"whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it, or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it." In the present instance, then, the Princess has been snatched away by a most severe, untimely fate. Think ye that she was a sinner above others? On the contrary, universal testimony seems to prove her pre-eminent goodness and virtue. It is conclusive, therefore, that if it is not for her sins that she is snatched away, her death is to be interpreted as a judgment or a warning to those who are most materially affected by it-her future subjects; except, indeed, a man can persuade himself to believe this world to be so governed by infinite wisdom, that the most important event that can occur to the most powerful nation in it, has been permitted to take place for no one rational or assignable purpose whatever. That she died by natural causes is true; but that she died for some moral purpose or end, is no less so. The man who denies this, may content himself with some blind security as to his faith, that he is partly deist and partly Christian; believing he knows not exactly how much, and disbelieving he knows not why.

The following are the principal occurrences which took place at the metropolitan churches on this memorable day* :

According to the original arrangement of this Work, it was intended to have embodied with these Memoirs, some brief abstracts of all the Sermons, preached on this melancholy occasion;

Westminster Abbey.-The pulpit, &c. was covered with black cloth, and an overflowing congregation, to whom Divine Service was performed by the very Reverend the Dean of West

minster.

St. Margaret's was numerously and respectably attended, and a most excellent discourse delivered on the melancholy occasion, by the Rev. Mr. Grove, Curate. The church was hung with black.

St. John's, Westminster, was very much crowded, and a most excellent sermon was preached.

St. James's Church.-The assembled multitude entirely filled the church-yard from the overflow. Long before the service commenced every nook was filled. Persons who had pews within could not gain access to them. The Rev. Mr. Repton delivered a most affecting and eloquent discourse from Matthew, chapter 9, verse 24.-" He said unto them, give place, for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth." There was not a dry eye.

St. George's, Hanover-square. - Dr. Macauley preached, The text was taken from the 20th chapter of Samuel, and part of the 3d verse. "There is but a step between me and death." The Psalms selected were the 16th, 39th, and 143d. The Psalms for the organ, four verses of the 90th, beginning at the 3d verse; and the Voluntary, the Dead March in Saul.

The Royal Military Chapel, Whitehall.-There was a com

but finding that justice could not be done to their respective merits, within the limits prescribed, and considering that many of those Sermons contain, not only the most suitable admonitions, but are, in many respects, illustrative of the character of our lamented Princess, it was resolved to print a Supplementary Part, containing the most copious and appropriate extracts from those Sermons, and which will be published on the same day with the last part of the Volume. As this Supplementary Part will form a distinct Work, it may either be bound up with the Memoirs, or purchased as a separate book, according to the option of the individual.

pany of the Guards at the door to keep a clear passage to the entrance, the crowd being very great; the chapel was filled with nobility and gentry; the altar, pulpit, desk, and the royal box, were covered with the finest black velvet. A most impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Howlett, one of the Readers, who took his text from the 90th Psalm, 12th verse. "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."

St. Ann's, Soho, was very full at an early hour.-The Rev. Dr. M'Leod delivered a most excellent discourse, suitable to the occasion; his text was, "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away."

St. Paul's, Covent-garden, was well attended, and an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Rodbey, one of the Readers.

St. Andrew under Shaft.-A most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Wm. Antrobus, Rector, from the 23d chapter of St. Luke, 42d verse, "Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done." The discourse was so pathetic, that many of the congregation were bedewed with tears.

St. Helen's Church made a melancholy and awful appearance, being all hung with black; after the service a most excellent discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Blenkarne, M. A., Vicar.

Christ Church, Surrey.-An excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. J. H. Mapleton, Rector.

Rev. Rowland Hill's Chapel was hung with black, and a most pathetic discourse delivered by the Rev. Rowland Hill.

St. Martin's in the Fields.-The interior of this church made a most melancholy appearance, the fronts of the gallery being covered with black cloth, as were the columns supporting the roof; the window curtains were of black serge. The altar, the pulpit, and the desk, were covered with superfine black cloth. The canopy of the pulpit was painted black, surmounted with a black crown. All the charity boys and girls of the parish wore

black crapes and ribbous. The church was crowded to an overflow, and many persons could not gain admission.

Charlotte-street Chapel.-A truly pious and energetic sermon was preached on the mournful occasion to a very numerous and respectable congregation,

St. Giles's Church.-This church made a most solemn and awful appearance, being completely hung in every part with black cloth, and the whole of the congregation exhibiting the most sable appearance, to whom the Rev. Mr. McCarthy delivered a sermon, which was impressive, and most ingeniously adapted for the occasion. The church was crowded to excess.

St. Clement Danes.-The acknowledged talents and exemplary character of the Rev. Wm. Gurney, Rector, attracted a very numerous congregation, to whom the reverend Divine delivered a most excellent and pathetic discourse.

The Portuguese Ambassador's Chapel was attended by several of the English and Foreign, Nobility, and High Mass was celebrated in a most solemn and magnificent manner. The singing and music were excellent.

The Sardinian Catholic Chapel, in Duke-street, Lincoln'sinn-fields.-This chapel was crowded at an early hour, the pulpit was covered with black cloth, and High Mass performed in solemn manner.

St. Mary-le-Strand was well attended, and a most excellent sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Ellis.

St. Dunstan's in the West.-The altar and pulpit were covered with black cloth, and the congregation was numerous and respectable; the Rev. Richard Lloyd, A. M., Vicar, preached a most feeling and pathetic sermon that drew tears from the princi. pal part of the congregation.

St. Bride's, Fleet-street-This church, owing to St. Sepulchre's being out of repair, was intolerably crowded; some hundreds were necessitated to return from want of room; an excellent sermon was delivered by the Reverend Thomas Clare, Vicar, the substance of which came home to the feelings of all. St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, and St. James's, Clerkenwell.

were each so crowded, that we could not gain admission to learn who it was that preached.

Christ Church, Newgate-street.—This church was hung with black, the parish children and boys of Christ's Hospital were in the galleries, wearing black ribbons and crapes. The congregation were numerous and respectable. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Samuel Crowther, Vicar.

At Chelsea Church, of which the Hon. and Rev. Gerrard Wellesley is the Rector, the Rev. Mr. Rush preached from the 47th chapter of Genesis, and the 9th verse. "Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been."

St. Mary-le-bone Church, St. Martin's, and the Asylum, were equally well attended. Solemnity and grief of heart were conspicuous throughout.

There was a solemn service in the Roman Catholic Chapels of Warwick-street, Golden-square; and in Spanish-place, Manchester-square.

The German Lutheran Church, in the Savoy.-The pulpit which is placed near the altar, was covered with black, as well as the canopy overit. On one of the side walls were the escutcheons of the arms of the ever-to-be-lamented Princess Charlotte and her consort, the Prince of Saxe Coburg. The discourse was delivered in the German language.

The Philanthropic Society, the Asylum for Female Orphans, and the Magdalen, had their chapels hung with black, and they were well attended by the nobility.

At the Charter-House the day was observed with all possible solemnity and decorum. Indeed, the death of our beloved Princess has not (like the decease of many persons of high rank) been productive only of outward pomp and modish formalities; but it has stricken those who are unacquainted with grief with a silent and unspeakable awe, and those who have "waxed old" in afflictions, with a consciousness of the uncertainty of life, and the certainty of a final dissolution. As there was here a community both of the young and old, the above observation is particularly applicable to the scene of this day. Inexpressible grief was pictured in the countenance of every one, as the solemn procession