Star.
London, England, 1817-11-24 00:00:00

GL4S&QIV, NOVEMBER 20.

The day of interment of the Princess Cuartcnrre
was yesterday kept with a solemn expression of the
deep sorrow that so severe a national calamity has
impressed upon the hearts of the people. Business
was universally deferred ; and the gloom of the In-
habitants was marked by all the habiliments of deep
mourning. The Churches were unusually crowded ;
and a willing sympathy was every (vhere expressed
with the pathetic sentiments delivered from the dif
ferent established and dissenting pulpits. It fell to
our lot to witness the brilliant, affecting, and admi-
rably eloquent discourse of our great Preacher the
Rev. Dr. CHALbfgRS ; several passages of which were'
spoken with such teevoar, energy, and pathos, as
,have probably never been surpassed, if they have
ever been equilled, in modern times. In particular,
when he painted the death of the lovely sufferer;
and sculptured out, with such fidelity to nature, the
bitter and forlorn, and desolate condition of her sur-
viving husband, every eye gushed with tears ! Ap.
propriate Sermons were also delivered in the various
Churches, Chapels, and Meeting houses, which were
well attended ; and the bells tolled from three to five,
and again from nine to ten at night. Although the
shopkeepers had been requested to shut their shops
only from two to five o'clock, they generally conti-
spied them shut the white afternoon—even the Coffee
Room, that place of perpetual buzz even on a Sun-
day, was nearly deserted.

The magnificent canopy which was carried over
the coffin of the Princess CisaaLcirrs, during the pro-
cession la St. George's Chapel, is the perquisite of
the Dean.
It being generally understood that the Dean of
WzawiesTax would preach an appropriate Sermon
upon the lamentable death of the Princess Cuantorra
yesterday, at Westminster Abbey, it was uncom-
monly crowded, and the whole congregation ap-
peared deeply impressed with the awful event. The
Anthem appointed for the occasion was extremely
applicable, it having been composed by HAMM for
the funeral of Queen Camila The words are as
follows :
Cacaos —Tbe grass withered, the flower lab; bat the
word of the Loan shall weed fast for ever.
Qbeerrerr When the ler heard her, then k biased her; and
when the eye saw her, it gave witness of her.
Cnoaos—The merciful goodness of the Lqao endureth for
ever ea than that for him, and his righteousness on children's
children.
It was most admirably song by Master R. Tvaut,
and Messrs RUGGINIT VAUGHAN, and J. B. SALO,
pal titularly the treble part by Master TWILL. The
whole was admirably sustained on the organ by Mr.
WILLIAMS, the organist of the Cathedral. •
Yesterday a most pathetic, eloquent, and impres-
sive Sermon from Acts xxi. 14," The will of the Lord
be done," was delivered in St. Margaret's Church,
Westminster, by the Rev. Ronur Srevnis, Lecturer
of that Church. and Chaplain of the House of Com-
mons, to a very crowded audience. He began by
observing that though he was extremely unwilling
to continue the public sadness, yet he felt himself
bound on the present occasion to shew them those
practical and moral instructions, which the recent ca-
lamity suggested. After a short, but striking descrip.
tion of the virtues, amiable manners, and exemplary
life of the illusuious- deceastd, the Preacher, in a
most admirable manner, pointed out the brevity of
life, the uncertainty of human enjoyments, the insta-
bility of human grandeur, and at the same time the
consolation arising to survivors from the assurance
of the bt.ppiness enjoyed by the spirits of the Just. in
a more exalted state of being. The discourse made
a deep impression on the audience, who throughout
stewed the utmost auention.
The Rev. AluxAyaya STIIIIXT, Minister of the
Swiss Church, and tbrmerly one of the Preceptors to
the late Princess Cuaatores, not having since the
fatal met appeared in the pulpit, made yesterday a
most impressive and eloquent discourse on the melan.
choly occasion. The elect was irresistible on a most
nesserous and respectable audience, which shed many
tears; the preacher himself, ovespowered,with Viet,
was hardly able to go through the whole service. H 4
text was taken from Isaiah, els. xl. v: 6, 7.
0* %dandily, the Rev. Mr. HALIADAY delivered
a most impasse* aerosols at the Hospital Chapel,
Pleswenth Dock. taking his teat trout Joel, e. 22 v.
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DISINURUNT OF THE LATE EON. HRS.
LURAY CIPIND.ISH.

In a former publication it was our painful duty to
announce the death of the Hon. Mrs. HINRY CAVEIM-

mho, who was cut off in the bloom of life. To de-

scribe the feelings of the Hon. Mr. Cavritanunder
this melancholy scene would be impossible. Those
who ale competent to form a judgment of the unal-
lolrd pleasures of wedded lite, can best appreciAte

tile misery inflicted upon him, who has had those
pleasures blasted by the icy grasp of death, and who
sees the dear companion of his bosom consigned to
the silent tomb. Such was the situation of the Hon.

Mr.CAVVIDISH I and need we say, that it required

411 his furtituge, all his manly energy, to resist the
;nflut.nce of despair. He followed die remains of
Mrs. CAVII•4 DISH tO that which he supposed was to
he her last earthly mansion, namely, to a vault si•
tuate in a church yard between Neasdon and liar.
row, in which the remains of her father, Mr. FAut.c-

NM, had previously been deposited, on Fridriy fort-
night. It was the wish of
the Hon. Mr. CAVENDMI
to have placed his unfortunate lady in the family ce-
metery of his ancestors in Derbyshire, but this desire
on his part 11114$ abandoned, in cons?quence of her
own request shortly previous to Ler death. it ap-
pears that about & month antecedent to her confine-
ment, she had expressed a wish to visit the tomb of her
father, to whom she was tenderly attached. Her

husband, alive to the consequences which were to be
a?prehended from the melancholy recollections which
such a visit must Milt!, attempted to dissuade her
from her purpose, but in vain ; and accompanied her
to the spot, where she no sooner arrived than she
feinted on b s arms. He immediately removed her

from the painful Wale. and they returned to tows.
After this occurrence it was, as if foreboding her own
approaching fate, she entreated her husband, that
whenever she died her body might be laid beside
that of her parent, and meted from him a promise
to that effect.

The church-yard of Kinsbury stands upon a hill.
It is sompletely insulated. There are not more than
two or three farm homes in the neighbourhood. The
nearest populous village is Neasden, and that is at
least all a mile distant. The church itself is con-
structed with all the rudeness of ancient times, being
built upwards of three centuries; and although scarce
seven miles from London, there has not been the
slightest encroachment on its former state of archi-
tecture, save what necessary repairs demanded. It
is a very singular specimen of the simple taste of
our forefathers, and is well worth the inspection of
the curious. In this sequestered spot the family
vault of Mr. Faulkner is situated; it stands some
distance from the church, and is only distinguished
by two plain flat slabs, surrounded by an iron railing.
The entrance to the vault is without the railing, and
covered with the green sward.
On the interment of the Hon. Mrs. H. Cavendish;
the turf was of course removed, the vault opened,
and her coffin, (which enclosed two others, one of
lead and an inner case) covered with rich crimson
velvet, and adorned with a profusion of gilt nails,
and a gilt plate on which was inscribed her flans*,
and the date of her death, was placed beside That of
bar father. During this ceremony the afflicted hue-!,
band and the members of the families of each were
present. The Rev. Mr. Woodward, of Kilburn,
was the officiating clergyman on the occasion.
. Met the departure of the mournful cavalcade, it
votintimmtd wilts gentlemen ..erim conoucted the
funeral, that only two nights previously the body of a
lady, who had died after a lingering illness, bad been
torn from her grave, and had been carried off—the
miscreants by whom the rosabery had been committed
having left the grave open, and the empty coffin ex-
posed to public enter. It was also added, that similar
attempts had been made to obtain other bodies ; and
therefore it was hinted, that it would be prudent to
place some persons to prevent such an atrocious '
' lation of the tomb of Mrs. Cavendise. The sugges-
tion was attended to, and four men were employed
to sit up at night to watch the church-yard—a stable
not far distant being assigned them ass sort of guard
house. It was most fortunate that this precaution
was adopted, for on the Saturday night the guards
were alarmed by the approach of a casein!, which
drove up to the church-yard wicket, having come
through' a lane which terminated at the church, and
through which there was no thoroughfare. Three or
four men alighted, and were opening the carriage-
door, when the watchmen gave an alarm, and, ob-
taining assistance from the nearest farmhouse, ad-
vanced to the party, and demanded the object of
their visit. A Jew, who was within the vehicle,
said, al that Gentlemen had a right to ride where they
liked," and desired they might not be interrupted ;
while another declared that they bad lost their way,
This atory, however, was not credited, and they were
conducted, carriage and all, to Neasdon, where they
were searched, but nothing was found to afford a
ground for their detention. They were in conse-
quence suffered to depart. On the nest morning,
however, on a common, over which they had passed
in their way to Neasdon, a sack, a pickaxe, a shovel,
a ttirnscrew' a ripping chisel were found, which at
once proved the object of the expedition on which the
coach and its attendants were embarked. The ar-
ticles in question bad no donbt been thrown away to
avoid suspicion.
The watchmen now become more vigilant, and in
consequence a report was circulated, that the Hon.
Mrs. Cavendish had been buried in a silver catfin,
with all her jewels. Whether this report, ridiculous
as it was, had any effect in attracting other marau-
ders, we know not ; but certain it is that persons of
suspicious appearance were subsequently seen Amu
the church yard, and at last the apprehensions that
were entertained of the disinterment of the reinAins
of the unfortunate Lady reached the ears of her
husband, who, almost distracted at the thought, sent
'two of his own faithful servants as an additional
guard, to prevent so fool a purpose. These men,
assisted by the persons previously employed, re-
mained on duty till Friday morning last, when the
Hon. Mr. Cavendish, unable to endure the bare sus•
piciun of the possibility of his care.being frustrated,
determined, however repugnant to the wishes of the
deceased when living, to have her coffin removed to
the vault of his ancestors in Derbyshire, conceiving
that under the circumstances he was fully justified in
taking sucha course. Accordingly, on Friday mor-
ning -a hearse drawn by four horses, and a mourning
coach, also drawn by fon! horses, proceeded to Kings.

bury church yard. The Hon. Mr. Cavendish and
his brother soon afterwards arrived in a travelling .
post carriage with four horses and postillions ; and
were subsequently joined by Lord Walpole, one or
two other friends, and the Rev. Mr. Woodward.—
Having all assembled in th- Church, it was reiolved
to commence the work of examination. Several la.
bowers were procured, the vault of Mr. Faulkner
was opened, and the coffin of the Hon. Mrs. Cities.
dish was brought forth unsullied. it was carried
into the Church' and placed on tressels, where for a
time it was exposed to the gaze of the husband,
whose anguish on this melancholy occasion, the
sources of his grief bring as it were opened afresh,
may be more easily conceived than described. At
length he was torn reluctantly from the scene of his
misery—the of.in was placed in the hearse, and was
drawn off towaris the north road.
The Honourable Mr. Cavendish and his brother
returned to town. and commenced their route to Der-
byshire, there to be present at the second interment
of a Lady, who was not less admired in public di in
she was loved in private life.