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three times, and then expired. 

 Bryan was immediately taken into 

 custody : and on Friday an inquest 

 was held, when the Jury returned 

 a verdict of wilful murder against 

 the said T. Bryan, who was in 

 consequence committed to Staf- 

 ford gaol. 



20. On this day the inhabitants 

 of London were gratitied with the 

 extraordinary and interesting spec- 

 tacle of the solemn entry of a 

 king of France. Louis XVIIL 

 from his retreat at Hartwell, being 

 summoned to assume the crown 

 of his native kingdom, was in- 

 vited by the Prince Regent, first 

 to display the royal dignity in the 

 capital of England ; and nothing- 

 could surpass the respectful at- 

 tention, and, as it may be termed, 

 the affectionate sympathy, ex- 

 hibited in the whole behaviour of 

 his Royal Highness towards the 

 illustrious stranger, now, from an 

 exile, become a potent monarch. 

 His feelings appeared to be com- 

 municated to the whole British 

 public ; and a sovereign could 

 scarcely be welcomed into his own 

 capital with more cordial rejoic- 

 inij, than Lonis was into the Bri- 

 tish metro|)olis. 



Early on the d.iy, an arrange- 

 ment for the king's entrance was 

 issued from the Horse-guards, 

 directing all the military part of 

 the procession, which was ren- 

 dered as full and splendid as the 

 present diminished state of the 

 Guards and other troops would 

 permit. 



At four in the morning the 

 Prince Hegent's s'ate carriage, with 

 seven of the usual royal equipages, 

 with out-riders, had set out for 

 Stanmore, where his Majesty was 

 to breakfast. At eleven o'clock 



two troops of the Oxford Pines, 

 ill their state uniforms, arrived at 

 Kilburn-turnpike, to escort the 

 Prime Regent to Stanmore. 



Her Majesty and the Princesses 

 Elizabeth and Mary arrived at the 

 Queen's-palace, from Windsor. 

 The Prince Regent, after giving 

 an audience to Earl Bathurst, left 

 Carlton-house, in his travelling 

 carriage for Stanmore, at half-()ast 

 twelve o'clock, attended by the 

 Duke of Montrose, Master of the 

 Horse, and Viscount Melbourne, 

 the Lord in Waiting. His Royal 

 Highness's postillions were dressed 

 in white jackets, with white hats 

 and cockades. 



The Duchess of Oldenburg sent 

 invitations to the Queen, and the 

 Princesses Elizabeth, Mary, Char- 

 lotte of Wales, and Sophia of 

 Gloucester, to come to the Pulte- 

 ney Hotel, to see the Royal pro- 

 cession : the)' all went except her 

 M;ijesty; and there the Royal 

 party were also joinerl by the Rus- 

 sian Ambassador, the Countess 

 Lieven, General Taikescotf, the 

 Baron Nicolai, &c. 



The Prince Regent arrived at 

 the Abercorn Arms inn, at Stan- 

 more, about two o'clock, from 

 whence the procession was to pro- 

 ceed. The town of Stanmore ex- 

 hibited the most novel sight : 

 there was hardly a house that did 

 not display tokens of respect, by 

 means of flags, ribbands, &c. 

 Numbers of the nobility and gen- 

 try of that part of the country, 

 and in fact every pei'son who could 

 procure a horse, v.ient a rnile out 

 of the town to accompany the 

 king of France into Stanmore ; 

 and when his Majesty had got 

 within a short distance, the popu- 

 lace, who had become extremely 



