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After which, the royal princes, 

 the nobility, and others who had 

 composedthe procession,returned, 

 having witnessed that every part 

 of this mournful and afflicting 

 ceremony had been conducted 

 with great regularity, decorum, 

 and solemnity. 



The following is the inscription 

 (issued from the heralds' office) 

 engraved upon the plate of the 

 coffin: 



" Depositum 

 Illustrissimse Principissae Amelias, 



Filiae sextae et natu minimse 



Augustissimi et Potentissimi 



Georgii Tertii, 



Dei gratia Britanniarum Regis, 



Fidei Defensoris, &c. 



Obiit Ilda die Novembris, 



Anno Domini MDCCCX. 

 ^tatis suse XXVII." 



The shops and houses in Wind- 

 sor and Eaton were shut up, from 

 respect to the memory of the 

 princess, during the whole of the 

 day on which the funeral took 

 place; and scarce an individual 

 was to be seen in the streets who 

 was not attired in mourning. 



19. The theatre at Plymouth 

 Dock opened for the first time 

 this season, with the tragedy of 

 Jane Shore, and the farce of Lock 

 and Key. The house having been 

 newly painted and decorated, the 

 manager thought proper to raise 

 the price of admission, the 

 boxes from 3^. to 45., and the 

 pit from 2s. to 2s. 6d., with an 

 additional six-pence on the half- 

 price admission to the boxes. At 

 half-price commenced a riot of 

 the most vociferous and abusive 

 description. In the end the mana- 

 ger lowered the prices to their 

 former rate. 



20. Bernadotte landed this af- 

 ternoon at Helsinburgh in Sweden. 



26. A Hoflar.— This very malig- 

 nant species of wit was most suc- 

 cessfully practised at the house of 

 Mrs. T., a lady of fortune, at No. 

 54, Berners-street, which was 

 beset by dozens of tradespeople 

 at one time, with their various 

 commodities, and from the con- 

 fusion altogether such crowds had 

 collected as to render the street 

 impassable. Waggons laden with 

 coals from the Paddington wharfs, 

 upholsterers' goods in cart-loads, 

 organs, pianofortes, linen, jew- 

 ellery, and every other description 

 of furniture, was lodged as near as 

 possible to the door of No. 54, 

 with anxious tradespeople and a 

 laughing mob. About this time 

 the lord mayor arrived in his 

 carriage, but his lordship's stay 

 was short, and he was driven to 

 Marlborough-street police office. 

 At the office his lordship informed 

 the sitting magistrate that he had 

 received a note, purporting to 

 have come from Mrs. T., which 

 stated that she had been summon- 

 ed to appear before him, but that 

 she was confined to her room by 

 sickness, and requested his lord- 

 ship would do her the favour to 

 call on her. Berners-street at 

 this time was in the greatest con- 

 fusion, by the multiplicity of 

 tradespeople, who were returning 

 with their goods, and spectators 

 laughing at them. The officers 

 belonging to Marlborough-street 

 office, were immediately ordered 

 out to keep order, but it was im- 

 possible for a short time. The 

 first thing witnessed by the offi- 

 cers was six stout men bearing 

 an organ, surrounded by wine 

 porters with permits, barbers 

 with wigs, manteau-makers with 

 band-boxes, opticians with their 

 various articles of trade : and 



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