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jefty’s coach.—The four Common 
Council, in their gowns, before 
the Aldermen. — At the weft door, 
the Peers in their robes, attended 
by the King at Arms, and other 
officersy met their Majefties, the 
gentlemen penfioners being all in 
waiting. 
_ Exactly at a quarter paft eleven, 
the great weft doors of St. Paul’s 
were thrown open, and the Royal 
Procefhon, being met by the Bifhop 
of London and the Dean and Chap- 
ter, in their robes, entered the ca- 
thedral, and detachments from the 
ift and Coldftream regiment of 
guards formed a double line from 
the weft door to the dome ground- 
floor, which was flanked by two di- 
vifions of marines in the rear; and 
circularly within, eight command- 
érs flags, taken from our three 
haval enemies, the French,. the 
Spaniards, and the Dutch, by Ad- 
mirals Earl Howe, Earl St. Vincent, 
and Vifcount Duncan, were dif- 
played on the right and left; the 
{taffs borne by the flag-officers of 
Great Britain. Their Majefties 
were preceded by the Dukes of 
York, Clarence, and Gloucefter, 
and Prince Erneft, and followed by 
the five Princeffes, and faluted by 
the troops with refted arms, the 
drums, cymbals, and other inftru- 
ments, playing the Grenadier’s 
march. As foonas the King arriv- 
ed at the naval circle, he ftopped, 
and {poke for fome time to Lord 
Duncan, who fupported the captive 
_ colours of the Dutch Admiral De 
Winter. He alfo paufed a moment 
to fpeak to Sir Alan Gardener, 
who bore the principal French 
ftandard, taken from that enemy 
on the Ift of June. At the en- 
trance of the choir the Court of 
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Aldermen were drawn up on the 
right to receive them, to whom the 
Royal Vifitants paid a marked re-- 
{peét.—On énfering the choir, their 
Majefties were feated under a crim- 
fon canopy of ftate: the King took 
his feat on the right, and her Ma- 
jefty on the left: the Princeffes 
were in acompartment on the left. 
The Lord Chancellor was in a dif- 
tinguifhed feat alfo on the left, as. 
was the Lord Mayor near the pulpit; 
the Bifhop of London and Speaker 
of the Houfe of Commons had ho- 
norary {tations on the right.—The 
fervice commenced about twelve. 
The vocal choir, on this occafion, 
was removed into the organ loft. 
—At the clofe of the -firft leffon, 
a naval proceffion commenced to 
choral mufic, from the body of the 
church to the choir, when the Bri- 
tifh Admirals advanced with the 
colours abovementioned, which 
were fupported by junior’ Flag-. 
Officers, and the Captains of thofe 
fhips to which they were ftruck. 
They paffed through the choir, 
where they were received by the 
hands of the Dean and Chapter, 
and by them borne and ranged on 
both fides the altar in confecrated 
order. — The remainder of the fer- 
vice being gone through, Dr. Pret- 
tyman, Bifhop of Lincoln, as Dean 
of St. Paul’s, preached a fermon, 
appropriate to the occafion, from 
the fecond book of Samuel, chap- 
ter 22d, verfes 1ft, 2d, and 3d.— 
The fervice of the day being con- 
cluded, the proceffion returned 
through the choir in fuller ftate 
than they had entered, being join- 
ed by all the Peers, Commons, &c. 
who were prefent in the choir. 
Their Majefties were preceded by 
the male branch of the family, in 
their 
