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of military splendor, stately move- 

 inent,and countless multitude, gave 

 a coup-d'oeil of unrivalled richness, 

 interest, and variety. A troop of 

 gentlemen on horseback, with 

 white cockades, led the way. The 

 carriages followed, escorted by de- 

 tachments of the Life Guards. A 

 strong body of the 14th Light 

 Dragoons and London Volunteer 

 Horse brought up the rear. The 

 ceremonial moved slowly on, im- 

 peded by the eagerness of the mul- 

 titude. 

 ' When his Majesty entered Gril- 

 lon's Hotel in Albemarle-stieet, he 

 had hold of the Prince's arm, who 

 conducted hira to the principal 

 apartment prepared for the French 

 Monarch, Jieurs de lis being em- 

 broidered in gold upon hangings of 

 crimson velvet. In this superb 

 room, the Earls of Buckingham- 

 shire, Bathurst, and Liverpool, the 

 Foreign Ambassadors, and about 

 one hundred and fifty of the an- 

 cient French Noblesse, were in 

 attendance to receive his Majesty, 

 who seeming much fatigued, an 

 arm chair was brought, in which 

 his Majesty seated himself, the 

 Duke of York on his left, his 

 Royal Highness the Prince Regent 

 and the Duchess D'Angouleme on 

 his right, the Prince de Conde and 

 the Due de Bourbon facing him, 

 with all his suite surrounding him. 

 The Marquis of Hertford and the 

 Earl of Cholmondeley were behind 

 the chair. 



The Prince Regent then ad- 

 dressed his Majesty to the following 

 effect : — 



" Your Majesty will permit me 

 to offer you my heartiest congra- 

 tulations upon that great event 

 which has always been amongst the 

 warmest of my wishes, and which 



must eminently contribute to the 

 happiness not only of your Ma- 

 jesty's people, but to the repose and 

 happiness of all other nations. I 

 am sure I may add, that my own 

 sentiments and feelings are in uni- 

 son with those of the universal 

 British nation, and that the triumph 

 and transport with which your Ma- 

 jesty will be received in your own 

 capital, can scarcely exceed the joy 

 and satisfaction which your Majes- 

 ty's restoration to the throne of 

 your ancestors has creatsd in the 

 capital of the British empire." 

 HIS majesty's reply. 



" Your Royal Highness will ac- 

 cept my most sincere and grateful 

 thanks for your Royal Highness's 

 congratulations — for the invariable 

 kindness with which 1 have been 

 treated by your Royal Highness 

 and by every member of your illus- 

 trious House, it is to your Royal 

 Highness's Councils, to this great 

 Countrj', and to the constancy of 

 its people, that I shall always 

 ascribe, under Providence, the res- 

 toration of our House to the Throne 

 of our ancestors, and that state of 

 affairs which promises to heal the 

 wounds, to calm the passions, and 

 to restore the peace, tranquillity, 

 and prosperity of all nations." 



His Majesty then, assisted by 

 the Prince de Conde, and the Duke 

 de Bourbon, taking the ribband of 

 the order of Saint Esprit from his 

 own shoulder, and the star from his 

 breast, invested the Prince with it, 

 declaring his happiness, that it 

 should be upon his Royal Highness 

 he should first have the honour of 

 conferring that ancient order, upon 

 his restoration. 



His Royal Highness soon after 

 took leave. 



22. The Right Honourable the 





