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Lieutenant of the County, with the Deputy-Lieutenants, Jus- 

 tices of the Peace, and a numerous company of the local 

 nobility and gentry fell into the procession, which arrived at 

 the east gate of the city at 6 p.m. Here the Mayor, Recorder, 

 Aldermen, and the rest of the Corporation received them " in 

 their formalities." The Duke of Somerset presented to Her 

 Majesty the Duke of Bolton (as Lord High Steward of the 

 city), who then presented the Corporate dignitaries. The 

 Mayor presented the kej^s, maces, and other symbols of his 

 trust, which the Queen received and returned to him. Next 

 the Recorder made a speech, expressing their thanks for the 

 honour she did them, and their duty, loyalty, and affection to 

 Her Majesty and Government. The Mayor afterwards, in the 

 name of the Corporation, presented the Queen with a hundred 

 guineas in a rich purse, as a mark of their true loyalty, and in 

 recompense he had the honour of kissing her hand, as had also 

 the Recorder, Aldermen, and several others, whom the Queen 

 received very graciously. The cavalcade re-started and passed 

 through the streets, which were lined with the City Trained 

 Bands, under the command of Lord William Powlet ; all the 

 people expressing " louder acclamations and greater joy on this 

 occasion than ever before known on any other occasion in this 

 city." At the close the Dean (in the absence of the Bishop, 

 who was ill and unable to attend) presented a loyal address, 

 which Her Majesty received very kindly. The following day 

 the Mayor and Commonalty waited on Prince George, on whom 

 they conferred the freedom of the city. After this function 

 was done and performed the Royal visitors mounted their 

 horses and went out with the local harriers,* the whole of the 

 arrangement having been conducted under the supervision of 

 the Master of the Buckhounds. No record of what sport ensued 

 has transpired, nevertheless it probably proved enjoyable, as 



* Mr. Bridges's, Mr. St. John's and Capt. Cornwall's huntsmen when Her 

 Majesty was at Winchester, 6Z, 9s. ; the harefinders there by Her Majesty's 

 command, 71, lOs. 6d. John Hudson, Huntsman to Her Majesty's Small 

 Beagles, with servants and horses at 200Z. per annum, from the 30th of July, 

 1713, to the 30th of July, 1714, 2001— Accounts M. H. (R. 27). 



