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spectire helmets and crests, and 

 armorial bearings. They were all 

 either rtew, or recently painted, and 

 gilt for the occasion, and made a 

 very grand and chivalrous appear- 

 ance. Purple velvet cushions were 

 placed before the knight's stalls. 

 The entertainments were also given 

 in the castle to the nobility and gen- 

 try, and military ofRccrs, exclusive 

 of the knights banejuet in St. 

 Gcorge's-hall. The chief of them 

 was in the audience-chamber of her 

 majesty, where the concert was 

 given at the late grand fete. It 

 contained three tables, set out in the 

 rnost beautiful variety and taste for 

 the ladies. The dowager marchio- 

 ness of Bath, ladies Cardigan and 

 Harcourt, did the honours to the 

 queen's guests. The queen dined 

 with the female branches of the 

 royal family in another apart- 

 ment. 



24th. This day the anniversary fes- 

 tival of the royal humane society was 

 celebrated at the London Tavern. 

 This institution was founded, in the 

 year 1774, for the preservation and 

 restoration of life to persons af- 

 fected by suffocation, &c. There 

 never was witnessed a more nume- 

 rous and respectable attendance of 

 the members of this very laucjable 

 society. Lord Hennikcr, vice-pre- 

 sident, was in the chair, and acquitt- 

 ed himself most ably. Doctor Hawcs 

 congratulated the meeting on the 

 prosperous progress of the institu- 

 tion, lie was witness to the sowing 

 the first seeds of the society, of 

 their generation, and maturity : and, 

 from their singular and unprece- 

 dented liberality, he had the happi- 

 ness to state, that, up to the present 

 day, not lest than 2,869 persons of 

 both sexes had been relieved and 

 preserved from uutiuicly deaths, by 



the humane exertions of this insti, 

 tution. Theproccssion was preceded 

 by one of the city marshals ; and 18 

 woMicn and children, and 3S men 

 and boys, who had been preserved 

 at various times by tlie means re- 

 commended and provided by the 

 society, marched in solemn order 

 twice round the room. Amongst 

 the former were the woman and 

 child who fell from the Tower wall, 

 and were saved by the husband and 

 father, but with the loss of his own 

 life. Theproccssion was amostaf- 

 fecting sight, and drew tears from 

 the majority of the company. Lord 

 Henniker, in an appropriate speech, 

 moved that the thanks of the insti- 

 tution be given to the bishop of 

 Bristol, for an excellent discourse 

 preached for the society, and that 

 his lordship be requested to print 

 the sermon ; which was carried with 

 great applause. Dr. llawcs, again 

 addressing the society, observed, 

 that it was the duty of the institu- 

 tion to take particular notice of 

 those persons who had promoted the 

 chief object of the society in the pre- 

 servation of the lives of their fellow 

 citizens ; he therefore considered 

 that the unanimous and general 

 thanks of the society, which was 

 formed for public and private hap- 

 piness, were justly due to Mrs. 

 iVewby, of the London lying-inn 

 hospital, from whose personal and 

 indefatigable exertions no less than 

 100 still-born children had been 

 brought to life, and arrived to ma- 

 turity; he therefore proposed the 

 warmest thanks of the society should 

 be voted to her ; which was agreed 

 to with enthusiasm. He then read 

 the abstract of the subscriptions of 

 the evening, from which it appeared 

 that a sum of 4601. had been col- 

 lected. The noble vice-president 

 Cc 3 then 



