The Princess Sophia visit...
The Times, 1824-12-03T00:00:00

The Princess Sophia visited His Majesty yesterday. Yesterday the Duke of Wellington had an audience of the King. The Duke of Glocester visited his Royal Duchess yes- terday, who passed a good night on WVedniesday night, and was match better yesterday. Her Royal Highness also re- ceived visits from the Dutchess of Kent, the Princess So- phia, and the Princess Feodore. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council assembiedl at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, whiclh was attelned by the same Cabinet Ministers wvho attended the Cabinet Council on WVedniesday, with the addition of Lord Bexley and Mr. Huskisson. The Cabinet continued in deliberation till halfpast five o'clock. Despatches have been received at the India House from Persia, dated the 23d of September. These probably gave rise to the report we mentionied yesterday, of the arrival of despatches overland from India, which is now generally believed to be without foundation. Letters das d Tuesday, whichi were received yesterlday from Paris by express, slate that Prince Poligiiac was expected shortly, ill order to he present at the ceremony of opening the C:hambers, whichl, being for the first time under the new reignl, is o take place with unusual pomp, and with a full attendance of the peers and deputies. A letter from Lisbon,dated the 24th ult., states, that" the charter or constitution which is to he given by the Kino of Portugal to his subjects has been completed and that it lwil I be =ade public in the course of the month of December." Of its niatttre nothing is known, except from reasoning and conjecture. It is reported, and as wve have reason to b)elieve on good authority, that some change is about to take place in the Portuguese MvIinlistry, one etPect of whichl will be to p]ace ths Conde dle Villa Real, at present Envoy to this country, In a leading department of the adminis- tration. TUtg FUNEPAL. OF MR. FAUNTLERGY.-Mr. Faunt- leroy, it is said, was nccustomed to speak without anv great apparent dread of his approanhlng death, and in the course of one of those conversations which he frequently held with 31r. Voutner, the Governor of Newgate, he ratfier abruptly ex. Caimed_-.." Well, Ilr. WVontner, what is to be done with my poor trtnk when the vital spark has been extinguished ? (not being aw;are that the body of a person executed is at the disposal 6f his friends). Mr.Wontnerreplied, "Do not make yourselfuneasyon thatsubject; every thing relating thereto has becn properly arranged by your frends; I hope you are not too anxiously conceraing yourmelf about the casket." "No," said he with considerable empl asis, "1 for if the jewel soars aloftl, we needl feel no apprehension respecting the casket." lie then stated, that his family had a vault in Bunhill. fields, where his iathier, and brother, and other relatives were interred, and there he desired that hlis remains might be de- posited. It was obFerved that Butnhill-tields ground was prin. cipally thc burial-place of Disseeters. fie answered, that it was ot no importanec where his poor body was laid, so that he might rise with tbejust on the great day of the resurrection. It happened at this.moment of the coiversation, that a letter was handed to him which contained siome verses that were sung by Dr. Dodd when on the scaffold. Air. Falntleroy read them aloud, with much energy and fccling. His having on this and on former occasions expressed an opinion with reference to the place of his sepulture, his friends, of course, complied with his wishes on this point. WVith feel- ings of muchi propricty, thley, however, determined that the fu- neral should be conducted with all pracL cable privacy and be. coming plainness. The tune and placeofinterinent wereknown to very few persons; and although many inquiries were made, they appear not to have betrayed the confidewe reposed in them. After the exe. cution, the body was placed in a shell, (with that decency ever ob- served in Newgate towards the poorest criminal), and deposited in an apartment usually appropriated to tbe purpose, which was care- fully loclked, and the key kept in the hands of one of the confiden. tial offlcers of the gaol; so that the corpse, it n,ay be confidently asserted, was not seen by any person except those necessarily re- quired. In the course of the evening, it was coriveyed to the house of lMessrs. Gale and Barnard, respectable undertakers, opposite the prison, and placed in a leaden coffin, which -was soldered up thii same night, in the presence of a professional gentleman, a friend to the family: the lealen coffin was then placed in another covered with black cloth and black tfurniture, bearinF on the plate thefollowing inscription :_" Mir. Henry Fauntleroy, died Nov. 30, 1824, aged 40 years." At about half past eighto'ccltc yesterdavmorning, thecoffin was conveyed in a hearse and ptir to near the burial-ground, Bunhill- fields, where it was followed by a single mourning coach, il1 which were Alr. John Fauntleroy, the brother of the deceased; his trierid Air. Budd, and the Rev. Mllr. Sprtnget-, who kindly consentcd, In compliance witn the particular wishes of the family, to perform the solemn rite of reading tbe burial serviee of the Church of England, which was done In a most impressive manncr. Btiddrs the two mourners, there was also a gentleman in black present, who appear- ed to be acquainted with the Parties, and to take an interese in the melancholy transaction. Afew spectators, who see.ned to be persons casually passing the burial-ground at the time the hearse and coach drew up, to the number of about twenty, surrounded theeepalchre. Tbe vault is large: on one end of the stone erectien by whice it sur- mnounted is the following inscription :_-" The faniily vault of Wil. Itam Fauntleroy, Esq., of BerJ3erssrtreet, St. AMarylebone." Otn one of the sides are the names of six or seven of the members of the same family, whose remains have been there deposited, all of the name of Fauntleroy. It was.said by the persoa who has had the saperintendence of the burial- round for many years, that he re- colected the former funerals of the family having been alwnys con- ducted in a m3ost respectable and superior manner. MIRtACUL.OUS rESCAPE OF AN INFAN T.-On Sundlay last, as the Bath and Bristol Blue coach was prercceding fromn Oxford to London, amongst the passengras was an irishwvoman, with her child, and who bad placed herself at the back of the coach. The poor woman fell asleep, and dropped the infant. On her waking, she di. covered her lots, 2nd most piteously entreated the passengers to hel her to seek her itfant. - Her entreaties were not in vain: they took the lampp from the coach and retraced their road neatly four miles, when, having given up ali hopes, one of the genitlemen discovered'it in the middle o' the road; and on taking it up, it did not appear to have the slightest hurt. On the gentleman's retusn to the coach) a lady, an inside passenger, requested that she mnight be allowed to give her feeble aid to the infant by taking care ot it till they arrived iin l,ondan. Booth's (the coachian's) conduct was very praiseworthy. FIRE IN REGENT'S PaRa.-_Yesterday, about l2 o'cleck, a fire broke ont in two large cottages in Jolm's-road, near Lord's C]ricket.ground, the property of M'!r. Toihl, on eninent buildet. From the beat information we could gn, the fire was occasiongd bv the neglect of the carpenters not takinlg duc care of thteFehbefoie they went to dinner. Qoc of the cottages, whlicl ;ias very spacious, was-burnt to the ground, -And the other very mu coraged '