S54> ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



paring Guildhall for the Royal 

 Festival, and to employ such ar- 

 tificers and workmen as he might 

 think necessary, in order to insure 

 the completion of the whole 

 within the short space of time 

 allowed for that purpose, (Sa- 

 turday, the 18th of June, having 

 been appointed by his Royal High- 

 ness the Prince Regent for the 

 celebration of the Festival), and 

 we desired him to prepare a plan 

 of the Hall, properly arranged for 

 the reception of the Prince Regent 

 and his Illustrious Visitors. 



Your Committee being anxious 

 that every thing should be exe- 

 cuted in the most superb manner, 

 on this highly important occasion, 

 gave immediate directions for pre- 

 paring a sumptuous and splendid 

 entertainment, and findingit would 

 be impracticable to complete in 

 ime the numerous arrangements 

 necessary to be effected, unless 

 different departments were placed 

 under the management of distinct 

 Sub-committees, we appointed the 

 following, viz. 



1st. For directing and superin- 

 tending the various fittings up in 

 the Hall, and the making proper 

 and commodious avenues thereto. 



2nd. For providing and taking 

 charge of the plate to be used on 

 the occasion. 



3rd. For providing the necessary 

 china, glass, linen, and all other 

 arti<;les and things in thebutlerage 

 department; 



4th. For providing the most 

 rare and choice wines, for taking 

 care of and superintending the re- 

 ceipt and delivery of the same. 



5th. For managing, directing, 

 and superintending the necessary 

 regulations for the admission of 

 the company, the conducting the 



ceremonies to take place, and for 

 the general appropriation and ac- 

 commodation of the company in 

 the Hall and the Galleries. 



By the foregoing classification, 

 and the permanent sitting of the 

 Grand Committee, to receive and 

 confirm from time to time the 

 several proceedings of the Sub- 

 committees, as well as to give fur- 

 ther instructions and powers as 

 circumstances required, the whole 

 was executed in a style of the first 

 magnificence and splendor. 



Your Committee having di- 

 rected Mr. Remembrancer to pro- 

 cure lists of the persons in the 

 Suites of His Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent, the Enxperor of 

 Russia, and the King of Prussia, as 

 well as of the Great Officers of 

 State, Foreign Princes, Ministers, 

 Noblemen, and persons of dis- 

 tinction then in London, found 

 that the number together with the 

 English Nobility and persons of 

 distinction, whom it was thought 

 proper to invite on the occasion, 

 totally precluded the possibility of 

 entertaining the ladies of the mem- 

 bers of the Corporation in the body 

 of the hall : at the same time 

 your Committee considering, that 

 the general effect of the coup- 

 d'osil of the Entertainment would 

 be lost without their presence, 

 directed spacious galleries to be 

 erected in the Hall for their ac- 

 commodation, and Mr. Town- 

 Clerk, and Mr. Comptroller having 

 handsomely offered the use of 

 their houses, the same were ac- 

 cepted, and the latter was wholly 

 appropriated to the accommodation 

 of the Ladies, as being more con- 

 venient from its situation and fa- 

 cility of access to the Galleries, 

 drawings of which galleries we 



