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His Last Moments .
HIS LAST MOMENTS .
On Thursday night , after the issue of the second bulletin , Mr . Copland quitted the palace for town , Dr . Holland and Dr . Chambers , with Mr . Savory , remaining with their royal patient . Shortly after nine o ' clock , His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to Kensington Palace , and remained there during the night . Shortly before midnight , at which late hour numerous persons were still waiting about
the palace avenue , the Duchess of Bedford , who had been staying for some hours with the Duchess of Inverness , quitted the palace for her own residence at Campden-hall , Kensington . During Thursday the illustrious sufferer tools scarcely any nourishment or refreshment , ivith the exception of a very small quantity of turtle-soup , which he had much difficulty in swallowing , and a little orange ice . Throughout the day he appeared , to those in attendance upon him , to be dozing , and scarcely sensible of what was passing around
him . About four o ' clock this ( Friday ) morning , however , his Royal Highness seemed to revive a little , but that appearance , unhappily , soon passed away , and the Royal Duke relapsed into the same quiescent state , and it soon became evident to all present that his Royal Highness was fast sinking , and could not long survive . At six o'clock in the morning a mounted messenger from her
Royal Highness the . Duchess of Cambridge , who was staying at Camhridge-house , arrived at Kensington for the purpose of ascertaining the Duke of Sussex ' s condition , and shortly afterwards the Duke of Cambridge left the palace and walked across the green to the residence of the Princess Sophia , for the purpose of communicating to her Royal Highnessand the Duchess of Gloucesterwho had stayed there during
, , the night , the hopeless state of their illustrious brother . His Royal Highness returned to the palace about seven o ' clock . Soon after seven o ' clock Mr . Copland returned to the palace , and before eight o ' clock messengers from her Majesty and Prince Albert , the Duchess of Kent , and the Princess Sophia Matilda , had made
inquiries after his Royal Highness s state . As the morning advanced , the number of persons assembled in the avenue and in Kensington-gardens , near the palace , continued to increase , and before ten o ' clock the carriages of numbers of the nobility , cabinet ministers , & c , had already made calls at the palace . Shortly before eleven o ' clock a carriage with four horses , containing an equerry
of her Majesty the Queen Dowager , and the Rev . Mr . Woods , her Majesty ' s chaplain , arrived from Bushey , and made inquiries as to the state of his Royal Highness . Yesterday morning at eight o ' clock the medical gentlemen found their royal patient , who had passed another very bad night , in a state which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
His Last Moments .
HIS LAST MOMENTS .
On Thursday night , after the issue of the second bulletin , Mr . Copland quitted the palace for town , Dr . Holland and Dr . Chambers , with Mr . Savory , remaining with their royal patient . Shortly after nine o ' clock , His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to Kensington Palace , and remained there during the night . Shortly before midnight , at which late hour numerous persons were still waiting about
the palace avenue , the Duchess of Bedford , who had been staying for some hours with the Duchess of Inverness , quitted the palace for her own residence at Campden-hall , Kensington . During Thursday the illustrious sufferer tools scarcely any nourishment or refreshment , ivith the exception of a very small quantity of turtle-soup , which he had much difficulty in swallowing , and a little orange ice . Throughout the day he appeared , to those in attendance upon him , to be dozing , and scarcely sensible of what was passing around
him . About four o ' clock this ( Friday ) morning , however , his Royal Highness seemed to revive a little , but that appearance , unhappily , soon passed away , and the Royal Duke relapsed into the same quiescent state , and it soon became evident to all present that his Royal Highness was fast sinking , and could not long survive . At six o'clock in the morning a mounted messenger from her
Royal Highness the . Duchess of Cambridge , who was staying at Camhridge-house , arrived at Kensington for the purpose of ascertaining the Duke of Sussex ' s condition , and shortly afterwards the Duke of Cambridge left the palace and walked across the green to the residence of the Princess Sophia , for the purpose of communicating to her Royal Highnessand the Duchess of Gloucesterwho had stayed there during
, , the night , the hopeless state of their illustrious brother . His Royal Highness returned to the palace about seven o ' clock . Soon after seven o ' clock Mr . Copland returned to the palace , and before eight o ' clock messengers from her Majesty and Prince Albert , the Duchess of Kent , and the Princess Sophia Matilda , had made
inquiries after his Royal Highness s state . As the morning advanced , the number of persons assembled in the avenue and in Kensington-gardens , near the palace , continued to increase , and before ten o ' clock the carriages of numbers of the nobility , cabinet ministers , & c , had already made calls at the palace . Shortly before eleven o ' clock a carriage with four horses , containing an equerry
of her Majesty the Queen Dowager , and the Rev . Mr . Woods , her Majesty ' s chaplain , arrived from Bushey , and made inquiries as to the state of his Royal Highness . Yesterday morning at eight o ' clock the medical gentlemen found their royal patient , who had passed another very bad night , in a state which