The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-17 00:00:00

ATE O.I.EEIV of ..PPUSSIA.

One of the German Papers which reached us yes(-
rerday, contains the, following article respecting the
last moments of the late Queen of Prussia. The
important part this Princess stistained iu the poli-
tics of Europe, the vicissitudes of fortune yvhicti she
experienced, and the heroic fortitude with which
she encountered them, .give interest to every thing
relating to her history.

ZORLIN, AUG. 20.

" The King w:is at Charlotteuburg when he re•
ceived intelligence -of the alarming symptoms which
the Queen's disorder had assumed, and he imme-
diately set off for. Hohenzjeritz, accompanied her
his two sons, the Hereditary Prince, and Prince Wil-
liam ; he arrived at fire o'clock in the morning, and
the Queen, who in the expeelatton of his approach,
rallied her almost 'exhausted faculties, received him
with a degree of tenderness and sensibility which
dissolved every heart in,tears; her reception of her
children was equally aff.t&ing ; the King was com-
pelled to retire to give vent to his afflictions ; as soon
as lie could cone& himself, he retdrned to the apart-
ment, and all the attendants retired.

" In about half an hour, the queen was seized_
with violent spasms in her breast ; when the ,ding
called in the physicians, who attended in an adjoin-
ing chamber, the violence of the cramp subsided,
but her oppressions increased ; and it was now that
she, became aware of her approaching dissolution.
She desired the opinion of one of her physicians,
conjuring him.to be candid in his reporr; he an-
swered, that that very moment was the crisis of her
fate, and that should she survive it, he doubted not
of amendment. She appeared at once resigned and
comforted---hut the hour of death was'iome—an-
other cramp seized her, when, with uplifted eyes;
she exclaimed, " Oh my God, my God, do riot for-
sake me !" and soon after, " Jesus shorten my suf-
ferings !"--The prayer was heard, and the breath
which gave it utterance was her last. Her hands
were locked irr those of her husband's, acid her dis-
solution', though sodden, was apparently less pain-
ful than trom the nature of her disorder, was apple-
' bended.—About ari hour after her death, two More
of her children, Princess Charlottee and Prince
Charles,, arrived. The King met them in the
Palace-yard, and bathing them with his tears, com 7
municated to them th: loss they had sustained.
Toe Pr;ncess of-Orange and the Princess of klesse,
sis'ers to his Majesty, arrived during the day from
Berlin, and Hohenzieriti became a scene of general
lane, Cation. On 9pening the body it appeared that
Cie'seeds 01 death had been for several years strug-
gling WI maturity.

The funeral procession was in the highest de-
gree impressive and magnificent. Mr. Maud, the
Manager of the Berlin Theatre, had, by permission,
pkiccd fifty choristers at the Brandenburgh gate,
who sang the choral, Jesus my confidence,' &c.
Before the Royal Palace were likewise fifty Choris-
ters, who sung the choral, How fleeting is the
time of man.' And all the Members of the National
Theatre were assembled in the Portico, where, un-
der the diredion- of Mr. Weber, dire&or of - the
Royal Chapel, they sung the choral, 0 how bless-
ed are ye pious,' &c.; while, as the royal hearse
entered tl,. ;ate, discharges of artillery and the dis-
mal sound of thu knell, rnatked the procession."