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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



\frith about sixty carriages, con- 

 taining tlie deputation of the 

 livery. 



The expectation was universal 

 that the procession would have 

 gone to Kensington-palace by Lud- 

 gate-hill, Fleet-street, the Strand, 

 Pall-mall, St. Jaraes's-street, and 

 Piccadilly ; but, to the very great 

 disappointment of the immense 

 population collected in these parts, 

 and to the surprise of the livery, it 

 moved, by the direction of the 

 lord mayor, who chose a very 

 different route, by Skinner-street, 

 Holborn,andOxford street, through 

 Hyde-park to the palace. The re- 

 port of the procession having 

 changed the expected line of 

 march, was, however, soon spread, 

 and the vast numbers collected in 

 the other quarters hastened to 

 Holborn and Oxford-street. The 

 acclamations of joy, with which 

 the procession was greeted, evinced 

 the deep sense entertained by the 

 public of the honest and manly 

 expression of the sentiments of 

 the livery of London. They were 

 loud, cordial, and reiterated. 



In the park, however, which 

 contained an Assemblage no less 

 respectable than numerous, no dis- 

 appointment occurred. The car- 

 riages, horsemen, and spectators 

 on foot, were numerous beyond 

 all precedent, and the procession 

 was greeted as it passed, with the 

 most enthusiastic shouts and plau- 

 dits. 



About eleven o'clock the Prin- 

 cess of Wales, attended by ladies 

 Charlotte Lindsay and Charlotte 

 Campbell, had L'ft Montague- 

 house, Blackheath, for Kensing- 

 ton-palace, where her royal high- 

 ness arrived at a quarter past 12 

 o'clock. The people had begun 



to assemble round the palace by 

 eleven ; and several police officers 

 were employed for the purpose of 

 preserving order. The crowds 

 that continued flocking through 

 Kensington-gardens had a pleasing 

 effect when seen from the palace 

 between the trees, the day being 

 so fine, and the sun shining re-, 

 markably bright. 



On the arrival of the procession 

 at Kensington-palace, a communi- 

 cation being made to the lord 

 mayor that her royal highness was 

 ready to receive his lordship, the 

 sheriffs, aldermen, and livery, they 

 alighted and were introduced into 

 the state-room. Her royal high- 

 ness was attended by lady Anne 

 Hamihon and several more of her 

 ladies, and the lord mayor, sheriffs, 

 &c. having made the usual obei- 

 sance, the address was read by the 

 town-clerk. 



Her royal highness read an 

 answer with great propriety, feel- 

 ing and dignity ; and some parti- 

 cular passages were marked with 

 peculiar sentiment and emphasis. 



Immediately after the lord mayor 

 and sheriffs had kissed her royal 

 highness's hand, and while the 

 livery were pressing forward to 

 enjoy the same honour, she seem- 

 ed slightly agitated; but she al- 

 most instantaneously recovered 

 herself, and exclaimed, " I beg, 

 gentlemen, that you may not 

 hurry: you will have plenty of 

 time." The apartment in which 

 her royal highness received the 

 deputation of the livery was so 

 very close to the gardens where 

 thousands were assembled, that 

 many persons near the windows 

 could see her royal highness's per- 

 son distinctly. 



After the departure of the livery, 



