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

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, SEPT. 23

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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,
J. 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-
tions 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, bothin 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
IV 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 of her 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 atteutione- - ,
Connected with the event of her royal highness's birth,
amidst the usual reception of the public to royal cake and
candle on Sunday, the 13th November, a curious incident oc-
curred at the palace. Two young ladies, having drunk plen-
tifully of caudle, were detected in carrying off a large quan-
tity of cake and some of the cups in which the caudle 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.