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ANNUAL REGISTER, ISM. 



cil Chambers, between tlie lines 

 formed by the Members of the 

 Corporation, and with shouts of 

 welcome and appropriate music ; 

 our own Princes of the Blood 

 Iloj'al, with the National Air of 

 " God Save the King," the illus- 

 trious Warriors with the air of 

 " See the conquering Hero comes." 

 The other Illustrious Personages, 

 Princes, Ambassadors, Marshals, 

 Ministers, Peers, Judges, &c. &c. 

 continued to arrive in quick suc- 

 cession, and were all received with 

 the most cordial shouts of ap- 

 plause. 



The Prince Regent and the 

 two Sovereigns, with their illus- 

 trious attendants, being received in 

 the Common Council Chamber 

 by the Lord Mayor, were con- 

 ducted to the State Chairs placed 

 at the upper end. The Lady 

 Mayoress received the Grand 

 Duchess, and those Ladies who 

 were to dine in the Hall as they 

 entered the room. When the 

 Prince Regent was seated, the 

 Lord Mayor having laid aside his 

 Crimson Velvet Robes, and put on 

 his Embroidered State or Enter- 

 taining Gown, advanced with the 

 Recorder and the Aldermen, and 

 made their reverences, when Mr. 

 Recorder addressed His Royal 

 Highness as follows : 



" May your Royal Highness be 

 pleased to accept our heartfelt 

 thanks for tlie honour conferred by 

 this Royal Visit, and to receive the 

 sincere welcome of his Majesty's 

 most faithful and loyal Citizens, 

 into the ancient Metropolis of 

 these Realms. 



" The gracious condescension of 

 your Royal Highness, and of the 

 high and illustrious Sovereigns, 

 your Royal Visitors, in receiving at 

 our hands such Ente.tainments as 



the time has permitted us to pro^ 

 vide, makes this a proud and glo- 

 rious day for the City. It is au- 

 unparalleled honour, which will sit 

 close and dear for ever to our 

 hearts. 



" Britons, Sir, boast, that their 

 energies were cheerfulij' combined 

 witli your Royal Highness's wis- 

 dom and perseverance, to inspirit 

 the continental Powers to force 

 Europe into peace, and that they 

 gave effect to the arms and valour 

 of the mighty Potentates, whose 

 auspicious presence we this day 

 hail. After England's example, 

 the glorious Victories achieved by 

 them put the finishing stroke to 

 the dreadful scourge of war, and 

 the World, blessed by a long Reign 

 of Peace, will transmit your United 

 Names with Tlianksgiving, with 

 Honour, and with Glory to ages yet 

 unborn. 



" Permit me, Sir, in the Name of 

 the Corporation of London, thus 

 highly distinguished, to entreat of 

 your Royal Highness, and of your 

 Royal and Illustrious Visitors, that 

 whatever you shall find of defect 

 in preparing things worthy of 

 jour reception, may be imputed 

 not to neglect, not to insensibility ; 

 for the heart that would not be 

 overcome by such gracious conde- 

 scension, or would forbear to exert 

 its every power humbly to ac- 

 knowledge it, could not inhabit as 

 we believe* an English bosom: our 

 hearts alone, and our means must 

 be in fault ; our Loyalty arid Love 

 can never fail." 



His Royal Highness was pleased 

 to make a most gracious reply, and 

 then addressing himself to the 

 Lord Mayor said, " It has been 

 always the custom, when the So- 

 vereign paid a visit to his faithful 

 City of London, to confer a mark 



