Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1818-01-13
FOREIGN ARTICLES.


BY a Iafe arrival al Bottom rom L:verpoo; Lon
do paners I the "a h Of Nov were re e;ved The
70 lowing Is fummafy OF heir conients -
The funeral of the Prince(s Charlotte
OF Wales took place I'D the evening of
the 10Th of November. 1t was attended
by long proceili IN, and concluded with
a iuneraI ferv;ce. The body OF the Prin
ceis was placed in mahogany coffin,
that inclofrd in one of lead, which was
put Ia an outer coffin of mahogony. Gov
cred with crimlon velvet. and formed in
to pannels with white plated nails, the
lining of whae fattin. An urn contain
ing the heart of the Princefs was placed
ia mahogany cafe. The collins of the
Infant were like thofe of its parent
The principal Prelstes of the Church
of England have paid Wits of coincidence
to the Prince Regent and Prince Leop
old and funeral fermons have been de
iive,ed in nearly all the places OF divine
worfhip !; and the day OF the funeral was
marked in moa towns with appropri-
ate ceremonies.
gddrefcs of coincidence are prc(tnted
from many towns, &c. in Eng and, to the
Prince Regent, on account OF the irre-
parable lofs he and the nation have fus-
laIned.
II is propoied in England to erect, by
public iubicript;on, monument to the
memory of the deceafed Pnucefs. Ih S
iIea was noticed in the following lines
RAIss an Urn of fcuip'ur art,
That per,fheth with yeau
Her Moasssst, each Brnf.j6 Heart!
Tier 6eDapb their Isa,sf
A funeral feryice was performed in
the ] with Synagogue in London.
II funeral frrvice on the death of the
Princess Charlotte of Wales, was perfor
med at the Protestant Church, in Bruf
fels-the Eng'ifh preirnt were in deep
mourning A part of the Church was
hung with black.
III Paris, on the day of the funeral of
the Princels Charlotte. all the Englifh
there ihut ,hemfelves up in their apart
ments.
A funeral iervice was afterwards per.
formed by the Engllh Catholics in Paris.
The French Court ordered mourning TO
be worn eleven days.
A Government Mefcnger has been
frnt from England TO the Princess of
Wales in Italy to inform her of the death
OF her daughter.
Ii is afIerted that only one woman in
10000 dies in childbirth.
he three perlons nearef the British
throne. being married and having chill
dren. are the King of Wurtemburg,
Pnace Paul his brother, and the Prin-
cefs Fredeiica Buoraparte, their Gfer,
wife TO Jerome Buonaparts.
The ports of England were lhut on the
22d of Nov. againf the importation of
foreign grain and four. In confequence
of which Am four had rifen to 7os
Sour, so to sS Some thought the ports
would be opened again at the termination
Cf three months, FEB. II.
Inc Britiih Government has for the
hslt time, appointed Conful to reiide in
Iceland. Mr. Reynolds has been ieiect
ed.
r. The fhip Grace, for South america,
failed from Portsmouth Eng. on the 22d
of Nov. She has on board a corps of
400 Laocers, which has been raised to
Join the Spanilh independents.
An Englilh letter fays there have been
warm debates in the French Chamber of
Deputies. Mr.. bignon proPofed TO in
torn the King of the imPoaibility under
which France lay, of paying the imports
OF 1918; and to pray him TO require
that the Allied Troops fhould evacuate
France. Thefe proportions were reject
ed Mr. Lame faid "the demands of
Foreign Powers were conRantly increaf
imp we mutt rid ourfelves of fuch infas
table opprefors. lheie exPreiiions
were repro,ed as indifcreet.
The French funds are little depreiied
They flulua,e between o. and o5, ow-
ing to the foreign claims.
A new law on the liberty OF the Preis
is before the Legislature. and expected
70 pafs, but it is not satisfactory to all.