The Cambrian

( flIt seen* rnaH will be read »!n< Ht kvheu, lit ilir cjettv's (lines* firs' HMBfHffl » »crio:u eharat. Hand re- queued permission oirncj for tnioiher physician, obierving, that whatever might be his own individual skill ami atten- tion, yel (he public wouki necessarily expect, in the enie of a Qai'tii, thai tvery possible aid should be had recoHna M lo Her$d"jestj answered wiih « «n>il« to the following etfcel:—" My dear Doctor do what you please; if it will be a».y relief to your b»h mind to call in assist auce, do so but do not do it tof my sake I tUlVe no wish to live I would rather die." Indeed, from the first moment that bar Majesty was assured of the very serious nature of her indisposition, the clung to the assurance with joy and gra- tiuida, and listened with a reluctant ear to the hopes of Bt rccose.y with her physicians and ftiends held out to her !S I.-UM UOK 10him. Why do yen wish »n» lo live?" she exclitigiied (HI .M.e occasion in the early pari of her illness; Iiia tu roe can be nothing but a series of sorrows and persecutions: I^jall be ranch happier-in another world th in in tins It was observed that she desponded too wuen; tUqt ptihhe Opinion-wag in her favour, and would g make her amends for all her sufferings. Her Majesty asked "whatpttbtieopiniotthtid done I* I her?" It was ettswered, that it h)td.Seated thnt late dreadful attempt N t'rrxftt MF-Ihe Bill of. Pnins. mid Penalties. Her reply was pruMipt riid What am I the better far the BEt if,ta,rr (.1' that Bill ? It !t had passed, 1 should have been N d»gr.»«f« 1; and what is my aiiM»tinn vtuw ? ] have- indfed the emjiiy title of Queen but hhj I QaeeiV of-England ? Have I Ilij privileges..Ibe power, the. dignities of u Queen England? So, no: lam a mere private person—I am not Qzi!,ea of England." It will be recollected that on 1"rd:iY the symptoms of liar Majesty's disorder bad be- come very alarming, and the physicians had scarcely any hope of her recovery. She received the unnounes- jg .111 ul her danger with admirable calmness and com- po-ime; and shortly afterwards proeeeded to Biake her will. There was »>t air of eheerfulness about her alter she had sifned it, which induced orfs ef her preteHionul ad- vU*rs understand, 1dr, Brougham) to express a hope |fh« that si ? felt herself easier and heller. Her Majesty nnswered. Oh, no, my dear Mr. Brougham, I know I "hall die, and I do not at all regret it." Mr. Brougham said that he was of a different opinion, and expected her Majesty to recover, but added, that the step she had just t-iken was perfectly proper in case of accident. HcrMa- jesty persisted in saying, that she knew she was dying.— III the course of the veiling she took occasion to say- I do not know whether I shall suffer bodily pain in dying, ""•it I can atiture yeu thut I shall quit this world without (4ret I have no grssl reason to be attached to life." )11 Saturday and Sunday, in spite of some favourable ;>toins which inspired the physicians with hope, she still !ted her firm conviction that titeshouid die. She i to feel pleasure in talking on the subject, and re- j anticipating her re!e»»e from trouble—her escape malice of her enemies. She silid, that in this ethur in England or abroad, the rancour of her would -always beset her; and it was only in Id she could iook to-peace and justice. She e deepest regret that she was so little able to faithful servants •■ho had stood by her in her ut lvoped that Government would not let them eclnred herself warmly grateful-ami hoped would he reside known—to that generous .copte ct England whose support of her had Jdy ■■hen tBost wanted, and who had never ;d from ler cause ciUier by the power or the r ojipressoi*. « England (said her Majesty) leen to me n land of sorro w and persecution, w to love those faithful English, who have tliised with my sorrow, and have done all in defeat the malice of my persecutors." It anion that *hi, '-served that her enemies had t plotting an. conspiring to destroy her at they have decoyed me, but I forgive them. with all imrikii i." Shortly niter, she sent ■ rune, to whom III. declared her perfect for- tr sistei's (Deiiiont cruel falsehoods. All ppoitiinity ot seeing i .r Majesty, were struck ous trait in her ehartn-t' that she never used gry expression agaiost any individual. y lijgtlt it will te remembered, that her physi- to consider her Majesty out of danger: "she 1 of their opinion, but insisted that they were ding, she felt she was dying, and thought she efore niue o'clock the next evening. It is not that her Majesty then felt the symptoms «f in- tiflcation. She sent for Mr. Wilde, who was ce, and udded a codicil to her will: we believe II the place of her interment. Her first wish juried in tbe same grave with her daughter, but, i > 1 can ha»e little hope that the Government this wish: I dnire, therefore, to be buried in vault with my father and brother at Brunswick." er Mojesty signed this codicil, she began to con- considerable hngth with Mr. Wilde: the physi- .aring that conversation might disturb her, wished draw Mr. Wilde from the room, and that gentleman, ,i.<s iinrnw motive was anxious to go, but her Majesty d hiia to stay. I thank inj physicians, (said she) or kind intentions: they mean uothing but what is but !hcy do not anderstand my character. They thaj ygitntes me to talk of death they are mis- I to me, who have little pleasure of the past, and no t of future tranquillity in this life, it is a pleasure •wplate my approaching death; and why may I 'j what I fi-el?" All theseobservations were made i swestness of manner and such calmness of tone, ie an iraprasiion never to be efFaced from the minds who were preMnt. The night between- Monday iiday wm passed withottt sleep, owing, it is be- o hat rentless anxiety which lisuaily accompanies -cvs of ai'irtiftcation. OnTuesday afternoon about i again serit for Mr. Wilde and Dr. Lushington, and onvened on her usual topics. Alluding to the few who h..d remained constant to her to the last, and .•;u she txp-essed the most grateful regard, she took yi-i to observe, that her edvvrsarie. had put in practice odes of separating worthy people from her society, is to deter slum from visiting her by propagating the • tvocious calumnies against h«r and them; the second ,!Ill. they saw her surrounded by persons of honour; leavouc, by anonynious letters, and "J all means in lo"er, to poison her mind against them, in order to i her to break with them. Againatlwtil first mode ack (said her Majesty) I could have no help the J plan I soon detected, and therefore defeated." .en ailudsc to the practice of opening the body after sud ini 1 that she saw no occasion for the operation ■ euse. End wished it nut to be done. She then begged ,116 iniglit not be made a.show ol after death. "There ,un lie observed smilingly) quite enough of that in iiiaiiise besides, there are persons who kept aloof i luc-whcn alive, who may have no objection to see whs:) dnd, and ther. is an good reason for satisfying if euriosity," She then again adverted with great re- to her inability to bestow adequate compensation on sr servants, or reniumbranees on her friends; but said, { sir s*rvIces and kindnesses were deeply written OH her art. Nr. Wilde then left her for some time. Aboui four o'clock an aBcan of fever came on. which wating oi I a frame already almost exhausted, produced a short lime a greater exaltation of spirits than she had manifested: daring this period she expressed herself i more vehemence of manner, but tfittwith the same irarance nt language, touching the cruel conspiraciei of foes"; but the fever soon subsided, and she >\ereÙ her usual tone, her usual calai and firm de- loar: s!it was again all resignation to the will of God. rowsiness then came on, which lasted till aboat eight ock; when she suddenly awoke, and observing by her -side Dr. Holland, who during her illness had t)ftvu u- ssed a hope of her recovery, said with a smile and liC- ,t of the greatest twcetneM—" Well, my dear Dector, it do you think now I Ier M .-iesty soon afterwards became insensible, bit re. ined alive for above two hoars, showing by her breathing igour of the iiings and of the hurt which the physicians d exceeded any ease they had ever witnessed. At iigth, at twenty-five minutes past ten. her heioic and erlecuted spirit fieTto the regions of truth, and justice, ml peece. The anguish of her friends, the agony of her servants, we have before described and have only to add, I that th". physicians betrayed emotions of grief not often Steil among the professional attendants of a death bed. f The following anecdotes are related of her Majesty:— On Saturday night last, when her professional advisers were talking with her respecting her worldly affairs, one of them saggested the propriety of sending a messenger to Italy to seul tip her papers, to prevent them falling into the hands ofherenemis*. And what if they do exclaimed her I have no papers that they mny not see they can find nothing, because there is nothing, nor ever his been, to impeach any character" Her legal adviser said he was perfectly aware of thaf; but he could not but believe that her enemies might put there what they did not And. She replied, that she had always defied their ma. lice, and she deifed it still." To amuse herself she was generally occupied two or three bgiirs of a morning in committing to a diary various reflec- tions on the events of the preceding day, and as the had a great relish for humour, she had (as she herself asserted) sometime* indulged herself with recording any peculiarity of character that forced itself on her notice. H- r Majesty said, that the sole purpose of this journal was to while awav a few hours that sometimes hung rather heavily, and that the purpose having been answered, it was now proper to 11 destroy the book, especially as, though written with no such intention, it might cause pain where she sheuld grieve to produce any thing but pleasure. She therefore ordered Marieile Brnue to burn the diary, and the girl accordingly burnt it. Those who knew the fact, the unerring sagacity* with which her Majesty appreciated the characters of people almost at first sight, with the singular point and spirit of her phraseology, will regret the destruction of this isiimiseript us a serious loss, but.all will admire the delicacy of mind which dictated its destruction. The Queen told the tlolucsticsthat attended her, on Sunday 1MM, that she wished Mr. Busch to come to measure her for her coffin she asked again if he was come the servants made excuses; the told them he must make the shell of cedar wood. Mr. Busch had done a little work for hf-r in cedar wood (a bookcase) before she left England, and lately she gave him an order to make a writing desk of cedar wood, nn exact copy of one she had bought at the late Duke of Kent's sale this was made, and when finished, sent to her Louse in South Audlcy-street; and she ordered the one bo null t at the Duke 01 Kent's to be sent to Mr. Alderman Wood, because she had heard that he had given an order to Mr. Denew, the auctioneer, to purchase the desk, as he was anxious to have it as a rclic of the Duke of Kent, haying seen his Royal Highness frequently writing at it. This was twelve months ago, and Mr. Aldermen Wood had never thought of it, until she sent the desk. Hut ) his was her Majesty's disposition." r HER 1IIAJ.l-.81'Y'S WILL. By her Majesty's Will she directs that Cambridge House shall be sold, and the purchase money paid to i'vfr.Win Austin-it being confidently expected by her legal advisers that she had an equitable claim on Government to provide her a house. The firstinstalment on the purchase had been paid by her Majesty—and the two next, amounting to 12,0001. are guaranteed by the house of Messrs. Ransom and Co. Her claims under the will of her niot-her, tlie Duchess of Brunswick, whatever they-niay amount to, she also leaves to Mr. Wm. Austin, and she makes him her residuary legatee. She directs a sealed box, which she describes, to be transmitted to a merchant in the city, to whom she owed 4,3001. It is supposed to contain her dia- monds. She bequeaths 5001. each to Lord and Lady Hood. She leaves a picture of herself to Lady Ann Hamilton, one to the Marquis Antaldi, one to the Signor Fedici, and one to Mr. Win. Austin. She leaves to Dr. Lushington her coach and a picture. She leaves to Hieronymus her barouchette and her linen-and to the sister of Deniont all her wearing apparel. Her Italian property is not alluded to, as that was previously settled by a notarial deed. She directs that her body shall not be opened, nor laid in state—and that she should be buried by the side of her father and mother at Brunswick. The body to be sent off in three days.-There are two Codicils to the will, containing tokens of affection to her domestics. On Friday evening, the workmen of Messrs. Bailey and Saunders, the King's upholsterers, commenced covering the whole of the vestibule and entrance hall of Branden- burgh-house with black cloth. Mr. Bailey attended the same day, and took the dimensions of a large room on the ground floor, for the purpose of fitting it up as the state apartment into wfhich the body of her Majesty was removed on Sunday. In this room there is a -bier, over whicha canopy is erected the walls and floor covered with black cloth, and relieved with fringe and different heraldic orna- ment*. Chandeliers and wax candles hang pendant from the ceiling. The body will lie in state until the day of its removal to Harwick. On Friday evening, the lead coffin was soldered up, in the presence of the household alld exe- cutors of her late Majesty. The external coffin is made of fine mahogany, covered with crimson Genoa velvet. It is lined (as well as the interior coffin) with white satin, and also the lid. The nails, which are gilt, are placed very ornamentally in a dialUündform along the sides, the ends and top corresponding with them. There are three rich and massive gilt handles, highly burnished, on each side of the coffin, and one at each end- The handles aie sur- rounded in the pannels by square ornaments, with scrolled angle., the moulding of which is very rich. The four square pannels on each side of the coffin have an ornament at each corner, of a triangular form, with fluted and carved cdKes, on which are engraved a Crown, the initials of the Queen's name, and palm leaves crossed. The plate is about 1 inches in length, and about eight inches in width; it is brass, gilt hnd burnished, 011 which the following in- scription is engraved Depositura, gerenissiiiim Priticipisim, CAROLINES AMELIAS ELIZABETH^ Dei Gratia Regina Consortis Angustissimi el Potentissimi Monarchic GEORGII QUARTI, Dei Gratia Biitanniarum Regis Fidei Defensoris, Regis Hand vera ac Brunsvici et Lunebergi Ducis. ObiitVII. die mensis Augusti, Anno Domini M.DCC.XXI. I vEtalis suas LIV. In the state room several Officers of the Lord Chamber- lain's department sit by the corpse, with some of her Ma- jesty's friends; and wax lights in chandeliers burn day and night. The body has been since Saturday in the custody of the Lord Chamberlain's Officers. Her Majesty was born the 17th of May, 1768, and died August the 7th, 1821, aged 53 years, 11 weeks, and 4 days. She was married April the 3th, 179.5, and was therefore u wile 26 years, 17 weeks, and 2 days. On the 7th January, 1796 she was delivered of her first and only child, the late Pnncess Charlotte, and of course was 21 years, and exactly 8 months a mother. She left Carlton House about the 7th of May, 1796, and lived 25 years and 5 months publicly separated from her husband. From the first month, nay, it is said the first day, after her marriage, she had been vir- tually a widowed wife. Her Majesty left England in 1314, and returned in 1820, being absent i* years. She. was one year, seven months, and eiglit d.\ys, Queen of England. Her daughter died three years, nine months, and two dayi before, leaving her alone in the world. From a Memoir of the lata Queen we txtract the following particulars of the causes which led to the separation be- tween her Majesty and her Royal Husband The parties to this ill-assorted union soon found mutual causes for disgust and dissatisfaction. The light tastes of the Prince, and the unimportant pursuits which lhe policy of our Government condemns the Heir Apparent, presented an unfavouiable contrast to the active military character and (too fatally proved real) romance, which distinguished all the male branches of the House of Brunswick. On the other side, the Prince thought he had reason to complain of thlll gay habits and exuberant spirits of his bride and he observed with pain, that even in thetrifting circum- stances of dress, and the manners of the table, the habits of his Princess seemed to be studiously opposed to his known and soli led taxte*. It has been affirmed, that a pe; son, who was supposed to have maintained too close an intimacy with the Prijice, and had been most indelicately selected to conduct his bride to England, had abused the opportunity afforded by that duty, by treacherously misin- structing the Princess, as to those pomts of female conduct, upon wi-ijh her future husband was known to hold peculiar opinions. Theae were trifling differences and had affection ex- isted on either side, they would have been speedilv re- formed or reconciled perhaps had the offices of friendship been judiciously interposed, the mutual sacrifice might have been effected, and the parties have met upon the fair footiug of indifference. But, unhappily, of all the individuals who surrounded the Prince, there was not one that had not a direct and strong interest in aggravating his aversion to his wife. The females, as their legitimate and most formidable rival- the males, as the object of Mr. Pitt's selection; as the daughter of the deveted ahanipion of the anstocratical principles;'which they opposed and as the favoured niece of the King, against whom they cherished a more than po- litical hostility. It is most unpleasant to impute to the illustrious indi- viduals who then formed the Prince's Court the monstrous guilt of violating the sanctuary of conjugal peace from party motives. But in justica to the deceased Queen, and to the King. who have been the victims of that violation, it is bilt fair to ask, wotrfd not the ascendancy of the Princess of Wales in 1795 have probably detached the Prince from the then Opposition i The other member of the sollagism, and the conclusion, may be drawn from human nature. If, with respect to the Prince, nothing was to be ex- peeted from the advice of friends, the condition of the Princess afforded as little opportunity, for she had no friend. The persons placed about her had, as we have seen, insidiously abused their station to effect her ruin the King was unprepared to offer councils, the necessity for which his generous and lofty nature could never have contemplated; and the Queen (Charlotte), among her many virtues reckoned the coinmau defect of loving her children too well jaud of all children, the Ileir Apparent wag her favourite. It would have been no doubt a proof of the most pro- found afiectioit had she reproved his first motions of lie gleet towards hit wife but 'unhappily the Queen's temper and habits had not met the full approbation of her daughter-in- law, aad the free and [candid nature of the Princess was i-jl-qualified to conceal any of her predilections or dis- likings. In such circumstances, not to have provoked the digust of air indifferent hUlibnnrl would have been impossible. It is said, among other less decent and iess credible specu- lations, that the-first open breach between the Prince and Princess arose upon her avowing, with unpardonable im- prudence, that her affections were irrevocably bestowed upon an Officer of her father's Court. Whether tllis was the fact, it is. from the nature of the case, impossible to say, and it is not of much consequence; for had not this, some other equally efficient cause of quar- rel must have arisen, and occasions must soon multiply where these causes would manifest themselves. The fol- lowing has also been assigned as the direct motive of the first open rupture. "The Princess was induced, it is stated, in writing to her family, to tfcpress herself with a freedom respecting persons andlhings, natural, but not prudent, in.the circumstances in which she was placed. This packet was delivered by herself Into the hands of a most respectable and honourable clergyman, who was about to pass over to the continent.- On the eve of his departure, the illness of his wife deter- mined him to giveup his projected tour. Thus sittiated, he informed the Princess of the change in his purpose, and required her directions as to the disposal of her packet. His letter was addressed to the Princess at the Pavilion at Brighton, where she then was, through her Jadj'in attendance, as was the customary form. From this Judy (Lady——) he is said to have received an answer, informing Ilim. tim* having communicated his letter to her Royal Highness, she was by her instructed fo say, that the packet was of little or no importance, and that it might be returned to her by the usual mode of conveyance (one of the Brighton coaches) between London and the Pavilion. The gentleman acted accordingly, and it was not till some time after that he .'learned that'the packet had never been received by the Princess. ]|Q immediately took some ttme after that he (e.trncd that'the packet had never been received by the Princess. He immediately took | measures lo tracu it, and ascertained its actual delivery at the Pavilion. Irakis3E5SH^9BBaBEBSSaSESB0 '• 1 liese letters are »ai(J to nave lulien into tne liuiuls ol those who took umbrage at their contents, to have given a mortal blow to the cordial reception of the writer ut Court, ind to have otherwise been to her of mischievous con- sequence." The subsequent transactions in t-he eventful life of her Majesty are so well known, that we abstain noticing them.