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called Confession, but Prepara- 

 tion. 



With respect to Predestination 

 and Elective Grace, this church 

 expresses its conviction that God 

 has destined all men for salvation, 

 and does not withhold from them 

 the means of attaining it. 



It recognises no necessaiy bap- 

 tism. These are the few main 

 fundamental principles from which 

 all the other rules for the practice 

 of Divine worship are deduced, viz. 



C. Rites and Liturgy. 



D. Religious scholastic instruc- 

 tion. 



E. Property of the Church, 

 its union, administration, and 

 application. 



F. Constitution of the Church. 



G. Religious Disciphne. 



Upon these principles, the Royal 

 Rescript of Oct. 10, declares the 

 union of the Protestant confes- 

 sions in the circle of the Rhine to 

 be accomplished. 



'« Kew-palace, Nov. 17. 



" The Queen's state last night 

 was one of great and imminent 

 danger. Her Majesty continues 

 very ill this morning. 



(Signed) " F. Millman. 

 " H. Halford." 



Her Majesty expired about 

 one o'clock on Tuesday, Novem- 

 ber 17, 1818, in the 75th year 

 of her age. Her death was 

 owing to a gradual accumulation 

 of water in her limbs and on her 

 chest, which no medicines could 

 relieve, and which, after a long 

 illness which she bore with great 

 fortitude and resignation, closed 

 her life. 



On Saturday evening, about 

 half past 8 o'clock, the leaden 

 coffin for the late Queeu was 

 removed from the dining parlour 



at Kew-palace, by one of the 

 undertakers and his assistants, to 

 the chamber where she breathed 

 her last, on the east end of the 

 palace, where it was placed on 

 trestles. The remains of the 

 Queen were then placed in the 

 coffin, under the immediate direc- 

 tion and superintendence of Mr. 

 Mash of the Lord Chamberlain's 

 office, and Mr. A. E. Brande, 

 the apothecary to the King's 

 person, in the presence of Mrs. 

 Beckendorff, Miss Beckendorff, 

 and the other females who have 

 been the constant attendants of 

 the Queen, during her long and 

 painful illness, both at the Queen's 

 and Kew Palaces. The body 

 was wrapped in a white satin 

 sheet. Mr. Brande, agreeably 

 to the duty of his office, then 

 proceeded to fill up the coffin 

 with spices; after this, the plumber 

 and his assistants were admitted, 

 and the cover was soldered to the 

 coffin, in the presence of the 

 above-named official persons. 



19. The following decree has 

 been issued under the authority 

 of the Grand Inquisitor, who is 

 also private confessor to Ferdi- 

 nand VII:— 



Royal Decree. 



In the name of the Holy Tri- 

 nity, &c. 



Whereas it has been made 

 known to us that various publi- 

 cations of an heretical, irreligious, 

 and seditious tendency are in 

 circulation among the subjects 

 of this kingdom; and whereas it 

 is of the last importance that 

 their progress should be arrested, 

 and the authors, publishers, and 

 circulators duly punished, it has 

 been determined that such mea- 

 sures shall be taken instantly- as 

 M 2 will 



