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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



and affection was exhibited on this 

 novel but happy occasion. 



24. Dover.— At one o'clock this 

 afternoon the Royal Sovereign 

 yacht sailed from our pier head, 

 having on board his Majesty Louis 

 XVIIl. ; and at four o'clock she 

 was seen at anchor in Calais roads. 

 The departure of his Majesty from 

 the hospitable shores of England, 

 and his return to the throne of his 

 ancestors, took place in presence 

 of one of the most numerous and 

 delighted assemblages that a happy 

 concurrence of events could bring 

 together. The pier and the whole 

 of the shore were also lined with 

 troops, who had been assembled 

 in honour of the occasion from dif- 

 ferent parts of the district. 



A little before one o'clock the 

 Prince Regent, accompanied by 

 Lord Yarmouth, Colonel Bloom- 

 field, &c, having taken leave of his 

 Majesty, came ashore from the 

 Royal Sovereign yacht, which was 

 stationed quite close to the quay, 

 and was received by a royal salute 

 from the whole line of troops. The 

 King of France did notappear upon 

 deck; but the Duke de Bourbon, 

 and the other French nobility pre- 

 sent, took off their hats on the Re- 

 gent's leaving the ship. The tide 

 then serving, the Royal Sovereign 

 got under weigh, and passed the 

 pier-head under a salute from all 

 the batteries. Here the scene was 

 most interesting : the Prince Re- 

 gent had taken his station on the 

 farthest point of the pier, and cheer- 

 ed the vessel as she passed, in which 

 he was accompanied by an immense 

 concourse of spectators of al 1 classes. 

 It would be difficult to describe the 

 feelings to which such a scene gave 

 birth. Its novelty, its importance, 

 the various circumstances attendins 



the principal personages engaged 

 in it, all contributed to render it 

 interesting and impressive in the 

 highest degree ; tears and acclama- 

 tions were mixed, and all appeared 

 affected. 



On the yacht reaching the roads, 

 she was received by a royal salute 

 from the ships of war there sta- 

 tioned, among which was the Ja- 

 son, the flag ship of the Duke of 

 Clarence. She then ran over for 

 Calais with a fine breeze, and was 

 only between three and four hours 

 on her passage. 



25. Calais. — The different yachts 

 sailed out of Dover harbour in the 

 most majestic style, and as the 

 breeze was extremely favourable, 

 they proceeded across the channel 

 with the utmost rapidity, accom- 

 panied and convoyed by the fleet 

 under the command of the Duke 

 of Clarence. On arriving off the 

 French coast, the Royal Yacht hove 

 to, when the Duke of Clarence, 

 in the Jason frigate, passed her, 

 fired a royal salute, and then man- 

 ned his yards, gave three cheers, 

 and bore away. Every ship of the 

 fleet passed the Royal Yacht, sa- 

 luted and cheered. The Royal So- 

 vereign Yacht then approached the 

 harbour of Calais, and was receiv- 

 ed by a roar of cannon, which last- 

 ed upwards of two hours, and was 

 in extent along the French coast 

 further than the eye could reach : 

 from Calais to Boulogne appeared 

 in one entire blaze. The Duke of 

 Clarence having now performed 

 his high and gratifying functions 

 of conveying a restored monarch 

 to the ctiuntny of his ancestors, 

 immediately sailed back for Eng- 

 land. 



Nothing could exceed the en- 

 thusiasm of the inhabitants of Ca- 



