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No. 511.—Von. X. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1817. .
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PRICE 9ilds
THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. [The two following paragraphs appeared in our last mitting 32 bodies. At the east end are five niches for
_.....-- number; but as they tend to complete the narrative of. the reception of as many coffins. In the middle,
, " Did we not behold tier in the morning, attired with every grace, the whole proceedings, we shall make no apology for 1.'2 low tombs are erected for the Sovereigns. The se-
; embellished with every attraction, and in the evening did we not be-
retaining them.] pulchre will thus contain 81 bodies. The columns are
hold her as a faded flowerr—Bossu ET.
The removal of the bodies of the Princess and the of fine Bath stone, and the shelves of fine Yorkshire
In our two preceding numbers, we have endeavoured Royal Infant from Claremont being fixed for six o'clock stone. A subterraneous passage is formed from the
to give our readers a clear and succinct account of all on Tuesday evening, a numerous party of the 10th, or vault under the choir of St. George's Chapel, in which
the proceedings connected with the most melancholy Prince's own, Regiment arrived at five. Several of them an aperture is made, near the ascent to the altar, for
event which ever befel this, or perhaps any other, na- were stationed in the Park, neat the paling, to prevent the bodies to descend. From the columns, spring a
tion. In the present number, we shall conclude the disorder. At the appointed time a mourning coach and vaulted roof over the tomb.
mournful narrative, trusting that the awful visitation, six drove up to the grand entrance of the house: soon On Wednesday morning the town of Windsor be- -
evil as it may appear to the eyes of men, will not be after, the coffin, containing the infant, and the urn came crowded to excess by the accession of numbers ,
unaccompanied by its portion of good, but that it may were brought out, and placed in the coach ; directly from all parts, hoping to see the ceremony of lying in •
1• "so teach us to number our days, that we may apply after, Sir Robert Gardiner and Colonel Addenbroke state. The unabated grief of Prince Leopold was the
our hearts unto wisdom." followed and entered the coach The hearse then drove chief cause ofdisappointraent in this subject. His Se- ...
The final closing of the coffin of the Princess took up ; and the State coffin, containing the remains of the rene Highness had expressed his intention to sit up all '
e glace on Saturday night. While this last affecting ce- Princess, borne byten men, was brough! nut and lanced night with the corpse of the Princess, or at least to ~.
• eeinouy was going on, under the direction of Mr. Mash, in the hearse. It then drove off, drawn by eight horses, visit it. He did so during the night, and again at ;1
of the Lord Chamberlain's office, Prince Leopold had and went completely out of sight, to prevent the Prince 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Some few persons I i
been induced by his resident chaplain and physician to seeing it when he came out. The coach which was to attached to the household were afterwards permitted to
retire to his private room, and his attention was engaged convey him being announced to be in readiness, his enter the awful chamber. The parish church was ex-
by these two gentlemen till the time when the painful Serene Highness came out and entered it, attended by ceeding,ly thronged to hear Divine service, and a ser-
business
was concluded. The plumber, in the nu:an the Rev. Dr. Short in his oral robes. The Baron liar- men to be preached by the Rev. Isaac Gossett. The
time, soldered the lead coffin. Much preise is given to denbrook, two Gentlemen Ushers, Lady J. Thynne, learned preacher took his text from the seventh chap- e
the undertakers for the quiet manner in which they Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Phillips, &c. went ter of the Revelations, verse 17, " And God shall wipe .1.
conveyed this coffin from London to Claremont. It in the other mourning coaches. Every thing was con- away all tears from their eyes." The discourse was
passed along the road without exciting any particular ducted with the greatest regularity and solemnity ; truly eloquent and impressive. The 39th Psalm was .1
attention, and arrived, about ten o'clock, at Claremont, nothing was heard but the deep sighs of afflicted spec- chanted by way of anthem by the choristers. At noon
without the knowledge of Prince Leopold. tutors who were admitted into the park. The whole I fresh numbers arrived, among whom were many of the
The spectators of the last melancholy ceremony of was arranged by Mr. Mash, of the Lord Chamberlain's I nobility, who were accommodated with apartments in II
shutting up, fur ever, the mortal remains of the mother office, and Mr. naming, the undertaker. The prows- the Queen's Lodge. The shops were all shut up j.
and the child, were the Baron Hardeubrook, Sir Ito- sion began to move before half-past six o'clock, preced- closely, and the streets were filled with people whose . •
ben Gardiner, Col. Addenbroke, Lady John Thynne, ed by upwards of 30 horsemen, three a-breast, in full mournful countenances depicted their grief. At Bin
Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Cohenbourg, &c.— mourning. The whole was followed by a party of' the the evening, the funeral procession of the Princess set i
Every endeavour was made by the persons employed, to 10th Dragoons. Both Walton and Hampton Court out front the Lower Lodge to the chapel. There were
finish their mournful office before 11 o'clock, because bridges were mentioned confidently as roads fur the pro- no torch lights, nor beating of drums. Prince Leopold ,1
at that hour, precisely, every night Prince Leopold vi- cession. It was, we understand, finally determined to attended by Baron Hardenbrook and Dr. Stockman,
sited the remains of his beloved Princess, and wept go over Walton-bridge, in consequence of the Cont- &Hewed the hearse in a mourning coach and six. Then
over them presents to his retiring to his bed. Foam. mender in Chief having ordered Genend Bolters to di- mime two carriages of His Serene Highness. Five
natelv their operations were finished before the clock rect a party to ride over the two roads, and report mourning coaches empty concluded the procession. l'
struck eleven ;so that when the Prince entered to pay which was the best ; and in consegnence of their report We were admitted to the chapel at 7 o'clock ;it then
his esual visit of solemn mourning, he was not shocked being in favour of Walton, that was pi eferreti• presented a most imposing appearance ; the lower divi- 1
, by tiny peculiar or strange appearance, there being only Great numbers of horsemen and ptelestrians followed. sent of the building was lined with military, bearing It
one coffin substituted Ibr another. The bells of the different churches is. the towns and flambeaux : the recesses of the aides behind the midi- f.
On Monday he received visits of Condolence from villages through which it passel, tolled in solemn tary were filled with strangers from all parts of the :
e•veral of the nobility connected with the Royal house- sounds. The roads were thronged with spectators, and kingdom, but who were ill rewarded fur their extmor- e
Mild. He had also the melancholy gratification of re- every house was closed. At Egham, the escort of the (finery anxiety, by being thrust into corners where
ceiving an address front the Corporation of Kingston, a loth Regt. was relieved by the Royal Horse Guards, they could scarcely see more of- the procession than if ' .
town which the Princess regarded with peculiar fa- who bud left Windsor about eight o'cl el fie• that par- they had remained at home. Sixty persons were ad- •
your. The grateful affection of the inhabitants had pose. The pre:mien did not enter Windsor nil'. it little witted by special tickets into the ovgateeloft, but of
been most marked; they had abstained from all the before two o'clock, where a great to icourse of people thaw not above 10 coqel see what was passing in the i
asual tunusetrents during the fair, and general scrap. had been waiting some hours. 1, arrived without choir. This was ill judged, tbr in a case where the 1!
1 teens of mourning hail distinguished their v.-;:ole de- flambeaux or any other lights, at a sew and half-that whole nation felt as one man, it would have become .1
meatiour. The Andre :s, of n hich the following is a pace. The military were obliged ociceiionelly to halt to those who had the direction of the nudancholy rites, to
copy, was presented through Baron Hardeubrook• accommodate the movement of the feineral. It was a sheer a corresponding anxiety, and the public should
My Leine—The Co..poration of Kingston, deeply impress- fine night, anti the moon bath shone brightly all the way have been gratified with every acconnnotlation which
ed with feelings orsorrow nil regret at the great loss sustain- front Claremont till the procession reeched the town er could possibly have been ntliadtel. Nothing of this
ed by this c try by the recent ealamities at Claremont, and .... .
le incisor ; but here in a remarkable 'intoner the sky kind. however, was done. Of the immense multitudes i
fully setlsi tile et' the tt yine and most pai iiiiiii situation iu which .
hi, serene 'How,. the Prince of Saxe CAM'S': is now piste• became overcast, the moon was lost in clouds, and (lurk- that poured down to Windsor, we will undertake 1,
1 ee, most respeciftilly beg. leave to inquire :tiler the state of ness ensued—a sudden change., %die!' visibly affected to say that nut above twenty (exclusive of the nobility)
his Serene Iligline,s's health, to sympathize in his misfortunes, thousands of spectators, who behaved with the utmost could witness the ittelancholy ceremonial of the eon- 1
and to unite thtit hopes and wishes with those of the country .
decorum, anti afterwards retired to their respective signtncnt of their beloved Princess to the grave. We .o
at large, that his Serene Highness will he enabled to yield had ourselves, however, the opportunity of seeing what
with fortitude and resignation to the awful visitation of Pro- homes, filled with sorrow.
videlicet, and that his Serene highness may yet live to enjoy The remains of the Princess were received at the took place, anti are thereby cuabled to satisfy the are
many years of health and happiness, in the merited esteemdent curiosity of the public.
and respect of a nation endeared to bhu by the strongest Lower: Let!,:e-e, by the. Yeomen of the Guard, who car-
ned the coqui : a Guard of Honour from the 3d Ree,i- At nine o'clock exactly there was a slight bus, as if
Beal of ad-action.
I atom, my Lerd, your Lordship'. humble servant, ment of Foot Guards was stationed outside the Lodge. some movement was beginning at the bottom of the
Nov. 9. CHARLES ,11EMMETT, Towu-clerk. The coach containing time body of the infant and the south rule ; this was followed by a complete and awful
In the Hon. Baron de Hardenbrook.
urn, drove to St. George's Chapel, and was there re- silence ; the procession then began in the following
in ll The following is the answer to the Addiess:—
ceived by the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hobart, the Dean, order :
CLAM EPA WiT. NOV' 11.
the Rev. Mr. Northey, and the toy. Dr. Cookson ••••
SIR,— I have submitted to the Prince Leopold your letter , At the esnrance the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the choir,
Ihe Dean stootl with his back to t'es west in the cha- received the body; and the pmcession (having previously been torn :
of the !nth n otion*.
1 aim, commanded by the Prince to request you will ex- pel. the Itev. Mr. Northey and tl e Rev. Dr. Cmkson ern, and being flanked by the mimary, every fourth Tan bearieg a
press to the Cot poration of Kingston His Serene Highness'. on each side of him. The most faermud silence was m utmost:xi down the south ails, and up the nave, into the choir,
rm the following oolcr •
. warmest thanks for the feeling they have shown in his calm- observed be all ; eight Yeomen of the (lend stemline
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melee. • Poor Kni,ghts of Windsor.
round. The body and the urn were then gradually
I Tile Prince Leopold. suffering under a grief that admits Pages of the Prince Les old.
' no alleviation is still sen•ible to those lISSUIitIICCS of true lowered by a windlass into the Iter. cemetery ; two of . Pages of the Royal Family.
Pages of the Prince Rent.
affection so 'feelingly manifested by the Cot oration of .
Kingston. the yeomen having descended to receive them. They
were deposited temporarily on a chef, previous to their Paget. of their Nbriestics.
Solicitor to her late Royal Highness.
tie remembers, and at the same time is anxious to record, . Cometrolltr of the Household of her hate Royal Highness.
how much the Princess has keen gratified by frequent and being placed on the coffin of the Princess. No service
apothecaries Surgeons
unquestionable proofs of their attaelitneirt to her Royal High• took place, but an awful stillness cows preserved.
of her late of her late
ness, and he can say how highly and earnestly her Royal The cemetery in which they w ire deposited, and Royal Ilighness. Royal Highness.
Hiel'ioess valued it. The Curates and Raters of the Parishes of Esher and Wiadsoe.
The Prince Leopold, in commanding me to express his gra• which was to receive the remains, ' the Princess, was
Physicians who attended her late Royal Highness.
Ideation at this instance of real participation andconstructed in 1810, by or
interest inChaplains to his Serene fligfiress.
his clef feels, that he fulfils also what would
have
been
the
mcn sionsder of he .Majesty. The di-
are 70 feet in length, e :ri width, and 14 Equerry to her late Royal Highness.
Princess's desire in affording the Corporation of Kingston his Equerries of the Royal Family.
Royal Highness regarded and I:qtierrimof the Frmee Regent. •
assuraticea how constantly her in depth.
,The receptacles for both.% on the sides of the
• tomb arc formed by massive GO:throats, of an oce Quarter-Master General. Adjittant.GeneraL '
eesired their welfare and happiness. °dicers of the °achy of Comwsll.
1 have the honour to lie, Chamberlain to the Gnat Steward of Seotlord.
Si,', your obedient humble servant. tagon shape, supporting a ran; , enir shelves, each
Baron lie It Dl:NtilSOOKGrooms of the Bedchamber to the Prince It, gent.
lof which, in the space between 6 iolumns, will con.
nantlivants of Arms.
'I o Charles Jetunieti, Esq. Town t leek, Kingstuii.
' tam two bodies; the whole ranee on each side ad-
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