Star.
London, England, 1827-01-11 00:00:00

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The late Doke, ea *Mk the kit three years, was a remarks*

healthy aad strew mati,ltalag scarcely ever ladipiteed. fib Royal
ithilueees, op to that period, rode ea baroshock, sad walked with

all the activity and 'priestess, et a awe wily bait Ms age. The
Duke poetally twee at slz or smelt e'eleek, sad always teak a deal

autrelos. Probably Do ....r I. naked rook was so stands.
to business, wbiall ippessrld to be kis 61104 seldom abaft a day

wiser Leaden, Triad was Ids rummest, place at rudialso% with.
sat traasaaiig bedews at his saw ; wed whew la the caary. a

Ms sestaininiedidal papers for bis ;swiss and signature was for-
warded to bins. •

AI, Royal Highness to& ►ot little rest, and has been known set
esgo to bed for throe nights together ; an 4 when parties he was is
employ wit► in the mostly were retiring to rest, ids Royal High-
ness would step into his amber, and travel all night on kis return
to London.

About Woe Tun dose his Royal Highness, for the Int Haze,
was seriously isdivesed, whisk nearly terminated fatally, by in-

fansmation, wlitick andisad th, Dike nearly four weeks; after this
illness kisconseitation noel rearmed its former vigour, and, la.
stead of tlt Many, rebut man, riding and walking with avidity+
kb Royal litift;), hum bore been gradually drooping, seldom riding es
horseback, at is London, bat, riding la an eery cabriolet..' In-
stead of going to kb Mice, as heretofore, be wide= went

there, exaspt on Levee days.

a The Royal Dike transacted Ma odeial business at his own rest-
ti
, where r Haas TAT LOl4 his Military Secretary, was
nbes:antly in alliance by nine o'clock, as were the Adjutant and
datactermast(r Generals. The military business transacted hers,

image to say, increased in these departments sines the peace so
much, that thete have been frequently as many as 300 letters in a
day, to each of wbkb an answer was returned, it being his Royal

Highness's commands that the humblest individual who wet*, to

Mtn should receive an answer. So laborious was this department,
that Sir Humane has been eneaged sometimes till nearly seven in

the eveaisig, and then has taken a box of papers home with hint.
The Royal Duke, during the winter and •piing of last year, was
slightly indispose-4 by being deprived of rest at night, lees et appe-
tite, Ecc- and was frequently attraded by Ms mall* advisers,being
considered an invalid ; as it will be recollected apologies were sent
to several fessivak at which be had kindly promised to preside, par-,
&Marty the two Theatrical Fund dimmers, when letters were read
frees his l'hysidars, pointing out that k would very much en-
danger the health of the Royal Duke if be was in a room where
there was a large assembly of perms'.

The Royal Duke was closely moaned, we regret to ay, dB the
termination of his valuable We, from the month of June last. His
confinement commenced at Me residence in South Andley.streek,
which was found to be very inconvenient from the noise in the
street, and other unpkasantrieo From this boom Ms Royal High
sae removed to Mr. Greeuvreod's Villa, at Brampton, for gist
sad change of ale; from that place the Duke went to the Zing's
Panic., Bright n, where be wily remained about a fonaight, as
be midi mot have the constant astrodome of Ms eminent ntstliesi
Headmen ; during his stay at, t►e Pavilion, be rode out frequently
in Ms carriage; the last time Ms loyal Highness took an airing,
was about three menthe since, seen after his arrival at Rutland
Hesse, when, we are concerned to say, be was so feeble, that he
was obliged to have a stool to step on, to get Mt* Ms carriage, not-
withstanding which, his bakk yaetally had so far railed shim
that be took his meals with an excellent appetite, and enjoyed la-
teral repose, a ad about see= weeks dime, ate of his medical Hem
diem state klf eke Dukes heath win inquired Offer, k might b,
said his Royal Highness eras wellelad actually about this Misr,*
lisyal
.Dyke saw his gamekeeper to nainbie some gobs, in tom
templed= of shortly being able to enjoy the sport of shooting.
The body of his late Royal Highneu has undergone
a-process, certainly not what is regularly understood by
embalming, for the purpose of retarding putrefaction.
This process consisted of simply injecting an antiseptic
liquid into pasts of the body; but the viscera remains
undisturbed, nor have we learned that the surgeons have
pronounced whether or not they presented a diseased
appearance. The body, after the above process, was
placed in a coffin, into which some spices were thrown.
Spices will be cast into the coffin at intervals, until the
funeraL We have stated that the funeral is to take
place on the 20th instant. •
it is not true that the body would have been removed
to Windsor, but for the unrepaired state of that palace.
The custom has been, that when a member of the Royal
Family dies in say other house than a Royal palace, the
body shall be removed as soon as convenient to a palace,
for the purpose of lying in state. Hence Queen Charlotte's
remains lay. in state at Kew, and were kept there until
the morning of the funeral, when they were removed
to Windsor. '

The Duke had a heart open as day to melting charity.
The following is but one instance out of a thousand, and
may be confidently relied on, as we bad it from the
benefited a good many years ako. He was then
party benefited
An Ensign bad, while going on an cape-
diem), been accidentally shipwrecked, and escaped with
his life and a single shirt. He was picked up, by a
vessel coming to the River, and landed at London with.
out a shilling and without a friend. In this dilemma,
his regiment abroad, and not knowing where to turn,
he proceeded to the Horse Guards, and having reported
himself, requested instructions. The Duke enquired
into the particulars of his disaster with much condo.
scension, and the Ensign was allowed to retire. He was
immediately followed to the ante room, by the Dukes
private Secretary, who presented him, in his Highness's
name, with a SOL note, and added an order on hie
Highness's linendraper for half a dozen shirts, and some
stockings and handkerchiefs. The account of the single
shirt of the destitute officer had not escaped his High.
ness's notice any more than the emptiness of his purse.
The loss of so steeliest a patron to the noble and
useful sport of hone racing will be severely felt. The
stud of his Royal Highness, until lately, bore a consider.
able reputation in the sporting world. Mr. Warwick
Lake was the manager of the stud, and that Gentleman
obtained the respect, not only of his Royal Highness,
but of all his brother sportsmen. The successor to this
Gentleman was the Hon. Mr. Greville; and of his ser-
vices we need only say, that it was not owing to want
*of management and skill on his part, that the stud of
his Royal Highness did net in latter years maintain the
reputation which at an earlier period it had acquired.—
The turf career of his Royal Highness commenced at
Ascot, near Windsor, in the year 1789. His Royal
Highness's Highflyer mare, carrying 9st. Mb. beat the
late Duke of Queensberry's Juniper. a lour mile match
for 50 guineas. Again in 1816, his Prince Leopold won
the Derby at Epsom ; and. in 1822, his Moses won the ,
same prize at the same place. The attendance of his
Royal Highness at Newmarket, of late years, though'
punctual, was far (torn being lucrative. Between un-
lucky betting, and profuse hospitality, his speedog
account was considerably against him. But cetera*
there never was a patina of the sporting circle adonis*

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