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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



The painted windows at the upper 

 and lower end of the Hall formed 

 two beautiful transparencies, by 

 means of strong lights behind 

 them. 



From the entrance of the Hall 

 to the steps leading to the King's 

 Bench, a passage was left. The 

 Court of King's Bench was con- 

 verted into a retiring room. It 

 was hung with crimson cloth, 

 liglited by rich lustres, and fur- 

 nished with elegant sofas and 

 chairs. At the upper end was an 

 elegant transparency of stained 

 glass of our venerable Sovereign 

 in his robes : on one side Britan- 

 nia; on the other the figure of 

 Plenty ; above, in the centre. 

 Peace, with the olive branch in 

 her hand. In another part of the 

 piece was a ship, surmounted with 

 the name of Nelson ; and in a 

 corresponding situation, warlike 

 trophies thrown together, over 

 which appeared the name of Wel- 

 lington. The Common Council 

 Chamber was fitted up in a mag- 

 nificent style as a drawing-room. 

 It was hung, and the floor was 

 covered with crimson cloth ; all 

 the seats were removed, and their 

 places supplied by costly chairs. 

 At the upper end a splendid throne 

 was erected for the Prince Re- 

 gent ; the room, and the avenues 

 to it, were illuminated with cut- 

 glass chandeliers. 



Among the persons of distinc- 

 tion present, besides the Prince 

 Regent, the Emperor of Russia, 

 the Duchess of Oldenburg, and the 

 King of Prussia, were all the Bri- 

 tish Royal Dukes ; the Princes of 

 Oldenburg, Cobourg, Bavaria, 

 and Wiiitemburg, the Prmce 

 Royal of Prussia; Piince William, 

 the King's second son ; Princes 



Frederick, Henry> William, and 

 A ugustus of Prussia; PrinceCharles 

 of 3Ieckleuburg, the Prince of 

 Orange, and the Dukes of Orleans 

 and Saxe Weimar, Princes Rad- 

 zivil, Hardenberg, Blucher, Met- 

 ternich, Lichtenstein, Gagarin, 

 Tcherbatoff, Czartonski, Prince 

 and Princess Volkowski, Generals 

 PlatofF, Tolstoi, CzfrnicheflF, Wo- 

 ronzow, Barclay de Tolli, Potem- 

 kin, de Yorck, de Bulow, all the 

 foreign Ministers, and the British 

 offictrs of State, and of the Royal 

 Household ; the Ladies Liverpool 

 and Castlerea^jh, and the Lady 

 Mayoress ; the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Marquis AA'ellesiey, Mar- 

 quis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, 

 Lords Holland, Glenville, Erskine, 

 Beresford, Hill, Combermere, and 

 Lynedoch ; Messrs. Ponsonby, 

 AVhitbread, Canning, Coke, War- 

 ren Hastings, lierney, the Judges, 

 the Jlembers of the Corporation, 

 &c. &c. &c. 



20. A grand review of all the 

 regular troops, and most of the 

 volunteers in and near the metro- 

 polis took place in Hyde-park in 

 presence of the Emperor of Rus- 

 sia, the King of Prussia,, and all 

 the illustrious foreigners accom- 

 panying them, and of the Prince 

 Regent, the Duke of York, &c. 



The ceremony of announcing to 

 the inhabitants of the metropolis, 

 the conclusion of the definitive 

 treaty of peace with France took 

 place with all its ancient and ac- 

 customed solemnities. So great 

 was the public curiosity to behold 

 this last scene of the important 

 event which has terminated the 

 struggles of Europe, that the 

 streets were crowded at a very 

 early hour. The scaffoldings which 

 had been erected in front of the 



