lace round the borders, and put into a new one made by his majefty's upholsterer. A beautiful urn, covered in the fame manner as the coffin, and lined with white fattin, was fent down, in which the bowels of his Royal Highnefs were depofited.

On the fecond of November, the Mary yacht, with the corpfe of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, appeared off Woolwich, and was faluted minutely whilft paffing; about twenty minutes after ten it arrived at Greenwich, and foon after three was landed and put into the hearfe under a royal falute of the artillery. The proceffion then began to move towards Weftininfter. The hearfe was preceded by two coaches and fix, befides his Highnefs's own body coach, in which were three of the lords of his bed-chamber; one of whom bore the urn with the embalmed parts of his Royal Highness's body;

The fame day the royal vault in Westminster Abbey was opened, and at night his Highness's bowels were carried into the vault, where his body was interred the evening following.

Between nine and ten on the following evening, the proceffion began from the Prince's chamber, (whither the body had been removed the night before), paffing through the Old Palace-yard to the fouth-eaft corner of Westminster Abbey, upon a floor railed in, covered with black cloth, and lined on each fide with a party of the foot guards, in the following order:

Drums and trumpets founding a folemn march, with banners attached to them, adorned with naval trophies, the drums covered with black.

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corpfe, the lords affiftants and fupporters of the pall upon ftools on either fide.

The part of the fervice before the interment being read, the corpfe was depofited in the vault; and the Dean having finished the burial fervice, garter king of arms proclaimed his Royal Highness's ftile as follows.

Thus it hath pleafed Almighty God to take out of this tranfitory life unto his divine mercy, the late moft high, moft mighty, and moft illuftrious prince Edward Auguftus, duke of York and Albany, earl of Ulfter, knight of the most noble order of the garter, fecond fon of the late moft illuftrious prince Frederick, prince of Wales, .deceased, and next brother to his moft excellent majefty George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith; whom God blefs and preferve with long life, health, and honour, and all worldly happiness.

Some particulars of the Life of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York.

IS royal highnefs Edward

fecond fon of Frederick prince of Wales. was born March 14, 1738-9, about four o'clock in the afternoon, and chriftened April 11 following. The fponfors, on that occafion, were the king of Pruffia, the duke of Brunfwick-Wolfenbuttle, and the dutchefs of SaxeWeiffenfels, reprefented, refpec-, tively, by Charles duke of Queenfberry and Dover, Henry marquis

of Caernarvon (now duke of Chandois) and lady Charlotte Edwin. At the different ftages of youth, he was put under preceptors qualified to inftruct him in the various branches of literature, and the exercifes proper for a prince of his birth; and as he was defigned to prefide at the naval board, the knowledge of maritime affairs formed a capital part of the plan allotted for his ftudies. On the 18th of March 1752, he was elected a night companion of the moft noble order of the garter, and inftalled the 4th of June following.

His royal highness, on the 25th of July, 1758, embarked at Portfmouth, on board the Effex, commanded by Richard, now lord viscount Howe, and proceeding with the fleet, was prefent at the reduction of Cherburg, in Normandy, by general Bligh. Having likewife failed in September enfuing with the fame nobleman, when his lordship efcorted the tranfports with the troops fent out againft St. Malo, he witneffed the unfortunate affair at St. Cas, on the 28th of that month, and fhewed great refolution and firmness of mind. His highness, after he had gone through the fubordinate offices of midshipman and lieute

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1759, promoted to the command of his Majefty's fhip Phoenix, of forty guns. On the 28th of next month he failed from Plymouth, on board the Hero man of war, with the prefent lord Edgecumbe, and upon his joining the fleet off Breft, was complimented by admiral Hawke, and all the other, flag officers and captains of that fquadron. He returned, with Sir

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Edward and admiral Hardy, to Plymouth found, on the 13th of October, and foon after his landing fet out for London.

On the 1ft of April, 1760, his late majefty was pleafed to grant unto his royal highnefs, and the heirs male of his body, the dignities of duke of the kingdom of Great Britain, and of earl of the kingdom of Ireland, by the names, ftiles, and titles, of duke of York and Albany, in the faid kingdom of Great Britain, and of earl of Ulfter, in the faid kingdom of Ireland; he took the oaths, and his feat, in the British fenate, on the ninth of May following; and on the 27th of October, that year, two days after his brother's acceffion to the throne, was fworn of the privycouncil. On the 31ft of March, 1761, his royal highnefs was appointed rear-admiral of the Blue, and fworn in at the Admiralty on the 8th of next month.

The common-council of Lon-. don, on the 5th of June, 1761, voted that the freedom of their city be prefented to his royal highness in a gold box of 150 gui neas value, in teftimony of their dutiful affection for their fovereign, and as a pledge of their grateful refpect to his royal highnefs, for his early entrance into the naval fervice of his king and country, the nobleft and most effectual bulwark of the wealth, reputation, and independence of this commercial nation; and that his royal highness be humbly requefted to honour the city by his acceptance of the faid freedom. His royal highnefs having fignified his confent to accept this token of the citizens efteem, Sir Matthew Blakiston, lord mayor, accompa.

nied by twelve other aldermen, together with the mafter of the grocers company, attended by a committee of his brethren, waited on his highness, on the 12th of the next month, when the master of the grocers company prefented him with the freedom of that fociety, and the comptroller of the chamber of London delivered to him that of the city; it being a fundamental part of the conftitution of London, that no person be admitted a freeman of the city, till he be firft fo in fome of the companies; and likewife cuftomary, when an honorary freedom is granted, for the company, whereof the lord mayor is a mem ber, previously to admit the intended citizen into their fraternity.

At his brother's nuptials, Sep tember, 8, 1761, his highnefs, as chief fupporter to the royal bride, walked on her right hand and at the proceffion of the enfuing coronation, on the 22d of that month, appeared in his robes, as firft prince of the blood.

On the 23d of June, 1762, hé hoifted his flag, at Spithead, on board the Princess Amelia (whereof lord Howe was captain) and falling down to St. Helen's, failed, with the fleet under Sir Edward Hawke, on a cruize, to the coafts of France, Spain, and Por tugal, from which he returned the Auguft following. His royal highnefs, on the 28th of next month, fet fail with a fmall fquadron, from St. Helen's to the Bay of Bifcay, and returning thence to Plymouth, on the 30th of October, was elected high fteward of that corporation, and about the fame time preferred to be vice-admiral of the Blue. In that quality, he failed

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