The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-22 00:00:00

Alit. POO 1"S LETTER.

• This Gentleman, as we, stated, would he. the
case, bas thought proper to present to the Public,
i❑ the shape of a pamphlet,- that Letter which
first appeared in TH,s SUN, antJ which has obvi-
-omly made a strong impression on the public
mind.—As, however, he has added a passage, we
think it necessary to submit the additional re-
marks to ohr Readers. It -is somewhat curious-
that, wit-h affected delicacy, The Morning Chro-
nicle declined inserting Mr. FOOT'S Letter, though
the naive of a Professional Gentleman, of long ex-
perience and high reputation, was annexed to it,
yet thought proper to insert an anonymous one
on the same subject, and .which seems to be
.intended as a defence of Sit' RICIIARD CROFT,
who, however, has not been called on for a De-
!fence, but an Explanation of circumstances, at
rpresent wrapped in mystery, and which strongly
'excited anxiety among all ranks of the people :

" If Dr. Srns was not in the chamber of the
Princess before or at the delivery, I think, in his
reflecting moments, he might be led to exclaim,
somewhat after a line from the noble-minded
Lord Byron,

What business bad I there at such a time ! !'

And so may Dr. Baillie perhaps also.

" Another dilemma has been disclosed since
the publication of my. Letter in THe SUN on the
13th instant, for every article in the deplorable
transaction comes forth to the Public from some
untoward cause or other, bit by bit, as mortal
essences chymically extracted from deleterious
matter. The 'Letter to Dr. Sims, summoning
him to Clatemont, is said to be written, on Tues-
day morning, and Dr. Sims is said not to liave
arrived at Claremont until Wednesday morn-
,
itig, three o'clock. 'What is the hiStory of that
Letter ? When was the Letter sent ?: Who
carried it?- When and to whom was it ,de-,
livered ? And what has been assigned
why Dr. Sims did not ntrive at Claremont
sooner ?

" We have all seen in the Public Prints the copy

of a Letter fro?) Sir Benjamin Bloomfi'eld, by
command of his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent, to Sir Richard Croft. As this Letter is
'dated the Bth of, November, and as it is a Letter

o'consequence of aMedical Report oftheparties

►lirectly concerned in all that passed in the fatal
cha►uber of her late Royal Highness the Princess
Chariot t e,. the Public are notwithstanding still left
in the smite unexplu►uttory dilemma they were before.
The information which his Royal Highness the

Prince Regent received.from the learned Doctor;
and which induced his Royal Highness to give
that command, could not have been given after
the Bth, which is the (fate of the Letter, but
might have been. given, and most probably it
was, on the 7th, the day after the deplorable ca-
tastropl:e. •
" This must have been a pericid•in grief of the
highest afilictiOn, when the heart of Ins Royal
Highness was in its extremest fuintis. Every one
must know that his Royal HighnesS the Prince
itegent must be content to receive that Report
which was given hint front a Gentleman or Gene
tlemen only who had been present in the fa.
tat chamber, and every one must be satisfied
that the Report was made to his Royal High=
tress in the'most consoling manner possible.
" As I know not }IOW to express what I feel on
tfte condition of his Royal 'Highness's State of
wind %% hen the dismal tidirigs were imparted to
him better than by -what follows., let these words
front Casimir speak for me:—
Vires awicis perdit in nuribus
'lklinprcle semper dividitnr dolor
Per molts'permissusvagari
Pee t o ra

PUBLIC MOM/MEWS
TO THE MEMORY OF TFIE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE

FOR TIIE SUN.

EDITOR,—The suggestions which have
been made in your Paper, for Subscriptions for
erecting a Monument -to the Memory of the Prin-
cos CHARLOTTE, are deserving ofattention and sup-
port 5 but I should prefer local subscriptions, for
the erection of different —Monuments in the Col-
legiate Churches in the several Dioceses... For
instance, the money requisite for the erection of a
Monument in St: Mary's Church, Cambridge,
and in St. Mary's Church, Oxfoyl, might,' before
the expiration of the present term, be raised in
the two Universities. And in a similar manner,
throughout the different Dioceses, might medns
be obtained for erecting Monuments in all the
Cathedrals within them. The smallest donations
I should be received, and no time should he lost in
opening Subscriptions for these purposes.
Friday Night. ELEANORA.

LM CABS, the Ptivate Secretary of BUONX-
PAWrg. SR/M(1 some time af4o to have been sent
from St. Helena, arriVed the River on Monday
from 'the Cape of Good Hope in the .Brilliant
merchant mot.

We
,omitted yesterday, in our list of the official
persons who attended the funeral 'of her RoyAL
HIGHNESS, the Officers of the Duchy of Cornwall,
amongst them the Chancellor, Mr. LEACLI
the A(totwey-General to the Prince, Mr. Serjeant
liEsT ; the Solicitor-General to the Prince, Mr.
WILLIAM HARRISON.

GRIFFITHS, the nurse to the Princess
CHARLOTTE, was presented with 150 guineas, by
Prince LEOPOLD, the day after tile demise of his
.Consort, and then dis Missed.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain M. HamILTO:sI
was swot n info the command of the ship. Dunira,
consigned to Beugal and China. •

P 0 Elf It Y.

M 0 N 0 D Y,

SPOKEN BY MRS. BARTLEY,
At Drury-Lane Theatre last Night.

BavroNs ! although our task is but to shew
The scenes and passions of fictitious woe, .
Think not we come this night without a part ,
In that deep sorrow of the public heart,
Which like a shade bath darl4n'd every place,'
And moisten'd with a tear the manliest face.
The bell is scarcely (tasted in Windsor's piles,
That toll'd a requiem through the solemn aisles
For her, the'llayal Flow'r, low laid inAust,
That was your fairest hope, your fondest trust.

Unconscious of the doom, we dreamt, alas
That e'en these walls, e'er many months'should pass,
(Which but return sad accents for her now),
Perhaps had witness'd her benignant brow,
Cheer'd by the voice you would• have.rais'd on high
In bursts of British love and hiyalty.
But pritain; nine thy Chief„thy people, Mourn,
And Clarcmont's home of love is left forlorn;
There, where the happiest of the happy dwelt,
The scutcheon gloomi—and Royalty bath felt
A grief that every bosom feels its own—
The blessing of a Father's heart o'erthrown—
The most belov'd and most devoted Bride
Torn from an agonized Husband's side,
Who, bug as Memory holds her seat, shall view
That sive:bless, more than spoken, last adieu !
When the fix'd eye long look'd connnbial faith,
And .beatu'd affection in the trance of death.

Sad was the pomp that yester night beheld,
As with the Mourner's heart the anthem swell'd,
While torch succeeding torch illumed each high
And banner'd arch of England's chivalry--;
The rich-plumed canopy—the gorgeous pall—
The sacred march—and sable-rested wall—
These were not rites of inexpressive shew,
But hallow'd, as tho types of real woe.
Daughter of England! for a nation', sighs,
A nation's heart went with thine obsequies
And oft_shall Time revert a look of grief
On thine existence, beautiful and brief. -

Fair Spirit ! send thy blessing from abore
'To realms where thou art canouiz'd by love;
Give to a Father's, Husband's bleeding mind,
The peace that Angels lend to howan hind;
To as, who in thy;lov'd remembrance feel
A sorrowing, yet a soul ennobling zeal—
A loyalty that touches all the best
And loftiest principles of England's breast ;
Still may thy name speak concord from the tomb,
Still in the Muse's breath thy memory bloom—
They shall describe thy life, thy form poUrtray; -
But all the love that mourns thee swept away
'Tis not in language or-expressive arts
To paint—yefrel ;?,