Star.
London, England, 1818-11-25 00:00:00

MAJESTY,

Very extensive preparations Continue to be made
for the approaching funeral ' Mr. BA NTING, jun. and
a great number of assistants, are busily employed in
ntting up, with black draperies, and other funereal
emblems, the Great Hall, and the passages leading
4o it. Over the recess, at the upper end of the apart-
ment, a State Canopy has been erected, with festoons
of black drapery, and tassels beneath its cornice, and
the whole surmounted with a superb plume of black
feathers. The solemn spectacle of lying in state wil,
not open before Monday next, and will continue forl
that day only; and the issue of tickets of admission
will be extremely limited.
Tuesday morning, the remains of her late MA-
JESTY will be removed to Windsor, and the proces-
sion will be a most extensive one. The hearse will
be drawn by eight beautiful black horses, the property
of her late MAJESTY; they will be fully plumed and
caparisoned, and driven by the state coachman. It
will be guarded by a detachment of the King's Body
Guard, and forty Yeomen of the Guard, in black
dresses, made exactly in the same shape as the scar-
let ones, and having the Royal Crown and. other na-
tional emblems embroidered in gold, on the back and
front. The QUEEN'S Crown will be carried on a
Cushion, covered with black. Nine carriages of the
late QUEEN'S, with six horses in each, will follow im-
mediately behind the hearse, and these will be suc-1
seeded by three of the PitiNce REGENT'S carriages ;
'those of the PRINCESSES, of the Duke of YORK, the
Duke of GLOUCESTER, Prince LEOPOLD, the Duke
of SUSSEX, the Great Officers of State, &c. the whole
with six horses in each 'carriage, all mantled with
black velvet, and plumed.
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The procession will be preceded by detachments

from the Life Guards, and Royal HMS: Guards
Blue, with silver trumpets and muffled drums, and
the bands of the respective Regiments, in their full
state uniforms, with crape, banners, &c. Other nu-
merous detachments, both from the above-mentioned
Regiments, and. also the 19th Lancers, will escort
the cavalcade.

The procession will set forward at a slow foot pace
over Kew Green, and by way of Richmond and
Staines to Frogmore, where it will be joined by sc.
veral members of the Royal Family. From' Frog-
more, the, road leading to Windsor Castle will be
lined by the Foot Guards, every sixth man bearing a
,lighted flambeau.
His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT will join
the mournful cavalcade, as Chief-Mourner, on its ar-
rival at St. George's Chapel ;. and it is expected, that
his Royal Highness will be supported by the Duke
of YORK and the Duke of Sossxx.

His Royal Highness's train will be borne by four
Marquisses, and six Dukes will support the pall of
the Royal coffin.
The carriages of the Princess AUGUSTA and the
Duchess of GLOUCESTER are to be lined with black,
preparatory to the solemn occasion.
The circumstance of her MAJESTY having died
possessed of so small a suns of money as that which
we have mentioned, was owing to the immense ex-
pense of her Establishment, not on her own account
but for the entertainment of those •persons whom
etiquette required her to receive. Besides this, it is
well known that her MAJESTY'S benevolence was of
the most extensive description. In addition to the in-
stances we have already mentioned, we have to state
that the family of a reduced Gentleman, who died
about a year since near Windsor, have been amply
provided for by the bounty of her MAJESTY.

" MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 24.

" The long and severe indisposition of her Majesty
the QUEEN, had prepared the minds of all ranks of
persons for the news of her Death, which occurred on
Tuesday last, reached this town on Thursd:ty morn.
ing. The long suffering which her MAJESTY had en-
dured, and her advanced age, softened down the me-
lancholy tidings, which for *several weeks had been
eNpected, though so much medical scicnc e was em-
ployed to wird off the stroke of Death. It was there-
fore received here, as no doubt it would be, in every
part of the kingdom, like the information of the re-
lease of an aged and venerated relative, who, for a
long time, had been deprived by disease of all earthly
enjoyment, had long lain upon a bed of rain, and
whose future hopes had all their rest in HEAVEN !
" Qn Sunday, notwithstanding it was not generally
known in Manchester, that orders had been issued
from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, that the mourn-
ing should then commence, a majority of the respec-
table part of the population were seen repairing to the
various.pla :es of worship, dressed in black—and few
of the pulpits on that day were occupied without the
preacher noticing, in solemnly-soothing, loyal, and
edifying terms, the awful change which had taken
place in the family of the Sovereign. If the occasion
did not lacerate the heart with commiserating sym-
pathy, so deeply as the death of England's young
Hope," the lesson was perhaps not less powerful.
a The event was held out to be such an exempt

fication to the whole nation, as the death of an aged
private individual is to a single family, that however
long man is spared to himself, to his relatives, and
his ti fends, all, without exception of rank or title,
must obey the eternal fiat, and sink into the grave ;
and, that however exalted•in the scale of society, or
important to its welfare he may have been during
life, that, when he has fallen, the Sun will still shine,