The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-07 00:00:00

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" Claretuont, 6th Nur..Ttlursdayi 4 o'Clock, P. M.
" Mr. PARSONS, the IC ing'S Messenget, Was
Sent from here last night, by•Viscommot
as Secretary of State for the Home Department,
at ; 1 o'clock, to Bath, With an account of the
PRINCESS being delivered of a still-born male
child, which was allowed to be one of the finest
that ever was seen. It was not in contemplation
then, that the next melancholy tidings would be
the death of the beloved PRINCESS. 011 its being
known in Claremont-House, soon after nine
o`ctock last night, that-the-infant was still-born,
a gloom wax visible upon every countenance, and
a disappointment accompanying it, especially as it
was a boy ; but they cheered themselves upon re-
collection that the PRINCESS was then,pronounc-
ed to be as well as could be expected, and doing
extremely well ; but alas ! this comfort and
consolation was but of very short dura-
tion ; no doubt being then entertained of her
Royal Highness doing well, and it was then little
thought of that the •.next dispatch to London
would he to announce time PaixoEss's death. The.
preparations for rtjoieings at the event are this
day turned into weeping andpourning, Probably

the demise of au amiable female, especially one
of such very exalted rank, never took place under
more afflicting and distressing circumstances. Her
beloved Prince LeoPoLD, Sir RicHAen CROFT,
Dr. BAILLIE, and Dr. Store, had retired to their
bed-rooms, and the Prince to the room adjoining
that of the PrinCess ; it was then past P 2 o'clock,
and it was considered by the medical Gentle Men.

that- she wanted no more assistance than Mrs•
GRIFFITHS, the nurse, could render her, and that

doting the remainder of the night she should he
kept as quiet and composed as possible ; her
Royal Highness had previously expressed herself
perfectly composed after ;eci. lying the intelli-
gence of her infsint being still-born, expressing

her entire submission to the will of Provitience.
Her Royal Highness partook of some chicken
broth and gruel, but there was some difficulty in
their passage. She afterwards complained of a
severe chillness and a pain at her chest, which
proved to toe spasms, and the ININCESS ap-
pearel so unwell that the nurse thought it her

duty to call the Prince and the Medical Gentle-
men, who lost no time in repairing-to the,,Prin-
cess's bed-room ; every assistance and aid was
afforded by the three Doctors, wiio rank the first in
their profession, but all human assistance was in
vain, it was the Almighty's awful visitation, and
death was inevitable. May it be a warning to
the nation at large, who were looking up to her,
to be prepared to meet death, keeping in mind,
that neiiher youth, beauty, amiable disposition,
and the most exalted rank that is known upon
eat th, but are called hence and are no more seen.
Her Royal Highness laid half an hour, from a

little before two o'clock till near half-past, from
the time of her being taken, without speaking,
supposed to have lost the power of it, but Hppefir-
cd perfectly sensible and composed, and also that
her dissolution was approaching, her resignation

being ve►y apparent.
" On the Doctor's pronouncing the awful and
painful communication that her Royal Highness
was no more, life being ex•inct, the PRINCE'S
feelings and state must be imagined, it is impos-
sible to describe them. His Serene Highness was
incredulous for near half an hour to the comma-
Ideation, and hung over the body of the deceased.
He remained during the morning inconsolable,
but this afternoon he is more composed, and is
as well as can be expected Under-bra' severe and
irreparable loss.

" At eleven o'clock the Duke of Yoiu and
Earl BATHURST arrived, and remained about an

iour with Prince LEOPOLD.
" The Archhibhop of CANTERBURY and the
3ishop of LoNDoN arrived soon after one o'clock;

they only remained a short time.
" The inhabitants of Esher, highly to their
credit, have sbewn the most marked tokens of re-
spect by closing their houses ; the.shops and inns
have closed their doors and put up their shutters."

" Claremont, Six &Clock in the Morning, Nor. 6.

" I had hoped to have sent you very, very dif-
ferent tidings : and, yesterday, when I dispatched
my last letter to you, I felt confident that my.
next would have announced the consummation of
our wishes, in the birth of a future heir or heir-
ess. That next !---Flowever, I will endeavour
to write all I have heard, as well as the general
grief and cc nsternation will allow me. On Mon-
day in the night, or about three on Tuesday morn-
ing, her Royal Highness was taken ill, and ex-
presses were sent off to the great Officers of State,

the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and the Bishop
of LONDON, desiring their immediate attendante.
Earl BATHUNS'i', Lord Ssnmotriti, the LORD
CHANCELLOR, 'Mr.- VANSITTART, togethee with
the Archbishop and Bishop, immediately attend:-
ed. Dr. 8.13 t Lla and 1)r. CROFT were the medi-
cal attendants. During the whole of Tuesday the
labour advanced slowly, but without the least ap-
pearance qf danger.----The Princess CI-Immo-1-TE
showed uncommon firmness and the utmost re-
signation. Toward' evening, as the labour still
lingered, it was deemed advisable to send for Dr.
Srms, who arrived in the middle of the night.
Nothing could be going no better, though too
slowly ; and the excellent constitution of the
PRINCESS gave every assurance tllitt 'she Would not
be too much exhausted by the delay. i o lan-
guage, no panegyric, can be too warm for the
manner in which the PRINCE LaOPOLD conducted
himself. He was incessant in his attendance,
and no countenance could more deeply express the
anxiety he felt. Once or twice he exclaimed to
the medical attendants, that the mumbling, pa-
tient endurance of the PRINCESS, whilst it gave
him comfort, communicated also a deep affliction
at her sufferings being so lengthened.'
" About six o'clock yesterday the labour ad-
vanced more rapidly, and no apprehewiions were
entertained of any fatal result, and the child was
ascertained to be still living. At 9 o'clock in the
evening her Royal Highness was delivered of A
male child, but still-born. Throughout the
whole of this lung and painful labour, her Royal
Highness evinced the greatest firmness, and re-
ceived the communication of the child being dead-
born with much. resignation. Prince LEOPOLD
exclaimed to the medical attendants, as soon as
the intelligence was communicated to him,
Thank God ! thank God ! the Princess is safe !'
The child was perfect, and one of the fittest in-
fants ever brought into the world-. The Prin-
cess teas composed after her delivery, and though
of course much exhausted, every hope tv,is crater-
tabled of her doing well. This pleasing intelli-
gence being communicated to the great Officers
of •State, and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY
and the Bishop of LONDON they lot Claremont
about eleven o'clock ; the medical attendants of
course remaining. A little after twelve, a change
was observed in her Royal Nigh:less—her quiet
left her—she became restless and uneasy—and the
!radical. attendants felt alarmed. Expresses were
Setif off, I believe, to the Officers of State, stating
the change that had lakcn place. From half-past
12, restlessness and convulsion increased, till na-
Inman() life were quite exhausted, and her Royal
Highness expired at half- past 2 this morming.—
Prince .I..oeuep was with her Royal Highness at
this agonizing moment."

For the information. of our numerous Readers
in tLe Country, the this day reinini the following
interesting particulars, which we inserted yester-
day afternoon in a Second and Third Edition :