The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-08 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

We this. morning received New York Papers
to the Ist of July, but we have already inserted
intelligence from that quarter to the 11th of that
month, and we subjoin other extracts of the same
date :

[From a Bermuda Paper of the 9th July.]

TILE TIMES IN BARBADOES.—A writer in the
Barbadoes Globe draws an appalling picture of
the times, as respects the commercial and landed
interests hi that island. Property of every
kind is said to be daily sinking in value. The
crops generally have been reduced in an asto-
nishing degree, by two successive unfavour-
able years—and what little produce is reaped
lies on hand for want of purci►asers. The pri-
sons are crowded with insolvents, and general
ruin, he states, seems to be fast approaching.—
Amongst the causes which have contributed to
produce the difficulties and distresses to which
they are exposed, he especially takes notice of
the baneful system, which for some time has been
pursued, of altering the relative value of the
coins, and thereby depreciating the currency.
lie asserts that the bartering of doubloons for
dollars, in Demerara, and vice versa, produces
a profit of nine per cent.; and the temptation
being so great, the Island is thereby drained of
its circulating medium. He calls upon the House
of Assembly to take this serious evil into their
consideration.

BALTIMORE, JUNE 23.—Extract of a letter from an officer
lately arrived at Philadelphia from Mexico, to his friend in

this city.
" All the inhabitants of Mexico are now undeceived. The
insurrection is general since the 24th of February last, when
Col. Iturbide proclaimed the independence, of the country at
the head of the troops of the Vice Roy. All the towns which
have been taken have surrendered without spilling a drop of
blood. Mexico and Vera Cruz are on the eve of being entirely
free. Never was the cause of liberty so prosperous as at present.
" The insurgents of Mexico are in" possession of the Port
of Alvarado near Vera Cruz. I hope that ere three or four
months we shall be able to return to Mexico, and receive the re-
ward due to our services and privations."

Since April 1, .34 vessels for the Brazils and
South America, have cleared at our different

ports.

PUBLIC FLAGELLATION AND VIOLENT OUT-
RAGE.—Monday morning, about 12 o'clock, mul-
titudes of persons assembled in Goswell-street,
to witness the punishment of a fellow named
Edward Bagster, who had been convicted of
various felonies, and sentenced to three months
imprisonment and to be publicly flogged. Soon
after 12 o'clock, the prisoner arrived from the
House of Correction in a coach, and having been
made fast to the tail of a cart, he was well whip-
ped from the end of Noble-street to the sign of
the Man in the Moon, a distance of 100 yards.
He was an elderly man, and appeared very in-
different about it. After the punishment was in-
flicted a most formidable gang of ruffians armed
themselves with stones, brick-bats, &c. and re-
paired to the, house of Mr. Oliver, in Noble-
street, who was the principal prosecutor of Bag-
ster, and commenced a most violent attack upon
the house. Stones were flying in every direction
to the great danger of the passengers. Mr. Oli-
ver was struck on the head with a large flint
stone, which felled him to the ground. Mr.
Oliver entreated the mob to desist, but this only
increased their violence, and it was with great
difficulty he escaped with his life. He at length
succeeded in shutting his shop, and all egress or
ingress was stopped by the rioters till about
eight o'clock in the evening, when a party of
the Bow-street patrol arrived, and after some
time suppressed the tumult. Several of the ring-
leaders were secured.'

DEATH OF THE QUEEN.

—...leggLiw.--.

[PROM THE TIMES.]

LAST MOMENTS AND DEATH OF HER MAJESTY

Hammersmith, half-past Three. p. .—All here
is alarm and confusion. A report is afloat that
the Queen has had a relapse. No satisfactory
answer can be obtained from the servants at
Brandenburgh-house. The morning Bulletin still
stands at the gate. It is this :

".The Queen has pissed the night. without
sleep: her Majesty's symptoms are not worse

than yesterday.

" AZ. BAILIATE.
" H. AINSLIE.
" W. G. 31 ATON.
" P. WARREN.
" H. HOLLAND."

Mr. Wilde, Dr. Lushington, and two of her
Majesty's Physicians, are now in consultation.
The most positive orders are given that their con-
ference shall not be interrupted. A messenger is
this moment dispatched to Dr. Baillie.
half-past Four o'Clock, p. m.—The evil news
gains, strength. The gates of her Majesty's resi-
dence are surrounded. The Household is in con-
sternation. The principal domestics believe that
there has been an important change, and fear
that it is a change of an unfavourable nature:—
The inquiries are so numerous, that it is found
necessary to prevent persons (except of rank or
on immediate business) from entering the avenue.
Dr. Baillie is sent for, we understand, at her Ma-
jesty's express desire.

Fire o'Ciock.—Three expresses have just passed
at full speed through the town : they have all
taken the road to London. The High-street is
crowded with persons, each questioning the other,
and all alike unable to give answer. The inha-
bitants of the' town are running from'all quarters
towards Brandenburgh-house. Dr. Baillie is ar-
rived.

A Quarter past Five.—The ill-tidings are con-
firmed.' The following Bulletin has this moment

been issued :

" In the course of the morning, her Majesty
has suddenly become much worse.

" M. BAILLIE.
" W. G. AUTON.
" HENRY HOLLAND."

This account, the more terrible as it was unex-
pected, scatters dismay in every direction. An
express has been sent to the Lord Mayor with a
copy of the bulletin.

Six o'clock.—Dr. Ainslie and Dr. Warren are

here.

Mr. Thompson, her Majesty's apothe-
cary, is also come. The Prince Equilano, Mr.
ifobhouse, and Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, came in
at a gallop about half an hour back; and a vast
number of horsemen are hovering about Branden-
burgh-house for intelligence. The medical men
are now with her Majesty.

We have been interrupted .by a report of her
Majesty's decease. We mention the rumour to
show the state of anxious feeling : it is wholly

without foundation.

Seven o'eock.—Stories of every description
.are afloat ; they are caught up by the stage-
coaches passing through Hammersmith, and will,
no doubt, by to-morrow morning, make their way
to all quarters of the kingdom. Nothing authentic
has transpired within the last hour.

Eight o'clock. Matters remain in the same
state. A messenger from the Duke of Sussex has
been at Brandenhurgh-house : he brought a let-
ter, and, after waiting a few minutes, departed at
full speed with the answer.
Nine o'Clock.--The Queen's medical attend-
ants are all in consultation : Lord Hood, Alder-
man Wood, Mr. Wilde, and Dr. Lushington are
with them. A bulletin is presently expected.
We heat that her Majesty is dosing, and that she
is at present nearly or quite out of pain. It is
but justice to the individuals who compoSe her
Majesty's household to say, that they are pene-
trated with the deepest distress on her account.
The Queen, at least, may be truly said to have
the blessings of those who eat her bread.

Ten o'Clock.—No bulletin is yet issued. A
few minutes since, the cry of women was heard
in the upper apartments of Brandenburgh-house ;
but no immediate danger is announced. It is
impossible not to be struck with the earnest yet
cautious demeanour of the persons (no matter
what their rank) who are incessantly repeating
their inquiries after her Majesty's welfare. The
only individuals who show themselves at the
lodge are two decent, attentive, young women ;
and yet, notwithstanding the concourse of per-
sons, and the eagerness for intelligence, not a
question is asked above the tone of a whisper.

A messenger from the Duchess of Kent has
been at Brandenburgh-house. We hear that he
carried back only a verbal message ; it is said, a
message of threatening import.

Half Past Ten o'Clock.—The struggle is over !
Hope, fear, anxiety, are now alike at an end;
Caroline, Queen of England, is no more !
The shock through the household was violent,
almost to stupefaction. About five minutes ago,

a Moorish domestic of her Majesty burst, half
frantic, into the vestibule; and at the same in-
stant a loud and lengthened shriek from the female
servants, as they rushed towards each other from
their several apartments, rendered all explana-
tion unnecessary to the horror-stnick spectators.
The cry of alarm was succeeded by a long and
fearful pause. It was a pause of death-like silence
—of a silence which every one dreaded to break.
Even to the last fatal moment, spite of evidence
to the contrary, all had hoped, and many had
trusted, that she, their friend and mistress ! would
recover. The sobs of the women were loud and
unrestrained ; the men covered their faces with
their hands and wept. It was long before any
thing like regularity could be restored. FOP some
time, all distinctions of rank appeared to be at
an end ; in this instance, the most eminent indi-
viduals present were seen walking about the
house, forgetting to claim, and scarcely receiving,
any thing like ready attention from their own
servants. At length, the necessity -Of making
certain arrangements produced the, restoration
(in some degree) of order; and we were enabled
to collect a few particulars which may be reli►ed
upon as authentic. •

At an early hour this morning her Majesty's
friends and servants were impres.sed with a full
conviction of her speedy recovery. It would
appear, however, that the expectations of the
Queen herself were not so sanguine; for when
Mr. Wilde requested leave to attend his profes-
sional duties on the western circuit, the Royal
patient intimated her wish that he should remain.

About noon unfavourable symptoms began to
manifest themselves, and her Majesty endured
considerable pain : that undaunted resolution,
however, which had conducted her in safety over
nearly half the surface of the habitable globe,
which taught her first to defy the threats, and
then enabled her to baffle the machinations of
her enemies—that noble determination did not
forsake her even in her dying hour, and,
if she suffered severely, she suffered without a
murmur. Opiates were administered, and for
some thne they had a consoling effect; but at
two o'clock increased inflammation was visible to
every one, and the post-haste attendance of the
physicians was desired. Drs. Baillie, Maton,
and Holland, first arrived, and, under their di-
rection, the bulletin dated half-past four o'clock
was put forth. Dr. Ainslie and Dr. Warren pre-
sented themselves immediately after. At four
o'clock Mr. Wilde was summoned to her Ma-
jesty's chamber. At that time a marked altera-
tion—an alteration which could scarcely be mis-
taken—had taken place in her appearance. The
illustrious sufferer herself seemed perfectly aware
of the change ; and, amid the tears of all who sur-
rounded her, spoke with calmness and with resig-
nation of her approaching dissolution. She thanked
her friends for the care they had bestowed upon
her; lamented her inability to reward their
kindness as it deserved ; -and expressed the most
perfect conviction that in a few hours she should
cease to need their attention. She commended
her soul with humility, but with confidence, to
her Creator ; and trusted to meet that justice in
another world' which had been denied to her in
this. Her Majesty adverted also to some highly
important and interesting facts, with which we
art. not as yet fully favoured, and upon which
we decline therefore, for the present, to enter.
From four until seven o'clock the Queen con-
tinued gradually to grow worse. Just before
eight, she sulik for a short time into a doze. Soon
after the eye became fixed, the muscle grew
rigid, and a stupor ensued,from which her Majesty
never awoke. At twenty-five minutes past ten
o'clock (after an entire absence of ,sense and
faculty of more than two hours) nature gave up"
the contest ; and, almost without a struggle, the
Consort' of. George IV., and the reigning Queen
of England„ expired.
At half-past eleven o'clock the following bul-
letin was issued :

"-Her Majesty departed this life at twenty-
five minutes past ten o'clock this night.