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tintil the approach of the procession, they were accommodated iu the 

 house of Messrs. Child and Co. bankers. On its arrival they mounted 

 horses which were decorated for the occasion with crimson ribbons. 

 Tlie first part of the cavalcade having entered the City, on the Carriage 

 of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent drawing up, the Lord Mayor, 

 Aldermen, Slieriffs, &c. advanced, and the Lord Mayor presented the 

 Sword of State to his Royal Highness, who was graciously pleased to 

 return the same to his Lordship. They then joined the Procession, 

 immediately preceding his Royal Highness's carriage, in the following 

 Order : 



Sheriffs' Officers. 



The City Marshals. 



The Lord Mayor's Footmen. 



The Band of the London Militia, playing " God Save the King." 



The City Officers. 



Sixteen Aldermen, in their Robes, bare headed. 



The Common Crier, bearing the City Mace ; and the Sword Bearer, 



wearing the Cap of Maintenance. 



The Lord Mayor, bare headed, carrying the Sword of State, dressed in a 



rich Crimson Velvet Robe, trimmed with Ermine. 



In this Order the Procei^sion 

 moved on to Guildhall, cheered as 

 they went, by the spectators in 

 the houses and streets. And in 

 order to insure the convenient and 

 safe convej'ance of the company to 

 and from the entertainment, and 

 to prevent any interruption, the 

 ends of the several streets and car- 

 riage ways leading into the main 

 streets from Temple Bar, through 

 •which the procession was to pass, 

 the whole carriage-way of which 

 was spread overwith bright gravel, 

 were, by order of the Court of Lord 

 Mayor and Aldermen, secured with 

 posts and l^ars, a measure which 

 not only enabled the illustrious vi- 

 sitors to pass with ease and secu- 

 rity, but afforded to the public a 

 most gratifying, because uninter- 

 rupted, view of this grand and im- 

 posing spectacle. 



Your Committee, with a view to 

 prevent the possibility of interrup- 

 tion to the line of procession, di- 

 rected the admission of the ladies 



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into the galleries to take place be- 

 tween the hours of twelve and 

 three, through a passage made for 

 that purpose from the principal en- 

 trance to the Comptroller's house, 

 by which means, and the attend- 

 ance of some of the members of 

 your Committee not only to re- 

 ceive the ladies, but to conduct 

 them to the galleries, they were 

 all conveniently seated, and their 

 carriages drawn off long previous 

 to the arrival of the Royal and 

 Illustrious guests. 



A temporary passage was erected 

 from the principal entrance of the 

 hall to the middle of Guildhall- 

 yard, in order that the carriages 

 might conveniently pass from 

 thence through Blackivell Hall. 

 This passage, lined with green 

 cloth, and the flooring covered 

 with matting, was illuminated by 

 a profusion of lamps, and led to 

 the porch of the hall, which was 

 also lined with green cloth, and 

 converted into a temporary arbour» 



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