The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-07 00:00:00

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A rfOrk ii-idvertised wider the title of " The
nlack Book," with the following precions Sen.
fence, which purports to be extracted from the
leading article of LIE News, of Sunday, Oct. 31,
1819
" The Black Book is the REFORMER'S BIBLE.
as it were, a Itwlation front the Divinity
of Truth. It is the Sacred Volume of English
politics."
We know not whether this extract he genuine,
Whether the character of 'rue News is libelled
its false impnta:ioo. If the former—fathers
masters will judge upon the propriety of such
...1471c10y reading in their families. If the latter—
the Editor of a Paper so infamously slandered
"I, of course, seek his proper redress for the
iurY. All we know is, that this horrible per.
'"'"n of the sacred attributes has been pub-
lied.

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THE LATE KING.

The preparations for tive Royal Funerals about
to take place in the Royal Vault, or Munsolenna,
are upon a more extensive scale, since his late
Majesty King GaoaGe the THIRD determined on
preparing it for the reception of the Royal Re-
mains, and that of his late Majesty being deter-
mined on to be a walking procession, it has been
ascertained will tegnire a platform and a covered
way from the grand entrance of the Palace to St.
George's Chapel, a distance of about twel‘c bun-
died feet. The burvevor-Gentral, with Mr.
Brown and Mt. Elliot, Officeis of the Board of
Works, have been attending for several days past,
to give the necessary directions for the several
arrangements for opening and closing the Royal
Mausoleum.
The Duchess of Gloucester has been at Windsor
in condolence with her Royal and afflicted Sisters.
The Duke of Sussex has also been at Windsor
in condolence with his Royal Sitters. His Royal
Highness dined h the Princesses on Wednes.
day ; in the evening his Royal Highness lett
Wiadsor for his residence in the King's Palace at
Kensington.

The Lout Chamberlain left Windsor on Wed-
nesday, after leavinz the remains of the late King
in the charge of proper persons.

TUE LATE DUKE OF KENT.

Owing to the lateness of the orders for the Fu-
neral of the late lamented Duke of KENT, the or-
naments and decorations for the state coffin and
nrn, which are of the hest kind, were manufac-
tured for the occasion ; and although every pos-
sible exertion was mlde hy'sMessrs. Bailey and
.Sanders, the completion of the splendid and ele-
gant ornaments Was not finished till Thursday
night, and in consequence post horses were
obliged to he resorted to, for conveying them in
the hearse to Sidmoul it, and which they start-
ed early on Friday morning. The travelling was
so arranged that the hearse, &c. was to reach its
destination late on Saturday night, when the in-
terior coffins, containing the remains of the late
Royal Duke, were to be placed in the state coffin,
except those parts assigned for the urn. The state
coffin, orn, &c. were to lie in private state yes-
terday for a short time.

This morning the solemn procession was to be-
gin to •tnove from Sidmouth on its way towards
lVindsor, escorted by a party of cavalry, and pro-
ceed to Bridport Chinch„ where it is to be depo-
sited during the night.—On Tuesday it is to pro-
ceed to Bland lord, where it will be deposited in
the Church.--On Wednesday it is to proceed from
Blandford to Salisbury, where it will be deposited
in the Cathedral.—On Thursday it is to proceed
from Salisbury to Basingstoke, where it will he
deposited in the Church during that night.—On
Friday it is to proceed from Basingstoke, and on
account of there being no Church in the road at
Bagshot, it is to proceed on a long stage, and
will not finally halt till it reaches Cumberland
Lodge, at a late hour in the night, where it will
be received by Messrs. Bailey and Sander', and
their assistants, who will have proper carriages,
escutcheons to decorate them, and every possible
and respectful arrangement will be made for con-
ducting the remains of the Illustrious Personage
to the silow tomb