The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-14 00:00:00

MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1820.

THE LOTTERY.

THE DUCHESS OF YORK.

LYING IN STATE OF THE LATE DUCHESS OF YORK.
Yesterday the public were admitted to the re-
sidence of his Royal Highness the Dukeof YORK,
at Oatlands, to view the remains of the late
Duchess lying in state, prepa'ratory to the funeral,
which is to take place this day. At an early hour
of the morning the road from London to Wey-
bridge was crowded with vehicles filled with

person,s anxious either to pay a .tribute of respect
to departed worth, or to gratify the natural de-
sire of witnessing the pomp which usually at-
tends the obsequies of :Members of the Royal
Family. Those who were actuated solely by the
latter motives must have experienced consider-
able disappointment in the ceremony which was
.exhibited yesterday at Oatlands. The scene
which was presented there was simple, solemn,
and impressive ; but it was wholly destitute of
that pageantry and magnificence which are com-
monly considered to be the concomitants of
Royalty. The simplicity of the preparations,
and the total, absence of that splendour which
.we have been accustomed to see attendant on
Itayal obsequies, are said to arise from a wish ex-
pressed by her late Royal Highness that her fu-
neral should be as private as possible. Those,
therefore, who reflect on the amiable character
and exalted rank of this illustrious Lady, will ,
perhaps imagine that the unostentatious manner
in which her funeral rites are celebrated is more
characteristic of the domestic and unobtrusive
virtues of the late Duchess of York. than of the
splendour that might be expected to -attach, even
in death, to .the first female subject of the realm—
the Consort of the Heir Apparent to the British
Throne.
The preparations being completed at one
o'clock, the two gates of the Park were thrown
open for -the admission of the public. A number
of Police officers, under the direction of Towns-
hend and Sayers, were posted.at the gates, and
in different, parts along the coach-ways which
lad to the house, for the purpose of preserving
order and regularity. There were no. soldiers
or yeomen of the guard employed on the occa-
sion.. As it had been expected that admission
would be gained at 12 o'clock, a considerable
number of persons of both sexes, and apparently
of great respectability, had collected both at the
Walton and the Weybridge gates before they
opened. At the front door of the house two mutes
were stationed. The vestibule and the passages
were hung with black cloth, and completely
darkened.' The library, and the drawing-room,
which formed a part of the suite of rooms hrough
which the public had to pass, were hung with
black cloth in a similar manner, and light just
sufficient to guide the passengers was introduced
by a few waxen tapers, fixed in sconces on the
walls. From the drawing-room the spectators
passed into the great dining-room, where the re-
mains of her late Royal Highness were lying in
state. The apartment was hung round with
black cloth, and every ray of day-light was ex-
cluded. Three immense waxen tapers on each
side of the coffin, and several smaller lights hung
in sconces on the walls, afforded an indistinct and
gloomy view of the solemn scene. The coffin
stood at the upper end of the room; supported
on four trestles, and covered with a pall of black
velvet. The pall was so far removed from the
foot of the coffin as to shew that it was covered.
with rich crimson, velvet, and ornamented with
gilt nails. A black cushion, placed on the lid,
supported a splendid coronet. A large escutcheon,
on which the British and the Prussian arms
were quartered, was hung at the top of the room,
and several smaller escutcheons, with the same
armorial bearings, were placed on the walls.
The spectators, after walking past the foot of the
coffin, passed out, through the new dining-room'
into that part of the Park called the Duchess's
Garden. At four o'clock the gates were'shut ;
but the body. will continue to lie in state this
day, ,from-eleven till one, when the preparations
for the funeral will commence, It is supposed'
that
the procession will not leave Oatlauds till
five o'clock
disease'clocki of which in the afternoon.,ici
Duchess of - York
died was dropsy and a spasmodic affection of the
chest. •

The GALLBRIES. at each side of the Houst of
Loans, next the tapestry, are now completed;
they consist each of two rows of seats the whole
length, and a third row at the back, running as.
far as 'the landing-places formed by the flights of
stairs, which are fixed at each end of the' galle-
ries. Behind the back' seat is a small covered
pasSaae. These galleries will conveniently ebn-
lain SO Peers. They are each supported by 8
werelg on Saturday covered
htest gilding: Ai-at
a'
'a'coating' of the
a plain, pattern.' (to be also
I:c‘g.iieltsttthiin railing, bt,a)f.oorinrstililtlgeirlft balustrade of each gallery.
The Peers' seats, as formerly laid down, will be
replaced in the course of this dayi•With an addi-
tional back seat at each side,' winch is obtained
by -projecting the•front seats more towards the
table., he bar, remains in the old .position.
About two-thirds ill depth of the space below it,
usually,allotted to strangers, and going the'w hole
length between the side railings, is marked out
for enclosure for' the .witnesses, the Parliament
short-hand writer,. the counsel and solicitors at
both sides,and w hatever absolutenecessaeyatten.7
dance they: require T: • - -

[PRICE SEVENPENCE.

WEEKLY RETROSPECT.

It. can't rain, butit pours! more Revolutions !
Let, is see, SICILY, one—Moitocco, tavo—GE-
NoA, three—lLtcKNEY MEn.mAin,four—BEßLlN,
fire--BEniwupAs-, six!! A good half dozen in
one week ! not all completed indeed.; but suffi-
ciently incipient to, justify putting, them in the
list! " Why aye ! this look's rebellion!" and
to it, if we add the coquettinEpof. the Chronicle
with the ilfews—‘not the Muscs3g9od Deader--.
and' of stßinebody .e.lee •at Knightsbridge, why

ruly may we say
" TkmeonA mutantur; et nus mutamur in illis!

never indeed was adage truer, as any one may
see who reads the TIMES of the past week, where
absolute monarchy, in the person of the Auto-
crat, mind that ye Whigs who. understand.
Greek, and
,ye Whigs who are Greeks but do
not understand it—The Autocrat, the 'Ruler from
his own inherent power, of all the ltussias, is
white-washed over most glibly, contriving tot)
to bespatter the bye-standers, that one .might
almost suppose the artist had taken a DOI:ISLE.
dose of Prince's Russia Oil..

But,. in good sooth, the subject is any thing but.
a quizzical one.—Palermo, The capital, and perhaps
other districts, of Sicily, is now in that state t
which . London was so. near arriving in the days
of Spa-fields, and on that memorable day when
the sapient aldermanic Haberdasher saw no less
than three soldiers' horses with long black tails, in
the Civic portion of this vast Metropolis ! All' the
bloodshed, too, in the name of Liberty—and why ?
truly because a British officer in the Neapolitan
service pulled a revolutionary symbol out of the
upper garment or a Citiien ! Indeed, half the
foreign correspondence upon this unhappy sub-
ject makes so much of the Citizen, that we Might_
be almost led to think that' the 'Citizen must
be a great man, like MERRY, the. poet, an-
nouncing himself at a little German court,_as
Elector of 31i(idksex! •
But- that word brings us to the Middlesex:
Meeting, where an Address to the 'QUEEN, and
another to the Ilouse of Lords were hatched, or
hashed .up under the auspices of Alderman Woo))
and Doctor Palm ! nubile fratiuniT
Truly there was hitt one thing, Wanting—an'
address to count Bergami !—and from yvhat
County so appropriate, as the County of Mid-
dlesex.

We,regret to see it stated that the negociation
with the Netherlands, in regard to the Indian
Archipelago, has been broken. off .through tho•;
obstinacy of Mynheer. But the Dutch have at-

ways_been dogs in the manger in respect to their
Oriental possessions—WE shall knOw better.

another time t.

But if we,look, more immediately' at home;
what cause to lament the 'machinations- of 'the
COBBETTS, the WOOLERS, the whole etcetera of
that genus °nine, in their fruits displayed at
Stirling ENTY-.TWO unhappy individuals
found guilty of Treason against their King and
Country ! Will those political Vampires never be
satisfied until they have drained the very heart's
blood from the veins of flritain !!

FOR THE SUN.