The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-20 00:00:00

as their Royal Highnesses had alighted, twu centinels mount-
ed guard before the house.
" Their Royal Highnesses have passed the day in their
private apartments, but the answer given to the Nobility
who make their respectful inquiries at the Palace, is still,
that their Royal Highnesses are as well as can be expected.
" In the course of the day, the Princesses received visits
of condolence from the Dukes of York and Sussex ; and sthotit
five o'clock, this evening, the Prince Regent arrived at Cam-
bridge House, and still remains with his almost inconsolable
Sisters.

" Inquiries have also been received from the Princesses at
Windsor Castle, and from the Duchess of York at Oatlands.
" Sir Francis Milman and General Taylor remain with

cir Royal Highnesses.

" To-night, about eight o'clock, a plain hearse and four
came, followed by a mourning coach, in which were Mr.
'laming, of l'all-mall, and several assistants. The hearse
contained the inner case of the coffin, intended as the depo-
sitory of the mortal remains of her late Majesty.

" The exterior is of thick lead, and lined with fine oak. At
the bottom is a mattress, and cushion for the head, embossed
with white fins silk, upon a rich plain white satin, and an
ample sheet of the same costly material. The sides are lined
with white satin in close perpendicular plaits, and the whole
surmounted with a richly embossed border of the same.
" This was taken from the hearse by the assistants, and
borne to the Royal Chamber in mournful silence, where it
was placed upon tressels, and Mr. Banting and his assistants
immediately retired.

" The body, we understand, is intended to be placed in it,
in the course of the night, under the direction of the Ladies
of the Bedchamber, the Dowager Countesses of Harcourt and
Cardigan."—(lbid.)

[slorning Chronicle.]

The QueEN's consequence of

the demise of the Queen, a considerable sating
will accrue in the future charge of the Civil List.
By the Act of the 52d of the King, the Queen's
annual income, independent of the King's esta-
blishn►ent at 'Windsor, was settled at 53,0001.
with an additional allowance of 10,0001. a year
for travelling and other contingent expellees.
The salaties of the principal Officers and Ladies
of her Majesty's Household all of course cease,
after the Christmas quarter. Of these the chief

are—
The Earl of Morton, Lord Chamberlain.
Edward Desbrowe, Esq. Vice-Chamberlain.
Earl Harcourt, Master of the Horse.
Major-General Taylor, Treasurer and Secretary.
Sir Henry Campbell, Comptroller.
I'. J. Mathias, Vice-Treasurer.
The Marchioness of Bath, Mistress of the Robes.
The Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Maids of Honour, and
the Pages of Honour, with the Attorney and Solicitor-Gene-
ral, &c.
Her Majesty has made a will. It appears that
she was not possessed of 30001. of money at her
demise, and that she possessed no funds. She
has bequeathed her diamonds to he divided equally
among the Princesses her Daughters, with some
distinctions ; and is said to have given a hand-
some bequest to Lady Harcourt, who has been
always admitted to the honour of her intimate
confidence, and smaller legacies to others, who
have been longest in her Majesty's service. All the
finder servants will have pensions from the public,
according to their ranks, which will amount to a
considerable sum. It appears from the accounts
of the Civil List for the last year, that the pen-
sions to the servants of Queen Caroline and the
Princess Dowager of Wales were then 24301.
though few of them are now alive.

[British Press.]
It has, we understand, been determined by
Ministers that Parliament shall be convened on
Thursday, the 14th of January. The Act of the
last Session for amending the Regency Act pre-
scribes, tl►at, in case of the demise of the Queen,
Parliament shall assemble within sixty days from
that event, for the purpose of having a fit and
proper person appointed to whom the care of the
King shall be intrusted. The Great Council of
the Nation might, however, by a pre-existent
Statute, be summoned by the Sovereign at a no-
tice of fourteen days, tinder any emergency. It
is very generally imagined that his Royal High-
ness the Duke of York will be proposed by the
Ministers to Parliament as the guardian of his
afflicted Parent's sacred person ; and with such
an appointment, considering all the circumstances
of the case, and the state of the Royal Family,
we cannot believe that any one in the country will
be inclined to quarrel. If the principles that in-
fluence private cases were to be applied to that of
the King, perhaps, in strictness of law; some
objection might be found to the nomination of his
Royal Highness ; but where the character of an
individual demands the most unreserved confi-
dence, few will be inclined to start difficulties,
and still fewer be found to entertain them. A
similar fate would probably befal those other ob-
jections that might be raised, from the circum-
stance of the Duke of York's official situation.—
Time, however, has been, when the possession
of the King's person, and the complete cotnmand
and affection of a standing army, might have
been regarded with doubt and apprehension.