The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-13 00:00:00

HER LATE MAJESTY.

[PROM THE MORNING PAPERS]
HAMMERSMITH, Sunday Noon.--A report that
her MAJESTY would lie in state this day, and
-"that the public would be admitted to Branden-
burgh-house, has filled Hammersmith with stran-
gers. Ntmierous parties came down from Lou-
don as soon as the rumour reached them, and
persons of all ranks-are still flocking in from the
adjacent villages. - Hitherto the. trtivals appear
to be premature, for the order at l3randenburgh-
house is, that no one shall pass the lodge except
on business. The inquirers, however, do not
give up their object: they flatter themselves that
the gates will he.opened in the afternoons and
mean to wait the event. The whole of her late
Majesty's household attended divine service this
morning, in the, long gallery at Brandenhurgh-
house. The Rev. John. Page Wood, her Ma-
jesty's domestic chaplain, delivered a very im-
pressive dis Course adapted to the melancholy
occasicu.

Three, p. funeral sermon has been
preached at the church of St. Paul, Hammer-
smith, by the Rev. Geo.- Leggett ; and a second
at the chapel of St. Mary, Fulham, by the Rev.
Edward Elmes. The pulpit- of Hammersmith
church, and the pew (now empty and de-
serted) in which her - Majesty used .to sit,
were covered with black- cloth, and the
ornamental parts of the.-building were decked
with bunches of crape : the present arrangement,
however, was 'merely made 'on the spur of the
moment: next Sunday-the church will be fully
hung with sable. The worthy Divine (Mr. Leg-
gett) took his text from the 2d Epistle of Tani
to Timothy : the congregation were profoundly
attentive ; and the ladies almost universally shed
tears. We did not hear Mr. Elmes, who preached
at St. Mary's ; but we are told that his audience
was deeply affected. The local interest almost
surpasses belief. Of well-dressed persons, not
one in fifty is seen out of full mourning ; and the
poorer classes, who are unable to afford that ex-
pence, wear hatbands, or 'pkeces of crape upon
their coloured clothes.—There is no admittance
yet for strangers at Brandenbnrih-house ; but,
preparations for some ceremonial are going on.
Four o'clock.—The Committee for arranging
the procession, which is to accompany her Ma-
jesty's remains to Harwich, is now sitting at the
hotel. A deputation of several Gentlemen
(among others Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P_.) has ar-
rived from the Committee sitting at the Free-
masons' Tavern for a similar purpose; and the
representatives of both bodies are sent -for to
Brandenburgh-house.
'Five o'Clock.—The Gentlemen of the Com-
mittee have had an interview with Dr. Lushing-
ton and Mr. Alderman Wood. It is perempto-
rily decided that the' funeral is to move from
Brandenburgh House at 7 o'clock on Tuesday
morning : the time originally fixed was 'Monday ;
but Dr. Lushington has obtained a delay of one.
day longer. It is understood that several squa-
drons of military will precede and follow the
body. The people here had been very appre-
hensive of an attempt to remove her Majesty's
remains by water to London ; and they are much
dissatisfied with the arrangements now adopted.
The Queen ttheyisay).,, had-ntigaakds--ao MiE-
tary guards—during her life, and surely can
have no need of such protection after death.—
The hasty removal, too, is complained of, as pro-
ducing inconvenience to those who propose at-
tending the funeral. A! little exertion, however,
will overcome this difficulty ; and the mourning
procesSion (if we may judge- from present ap-•
pearances) bids fair to surpass, .in numbers And
respectability, any thing of the kind that has ever
yet been witnessed.

_
The follOwnq instructions have just been is-
sued for the guidance of those who mean to bear.
a part in the melancholy ceremony :
" That in conseouence of the general desire on the part of
the public to attend in the procession oa the day of her Ma-
jesty's funeral, individually, as well as in bodies of different
trades, it is highly expedient that the most early, as well as the
most complete instructions be circulated by this Committee, re.
spectiug toe arrangements to be observed on that day ; for the
accomplishment of which, this Committee do print and distri-
bute copies 'of their 'recommendations. •
" That as it will be desirable for .the different bodies that •
may attend on foot to join in the proccssiOn, this committee do
recommend that the stewards or conductors of such bodies do
take their ground eastward of Ilyde-yark.COrler, as they shall
find the same vacant, and to fallow in this procession as far as
may be convenient to them, • with such proper testin-:onials of
respect as may appear befitting so solemn an occasion ; and that
the bands of music attached to the different trades do play the
dead march in Saul, as the body passes, and likewise lower i;
their banners.

" That it be recommended to gentlemen who mean to attend
on horseback, to assemble in Hyde-park • at the hour of six in
the morning of the 14t1.1 instant, where the sub-committee will
attend to grre them the necessary-instructions ; anti it is re-
quested that every gentleman so ,attending do appear in deep.
mourning—crape hathehd, and black frontlet to the bridle of bpi
horse : gentlemen ard further requested not to appear in jockey
boots.

That it berecommended tosach persons as purpose attending
in mourning coaches or private carriages, to take up their sta-
tion in Grosvenor-place, with their horseeheads towards Hyde-
' park-corner, and that they provide hatbands tor their servants.
Gentlemen are entreated to give the most positive orders to their
servants to attend to the instructions of the Sub-Coramittee,
who will attend to conduct tae arrangement of carriages."
Many points
,of arrangement (among others,
whether the Queen is or is not -to .lie in state) are
yet undecided. Dr. Lushington is to receive a
communication, as to various circumstances, from
the Herald's office to-morrow: The gentlemen of
the Committee pressed for
,peTmission to see her
Majesty, but were. informed that their request
could not at that time be granted With regard
to the procession, it is underitood that the car-
riages and horsemen of London are to come down
to lirandenburgh-house ; the parties on foot. are
to join at nycle-park-corper.. The pedestrians

are to accompany the funeral entirely through
London ; the mounted attendants go on to Ilford.
Brandenburgh-house now shows, indeed, like
a mansion of death. To the hurry and bustle
which filled and surrounded it a few days since,
a deep and melancholy s:illness has sncceeded.

Half way up the avenue, between .the lodge-gate
and the house, the visitor is struck by the ap-
pearance of the fuNereal preparations. The folding
doors at the entrance of the mansion are covered

with black cloth ; and the vestibule, hung with
the same material, is garnished with silver

sconces and escutcheon'. The d:uinsi;-roora,
the doors of which front those at the entrance

of the house, is the apart►nenit in ivhieli her

Majesty is t..trorrow to he Owed, The
pointattnts Etre not yet complote: but, front ther.3-

tore of the arrangement, we judge that the public
are not to he indiscriminately.admitted. Three,
SideS of the town are now hung with black cloth
handsomely festooned in draperies ; the I.n.rft.
men are employed in covering Ow- fourth wall,
and will finish their task in the aourse of Vi,.
night. The utile; coffin is not yet collie dawn;
blit it is expected at.an early hoar in the morn-
, ing. The body is to iie under a canopy erected
immediately opposite the door; and an achieve
ment, with the !loyal Arms emblazoned,Wiii face
the head of the bier. The whole is so arranged
as to be visible from the top of the avenue ; and
there are no means of making a thoroughfare
through the apartment. Nothing like a genera!
exhibition can under such arrangements, we ap-
prehend, be intended. The intimation at pre-
sent is, that a few persons may, perhaps, he ad-
mitted to-rnorroV,-.

On Saturday evening a meeting of the inhabi-
tants of the hainiet of Hammersmith took place
at the J-larnmers►nith Coffee-house, in the Broad
way, for the purpose of making arrangements
" for paying a last tribute of respect to departed
worth and injured honour, by attending the furs- -
ral of her late Majesty, Queen Caroline," when
Siiriiar resolutions to those at the meeting at
Freemason's Tavern were agreed to. In the
course of the evening the Chairman stated, that
Alderman Wood had communicated to him the
intention of the Corporation 'of Loudon to meet
the body at Temple-bar, and conduct it through
the city ; and at the same time he stated that !lel
had reason to believe the Governinent would give;
directions for the body to he conducted by the'
City-road: so as to avoid the city altogether.
He hoped, however, this would not be attempted.
The Committee of Gentlemen, inhabitants of
Hammersmith, met again yesterday evening, at
the Hatntnersmith Coffee-house.—The Chairman

(Mr. Bowling) informed the meeting of the ar-
rangement made for the removal of the body of
her late Majesty, at seven o'clock to-morrow
morning. A military escort was ordered to at-
tend. The Gentlemen present expressed their
regret at this arrangement, hut agreed unani-

mously, that under any circumstances they would
give their attendance, and would occupy any sta-
tion rather than omit this last opportunity of pay-
ing proper respect to the memory of the truly
Illustrious Lady. Some additional arrangements
were then made, and the meeting- was adjourned
until this day.