The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-21 00:00:00

FUNERAL of the PkINCESS CHARLOTTE.

EITURTHEK PA_RTICULAI-5.1
It will be seen- by the- Claremont letter,
ow Prince Lem.°La returned there Irons \Vintl-
•or after the Funeral. During the service in St.
George's Chapel, he had suppressed his emotions
by an effort which had nearly exhausted his forti-
tude,- At tlte•-soletnn close of it, his agitation
could no Aonger be concealed, and it was
doubtless increasers by the consciousness that
he was at that moment nearly the only object of
anxiety and of the respectful sympathy of all. He
had preserved
,bis situation, vibile the corpse re-
mained its the Choir, sitting at the head of it,
with an earnest suppression of his feelings, and
with an apparent concentration of thought, which
was his guard against impressions from the ten-
derness of others.
,Out, when the last removal of
the Body was made, the severe command which
he had preserved over himself, was brokeQ, he .be-
gan to be overpowered, and be thus left the Choir.
The Deputy Garter, •in proclaiming- the stile of
the departed Princess, bad innocently coutriiaoted
to produce this emotion, by his own. His voice
faultered, and he was not audible at the conclu-
sion of his part of the ceremony. From such a
trial solitude was the only refuge. His Highness
set out immediately for Claremont.
During the service, his supportersthe Royal
Dukes, had chairs on each side of the corpse.
Before it, the organ performed Croft and Purcell's
Burial Service, after which the'.39th and 90th
Psalms were chanted in a solemn manner, and
with powerful effect. The Hon. and Rev. H. L.
Hobart, Dean of NVindsor, read the Funeral Ser-
vice, in a most impressive manner, in the Sove-
reign's stall. After the first lesson, the favourite
Anthem, composed by Dr. Blake, from the 16th
Psalm, " I have set God. arrays before me ; for
he is on my right band, therefore I shall not fall,"
was introduced with very impreksive effect, and
sung by the Gentletnets of. the Choir.
•

At the close of the Antbern the Rev. Dean left
hia stall, and proceeded to the vault, during which
the second part of the Burial Service was per-
formed by the Choir. The remaining part of the
prayers were then read by the Dean, at the close
of which, and after the proclamation over the
vault, the organ played the Dead March in Saul,
and the congregatioia departed. It should have
been mentioned, that, as the body was borne
along the Chapel, under the Canopy, the Choris-
ters preceded it, singing " I know that my Re-
Dawes: liveth:"

A. great number of Ladies of rank were admitted
into St. George's Chapel, dressed in deep plain
mourning. The effect in the Choir was beyond
the power of language to describe, and this sacred
pile, lighted up with a profusion of wax lights, re-
-Becting the various flags and banners of the most
Noble Order of the Garter, added to the deep tone
of the organ, and the solemn performance of the
funeral obsequies, produced such a deep impression
of melancholy feelings, that many of the most
manly countenances could not endure the scene of
lamentation and grief. Several departed before
the service was completed.

CLAREMONT, THURSDAY, Nov. 20.—Prince
Leopold, accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Short,
arrived here at two o'clock this morning from
Windsor, having left the Lower Lodge at a quar-
ter past twelve.—The answer to the inquirers this
day " his Serene Highness.is as well as can be
expected, on his return home."—The weather
provirig remarkably fine to-day, his Serene High-
ness has walked out for a short time this morning,
accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Short.—The in-
quirers were very numerous to-day : among
them were Viscount Burghersb, and Mr; liuskis-.
son, M. P.
Yesterday morning,
_the' Parish Chorc,h-
Esher was crowded, in expectation of hearing an
appropriate Sermon, it being the day appointed
for the funeral of the beloved PRINCESS, which
expectation, however, was disappointed in an ex-
traordinary manner. The Church Service being
read by the Rev. Mr. Dagle, the Rector, he tent
into the Vestry, the congregation expecting he
was gone to change his surplice for his gown
and cassock, and to preach a Sermon, but in-
stead of which he was the first who walked
out of the Church, and no Sermon was preached.
In the evening, however, many who were then
disappointed went to the Independent Chapel, at
Weston-green, and beard a most excellent and
appropriate Sermon on the afflicting occasion by
the Rev. Mr. Churchill, the Minister of the Cha-
pel. The Reverend Gentleman very forcibly and
feelingly dwelt upon the time he was speaking
(between eight and nine o'clock), the hour at
which the most amiable of Princesses, who was a
pattern in her domestic virtues to the neighbours
he was then addressing, was proceeding' to leer
last and melancholy destination. The Chapel was
crowded to excess.

Yesterday the SI:111 of 501. was distributed among