The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-10 00:00:00

HIS LATE MAJESTY.

It is a carious fact, that when the marriage of his late
Majesty was in agitation, an unforeseen ditfieulty oc-
curred, in settling the form of the ceremonial to be ob-
served for want of a precedent. The following is an
extract of a letter on this subject (ruin Dr. Birch, Libra-
rian of the British Museum, dated 3d of July, 1761: ;
rpon an hasty consideration of your question, I am
inclined to think that no form of marriage suitable to
the circumstanees of his present Majesty can be pro-
duceil. You will judge of the reasons of my doubts
from a review of the several Sovereigns of this kingdom
since the accession of Henry VIII. to the Throne. He
was ntoloubtedlv married to every one of his wives ac-
cording to the ritual of the Church of Rome. His ex-
ample in this point was followed by his daughter Mary,
who was married to Philip, Prince of Spain, at Win-
cheater. in July 1554, by Bishop liardiner, Archbishop I
Crammer being then in prison. Her brother, Edward
VI., and her sister, Elizabeth, you know, both died un-
married. James I. was married several years before he
came to England, to the Princess of Denmark, at Up-
mom in Norway, the rereinone being performed by. Mi.
David Limlesey, Minister of Uhl), in the French lan-
gouge. Charles the First's marriage was solemnised at
Paris, the Duke of Chareuse being his proxy. Charles
the Second's Queen, scrupling the offices of the Church,
he only took her by the hand in the Presence Chamber
at Portsmouth, and said the words of matrimony in the I
C 1111 l mot: Prayer-buoil " I, Charles, take thee, Cathe-
rine," Sec. the Queed declaring her consent, and Dr.
Sheldon, Bishop oSeked'en, standing forth and declaring
them man and wife, in the name of the Father, &c.
This I have seen a particular account of, in a*t ter of 1
Weston, Earl of Portland, to Lord Clarendon. The lirst
marriage of James 11. (then Duke of York), which was
to Lord Chancellor Clarendon's daughter, was a private
one, performed at Worcester-botise, September 3, 1660
to,
by Dr. Crowther, the Duke's Chaplain ; the second, ,
the Princess of Modena, was performed at Dover, it
November, 1673, ow the day of her arrival, by Dr. Crewe,
then Bishop of Oxford, and afterwards of Durham. The
two last Kings, George I. and 11., were married before
they came to the throne."—See Hlsstrirtioss of the Li-
teary History of the ISM Centery, by J. Nichols, F.S.A.,
vol. i. p. 325.

l'IlE LATE DUKE OF KENT.
'Arran, Pea. S.—Yesterday morning the remoral of
tblettemairis of the mtsch.regreftal sad beloved Duke of
heat, from Sidinuntli, took place. A great concourse
of (inside ivandail from Exeter and the Neighbouring
towns, to witness the solemn eareniviiiy. A little be-
fore nine o'clock the isuntrolittiwoessision wasviswined,
and essay gentleman's carriage la ffitimontis and the
neighbourhood, together with the tialcotnbe and Sid-
mouth Yeomanry, attended.
The remains of his Royal Highness lay in state some
days previous to the funeral, and were seen almost by
every inhabitant of Sidmouth, and a vast number of
persons from the surrounding country. The coffin was
cowered with beautiful crimson velvet, elegantly arms-
wonted, and the room tastefully bung with black, which,
with the addition of extremely large wax lights, added
greatly to the solemnity of the scene.
At eight o'clock the cathedral and parochial bells
tolled for one hour; and most of the shops in this city
were shut till twelve, which was very properly requested
by our Chief Magistrate.
Agreeably to arrangements made, we understand the
Royal funeral, on its way to Windsor, will halt at
churches, and not at inns.

Doectiessea, Fen. B.—On Monday, the 7th instant,
the remains of his late Royal Highness the Duke of
Kent, escorted from Sidmouth by a detachment of the
4th Dragoons, ■nd part of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, were received at the entrance of the town by
the Mayor and Body Corporate, and passed through in
solemn procession. The whole of the sloops were closed,
and the tolling of the bells of the different parishes
added to the solemnity. The procession was flanked
by soldiers of the 4th Dragoons; a party of the 16th
Lancers, and Wiltshire Yeomanry continue the escort
to Salisbury.

INSOLVENT DEBT►►RS' CM:IWe
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COODZ V. /111*AR.

Yesterday the Court was occupied during the whole
I day in hearing tbisease, which hail stood over since De-
ember. The Insolvent was a woollen-draper at Konings-
burg, hot was arrested in London; he was opposed in
his iliscliarge, for obtaining money under false pretences.
it was stated, that many oppositions would be made to
him, but the following was the only one gone into :—I t
fmeat
x red that Mr. Coale was an officer in a British Be-
ent of Lightsborse, and was taken prisoner by the
reach at Leipsie. At this time an Hanoverian young
lady, with whom he became acquainted on his travels,
was easmoured of him. She was travelling with Ba-
reness Reiman, and stopped at as inn at Bremer, where
the Baroness, through the medium of Mr. Pollee, intro-
dnced the prisoner to her, as the sun of a rich Banker;
and she gave him three hundred Frestericles-d'or, in or-
der to get her a bill for that amount in Paris, to trans-
mit to Captain Cou_le, who was imprisoned at Jena; but
the prisoner abscanded with the money, without giving
the hill, and was riot met with till the Milt of last June,
when she saw his in Vauxhall-gardens. Subsequently
he paid Mr. Cdmie 351. of the mosey; and a Captain
Anderson, and attother connected with the Alien °Mee,
now proved his acknowledging the debt,
By the secoust of Asir himself, it appeared that the
' last mentioned person, accompanied by Mr. Conde and
others, called at his lodgings, and extorted the 35/. front
him; on pretests of seeming his liberty, He denied
ever having seen Madame Dorotbe Von Bremner (now
Mn‘ Coode) +idler at Brewer or Brunswick,
. Cussiderable argument was advanced by the Counsel
on each side; and the Learned Lommissionaa declined
making any deeisine.

The thread-dyers of Rouen bave prepared a Po.
titian in order to obtain an absolute prohibition of,
the importation of nankeens from India.