30 NOVEMBER 1844, Page 9

The Court will be put into mourning by the death

of the Princess Sophia Matilda, which took place yesterday morning, at her mansion on Blackheath. The Princess, sister to the late Duke of Gloucester, was in her seventy-second year ; having been born in May 1773. Her Royal Highness was Ranger of Greenwich Park. Among her most sincere mourners will be the poor of the neighbourhood. There is reason to believe that the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Dutchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz will remain in England till May next. The Dutchess expects to lie in early in January—most likely at Gloucester House ; Cambridge House not being " convenient " enough to receive the heir to the heir of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on his advent.