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of Anglesea, Keeper of Carnarvon Castle, Ranger of Snowdon 

 Forest, Vice-Admiral of North Wales, Pembrokeshire, and Car- 

 marthen. His principal seats are Beaudesert, and Sinai Park, in 

 this county ; Drayton, in Middlesex ; Stabridge, in Dorsetshire ; 

 and Place Newyth, in the Isl e of Anglesea, where he is possessed 

 of an immense property in his valuable copper mines. 



On Monday, November the 6th, 1815, His Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent, accompanied by the Duke of Clarence, arrived at 

 Beaudesert, on a visit to the Marquis of Anglesea, and next day 

 the Royal Brothers were joined by the Austrian Archdukes John 

 and Lewis, who were then making the tour of this country. An 

 intimation of His Royal Highness's intention to visit the Marquis 

 of Anglesea having been received at Beaudesert, the Earl of Ux- 

 bridge, Lord Yarmouth, Lord Graves, Sir Arthur Paget, and Gen. 

 Sir E. Paget, with nearly two hundred of the Noble Marquis's 

 tenantry on horseback, proceeded to Lichfield to make the neces- 

 sary arrangements for the reception of the Royal Visitors. The 

 Staffordshire regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command 

 of the Hon. Edward Monckton, formed at the entrance of the city, 

 and awaited the arrival of His Royal Highness. It having been 

 125 years since the neighbourhood of Lichfield was honoured with 

 the presence of a reigning Prince of England, the most lively in- 

 terest was excited in all classes of people, who seemed anxious to 

 afford another proof of that loyalty and attachment to the reigning 

 family, which has ever distinguished the ancient and respectable 

 city of Lichfield. His Royal Highness reached Lichfield about six 

 o'clock, changed horses at the George Inn, and proceeding rapidly 

 through the city, was met at Longdon by the Marquis's tenantry, 

 headed by his keepers, (a particular form of the ancient system, and 

 probably indicative of his Lordship's right of free-warren over 

 Cannock-chace),and conducted to the Hall, amidst the acclamations 

 of assembled thousands. A detachment of the Yeomanry Cavalry 

 escorted His Royal Highness from Lichfield to Beaudesert. Ad- 

 dresses to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, from the City of 

 Lichfield, and the Town of Burton-upon-Trent, having been previ- 

 ously prepared, the Deputations were introduced by the Noble 

 Marquis into a spacious dining-room, where they were most gra- 

 ciously received by His Royal Highness, who stood up in the centre, 

 with General Bloomfield on his right, in waiting. On the right, 

 were the Duke of Clarence, with the Marchioness of Anglesea, and 

 the whole of the female part of the Marquis's family : in the back- 



