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it ; for which purpose Capt. Ad- 

 lerspavre patriotically gives up his 

 lease of the palace and lands be- 

 longina,- to it, which has still 16 

 years "to run, and has been ho- 

 noured by a letter of thanks from 

 his Majesty, and the appointment 

 to the first place of governor in it. 

 5. The Halifax papers, just 

 received, state the melancholy 

 fact, that the ship Lantaro, Cap- 

 tain Benjamin Mathews, bound 

 from Greenock for Chaileston, 

 with a crew of 14 persons, in- 

 cluding the captain, four cabin 

 passengers, and 29 men, women, 

 and children, in the steerage, 

 foundered at sea on the 10th Sept. 

 Of these, 17 perished. The others, 

 including the captain, were picked 

 up by the Jessie, bound from 

 Dumfries to St. Andrew's, and 

 carried into Halifax. Among the 

 sufferers were 13 relatives of Mr. 

 Black, cleik in a commercial- 

 house in Halifax. 



On November 6, the hopes of 

 this nation, which so long re.sted 

 upon the happy union befween 

 the daughter of the Prince Re- 

 gent, and the Tiincc Leopold of 

 Coburg, were fatally blasted by 

 Her Royal Highness's death at a 

 short pe'riod after hir delivery. 



The Princess Charlotte, after a 

 labour desci-ibed rather as linger- 

 ing than severe, wa'^ brouglit to 

 bed, on the evening of November .5, 

 of a still-born male child ; and tlie 

 first reports gave a favourable ac- 

 count of her situation. This was, 

 however, a very short interval of 

 hope } for the intelligence convey- 

 ed by the London Gazette E\t'a- 

 ordii'uuy on the 6th, related, that 

 after the event of her delivery at 

 nine o'clock on the night of the 

 &tb, slic v,Ur ^.v.i-id ^vith gv.al 



difliculty of breathing, restless- 

 ness, and exhaustion, which alarm- 

 ing symptoms increa.'^ed till half- 

 past two in the morning, when, 

 to the great grief of her family, 

 she expired. 



The first token of sorrow was 

 exhibited in the metropolis, where 

 the Lord Mayor, having summoned 

 a court of aldermen, it was una- 

 nimously agreed that the fitting-up 

 of Guildhall for the approaching 

 ceremony of Lord Mayor's day, 

 should be suspended, and the pre- 

 parations for the occasion sh(mld 

 be discontinued. Pid^lic notice 

 was also given for the abolition of 

 of shows and rejocings on that 



day. I 



On the "th, the Deputy Earl 

 Marshal issued orders in the 

 Prince Regent's name, directing 

 a o-eneral mo\irning for the late 

 Pnncess. Her Majesty, with the 

 Princess Elizabeth, left Bath early 

 on the 8th, on their return to 

 Windsor. 



The sufferings of Prince Leo- 

 pold under his most severe loss are 

 described as extiemely affecting. 

 .\ bulletin was for some time pub- 

 lished by his physician, denoting 

 his daily state of health. 



His Royal Highness, the Prince 

 Regent, was thrown, by the first 

 intelligence, into a paroxysm, 

 whicir rendered it necessary to 

 bleed him twice, besides cupping. 

 By these ojjerations he obtained 

 bodily relief, but the anguish of 

 his mind can only be judged of by 

 the parent of a sole and beloved 

 child. 



The progress of this disastrous 

 information throughout the king- 

 dom was attended with all the 

 feelings of regret, commiseration, 

 and dis-Ji^j^ointm'cnt. Every one 



seemed 



