ON Saturday, the 25th of August, an application was made to the Clergyman of the cathedral church, by the Executors of the late Queen, requesting him to preach a funeral sermon on the Sunday. The reverend gentleman answered the application, by stating, that he could not do so without an order from M-, one of the ministers. The Executors immediately proceeded to the residence of that minister, for the purpose of soliciting-not his interference, for that they thought would be unnecessary, but his permission, which was declared to be indispensable. They were so unlucky as not to find him at home, and they heard afterwards he was dining with Sir George Nayler and Mr. Calvert. They paid him a second visit, and succeeded in obtaining an interview. He received them very coolly, and, indeed, scarcely showed them common civility. As soon as they had mentioned the object of their visit, he abruptly answered, that he could give no order, as it was not usual to preach funeral sermons in cases where an address was made by the minister at the time of interment. He was reminded, that a funeral sermon had been preached on the late Duke, notwithstanding a previous address. "That," he sharply answered, "was because he was the reigning Prince;" adding, "I am answerable for my conduct, not to the Executors, but to the Regency, and I shall give no

order on the subject." This uncourteous refusal was given by the minister walking with a hurried step about the room, and the Executors saw it was vain to oppose arguments to his sovereign decision. Had there been any probability that reasoning would produce any effect, they could have stated, that a funeral sermon, after a previous address, was not only preached on the late reigning Duke, but on another brother of the Queen, who died a few months before, and who, so far from possessing any power, was blind, and almost an idiot. Notwithstanding the conduct on the part of the Government, Mr. Wolff, on the succeeding Sunday, concluded his address to a crowded audience, (assembled in expectation of a funeral sermon,) by the following tribute to the memory of her late Majesty.

"We too, dear fellow-citizens, have been so happy as to have Sovereigns who revered religion, and in our Princely family we were always edified with the spectacle of an enlightened piety. We frequently saw its members worshipping God in our sacred congregations. They joined as fellow believers, and gave us an endearing example of true devotion and pious zeal. And what a beneficial influence had this on our attachment to them, and on their behaviour towards us! sincere piety made our Princes just Sovereigns, lovers of mankind, patterns of gentleness and benevolence.

"Here I may be allowed to make mention of the high deceased, whose earthly remains we all lately followed to that vault. She is still deeply impressed in your memory, and your looks lead me to speak again of Her whom your hearts lament. She too, the daughter of the venerable Charles William Ferdinand, was an enlightened and warm votary of religion. Before I filled the situation which I now hold, she was from her tender infancy instructed in Christianity by a worthy teacher, and solemnly confirmed in it. Her quick understanding eagerly received every ray of divine truth, and her warm heart and lively feelings were excited and elevated by piety. Her sense of religion increased to a confirmed faith, and she resolutely resolved to exercise the duties which it enjoined. Pious occupations were dear to her heart. I knew her as an enlightened Christian before she left the country of her birth. She first received from my hands with pious emotion the Holy Supper of our Lord, and the solemnity of her manner was, like her previous devotions, an unsuspected proof of her sincere faith and pious feeling. She was thus qualified for her destination to become Queen of a noble nation, distinguished by its religious zeal, and its sacred regard to the days dedicated to God. This sense of religion, it is true, did not always preserve her from infirmities and errors; but where is the mortal, where has there been a saint, who has been always perfect? And he

who erred less may conscientiously ask himself, whether he owes it to himself, or to his more fortunate situation, and the undeserved grace of God. Let us not forget the good with which religion endowed her understanding and her heart, evincing itself in her disposition and behaviour. Her distinguished benevolence, her affability, her unbounded desire to protect mankind, her love of righteousness, her generosity, and her forgiving disposition-these sublime virtues of the Christian have always been allowed her; and the strength of her religion appeared especially in her last trying days. You yourselves, my brethren, have read the description of her earthly end. You know, then, with what resignation and courage she bore her last severe sufferings-how she refrained from every complaint—what touching proofs of the meekness of her heart she gave in her last moments-how she exhibited every virtue of a Christian-with what holy and confident hope she passed from this world to eternity.

"May God's eternal peace rest on her glorified spirit, and comfort her, after the endurance of her earthly woes, with the joys of salvation!"

Lord and Lady Hood, Lady Anne Hamilton, Alderman Wood, and the other friends of her late Majesty, with most of her household, attended divine service on this solemn and affecting occasion.

In an interview which Mr. Wolff had on the preceding day, with the Executors, Dr. Lushington and Mr. Wilde, he spoke of the late Queen in terms of almost paternal affection. This vene rable man had been her early religious instructor, and he mentioned the amiable qualities she displayed in her infancy and youth, in terms of the highest eulogium. He said, "When she last visited Brunswick (in 1814,) immediately on her arrival she sent for me, and she received me with such affection, and with an artlessness of manners so peculiarly her own, that I could not help throwing myself upon my knees at her feet, and blessing God, that, though so many years had elapsed, and her outward circumstances were so materially changed, she was yet the creature of that endearing simplicity that so much delighted me in her early years." The good old man was affected even to tears during his narration.

Many of the most respectable inhabitants of the place were in mourning; but numbers were deterred, much against their inclination, from the fear of offending the higher authorities. It was confidently asserted, that the most positive instructions had been issued by the Government prohibiting these external marks of respect.

On Saturday morning it was rumoured that the younger part of the population of the town intended, as a mark of respect, to assemble the following evening before the Hotel d'Angleterre, with torches and bands of music, to serenade the