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jiair to the heath. The other two 

 city barges, and the <hike of j\Ian- 

 chester's yacht, landed their compa- 

 nies at the same place. The disem- 

 barkation having thus taken place, 

 the Greenwich pensioners lined the 

 different corners of the hospital in 

 their holiday cloaths. The park of 

 artillery from Woolwich, placed on 

 the left of the landing, gave its re- 

 peated discharges ; and the difierent 

 corps belonging to tlie neighbour- 

 hood lined tlie shore from right to 

 left, and presented arms to each re- 

 giment. On their arrival at tlie bot- 

 tom of Greenwich-hill, the whole 

 formed into a kind of close column, 

 in order to jjroceed to Blackheath. 

 The rirer fencibles, under the com- 

 mand of commodore Lucas, assisted 

 by a detachment of the Westminster 

 light horse, formed an opening 

 through the crowd, from thw bot- 

 tom of the hill to the gate leading 

 on to the heath. The committee led 

 the van, preceded by a band, with 

 the ten pair of colours, and stand- 

 ards for the cavalry. On their ar- 

 rival at the top of the hill, they 

 drew up on the right of the gate, 

 and the regiments passed them in 

 companies, according to seniority of 

 uumber, headed by his royal high- 

 ness the duke of York, attended by 

 his staff, to the heath, and took up 

 their ground, w hich extended for full 

 two miles, being the whole extremity 

 of the spot. On their being formed 

 they stood nearly in the following 

 order : — On the right of the line 

 were the London volunteer caval- 

 ry, with their field-pieces, dismount, 

 ed, in their flying cars, kc. which, 

 with 1st and 2d regiments, formed 

 on their left, with tiieir backs to- 

 wards Woolwich, at the extremity 

 of the heath that way: 4th, 5th, 

 6th, 7th, 8th, ami 9th, formed au 



angle on the 1st and 2d, and ex- 

 tended across towards tlie Ijoudon- 

 road; the 10th and llch forming 

 another angle on them, facing th<i 

 1st and 2d. They being now in 

 full readiness to receive the lord 

 mayor, co'umittee, and attendants, 

 his royal highness dispatched an 

 aid-de-camp, to acquaint the mayor 

 and members of the corporation, 

 that the troops were ready to receive 

 them ; on wiiich his lordship headed 

 the colours, and proceeded to the 

 centre of the troops, when, on a 

 gun being fired, the whole line pre- 

 sented arms, officers saluted, drums 

 beat, &c. On another gun being 

 fired, a standard guard from the 

 London volunteer cavalry, and the 

 grenadiers, accompanied by the en- 

 signs who were to receive the co- 

 lours, and preceded by their respec- 

 tive bands, advanced to a posiiion 

 which lord Harrington had marked 

 for them in the centre, and where 

 his royal highness and the lord may- 

 or had placed themselves. The ele- 

 ven companies of grenadiers, and 

 the standard guard of the cavalry, 

 formed a circle round them, in which 

 were her royal highness princess 

 Charlotte of Wales, the lord may- 

 or's party, and from 6 to 700 per- 

 son's of rank and distinction. The 

 colours were now unfurled, and con- 

 secrated in the most solemn manner 

 by the rev. JohnPerring, chaplain; 

 alter which the ensigns came for- 

 ward, and, kneeling down, received 

 them with a speech from the right 

 hon. the lord mayor, which was 

 alike creditable to his lordship's 

 manly feelings and just understand- 

 ing. " I cannot (said his lordship) 

 but consider myself peculiarly for- 

 tunate in being called on, by my of- 

 ficial situation, to discharge a duty 

 so gratifying as that wiiich, on the 



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