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tontained these transparencies was 

 an arbour in different compart- 

 ments formed with laurel brandies, 

 as emblems of victory, and deco- 

 rated with rare and beautiful plants 

 brousjht from Kew gardens : in 

 these were tables, with a variety of 

 refreshments. To the south of the 

 arbour was a large temporary sup- 

 per-room for the accommodation 

 of 300 persons, which was also 

 fitted up with uUegorical paintings, 

 and flags, as emblematical of our 

 great military hero ; and terminat- 

 ed with a large side-board and mir- 

 ror, surmounted with the standard 

 of England. Several tents, fitted 

 up as supper-rooms, communicated 

 with this spacious apartment. All 

 the temporary rooms were render- 

 ed peculiarly comfortable from the 

 floors being boarded, and great at- 

 tention paid to their ventilation. 



An additional Gothic room, 

 erected at the end of the conser- 

 vatory, calculated to accommodate 

 100 persons at supper, added con- 

 siderably to the splendor of the 

 lower suit of rooms. 



The Queen, and Princesses Au- 

 gusta and Mary, arrived in their 

 chairs exactly at ten o'clock, at- 

 tended by a party of the yeomen 

 of the guard and footmen with 

 flambeaus : they entered by the 

 garden from the Park. They were 

 received at the library by the Duke 

 of Kent; and the Prince Regent 

 hastened inmiediately after to at- 

 tend his royal guests. 



About half an hour after the ar- 

 rival of the royal party, they en- 

 tered the polygon-room, the Queen 

 leaning on the Prince Regent's 

 right arm. His royal highness was 

 dressed in regimentals, wearing his 

 English, Russian, Prussian, and 

 French orders; and appeared in 



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excellent health : the royal party 

 promenaded round the room, re- 

 ceiving the compliments of the 

 numerous and distinguished assem- 

 bly. The Queen and Prince were 

 followed by the Duke of Kent and 

 Princess Augusta, the Duke of 

 Cambridge and Princess Mary, the 

 Princess Sophia of Gloucester ; the 

 Duke and Duchess of York came 

 afterwards. The Prince Regent's 

 band, in their full dress, played in 

 the orchestra, during the royal pro- 

 menade, " God save the King," 

 and "The Prince Regent's March." 

 When this band left the orchestra, 

 a very numerous band for country 

 dances took their place, and danc- 

 ing commenced. 



A little before two o'clock, the 

 company retired to supper. The 

 royal party supped in the, two 

 rooms which were erected to re- 

 ceive the Emperor of Russia and 

 King of Prussia, where the cloth 

 was laid for 120. After supper 

 dancing recommenced. 



The Queen and Princesses with- 

 drew about half-past four; the 

 company had not all retired till 

 past six. 



22. On Sunday night se'n- 

 night, about ten o'clock, Mrs. 

 Noyce, an aged woman, who re- 

 sides at Faw'ley, in the New Fo- 

 rest, Hampshire, was barbarously 

 murdered near her own residence. 

 The deceased kept a chandler's 

 shop, was a widow, and had one 

 hon about twenty years of age, 

 who being from home, she left her 

 house to go in pursuit of him : as 

 she did not return home at a late 

 honr, some of her neighbours went 

 out in quest of her, and at two 

 o'clock in the morning she was 

 found apparently lifeless in a 

 field adjoining a lane where they 



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