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why should those who are expecting the period of maternal solicitude, lose on this account their hope of support and deliverance? Their great Preserver still lives. They have the same cause as ever for dependence upon him. In his gracious hands their valuable lives are as secure as if the present occasion of our sorrows had not occurred. Let them make the event a reason not for augmented anxiety, but for redoubled prayer, and more vigorous exercise of faith.

Sermon preached by the Rev. J. Palmer, Shrewsbury.

1 PETER, chap. i. v. 24, 25.

"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, aud the flower thereof falleth away :-But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. the Gospel is preached unto you." And this is the word which by WHO are they that we may compare with the flowers of the field, and consider as the glory of man? They are those in every nation who fear God, and work righteousness, who are remarkable for their faith, their piety, their benevolence, their wisdom, their learning, their usefulness; and may I not ask, what field, or what part of the habitable globe has produced so many choice, useful, and excellent flowers as Great Britain, our highly favoured our beloved-our native land?

Sermon preached by the Rev. W. Parslow, Yardley.

HEB. chap. xiii. v. 14.

"For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." AS a wife, she presented an admirable example of the duties of the conjugal state; as a companion, she shone in all the lustre of a vast and comprehensive mind, cultivated and refined and adorned with all the accomplishments that can render society delightful. She was the patroness of merit, the support of indigence and distress; all around her dwelling seemed animated and cheered by her benign and protecting influence.

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Sermon preached by the Rev. John Lockhart, D. D., Glasgow.

PSALM CXii. v. 6.

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance."

POSSESSED of singular decision of character, amiable in domestic life, abounding in compassion and liberality to the poor, she appears to have been fully prepared for mingling with the spirits of the just and standing before God; and as we have reason to think, that her prospect of one day ascending an earthly throne was accompanied with the desire to act faithfully, with a sacred regard to the authority of God, and to the rights and privileges of the subjects of this free government; we may therefore warrantably draw the conclusion: "It was well that it was in her heart."

First Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Aitken, Scotch Church, Sunderland.

DEUTERONOMY, chap. xxxii. v. 29.

"O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!"

COULD the riches, or the honours of the world, could noble birth, exalted rank, or distinguished worth, have averted the stroke of death, we should not now have been clothed in the symbols of grief, nor called upon to shed the tear of sorrow;—we should now have been as elate with joy, as we are sunk in despair. But nothing can save us from the general doom. It is appointed to all men once to die; and only an assured interest in Christ Jesus, and a well-grounded anticipation of those blessings which he died to purchase and lives to bestow, can dispel the gloom of the grave. Let such, then, as tread in the higher walks of life, remember, that whatsoever may now be their possessions, the time will come when they shall have no pleasure in them, and when only a small spot of earth shall be their own;-it shall be occupied by others, who like them, shall have the worm for their com

panion and sister; who, like them, shall moulder into dust, as the clods of the valley and may they be led to seek after that better part which shall remain with them at death, and through eternity!

Second Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Aitken, Scotch Church, Sunderland.

IN applying the spirit of our text to the melancholy occasion of our present meeting, in calling upon you at this time to say in the language of our Saviour, THY WILL BE DONE, we well know, my brethren, the extent of our demand,—we well know the difficulty of the task it is our duty to assign. Can the affectionate child restrain the filial tear, when the indulgent father has ceased to extend a father's love? Can the fond parent forget the child of his affections. even before the cold remains of all that was lovely and good are cominitted to the tomb? Can the hapless widow, or the bereaved husband, cease to mourn, while yet are recent the wounds of divided love? Can the fond expectant, at once forget all the hopes which he cherished, and all the pangs of disappointment which he hath felt? Then also, may' we at this time, amidst the pale ensigns of death, amidst the wreck of our fondest expectations and our fairest hopes,-then may we, even while the alarm of death tolls in our ears the knell of departed worth forget a parent's sorrow, a husband's grief, a nation's loss! But nature must feel; the tear of sorrow will glisten in the eye; the sigh of regret will not be suppressed. On such an occasion, it is not unmanly, it is not unchristian to mourn. Our lamented Princess, our expected Queen, deserved our love, and her memory claims the tribute of a tear. But while we yield to the impulse of nature, while we would even cherish that tender susceptibility, which leads us to mourn with those who mourn, let us not, at the same time, call in question Heaven's righteous decree; let us not impiously murmur nor

complain. Let us feel, but with perfect confidence in divine wisdom, power, and goodness, let us also say, the will of God be done!

Thus said our lovely Princess, in one of those trying scenes, which interest every amiable affection of our nature; and thus hath she taught us, on the present most melancholy occasion, to moderate our grief, and meekly to resign ourselves to the will of Him, by whom kings reign, and princes decree justice. But she was so good, so much all that a parent, a husband, a nation could desire; she was so endeared to our hearts, so connected with our every future hope of individual happiness and national prosperity, that we cannot easily dry up the tear of sorrow, nor suppress the sigh of regret; we cannot easily forget the pleasing anticipations in which we so lately indulged, nor repel the now rising dread of yet greater evil to come.

Sermon by the Rev. James Browne, Bradfield and North Walsham. ISAIAH, chap. xl. v. 6, 7, 8.

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.-The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."

AS human beings we must be lost to every feeling that can do honour to our nature, if we can contemplate the circumstances of this bereavement with unhallowed indifference, or pass over the humbling event without deprecating the alarming danger to which the birth of a descendant of Adam exposes the life of the female parent. The recompense of her throes, and the reward of her travailing anguish have been united in the infliction of the poisoned arrows of the King of Terrors. Beauty, youth, intelligence, and the gayest prospects of domestic enjoyments had made the heart of her Serene partner to beat high. But after having had his hopes elevated to their highest pitch, the melancholy event which gives birth to the present meeting, has wrung his soul with anguish, and

he beholds his consort sunk from his arms into the jaws of death. Let us attempt to soothe the powerful emotions of our minds, by turning our eyes from the interior of the palace. But distress follows us into every avenue where we wished to shun its appearance; every circle resounds with the mournful theme, and all ranks feel an agitation which no language can describe! What has stagnated commerce in the emporium of nations? What has made the inhabitants of Britain lay aside their gayest vestures and clothe themselves in sable garbs (as though each had lost a partner, or an offspring, or a friend)? What strange event has so effectually spoken in the bar of conscience, and sternly prohibited the use of theatrical amusements—the usual relief of those whose principal end of living is to dissipate by illusions the thoughts of their own mortality?

ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ.

By an under Graduate of Oxford.

OUR Princess appears to have been open, ingenuous, and artless in her manner and in her heart.. Goodness and charity were wafted into her soul as by the airs of heaven. Her affections were straight and pure-unwarped and untainted by the infectious breath of a court. Her steady attachment to her mother, without suffering her mind to be influenced by any personal relations or things, shewed her singleness of heart. She was her parent-it was a word of no common import to her. Filial affection was a duty-she felt it so. Whatever may be the faults or misfortunes of that unhappy princess, every heart of honest feeling must honour the pure sentiments of the daughter. As a wife, she was eminently exemplary. Notwithstanding the corruption of the court, her simplicity and pureness of heart could not be broken. The foul breath of dissipation and incontinence could not taint "the enamel to the beauty of her soul."

THE END.

W. CLOWES, Printer, Northumberland-court, Strand.