The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-06 00:00:00

WINDSOR-WEDNESDAY.

The Duke of Cambridge has not vet arrived, although his
Royal Highness has been expected hourly For the last two
lays. It is said that the Duke is very unwell, and if that be
;o, and he is unable to come to London in sufficient time to
tttend the funeral, an alteration will necessarily have to be
nade in the procession. The preparations for the funeral of
tis late Majesty may now, so far as the carpenters are con-
.erned, be considered as completed ; for in a very few hours
hey will actually be so. The stalls of the Knights of the Gar-
•er in St. George's Chapel arc hung with black drapery, fes-
.ooned. Each Knight will, at the ceremony of the interment,
to in his own stall, over which his banner is floating.
It is known that the Queen Dowager has expressed a very
itnxious wish to witness the procession ; but finding it contrary
o etiquette to be present and forming a part of the melancholy
•eremony, we believe that it has been endeavoured to prevail
on her Majesty to forego her intention. The Queen Dowager,
'loWeVer, whose affectionate attention to her late royal con-
sort in his last moments cannot be too highly appreciated,
Appears determined to witness the last sorrowful scene.
One of the gentlemen of her household was cense-
pently yesterday deputed to ascertain how her Majesty
might gratify her wishes without observation, and it has
'men at length arranged that she will have her apartments
Tong the North Terrace (the gates of which will be closed,
us they arc now, to the public), and from Sir Jeffrey Wyat-
,ille's residence enter the cloister ; from thence through one of
he canon's residences into the cloisters, then into the chapter-
nom, and from that to the Royal Closet, in St. George's-
chapel. It is in that closet where her Majesty and her late re-
..cred consort have so frequently gone publicly and unosten-
mtiously to attend divine service on Sundays, every time
)assing close by those of the public who might be standing
Ind offering their obeisance as the royal pair alighted and
walked along the public avenue.
A singular incident, and one that will probably occasion
many reflections on the Aficertainty of human life, may be
Here mentioned. Some little time since it will be recollected
that his late Majesty intended to give a grand banquet in St.
George's Hall to the knights of an order—the Garter, we
:telieve—upon the occasion of the installation of Prince Ester-
lazy. The Prince was taken ill, and unable to come to Wind-
sor to be installed; the banquet was, of course, postponed.
Upon these great occasions the twenty-two pieces of beautiful
small artillery which stand on the eastern terrace, were always
removed to the north terrace, and a party of the Royal Artil-
lery from Woolwich fired them on certain toasts being given by
the King after dinner. When tho banquet was fixed the can-
eon were removed, and the party of artillery arrived. The
banquet was postponed at least twice, and we believe three
times, but in expectation that it would shortly take place, the
cannon remained on the north terrace, and the artillerymen
have remained here also. The sequel of this incident is, that
instead of firing on the occasion of a banquet for which they
were removed they will be fired on the occasion of the funeral
of the amiable and hospitable Master of the Castle I