PRINCE OF WALES. 177 



Another occurrence at this time was 

 the embarkation of that crack regiment, 

 the 10th Hussars, for the Peninsula. 

 His Royal Highness George Prince of 

 Wales, their Colonel, afterwards King 

 George the Fourth, came down to 

 Portsmouth to witness their departure. 

 This caused no little stir in the old town. 

 A review of the troops in the garrison 

 took place on Southsea Common. The 

 Prince was there on horseback, accom- 

 panied by an eccentric baronet,* whose 

 strange attire a long loose plain drab 

 coat and a slouched hat, contrasted 

 strongly with the tight Hussar jacket 

 and the fur cap of his royal and ro- 

 tund Patron. After the review the 

 officers of the regiment gave a grand 

 farewell dinner at one of the hotels to 

 their distinguished Colonel, to which the 

 principal officers of the garrison were 

 invited, where my friend and I had the 



* Sir John Ladd. 

 VOL. I. N 



