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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



royal fiighncss the duke of York, 

 reccival from each company, as they 

 passed, a lO', f>l salute. The colours 

 of each waved on the ground, as they 

 passed her highness ; which compli- 

 ments she relunied with a wave of 

 her hand from her bosom, in a very 

 attractive manner. The duke of 

 York received also, as the regiments 

 passed, a royal salute. After the 

 London regiments were passed the 

 royal party, the royal artillery 

 company with their field pieces, the 

 cities of London and Westminster 

 li2;ht horse volunteers, with their 

 <Iismounte.d cavalry, and Hying cars, 

 and (he Dcptford volunteers, passed 

 by their hisilincsses. The ground 

 was kept in an admirable manner by 

 the following corps: London light 

 horse volunteers, Westminster vo- 

 lunteer cavalry, St. James's volun- 

 teers, the custom-house regiment, 

 the Blackheath volunteer cavalry, 

 the Green wicii volunteers, theDept- 

 ford volunteers, and the royal artil- 

 lery company. The two latter re- 

 giments embarked with their band 

 OH board the boats that brouglit the 

 others down, and, under the com- 

 mand of the naval officers and capt. 

 Lucas, were safely landed in Lon- 

 don. Tlie ten London regiments 

 marched to town under the command 

 of their respective colonels. The 

 captain of the marine society's ship, 

 in order to add to the interest of the 

 scene, and to display the object of 

 that excellent institution, arranged 

 the boys in the most judicious man- 

 ner in the rigging, where they cheer- 

 ed the duke of York, the lord 

 mayor, and the respective regiments, 

 as they passed. Several governors 

 and gentlemen were on board. It 

 is with pleasure we add, that no ac- 

 cident occurred to interrupt the ge- 

 neral satisfaiSlion. — After the busi- 



ness of the day was concluded, the lord 

 mayor and lady mayoress set off in 

 their coach and six, escorted as far 

 as Deptford, by sir Thomas Wilson 

 and (he Blackheath volunteer ca- 

 valry. Li the evening, the lord 

 mayor gave a grand dinner to the 

 duke of York, lords Harrington 

 and Amherst, generals Burrard and 

 Leslie and their suite ; sir Brook 

 Watson and the London staff, the 

 sherilis of London, colonel sir John 

 Eamer, Le IVIesurier, and the com- 

 mandants of the volunteer regiments 

 who came home in time. His royal 

 highness remained at the Mansion- 

 house until past twelve o'clock, 

 highly delighted v.ith the spectacle 

 of the day, as well as the attention 

 of thjB chief magistrate. 



Dispatch from Commodore SirSidne-y 

 Siiiilh, co)daimv!r an account of 

 Ills attack upon the French Jlotilla, 

 dated jintelopc, at anchor off 

 Oytend, May 17 th, addressed to 

 Lord Kieth, K. B. S^c. S^c. ^c. 



My Lord, 



Ini'ormation from all quarters, 

 and the evident state of readiness in 

 which the enemy's armaments were 

 in Helvoet, Flushing, and Ostcnd, 

 indicating the probability of a gene- 

 ral movement from those ports, I 

 reinforced captain Manby, off Hel- 

 voet, with one ship, and directed 

 captain Hancock, of the Cruizer, 

 stationed in shore, to combine his 

 operations and the Rattler's with 

 the squadron of gunboats stationed 

 off Ostend. The Antelope, Pene- 

 lope, and Amiable, occupied a cent- 

 ral position in sight both of Flush- 

 ing and Ostcnd, in anxious expec- 

 tation of the enemy's appearance. 

 Y^csterday at half past fite A. M. I 



received 



