The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-24 00:00:00

PRINCE LEOPOLD.

CLAREMONT, Sunday, Non. 23.—Divine service
was performed this morning by the Rev. Mr. HAM..
WM), the Rev. Dr. SHORT having been obliged
to leave this place on Friday, to attend his duty at
Westminster Abbey, as one of the Prebends of
that Collegiate Church. Prince LEOPOLD, his
attendants, and the principal part of the domestics,.
were assembled on the occasion. SymptoMs of,
the typhus lever had begun to appear on Prince
Leopold, occasioned by his very low state, but
which were very happily discrivered; and by timely
applications their progress prevented.. His Serene
Highness rode out on Friday and yesterda-:. for•
about two hours, at a slow pace. 'He is now free
from any syMptom of fever, and is considered well
in health, hut in a low state. The Bishop of Sa-
lisbury paid his firtt visit of condolence yesterday.
The meeting was very affecting, the Reverend
Prelate having been Preceptor to the Princess for a
number of years. Another affecting and distress-
'lug scene took place oa ,theyisit of Lord and Lady
Ossuiston, who have just returned from abroad.
The Bishop of .London also paid a visit of condo-
lence. The surrounding neighbours, and those
who had the honour and delight of the acquaint-
ance of the Princess and Prince, have been very
kind and solicitous, as well as the public charac-
ters who have been announced, in paying visits of
condolence in their anxiety and solicitude for the
welfare and health of Prince Leopold. A hatch-
ment, with the Princess's Arms, as a memorial of
the death of the owner of the house, has been
placed in front of the mansion-house, over the
centre of the grand porch. A similar one has
been placed in front of Catnelford-hausg, in Lon-
don.

Our communications from all parts of the coun-
try. detailing the observance of our good Prin-
cess's burial-day, are so numerous,. that our limits
wiYl only permit us,to give partial extracts there-
from. Amongst other places, DEAL. was conspi-
mon) in its demonstrsoions of sorrow and respect
for the memory of our departed saint. Not only
were all the shops, banks, and other places of
busirress closely shat, but a great number of pri-
vate houses closed their windows, and tire inhabi-
tants, with one accord, gave themselves up to
religious exercises; appropriate, affecting, and
truly pious discoorses were deliVered by the re-
ipective Ministers at the Parish Church and Chapel
of Ease, to congregations crowded to excess ; nor
were the Protestant Dissenters less forward in
testifying their grief and respect ; their Meeting
Houses were clothed in the garb of woe,‘and the
solemn services of the day were performed in the
midst of lamentations fervent and sincere. The
Mayor and Corporation, its full but mournful pro-
cession, attended divine service at the Chapel of
St. George. The ships in the Downs, and the
. itßg-staffs on shore, hoisted their colours half-
mast high ; and from 8 till 9 o'clock iii the evening
'erinute guns were fired front. Samlown Castle,
the church bells were muffled; and, in shout, the
demonstrations were so general and so genuine,
that the remembrance of them, and of the occa-
sion which gave rise to them, will live in this
town to the latest posterity.
Our Correspondent writes ns, that on Wednes-
slav, the day on which the Funeral of our much-
lamented Princess CHARLOTTE, tookiPlace, every
mail( of affection and respect was observed in the
towns of Milford,- Pembroke, and Haverfordweat,
the shops being shut, and business
_entirely 59.5-pended.
pended. At the latter plaee,,, the church hells bad
muted, and kept tolling at intervals for
several days ; at the different chapels and places
(*.worship there was a thronged attendance, and
some very impressive and apprOpriate discourses.
.-I.3vere delivere4;;in . the evening, the Mayor and
CprporatiOn, accompanied by all the principal
&c. together with an itimiense number-
of the inhabitants, a. tended Divine Service at St.
Church, wi e,.e a most • excellent sermon
was givers by the Rev. Mr. TuomAs, the Rector,.
Ore text from the 7th chapter of Ecclesiastes, 2d
verse—' It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the liouSe of feasting." The whole of
the day was observed with that solemnity suited
to the melancholy occasion, and clearly evinced
the deep concern which this ever-to-be-lamented
event has impressed upon the hearts of all ranks
in the neighbourhood.' -
ISLE or WIGHT,—We must apt, in our notice
of the testimonies of sorrow and respect exhibited
on Wednesday last throughout the Kingdom,
omit to ment on the Inhabitants of the Isle of
Wight. The ti tgs on the• various buildings& and
those of the shipping in Cowes harbour, were all
lowered half-matt, and minute guns were fired
from the torts dmiug great part of the night.—
'l'hesc were but the out ward signs of the feelings
with which every heart was oppressed. Divine
Service was performed in all the Churches, and
appropriate discourses delivered in most of them.
Au excellent one %;a3 preached by Mr. HICKSON
at the Chapel at West Cowes. To the general
impression made in the neighbouring Parish
Church of Whippingharn we cannot do justice----
the service was performed by the Rector, Arch.