452 
well cavalry, 46; Lambeth ditto, 
40 ; St. George’s regiment of volun- 
teer infantry, 663; St. James’s dit- 
to, 954; Bloomsbury and Inns of 
Court ditto, 929 ; Royal Westmin- 
ster ditto, 961; Prince of Wales’s 
ditto, 640; St. Margaret’s and St. 
John’s, 625; Loyal North Bri- 
tons, 286; Mary-la-bonne, 905 ; 
Law Association, 335; Duke of 
Gloucester’s, 462; the Somerset 
Place, 380 ; the St. Giles’s and St. 
George’s, 605; the Clerkenwell, 
701; Leyal British Artificers, 542 ; 
the Loyal Britons, 127; St. An- 
drew and St. George’s, 514; Ist 
and 2d battalion of Queen’s Royal, 
926 ; the Knightsbridge, 124; the 
St. Clement’s Danes, 2453; 1st Sur- 
rey, 515; the St. Sepulchre, 174; 
the St. Saviour’s, 151; the Loyal 
Southwark, 545; Lambeth, 555; 
Christchurch, 171 ; St. John’s, 138; 
St. Olave’s, 116; Rotherhithe, 158 ; 
Duke of Cumberland’s corps of yo- 
Junteer sharp shooters, 84; and the 
Gray’s Inn corps of volunteer ri- 
flemen, 38. Total 14,676. 
The total number of the troops 
inspected, amounted, on both days, 
to 27,077: but, in many instances, 
a fourth part of the corps were ab- 
sent on business or otherwise ; and, 
we understand, that the returns of 
the effective strength of the several 
battalions, rendered some weeks 
since, made the number of volun- 
teers, within the city, to exceed 
35,000. The corps in the vicinity 
of the metropolis, as the Hackney, 
Pancras, Fulham, Hampstead, Is- 
lington, Camberwell, Wandsworth, 
&c. exceed 11,000, making in the 
whole, a force of 46,000 men. 
The king arrived at the Knights- 
bridge barracks, from Kew, about 
ten o’clock, accompanied by her 
majesty and the princesses; and soon 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
after entered the park, preceded 
by a troop of horse, and surrounded 
by the dukes of York, Clarence, 
and Cumberland, and a number of 
officers on horseback. The pro- 
cession moved across the head of 
the Serpentine river, up to the ccn- 
tre of the park. ‘The fog now be- 
gan to disperse, and the sight be- 
came truly magnificent, as the ca- 
valcade could be seen passing the 
lines to the distance of three quar- 
ters of a mile. After the king had 
inspected the line, the whole formed 
into companies, and passed his ma- 
jesty in review, precisely in the 
same manner as the London corps. 
on Wednesday Jast ; and then re- 
tired in quick time. It is but jus- 
tice to observe, that the regularity of 
the firing, on both occasions, did in- 
finite credit to so numerous a body. 
The multitude was beyond concep- 
tion great, particularly females ; and 
it seemed as if the whole non-mili- 
tary population of the metropolis 
had come forward in honour of 
their defenders. ‘The following ge- 
neral orders were issued, from the 
office of the commander in chief, to — 
the commanding officers of the se- 
veral volunteer corps:. | 
*¢ Horse Guards, Oct. 29. 
*¢ His royal highness, the com- 
mander in chief, has received the 
king’s command, to convey to the 
several volunteer and associated 
corps, which were reviewed in Hyde 
Park on the 26th and 28th instant, 
his majesty’s highest approbation 
of their appearance, which has 
equalled his majesty’s utmost ex- 
pectation. His majesty perceives, 
with heartfelt satisfaction, that the 
spirit of loyalty and patriotism, on ~ 
which the system of the armed vo- 
lunteers throughout the kingdom 
was originally founded, has risen 
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