visit to Claremont. from seeing
e upon us the most durable sorrow; since reeson some- loved daughter. A portrait of the Princess, which mains of his beloved daughter. The shock was so in- :i
1 times heals the wounded affections, by enabling us to was under the hands of Sir Thomas Lawrence, has tense as to excite great apprehension and alarm. His j!'
e calculate and measure more justly the value of the he- been ordered home in its unfinished state: it is placed Royal Highness receives such consolation as the sincere e
1 nes whom we deplore. But such is not the influence in the room which his Royal Highness constantly sympathy of all who approach him can produce. (in
of reason or reflection on the minds of the people of occupies. Thursday lie was visited by the Dukes of York and ',.
et England at this moment. Those who feel most uecute- All the preparations for the funeral, usual on these ('timberland, and the Earl of Liverpool.
;,.; ly on the present occasion, are they who think most melancholy ceremonials are completed. The body of , The inquiries after the Prince Regent on Friday
• deeply upon the excellence of what v.c have lest, and the Princess has, besides the embalming, been enclosed were numerous : and his Royal Highness received ' ' '•
visits P.!
on the probable consequences of this great public cola- in a number of wrappers stiffened with wax—a mode from the Duke of York, from Earl Bathurst, and 11
" • mity to the highest interests oittlie nation. Among of preservation first in use amongst the Egyptians, and Count Munster. His Royal Highness continues
in ..7
the many points of view under which it would have adopted for ceriteries among ourselves. These wrappers the same state : indeed, the shock has been so great
as • .
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been our pride and study to contemplate the Princess again are covered with an enclosure of rich blue ye:et, that it is his intention to retire to Brighton as soo
Charlotte, and to point her out to the admiration tied with white satin. possible, where his Royal Highness can live in more lil
• and esteem of the people of England, was that of her It is said that several artists applied for permission sechmion, and have his sorrows less broken in upon than '1
character in domestic life. A King or Queen, as such to take a cast of the Princess's film They were very in Londat The Duchess of Glocester goes to the Pa- iii
4 may diffuse a vast portion of happiness throughout so- properly refused. vilion on Monday, to make preparations for the coming ti
(it ty, by the just and conscientious exercise of power; The outer coffins of both mother and child are oo- of her Royal brother.
. but upon n:anliind at large the Sovereign cannot act vered with superb crimson Genoa velvet, enriched with The Queen, it is said, will return to Bath at the ex- 1
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as an example, except through the medium of' those nails, formed into panels: those on the Princess's coffin press direction of her physicians. t
• qualities which are applicable to private life, and useful I are silver gilt : the others are of plain silver. The coffin The latest intelligence relative to his Serene High- 1!
' in humble stations. The dissolute manners of some of the Princess is of very large dimensions ;it is uP- ness is contained in the following letter lions Clare-
among the upper classes in this country require no or- , wards of six feet in length, and broad in proportion.—
atom, Nov. 15th .
• 'Unary antidote to their corrupting force. The law The materials of both are of Slianish mahogany.— " Saturday• Morning, 9 o'clock.—Prince Leopold's r
though armed with peculiar terrors, is evaded by artful The plate on that of the illustrious Princess is of metal indisposed crud afflicted state has not prevented him '
vice, or defied by audacious infamy. Fashion tolerates gilt, and contains the following inscription : from tal ine air during the week, except yesterday,
.1 and upholds her disciples; and timed virtue withdraws Hermitian when it did not cease noticing till the evening. His ..
Illastrissime Princapissaa Charlotte Augusta, a
into herself, or ventures on the stream to struggle, Serene Highueenwells in the most retired parts of the il
IlluArissimi Principis Georgii Augur
Frederid
1 y ield, and perish. Our unspotted Princess, in the love- Princiris Waite, Bruanoiarum Begends. park and pleasure grounds. He was accompanitul by i
ly purity of her conjugal and maternal character, and Filie fiance, the hey. Dr. Short, who is his constant companion in
-.Consortium Sertnissimi Principis leneolai
in the splendour and pre-eminence of her constitution- c enrgii afflictiob, to soothe hie sorrows, which is an arduous it,
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' al throne, would, with the partner of her virtuous al- l'rederici, Muds Serowe, Nfarchioois Alisnia. task, as the Dr. has need of a,cenrfurter himself, Laving ii
/ t'utions, have herself supplied she defects of law, and Lmidgrani Thuringia, Pnoc;pis Cubingi, been the Sub-Preceptor of the Princess, and to him, she -2
i • Saaltendensis, Fx%•reitutun Regis Marescalli„,
reclaimed the licentiousness of fashion. Every wife '2 was particularly endeared by repeated acts of kindness. etenstati
would have gazed upon her as a lir;ght example of Begin a &met°. ibus C,,n4lii:; Nobli,ncimi It is believed here, as stated in the London Papers, '..
1 those duties whose performance rewards itself, and ems- (Minis Periscelidii et llonuratissina (trotters: that Prince Leopold bitends fnllowiug his beloved Pri
Militarrs de 114.1nt0 grmitis: n-
slit utes the chief blessing of society. The loss of such Obiit S. ruetae Nov.mbris Alnico Domini - twat to the grave, as chief mourner; and not only ill
i; a model, in such an age, maybe a subject of !amen- .11DcetAVIi..slitatis 1.141'. xxt:." the state proeession at Windsor, but also in the solemn
ii tatien to our chillsen's children. 'The plate on the coffin of the infant is of the same , removal from hence to 'Windsor, which, it is underscored,
'1 Jr the amine of' the day he was visited by the Duke i metal, and the inscription on it is es fu'lows • is to take piny in the night ; but the time is not known
~1 of Gloucester, who remained with him for three hours: The Still Burn fur a certainty here." 1,
ilhe went and retired in that private manner which was Male infant Wednesday is the day now fixed for the fester:?.
Of their liqyal and serene insentsam
le • best suited to the melancholy occasion. The Duchess
The Princess The coffins and urn were removed from town yeteesday t;
of York rode over from Oatlancis on Sunday evening,
. - :la: the purpose of condoling with his serene Highness:
'• }turd feist;ereagh went un Monday morning at 10- Charlme Augusta,
ant
Ile Prince IteOp4d and we believe every preparation is now neerly cone- .•;:'•
Ode. We insert the fidlowing order of proeession
ei of . . which is nearly the same as that observed at the fe.
1 o'clock with the some object, but Lis visit waset very 'Saxe ( obourz, neral of the late Princess Amelia, in the month of No. i
f! . short or-c. The Prince Regent also, after an affecting Nov. 5, 18; /.
vember 1810. i•
l, interview 'with the Queen at Windsor, on Sunday, The outer case of the urn is covered and ornamented Panes of the Royal ran:4.
• expressed a wish to go to Claremont to see Prince exactly after the same way as the coffin : on the lid is
Leopold, but he was .advised for both their sakes, to a plate with the Coronet and P. A.C. in Roman let-
delay the visit for a day or two. ']'he bulletin issued teas, and at each corner is a small plate with the like
on Monday morning, and signed by Mr Stockman, his initials.
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own resident physician, who came to England with
-t.
The -processional part of the ceremonial was not . liages of tr., Mujes!i,,.
Solicitor to her laq• Ito: ;a1 if igheets.
A liothecary,
urgwn,
and
PhAsieians,
who attended her late Royal Highness. •
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him, was as follows:
finally arranged till Tuesday evening, when Mr. Mash, EquerrieS of the Royal Family.
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. , " Nov. In.—His Serene Ilighness the Prince Leopold has passed of the Lord Chamberlain's office, received the definitive Equerries of their Majesties .
venoms of the Bedchambertto the King.
rather a calm night. and is something betty, tl,is morning." orders from Her Majesty at Windsor, and afterwards The Queen's 'Vice Chamberlain.
But on the following day a less favourable one ap- proceeded to Claremont. Prince Leopold, now that the Comptroller of his Treasurer of his
peared, stating that : first almost etorifying effects of the sudden&cecinadso
an Men, s Household.
The Queen's Master of thikiNeiZsetY.B li
. mehad• "
The Prince Leopold had a very aseess night, and was more shock have -subsided, is awakened to all the horrors of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
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i Agitated than hitherto.' his loss ; and reflection, which will ultimately tranquil- Lords of the Bedchamber to the King. ,!
Creonv of the sok.
The Royal Family have been most anxious and at- ize, at first only sharpens his grief. He is said also to
The King's Master of the horse.
• tentive in their efforts to console him. Wednesday have been greatly disturbed by the ceremony of cm- The Vice Chamberlain of his
The Lord Steward of his •
afternoon, the Prince Regent went to Claremont and bumming, which, being totally unexpected by hint, ap- Majesty's II ni ',dud d, acting
Majesty's Household. 1.!
as be
saw his son-in The particulars of this afflicting peered to he revolting to his feelings, on account of the Lord Cham rlain.
A Grnilanan c,her of his Maaotv, bearing the Coronet of her late
interview we have not heard, nor ere we curious to many painful circumstances which neceesarily attend it. Royal II ighnesi Alpo. n a black cushion. .
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intrude upon the overwhelming grief of a father and The following bulletin was issued on Wednesday re- TI II; ionv. "i
in a criimon %elect coffin, (ear-
s husband meeting for the first time after their mutual specting his Serene Highness :-4;
and irreparable loss. e Misery is a sacred thing,- and e The Prince Leopold has had a very restleis night and remains in Suppnrters of
the l' anti by eight vc.omen of the] cut, nom or ,
Goat& coverttl with a black ' z Pail.
velvet PalLadornedwitheight
of' all miseries this must be the most sacred. The the same state as yesterday."
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nes
Prince Regent returned in the evening to Carlton On Wednesday he received a second visit from the e'
House. Prince Leopold in the course of Wednesday Duke of York, and an affectionate inquiry front the Su porters to { sorportcrs so
the Chief The Chief Mourner. the Chief
received visits of condolence from the Earl of Liver- Queen and Princesses, throuo M
the medium of General
ourner. Mourner.
i pool and Prince Esterhazy : their visits, like that of Taylor. Dukes of the blood Royal, .
Lord Castlereogh the preceding day, were shot: : for The bulletin issued on Thursday, was nearly the In long black cloaks, the trains borne by their
Royal II ighness's Goinkmen. •
the dejection of the Prince is tmeh as to render any same as that of the preceeding•.
fday. The inquiries after
Tito anal clo,ino• of the calm of the Princess took •,.
stay or conversation, except of the dearest relative, Ms health were very numerous. His Serene Highness, -r:
' obtrusive. The Duke of Sussex, probably from a is said to be absent to every thing except such objects place en eaturday night. While thie last affecting cere-
1 • ~I e feeling of this kind, has m !;le', personal visit, Lit as recal to his memory his departed consort. The most ninny was going on under the direction of Mr. Mash,
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tt has sent to mike the most :arc:ion:lle enquiries. His inconsiderable articles, once possessed by the lamented of the Lord Chamberlain's office, Prince Leopold had
; " Royal Highness, who is kno,vn to have entertained ! Princess, are endeared to him by recollections. Hence been induced by his resident chaplain and physician to 4'
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