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ANNUAL REGISTER, 18l6. 



As soon iis the ceremony was 

 concluded, the Princess Charlotte 

 embraced her fatherj and went up 

 to the Queen, whose hand she 

 kissed with respectful affection. 

 Each of the Princesses her Royal 

 Highness kissed, and then shook 

 hands with her illustrious uncles. 

 The bride and bridegroom retired 

 arm in arm, and soon after setoff 

 for Oatlands, which they reached 

 at ten minutes before twelve. 



The Prince of Saxe-Cobourg 

 wore at the wedding a full British 

 uniform, decorated with the in- 

 signia of the new Hanoverian 

 order of the Guel])h5, and otlier 

 emblems of knighthood of Saxony, 

 and of Austria, Russia, the Ne- 

 therlands, Prussia, Ihivaria, Wur- 

 temberg, and Denmark. His Se- 

 rene Highness wore a magnificent 

 sword and belt, ornr.mented with 

 diamonds, and studded with va- 

 rious gems. 



3. ^f7((7e/(«//.— HisRoyal High- 

 ness the Prince Regent has been 

 pleased, in the name and on the 

 behalf of his jMajesty, to declare 

 and ordain, that his Serene High- 

 ness Leopold (ieoige Frederick 

 Duke of .'Saxe, Slargrave of Meis- 

 sen, Landgrave of Thuringtien, 

 Piince of Cobourg of .Saalfield, 

 consort of her Royal Highness 

 the Piinccss Charlotte Augusta, 

 shall take, hold, and enjoy, during 

 the term vS his natural life, in all 

 assemblies or meetings whatso- 

 ever, the precedence and rank fol- 

 lowing : — that is to siiy, before the 

 Lord Archbisho]) of Canterbiny^ 

 the Lord ChanceUor, and all (;tliev 

 great officers ; and before tiie 

 Dukes (other than and except the 

 Dukes of the blood-royal), and 

 all other Peers of tlie realm. 



4. An English horse- race lately 



took place near Vienna. The par- 

 ties were I'rince Lichtenstein and 

 a rich Englishman. The wager 

 was 1000 ducats, and the latter 

 gained them. The novelty of the 

 icene attracted upwards of 20,000 

 spectators. 



5. At tlie Pontefiact sessions, 

 the annual leturn of the woollen 

 manufacture was made, by which 

 it appears that there was an in- 

 crease of 604,387 yards in narrow 

 cloths nulled, and a decrease of 

 262,02^ yards in broad cloths 

 milled. The whole manufac- 

 ture produced this year in yards 

 17,044,.'i'25. 



6. In the morning, in conse- 

 quence of tlie advance in the pi ice 

 of bread, several groups of the 

 manufacturing poor assembled at 

 different parts of Bridport, com- 

 plaining of the gi ievance, added 

 to their want of employ from the 

 ])rescnt stagnation of trade. Their 

 numbers increasing, one of the 

 most active bore a quartern loaf 

 through the streets on a pole. 

 This drew together a great num- 

 ber of men, women, and children, 

 who soon proceeded to acts of vio- 

 lence, demolishing the windows of 

 the principal millers and bakers, 

 and taking from the brewery of 

 INIessrs. Grmdry three hogsheads 

 of beei', which they drew in 

 triumj)h to the centre of the 

 town. The riot act was then 

 read ; but several hundred more 

 having joined the mob, it was 

 evident that nothing but the most 

 l)rom])tmeasurescould prevent the 

 dangerous consequences likely to 

 follow, and which were happily 

 jirevented by the cxei'tions of 

 some of the principal inhabitants, 

 who rushed among the mob de- 

 stroyed the beer, seized the ring- 

 leaders. 



