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efaaJe. " God save the King" was 

 sung in the orchestra between ten 

 and eleven. 



Soon after eleven, this magni- 

 ficent scene of patriotic festivity 

 was further graced by the appear- 

 ance of her Royal Highness the 

 Princess of Wales, who, on her 

 entrance, was conducted round the 

 chief promenades several times by 

 his Royal Highness the Duke of 

 Gloucester and Colonel St. Leger. 

 The Princess was hailed repeatedly 

 with loud greetings, and repaid the 

 attentions of the company in the 

 most courteous manner. She was 

 dressed in a white satin train, 

 with a dark vest and ornaments, 

 richly embroidered. On her head- 

 dress she wore a green wreath, 

 with diamonds. His Royal High- 

 ness the duke of Sussex, in High- 

 land regimentals, walked about the 

 gardens with lady C. Campbell. 

 At a late hour the visitors increased 

 rapidly in numbers, and the place 

 was becoming crowded. Many of 

 the nobility came from the opera- 

 house after the conclusion of the 

 ballet. 



The many personages present 

 exalted by their rank in the or- 

 ders of the state, or by their tran- 

 scendant merits in its defence by 

 land and by sea ; the fascinating 

 groups of females in all the beau- 

 ty of countenance, grace of man- 

 ner, and rich, yet elegant simpli- 

 city of attire, still continuing to 

 rush into this festival of national 

 joy ; the fineness of the weather ; 

 the profuse blaze of the lights, and 

 their magical effect on the trees, 

 which seemed to create a species 

 of artificial day ; and the unity of 

 sentiment and disposition that per- 

 vaded all, rendered the couji d'ceil 



of this national gala, when we 

 left it, truly beautiful and im- 

 posing. 



The baton of marshal Jourdan 

 was placed on the buft'et behind 

 the president's chair. The batons 

 of the old Marechaux de France 

 were ornamented with the jieurs- 

 de-lis. This imperial baton, now 

 a trophy of British valour, is of 

 the ordinary size, covered with 

 black velvet, and decorated with 

 the imperial eagles of France in 

 gold : the case in which it was 

 contained is red, with ornaments 

 somewhat similar. 



The stewards wore small white 

 ribbands at the button-holes of 

 their coats, ornamented with a 

 green laurel leaf. 



21'. A dreadful thunder-storm 

 passed over Margate, which was 

 productive of fatal effects in its 

 immediate vicinity. A donkey 

 party, consisting of a gentleman, 

 two young ladies, and two little 

 boys, had gone in the evening to 

 Ramsgaie; on their return they 

 were overtaken by the thunder- 

 storm. They immediately sought 

 shelter under the porch of a house 

 on Chapel-hill, leaving the asses 

 on the road. The storm still con- 

 tinuing, the donkey-drivers, fear- 

 ful lest the animals, frightened by 

 the storm, might run home, went 

 out to see if they were still there. 

 They had scarcely reached the 

 spot, when a tremendous flash of 

 lightning struck one of them dead, 

 threw the other to the ground, and 

 killed three of the donkies. The 

 boy, who is alive, was carried home, 

 and hopes are entertained of his 

 recovery. There is a large hole in 

 the left arm of his jacket, where 

 the fluid appears to have entered ; 



