The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-18 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS.

[FROM THE MORNING PIPERS OF THIS DAY.]

[Morning Post.]
DEATH OF THE QUEEN.

The fatal event, for which the nation has ben
'so long and so painfully prepared, has at lench
taken -place. The aged and venerable CONSoRT
of our afflicted SovEtatotsris no more, end the
Throne, almost halt evacuated by his -lamented
illness, is now left nearly •vacant by i►er removal
from the cares and sufferings of existence. On
Mmiday night, the leg from which the Water had
broken (;ts already described by us) became mor-
tified, and her medical attendants ascertained that
she could not live many hours, The bulletin,
issued yesterday Morning, revealed to the Public
the opinion entertained by them upon the sub-
ject, and left no doubt of the approaching con-
3ummatinn of her earthly fate.

lininediately after the arrival of the melancholy
account in town, their Royal Highnesses the
rrinee Regent and the Duke of York set off for
fiseVr. They reached the Palace at half-past twelve
o'elOck. Her Majesty was still breathing, but
Ike powers of life wet e totally exhausted. She
was calm and resigned and at one o'clock her
Majesty expired without a strgggle. About four
in the afternoon the lamented event was.officially
announced by Lord Sidmonth in the following

LETTER TO THE LORD MAYOR.

MY 1:013n,

" lil/4itehall, 17th. Nov. 161 S.

" It is my painful duty to inform your Lordship of the
death of her Majesty the QUEEN.
" This melancholy event took place at Kew Palace, at one
o'clock this day. I have the honour to be,
" Your Lordship's most obedient,
"SIDMOUTH.

" The Right Hon. the Lord Mauor," &c.
At ►►ine o'clock last night was published the fol-

lowing

biIPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, NOvEMBF.R 17, 1818.
" Whitehall, Nov. 17, 1818.

" This day, at one o'clock, the Queen departed this life,
to the inexpressible grief of all the Royal Family, after a
tedious illness, which her Majesty bore with the .most pious
fortitude and resignation. The many great and exemplary
virtues, which so eminently distinguished her Majesty
throughout her long life, were the object of universal esteem
and admiration, amongst all classes of his Majesty's subjects,
and render the death of this Illustrious and most excellent
Princess an nuspeahable loss to the whole nation."

Thus has a long and irreproechable career of
seventy-four years, fifty-seven of which have
been spent in sharing the first Throne in the
tVorld, been closed its the midst of bodily suffer-
ings, whose severity and oppressive nature have
only served to display the courage and resignation
of their victim. Till within the last taelve
months, her Majesty had enjoyed an excellent
state of health, the result of a strong natural con-
stitution, kept unimpaired. by the equanimity
of her temper, and the moderation and sim-
plicity which she preserved in her bight estate, in
the midst of all the refinements of a most laxuri-
ous age and a splendid court. Since the period of
her last journey to Bath, her strength had been
gradually declining, till the dreadful complaint
which has at last terminated her existence broke
forth with a degree of violence, which at her ad-
vanced age left but slight hopes of her recovery.
Still her constitution was so radically good, and
the attentions which site received front all the
members of her family were so constant and
so soothing, that medical skill, seconded by such
aids, prolonged an existence which seemed at its
close, and for many months disappointed the
grave of its prey. It has now opened, however,
and devoitt•ed the aged and venerable parent on
the very eve of the anniversary of the day when
it closed over the mortal remains of her blootping
grand-daughter (the ever to be lamented Princess
Charlotte) and her infant son !
Whilst no Queen has so long shared the Throne
'of this Empire as her late Majesty, so none has
ever displayed in that exalted station more of those
virtues ss.hich do honour to the character of a fe-
male in every sphere. Fertile above most women,
she divided her care and affectious amongst her
-numerous progeny, with a degree of ardour and
sincerity, winch produced from them the most
griiteful returns. As a Queen, she was affable and
-condescending. Though born a German, she had
• none of the pride and haughtiness attributed to
her nation. 'She maintained the dignity of her
rank; but eviticel the most winning courtesy to-
wards all those who were introduced to her pre-
.settee. On-one point she was inflexible. A Eat-
terp of virtue herself, site required it in othersisitd
!sever would suffer her Court to be polluter) by the
;adniissiou sOf doubtful characters. This severity
made her some enemies,.but it shed a lustre round
the Throne whieb no other Court could boast. As
xpolitician, her interference was not extensive,but
whenever it was exerted, she always threw the
weight of her influence into the scale in favour of
those principles which have rescued the country
from revolution and anarchy, and litre rendered
it the deliverer of nations. Faults she might have,
for she was human ; but they are lost in the mag-
nitude of her good qualities and excellencies ; and
as lorlg as conjugal virtues are revered, as long as
parental affection is cherished, and the mild ex-
ercise of the loftiest dignity duly appreciated, she,
will be remembered with love, regret, and admi-
ration by every feeling beau.
Her late Majesty, whose maiden name was
Sophia Charlotte or Caroline of i‘lecklenburgh
'trelitz, was. born May 16, 1744. She was the
youngest daughter of Charles Lewis, brother to
li`rederick, the third Duke of Mecklenburg!), Her
ather, however, though in the immediate line of
itheritance, as his brother the reigning Duke had
in) issue, and was unmarried, did not succeed to
-he principality he died before his brother, and