Star.
London, England, 1827-01-08 00:00:00

Sir Henry Halford left town on Fiiday night, imme.
after the decease of his Royal Highness, for the
of communicating the melancholy intelligence
Majesty. The alicting news was communicated
Princets Sophia by their Royal Highnesses the
Le of Sussex and the Duckess of Kent.
The great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral, which is never
except for the various branches of the Ley al Fa.
the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Rishop of
, was tolled on Saturday morning, at half-mi-
. time, from eight o'clock till nine. Kensington Pa-
ce, Gloucester House, Apsley House,and the residences
.f most of the Nobility, had their windows closed on
•turjay, and the shops in the City, as well as at the
• End of the town, were also partially closed.
r.M Ash, the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's
, left town early on Saturday morning for Wind-
in ordet to receive his Majesty's commands con-
' the arrangements connected with the demise of
fal Brother.
The lollowing statement is published from authotity.
nog the origin and ;nog' ess of the disorder whiditr
.mated the life of his Royal Highness:
His Royal Highness had labouted under a dropsy
• the month of July last, for the relief of which his
Highness underwent an operation on the 3d of

result of this operation, aided by the favourable
medicine afterwards, was the removal of the
.tional complaint; but its partial influence on the
, producing a mortification of a considerable por-
of the shin of both legs, subsequently brought his
Highness's valuable life into danger; and although
was checked, and hung in suspense for a time, the
-s of his frame sunk ultimately in the struggle.
His Royal Highness was informed earlykthat his
was not free from danger ; yet he borehis pro.,
illness with a stoutness of heart, an evenness of
' pious resignation to thewill of hisCazexon,
nevertheless, with a solicitude about his
which were very remarkable; and, as his
not affected by his disease, he continued to
all the duties of his high office of Commander-
with his usual punctuality and quickness.—
aniong the last acts of his official life was that
went for the bent fit of the Old Lieutenants, who
afford to purchase, which had for some time
his attention, and which was laid before the
ig, by his express desire, for his Majesty's approba-
, the day before he took leave of worldly affairs, as
were, and received the Sacrament from the Bishop
London.

The same unclouded state of his intellects admitted
cis reading the newspapers constantly, and of feeling
:crested in all that was going on ; so that, as his ma-
- advanced, had the fears of his medical attendants
expressed in daily bulletins of his health, as in truth
must have been, this intelligence would have re-
m upon him with a fatal force, by destroying those
sanguine hopes of recovery which contributed. so es-
sentially to the efforts of art to do him good; and would
have precipitated the sad event which we all now de-
plore. It is this consideration alone that explains and
justifies the silence of the Physicians on the subject of
the Royal Duke's health—a regular statement of which
would have been fairly demanded, under other circum-
stances, by the zealous and affectionate attachment of a
loyal people to the Presumptive Heir of the Throne.
Two other medical statements, to the following effect,
have also been published:
" Of the actual character and progress of the disease
which has terminated in the death of the Duke of York,
very little is known officially, or on authority on which
implicit confidence can be placed. A circumstance
which has excited considerable surprise and speculation
among medical circles especially, is the fact that bul-
letins have not been published from time to time to in-
dicate the symptoms and stages of his disorder. In the
case of so exalted a Personage, the circumstance is very
unusual. It has, indeed, been stated as from official
authority, that this has been done at the special desire
of his Royal Highness; it is, however, suggested, and
in many quarters thought by no means improbable, that
subsequently to Sir A. Cooper being called in, some dif-
ferences of opinion may have existed, among the medi-
cal attendants of his Royal Highness, of such a nature as
to render it difficult for them to agree upon the terms
of a bulletin. FroTh the extreme obesity of the Duke,
there was a heavy pressure upon the inner part of the
thigh, which greatly impeded the circulation of the
blood. To counteract this, Sir Astley Cooper ordered
the lower extremities to be raised very considerably, by
which the circulation was in some degree restored, the
tendency to venous congestion checked, and the symp-
toms of the disease, and the sufferin;s of the Royal
patient considerably mitigated for a time. Although
the disease was local, the causes of it were doubtless
constitutional ; and, in fact, so completely were the vital
functions withered, that, after the commencement of
the mortification, no efforts of medical skill could pro-
duce the smallest appearance of suppuration. It is ge-
nerally understood among the medical profession, that
tubercles had formed on the liver of the Royal patient.'
Another Medical Gentleman says—" The lungs and
head, and probably the bean of his Royal Highness.
were greatly diseased. The dropsy in his extremities
was merely an effect of the disordered state of the vital
functions. The fluid was let off by artificial means,
and the puncture which it was necessary to make in his
foot for this purpose never healed up ; no subsequent
operation was necessary, as the fluid continued to drain
off through these punctures. From the general consti-
tutional disorders of his Royal Highness, these punc-
tures never exhibited any healthy appearance, but con-
tinued to enlarge and slough away. They were a source
of the greatest agony to his Royal Highness. He
graduilly grew weaker and weaker, his bodily and
mental faculties decaying together, till nature nas
exhausted, when he went off without a struggle."
Saturday morning orders were issued for the suspen-
sion of the usual labours in the erection of the new Pa-
lace, in St. James's Park, for the late Duke of York;
and also in that building for the Duke and Duchess
of Clarence.
Mr. Mash, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, pro-
ceeded, at an early hour on Saturday morning, to Wind-
sor, to take his Majesty's commands respecting tl.e four.
rid. Mr. Mash returned to London soon after five
o'clock, but the King's commands did nut transpire,
though it was stated that the remains ache Royal Duki
are to lay in state, in the King's Palace, St. Jamei's,
two days, namely, Thursday and Friday next (the 18th
And 19th instant); and on the following day the body
is to be removed to Windsor, to be interred in the
Royal vault.
Yesterday a Fune►al Sermon was preached to the memory at
the Royal Duke, at the Chapel Royal, by the Rev. Dr. Hamilton.

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