Star.
London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

tate interment of their illustrious and beloved Prin-

cess ; but it was understood that the order was pe-
remptory, and could not he disputed.
Much mystery seemed to exist as to tliesource whence
order emanated; but the scheme, from what.
ever source, utterly failed of its intended effect. The
enthusiastic regard of the Brunswickers for their So-
vereign's Family, and their particular affection for
the deceased Queen, were too deeply rooted and ge-
nuine to require any formal notice of preparation.—
In an instant a population of 40,000 persons, though
without the possibility of concert, seemed actuated
by one resolution to show how much sincere respect
exceeds the official sorrow demanded by a Govern-
ment Gazette; and determined by « t!leir swift un-
bespoken pomp," to put to shame all the elaborate
preparations of a College of Heralds.

Ten o'Clock, Friday Night, August 24.
At this hour Lord and Lady HooJ, Lady Anne
Hamilton, Dr. and Mrs. Lushington, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wild; and the other mourners who had pre-
viously arrived at Brunswick, were informed that
the hearse with the mortal remains of the Queen had
arrived at the outer barrier, about a mile distant
from the inner barrier, or entrance into the town.
They immediately ordered their carriages, and pro-

ceeded to the place provided for their reception,
which was a large room on the ground floor of an
Inn. In the middle of the road, opposite the door of
the Inn, stood the hearse, guarded by an escort of
the black regiment of Brunswickers, at the head of
whom the late Duke, the brother of the Queen, fell
gallantly fighting at the battle of Waterloo.
It was now eleven o'clock, and Sir George Nayler
was preparing to marshal the Procession, when the
Grand Chamberlain and the Commandant of the
town presented themselves, and desired a few minutes'
conversation with Sir George and Mr. Calvert before
the Procession should begin to move. They stated
that they had an urgent request to make on behalf
of the people of Brunswick : it was, that a deputa-
tion of respectable citizens might be permitted to
draw the funeral car. Mr. Calvert, who from the
beginning of the voyage had behaved in a manner
at once characteristic of good sense and gentlemanly
feeling, immediately assented to what he considered
a most reasonable request; but Sir George Nayler
began to express his disapprobation, though without
assigning any reason. Captain Hesse here inter-
posed, and with an apology for his intrusion, asked,
whether the request of the Citizens of Brunswick
was to be considered as a mai k of respect or other-
wise? To this it was instantly answered, that it was
certainly intended as a mark of the profoundest re•
spect for the illustrious deceased.
Sir George Nayler still maintained the appearance
of opposition, but as he offered no remark, he was
supposed to assent, especially when it was added, by
the Chamberlain and Commandant, that they could
not be answerable for the peace of the city unless
this reasonable request was complied with. The
horses were then removed from ,he hearq., and the
coffin deposited in a magnificent open car, while
about a hundred Brunswickers, well dressed, and
having all the appearance of the respectable classes
of society, placed themselves in tiont. in the most
regular and tranquil order. The various mourners
now ascended their carriages, and an order was given
for the Procession to move. The scene that now
presented itself, at once solemn and magnificent,
baffles all description : no tainting could do justice
to its striking effect on the eye, no poetry could ex-
press the pathos and sublimity of its moral eflect on
the heart. The whole way from the outer to the
inner barrier, a space cf little less than a mile in
length, and about the breadth of Bl.taltiar s-road,
was lined with a dense mass of people, not merely
from Brunswick, but from the neighbouring towns
and villages: some families had followed the funeral
cortege from Celle, and others even front liamburgh.
The front line of this immense assemblage cart led
torches; and from the double rows of willows on each
side of the road were suspended lamps of various
colours, green, i-ed, and yellow. In the di,tance
were seen the illuminated houses of Brunswick, ad-
ding, by the fantastic variety of their architectme, to
the picturesque beauty of the scene, and by their un-
decayed antiquity reminding man ot the nothingness
of his existence, in comparison even with the durabi-
lity of the commonest works of his own Innis. The
solemn tolling of the bells, the suppressed sobs of the
womor, and the deep silence of the men, added an
awful and almost painful interest ; there w:3 room,
however, for one pleasurable sensation, and that ot
sthe purest kit', and that wa,, that this homage paid