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numerons, took tlie horses from 

 his csirrias^e, and drew him into 

 the village. The Prince Regent 

 was at the door of the inn in rea- 

 diness to receive his Majesty, 

 which his Royal Highness did ac- 

 cording to the custom of the 

 French nation by embracing him : 

 they conversed in the French lan- 

 guage. The King was dressed in 



blue and gold, resembling the 

 Windsor uniform. The Prince 

 Regent was in full regimentals, 

 with his Russian and English 

 orders. 



The Procession being formed, it 

 began to move in the following or- 

 der, at 20 minutes past three 

 o'clock : 



One hundred Gentlemen on Horseback. 



Horse Trumpeters. 



A numerous party of the Royal Horse Guards. 



Six Royal Carriages, the servants with white cockades; an outrider to 



each carriage. 

 A party of the Royal Horse Guards. 

 Lastly, came the State Carriage, in which were the King of France, 

 and the Prince Regent, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, and sur- 

 mounted by the Royal Standard of England. 



An Officer of the Royal Horse 

 Guards rode at each window, and 

 a numerous party of horse closed 

 the procession. 



Though, from some changes in 

 the arrangements, it became gene- 

 rally known in the morning, that 

 the train could not reach town till 

 between five and six o'clock, such 

 was the impatience of the mul- 

 titude, that the principal avenues 

 were crowded from noon. But 

 this multitude was not the mere 

 populace; persons of the first dis- 

 tinction lined the road with their 

 equipages; and perhaps not the 

 Jeast delightful and admirable part 

 of the day's exhibition was to be 

 found among the spectators. The 

 day was fine, a sky almost without 

 a cloud : wherever the eye ranged 

 it fell on s-jlendor and beauty, at- 

 titudes and countenances of love- 

 liness and joy. From Albemarle- 

 *treet to the Park was almost one 

 ma^9 of carriages, with females of 



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the first fashion standing on the 

 seats. Every balcony and window 

 in that stately range of buildings 

 was full, waving with the Bourbon 

 flag or wreathed with white. About 

 one o'clock a troop of the Life 

 Guards took their stand opposite 

 the Pulteney Hotel, with the band, 

 of the regiment. This spot at- 

 tracted an unusual concourse. 



About four miles from town, the 

 procession met the line of vehicles, 

 which preserved even so far a near-, 

 ly unbroken continuity. The villas 

 on each side were decorated, scaf- 

 foldings raised, and even the trees 

 hung with the flag of the lilies. 

 As it advanced, couriers were 

 dispatched to announce its ap- 

 proach. At half-past five it enter- 

 ed the park by Cumberland Gate. 

 On its opening out into Piccadilly 

 the whole view v/as eminently 

 striking. From the ascent near the 

 Green Park, the total pomp lay un- 

 der the eye: and the combination 



