The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-24 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY.

Yesterday morning after a severe indisposition,
this distinguished charatter closed his mortal career.
He had submitted with great fortitude to several
painful operations, but his advanced age and debila-
tated frame baffled the efforts of his physioia-tis and
surgeons.
He was b'irn in the yerfr an‘l few persons
have ever pissed through with a fuller enjoy-
. ment of the pl7.asures and luxuries ivitiO) it aftords.
He possessed ample means of gratification in ail
abundant fortune, and he was wise etiongh to blend
prudence and- pleasure in all his enjoyments., Hj
was addiaed to the amusements of the tuff, and retie
several matches himself, but he chiefly distingutsh'7.
ed himself at Newmarket by running a machine,
chiefly of his own contrivance on the course against
tone, f..r a consideranle sum, which he •A on. I 1
was also very fond of tu,s.c, in 'which is taste and
judgment were ackno•Nledgetl by the' tirst Proles-
, sors. I He was a mun:ticent Ntron of musielans,
particularly those of the twat ordet, and the tirst
place to which the chief singers from Italy resorted
was to the Mansion of his Grace, where they were
sure of a roliie and liber.d reception.
gailantnes of the Doke have been long a Llt).,
je& of raillery, and thongh no never pretended to be
a Joseph, it is probable that much more has been
said on that subject than was founded in truth.
He was a Very good-natured man in priv.ne
and his purse was always ready at the call of mis-
fortune and uniriended tairMS. He was often a
liberal subscriber to any measure calculated to sup-
port the national honour and reward the national,
defenders.
His Grace k‘ as never married, but a long court-
ship took place between him and Lid.). HARRIET
STANHOPI:, daughter of the late and sister of the
present Earl of HARRINGTON, but it broke off, with-
out, as far as we have heard, any assigned cause,
and any interruption of harmony between the re•
speaive families.

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He is said to have left upwards of two millions
sterling, and it is said that be prided himself to al-
ways haring- twenty thousand pounds in cash in his
own house.

He had been a handsome well•proportioned man,
of the middle size. It was generally reported, but
without truth, that he wore a giass eye. He had
• only a slight blemish in one of ins eyes, which was
hardly perceptibl.:. The following is a list of his
titles :
James Douglas, Doke of Queensberry, Marquis
of Queensberry and Dumfries, Eat' of Queens-
berry, March, Rutherglen, Drutnlantig, Sauquar,
and Solway, Viscount Drumlaurig, Nith, Turthor-
ald, Ttbbers, and Ross, Baron Douglas, of Hawick,
Nidpatb, Lym, Alanerhvad, Kelmount, Middlebyt
'fibbers, and Dornick ; and August 8, 1780, "5
created an English Peer, by the title of Baron Dou-
glass, and Knight- of the Thistle, born 1725.
The Earldom of Queensberry descends to Sir
Charles Douglas, of Kilhead, who miirtied one of
the daughters of the Duke of Buccleugh, with es-
tates amounting to about 12,0001. a year.
The Duke of Buccleugh succeeds to :he estates of
Drumlantig, and, we suppose, to the title of • Earl of
Drinnlatirig.
Lord DOUGLAS succeeds to estates of less consia
deration, a,i outing, however, to between 6 and
7,0001. a-year.
It is supposed that the great bulk of the late
Duke's personal estates, wid go to the Earl of.
YARMOUTH, but his Grace used to say, that Ills
will would surprize the Public.

THE REGENCY.—In the- debate upon this subject
the House Was strongly urged to follow a precedent :
we mean that of the Address presented by tht Dele-
gates of the two Irish Houses on the 27th February,
1789. But it should be remembered that the Peers,
who on the 16th voted against that Address, enter- .
ed a
,Protest upon their Journal~, much too good to
be unnoticed on the present occasion. And although
in every sentiment of duty, affection, and respect
to-
wards his Royal Highness, they held themselves •
equal to any of those who joined in the Address,
yet they were dissentient, they say, " because, with
an anxious desire that the Regency of this Kingdom,
during his Majesty's indisposition, should be con,
ferred on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
in a manner the most expressive of respect and af-
fection to his Royal Highness, and convinced that
his Royal Highness will think that mode of appoint-
ment most expressive of duty and of e. aion- which is
CONSTITUTIONAL, we consider an Address of the
two Houses of Parliament, purporting, of its own
authority, to confer Royal power, at a time when
they are fully competent to pass a Btu. for the pur-
pose of effectually providing for the exercise of the
same, to be a most dangerous violation of the funda
mental principles of the Constitution."
In the absence of strangers on Friday night from
the Gallery, atter the division, Mr. W. WyNNE►
asked the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, in case of
the Regency taking place, was it intended to allow
his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES an int r,-;..0
of income i—The Chancellor of toe Exchequer said.
it was intended;—as the household were to be kept.
for the use of his Majesty, and as the Regency
would be limited to one ye tr, it would not 'o•
great expence to the convtry.
Letters have been received from Amsterd(un, to
the I Stir instant. They state that on the tith 410
bales of English merchandize had been burned, and
that Goo bales more were to have been burned 00
t!,e I, flowing day, but that a counter-order arrived.
bich put an end to this proceeding. All the Cos-
tom-house ()dicer: had received orders la. proc.-i'd
immediately in their domiciliary visits to the differ-
eta hou,es suspected of having any Bt lush produce,
with directions to seize it. Some more failures of
importance had taken place, and others were ex-
pected notnediat dy to tol!ow, as a matter of cour..e.:
Articles of separation have, «e hror, been sigrr'J
between au Ea' I of crone political consid2tation, aid
his Cou::tess. The Lady, it is added, is tO recel
50001. a-year ; a soul, hirwey.7r, we understayd,
considered h 1 her Lidyil4 as inade Irene to t' c-
lot-tone she gave Inns, or to the manner of life she
propu,ts to herself; aid tepoi t adds, t -
ship Sh,,r tryinten,Js to Ippral tile
oc•car,iort,