Star.
London, England, 1813-05-04 00:00:00

ATTACK ON HER maitinr.

On Sunday noon the PRINCE REGENT received an
account from Windsor, of the QUEEN being indis-
posed, in consequence of an attack from a female do-
mestic who was seized with a violent fit of insanity.
The Prince ordered a special Messenger .to be seat to
Windsor, to inquire after the health of his Royal
Mother, and the full particulars of the attack. On
the return of the Messenger, the Prince sent off Sir
HExar HALFORD, at seven o'clock in the evening, to
attend her Majesty. The circumstances of the attack
we Understand to be as follow :—The unfortunate and
afflicted female, who made the alarm, is named Da-
venport, and holds the situation of Assistant Mistress
of the Wardrobe to Miss Rice. Her mother has been
employed a number of years in the Royal Family :
She was originally engaged as Rocker to the Prin-
cesses—she was afterwards appointed Necessary Wo-
man. She has filled several situations very respect-
ably, till she has attained the high trace of being
Housekeeper at the Lower Lodge, Windsor. Her
daughter, the subject of this article, was born in the
Queen's Palace; she is now upwards of thirty years
of age, and has lived constantly with her mother,
under the Royal protection. When the was a girl,
she was attacked with a fit of insanity, but was con-
sidered perfectly cured ; however, she has frequently
' been attacked with melancholy, crying, and being
very desponding, without any known cause. Her
:Mod has been more affected since the death of the
Princess Amelia. She was present at the delivery
• of the funeral sermon which was preached at Windsor
on the melancholy occasion, which had such an effect
on her mind, that she became enamoured with the
Clergyman who delivered it, and report attributes
love to be the cause of the violent derangement of
mind with which she was seized on Sunday morning.
She slept in the Tower over the Queen's bed-room.
About Liie o'clock the Queen was awoke with a vio-
lent noise at her bed-room door, accompanied with a
voice calling violently for the Queen of England to
redress her wrongs, &c. with the most distressing
shrieks, screams, anti other noises, possible to be con-
ceived. The Queen's bed-room has .two doors : she
used such violence, as to break open the outer door,
land it is opposed she would have done the same to
.the inner door, which she endeavoured to force, but
• ffirtunately it opened inwards. Mrs. Beckendorf, the
Queen's Dresser, sleeps in the same room with her
Majesty. They were both extremely alarmed, par-
t ticularly at first, they being awoke with grievous
screams and shrieks, and a voice calling for the
IQueen of England. Her Majesty and Mrs. Becken-
dorf hesitated for a little time what had best be done,
when, it being ascertained that it was a female voice,
she ventured to open the inner door, and go out,
when she found it to be Miss Davenport, with only
her body linen on : she was extremely violent with
Mrs. Beckendorf, insisting upon forcing her way to
the Queen, and it "'as feared, that could she have ob-
tained her object of getting into the Queen's bed-
room, she would have vented her rage upon her, from
the language she used. She had a letter in her hand,
which she insisted on delivering to the Queen. Mrs.
Beckendorf was placed in a most perilous situation,
from between twenty minutes and half an hour being
subject to her violence, keeping her off from forcing
her way to the Queen, and ringing a bell in the pas.
sage. During this time the Queen heard all that was
passing, and was in great agitation and distress, for
fear Miss Davenport should gain admittance to her,
the unfortunate female declaring that the Queen
could and should redress her wrongs. The bell Mrs.
Beckendorf rung, unfortunately, did not awake any
'particular person ; but by the incessant and violent
ringing of it, after the above time, Mr. Grobecker,
the Queen's Page, and two footmen, came to Mrs.
Beckendorf's assistance. Miss D. made use of a very
profane speech to Mr. Grobecker. All these persons
could not manage her, till Mr. Meyer, the porter,
came, and he being a very powerful man, accom-
plished it. When she found herself overpowered,
. she insisted upon seeing the King, if she could not
the Queen. Mr. Meyer carried her by force up to
her bed-room, laid her on her bed, and covered her
with some clothes, but she kicked them all off. Dr.
Willis was sent for, who ordered her a strait waist-
coat ; but she continued so violent, that it was with
great difficulty it was got on. All attempts at dres-
sing her proved useless; she was therefore sent off in
a man's great coat in a post-chaise, accompanied by
two persons, to a house at Horton for the reception
of insane persons.

ALLEN'S new and splendid Furniture Warehouse in
tall-Mill, is now open for the inspection of the No.
bility and Gentry, who are respectfully acquainted,
that Mr. A. has manufactured a great number of his
new designs, in Tea-coloured Chintz, so much ad.
nailed for the decoration of Drawing-rooms, &c. &c.
Families residing a great distance from Town, may
be accommodated with Patterns sent for their appro-
bation, providing they engage to give their orders.
There will be no necessity for applying the newly
invented __Anti-attrition Compost to the two STATE
Wheels, which will be set ageing on Thursday next,
at Coopers' Hall. They will merrily turn. on Six
• Capital Pivots of Twenty Thousand and Ten Thou-
. sand Pounds value, which with 10,153 other Prizes of
varied magnitudes will be shot into the pockets of
Adventurers, without the possibility of a Blank irk-
tion on that day, as every Ticket drawn will then be
I a Prize, which may be seen and felt by any person
Surchasing a Ticket or a Share immediately in the
tate Lottery.
• DuaL.—Yesterday morning early a meeting took
place in the vicinity of Chalk Farm, between Lord
! and Lieutenant-Colonel O'K--, the former
attended by Mr. D—, and the latter by Capt. H—,
when after exchanging shots, the affair was amicably
arranged by the interference of the seconds.

THZ FASTING Womnwo—The pretensions of Ann
I Moore, of Tutbury, to live without bodily sustenance
have at length been set at rest. We mentioned last
week, that several respectable Gentlemen in that
neighbourhood had, with her own consent, agreed to
watch her, to prevent the secret conveyance of food
to ber, and to ascertain whether her powers corres-
ponded to her pretensions. We are now authorised
to state that she :Ave in on Friday morning last, the
mina day of the watch, by which time she was re.
rued to a state of Wallin debility mid emaciation.