The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

THURSDAY

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas,
arrived in town, soon after one o'clock yesterday afternoon,
from Windsor Castle. Iler royal highness visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House. The
royal duchess, attended by Lady C. Dundas, left her resi-
dence, ingestre House, Belgrave-square, at three o'clock,
for Kensington, and afterwards left the residence of the
Princess Sophia, at Kensington, for Windsor Castle.
The Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge attended
at Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morning. Capt.
Seymour groom in waiting on Prince Albert, arrived in town
from Windsor Castle, and had an interview with their royal
highnesses. The Queen Dowager came to Clarence House
in the forenoon. In the afternoon, a meeting of medical
gentlemen took place at Clarence House ; there were pre-
sent Sir Henry Halford, Mr. Keate, and Mr. Moore.

Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, equerry in waiting
on Prince Albert, arrived in town from Windsor Castle in
the afternoon, and had an interview with the Duke of Sussex
at Clarence House.

The Lord Chamberlain called frequently at Clarence
House, in the course of the day.

Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cam-
bridge took their departures in the afternoon, and went to
Gloucester House.

Her Majesty the -Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of
Gloucester yesterday morning. Her Majesty also paid a
visit, in the afternoon, to the Princess Sophia, at her resi-
dence at Kensington, attended by the Countess Brownlow
and Lady Bedingfeld.
Captain Seymour, after his arrival in town from Windsor
Castle, yesterday morning, waited upon her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, at Marlborough House.
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Several of the foreign ministers and a numerous list of the
nobility and gentry called yesterday at Gloucester House, to
make inquiries after the health of the Duchess of Gloucester,
and left their names for her royal highness.
A deputation, headed by Mr. Grote, M.P., and including
Messrs. Kilby, Clegg, and Clarke, had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston on Tuesday, at the Foreign-office.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere left town yesterday, for
his residence, Ovesstowry.

HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS
AUGUSTA.

Supplement to the London Gazette, Tuesday, Sept. 23.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 23, 1840.
Yesterday evening, at twenty minutes past nine o'clock,
departed this life, at Clarence House, St. James's Palace,
after a long and painful illness, her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Augusta Sophia, aunt to her Most Gracious Majesty, to
the great grief of all the Royal Family.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, SEPT. 23

Orders for the court's going into mourning, on Sunday
next, the 27th instant, for her late Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Augusta Sophia, aunt to her Majesty, viz.—
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white
gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans
and tippets.
The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 11th
day of October next. viz.—

The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribands,
fans, and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white
and silver stuffs, with black ribands.

The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats,
full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.

And on Sunday, the 18th day of October next, the court
to go out of mourning.

Horse Guards, September 23.
It is not required that the officers of the army shall wear
any other mourning, on the present melancholy occasion of
the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Augusta
Sophia, than a black crape round the left arm, with their uni-
forms.—By command of the Right Hon. General Lord Hill,
commanding in chief,

MACDONALD, Adjutant-General,

Admiralty, September 23.
Her Majesty does not require that the officers of the fleet
or marines should wear any other mourning, on the present
melancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness
the Princess Augusta Sophia, than a black crape round the
left arm, with their uniforms.
J. MOORE O'FERRALL.

Her royal highness was in her 72d year, having been born
on the Bth November, 1768. She was the sixth child and
second daughter of George 111. and Queen Charlotte.
The event of the Princess Augusta's birth gave the
corporation of the city of London an opportunity of approach-
ing his majesty George 111, which they did with a better grace
than on some preceding occasions, steering clear of political
animadversions, and confining themselves to the gratula-
tiuns on the happy event, mingled with becoming loyalty—a
circumstance which afforded the king great satisfaction, as
was marked by the manner in which he received and answer-
ed their addresses at the levee.

The sweet temper and amiable disposition of her royal high-
ness, botbin childhood and after life, made her at all times a
favorite with the various branches of the royal family ; and
during the unhappy differences which existed between George
1V and Queen Caroline, when the princess royal was mar-
ried to the King of Wirtemberg, the Princess Augusta was
called upon to preside with his majesty at the levees and
drawing-rooms.

Within a few weeks other death she presented all her do-
mestics who were much attached to her royal highness, with
a copy of her portrait, as the last acknowledgment which she
should make of their attentions.

Connected with the event of her royal highness's birth,
amidst the usual reception of the public to royal cake and
caudle on Sunday, the 13th November, a curious incident oc-
curred at the palace. Two young ladies, having drunk plen-
tifully of candle, were detected in carrying off a large quan-
tity of cake and some of the cups in which the candle had
been served. They were allowed, however, to escape with a
severe reprimand, after begging pardon on their knees for so
disgraceful an act. _ _ .

It is generally understood that her royal highness made a
will previously to her illness coming to the worst. The bulk
of her property the princess has left to the children of the
King of Hanover and the Duke of Cambridge; and the re-
mainder has been divided as legacies among her attendants
and domestics, not one of whom, it is said, has been omitted.
Her royal highness also, a few days before her decease, sent
tokens of remembrance to all the branches of the royal
family.