The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-22 00:00:00

The bulletin of' the morning continued to be shown
at the Queen's Palace till past four o'clock, no official
aCCOUIIt of the decease of Her Majesty having been re-
ceivell there, till it was sent from Carlton House when
the Palace was closed. In the evening, and before the
post hour, a special Gazette was published, tir the ex-
press and sole purpose of announcing Her Majesty's
decease, in the following words:—

Whitehall, Nov. 17.
This day, DC one o'clock. the Queen departed this life, to the
inexpressible grief of the Royal Family, after a tedious illness, which
Ilcr Majesty bore with the most pious fortitude and resignation.—
The many great and exempla:l, virtues which so eminently distin.
guished Her Majesty throughout her long life, were the object of
universal es..cem and admiration amongst ull classes of His Majesty's
sttl..j,xts, and render the death of this illustrious and most excellent
Princess an unspeakable loss to the whole nation."

Her late Majesty, whose maiden name was Charlotte
Sophia, of Nleeklenburgh Strelitz, was born Nl:.y 19,
174 t. She was the youngest daughter of Charles
Lewis, brother to Frederick, the third Duke of Meek-
lenburgh. Her father, however, though in the ininte-
fl4te line of inheritance, as his brother, th• Reigning
ke; 1), issvc, and was unmarried, did pot suc-
ceed to die petnaixdity, heaied before his brother ;
and thus, upon the death of Frederick, the succession

devolved upon his nephew, Adolphus Frederick IV.
brother to her late Majesty. In respect of her Ma-
jesty's union with our beloved and afflicted Sovereign,
we are told by the public records of the times, that a
suitable marriege for his Majesty was an urgent object
of state policy. immediately on his coming to the
Crown ; but his known and ardent attachment to Lady
Sarah Lenox, sister to the Duke of Richmond, with
some maumuvres of Mr. Fox, afterwards Lord Hol-
land, set on foot to foment that youthful passion. has-
tened the designs of the Princess Dowager of %Vales and
of the Earl of Blue to bring about the royal marriage.
The Princess is said to have had in view a niece of her
own, at least some Princess of the Saxe Gotha Family ;
hut as that House was supposed to be afflicted with a
constitutional disease, that wish was over-ruled by the
Cabinet. Lord Bate then sent a confidential depen-
dent, a Scotch Officer, reported to be Culonel Grteme,
to visit the inferior German Courts, and to select front
amongst them a future Queen for England. The in-
at were said to be, that she stmeld be perfect
in her form' of a pure blood, and healthy constitution,
posseseed of elegant accomplishments, particularly mu-
sic, to which the King was very much attached, and
or a mild and obliging disposition. Coloeel Greene
lima the Princess Apparent of Strelitz taking the eve-
ter% of Pyrmont, actannpanied by her two daughters,
with little or no appearance of parade; and where
from the freedom of communication usual at those
places, and the ready means of observation, &e. it was
no difficult matter to become fully acquainted with their
characters and daily hah:ts. Their Serene Highnesses
frequented the rooms, the walks, nntl partook of the
amusements, without any distinction that should pre-
vent Co'onel Gr.etre from being an unsuspected attend-
ant on their parties. Here, it seems, he fixed on the
younger Princess, as best according with his matrimo-
nial instructions. In short, after all due inquiries, Ste.
the Princess Charlotte of Strelitz was chosen to be the-
consort of George HI.
His Majesty had not long filled the throne befine he
ateptainted his Council, in a meeting convened for the
express purpose, " that haring nothing so much at
heart as the evelthre and happiness of ltis people, and