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fcorfeS approached, in which were his majefty Louis XVIII. 
i»nd his royal highnefs the prince-regent, the people una- 
siimoully huzzaed, the ladies from the windows waved 
their handkerchiefs. Kis majefty had hold of the prince’s 
arm, who conduced him to the principal parlour; on his 
arrival there he found himfelf much overcome with fa¬ 
tigue; an arm-chair was brought, in which his majefty 
feated himfelf, the duke of York on his left, the prince-re¬ 
gent and the duchefs d’Angouleme on his right, the prince 
de Conde and the duke de Bourbon facing him, with all 
his fuite furrounding him. The marquis of Hertford and 
the earl of Cholmondeley were behind the chair ; the 
Aultrian, Spanifti, Ruffian, and Portuguefe, ambaftadors, 
•with all the nlinifters, were prefent. About 150 of the 
French noblefle were alfo affembled at the hotel, to greet 
the arrival of their fovereign, and an interefting fcene 
took place. His majefty addreffed the prince-regent, ex- 
p re fling his gratitude for the favours conferred upon him ; 
Hating, that he had been indebted to his R. H. for an afy- 
lum ; and had now to exprefs his obligations to his R. PI. 
for his fupport of the houfe of Bourbon. It was impofii- 
ble for him to find language to convey in adequate terms 
the fenfe of gratitude lie felt, or the delight which he now 
experienced.—The prince-regent, in reply, allured his 
majefty, that no obligation was pcrfonally dve to himfelf for the 
events which had occurred, and in which he felt the higheft 
gratification.—His majefty again expreffed his gratitude ; 
and, taking off the cordon and ftar of the order of the 
Holy Gholt, which he wore, he perfonally placed the ftar 
upon the breaft of the prince-regent ; and, with the aflift- 
anceof the prince de Conde and the duke de Bourbon, in¬ 
verted bis R. H with the cordon.—On his R. H. taking 
his leave, he faluted his majefty feveral times, as did his 
majefty him. 
On the following day, a Chapter of the Order of the 
Garter was held at Carlton-houfe. Every thing being 
prepared, the prince-regent took his feat in a fuperb ftate- 
chair, at the head of a table. The knights then bowed 
to his R. H. and took their feats ; and, difpenfing with 
the ufual form of eledlion, they unanimoufly declared his 
Mott Chriftian Majefty, Louis XVIII. King of France, 
duly elefted a member. The two fenior knights, the 
dukes of York and Kent, (inftead of the two junior 
knights, as ufual,) retired to introduce the king from the 
prince’s clofet. Their royal highnefl'es prefented the king 
to the prince, when his majefty knelt on a crimfon culhion, 
and the prince waved the l'vvord of ftate, and conferred 
the honour of knighthood on his majefty, and afterwards 
placed the garter of the order on the king’s left knee, See. 
See. —The king and the Englifh royal family then retired 
to the prince-regent’s clofet; where the king was pleafed 
to take off the infignia of the order of the Holy Ghoft 
from liis perfon, and invert the duke of York with it. The 
royal aflembly afterwards dined with the prince-regent. 
Louis remained at Grillon’s Hotel during the whole of 
Friday the 22d, for the purpofe of receiving all the French 
emigrants who were defirous of being introduced to him 
previous to his departure for France. 
On Saturday morning, at eight o’clock, his majefty fet 
off for Dover. A great crowd of eager fpeCtators had af- 
fetnbled to fee him depart. The dukes of Kent and Suf- 
fex had paid their refpefts to him early ; and the duchefs 
of Angoulerne foon after arrived, and appeared nearly 
overcome with her feelings.—His majefty, on entering his 
carriage, was greeted with acclamations by the multitude. 
He was accompanied by three noblemen, efcorted by a 
party of light horfe, and followed by the prince.of Conde 
and the duke de Bourbon. The duke of Suli'ex alfo ac¬ 
companied him fome way out of town. As foon as the 
royal carriage entered Kent, it was met by lord Camden, 
the lord lieutenant of the county, and a party of volun¬ 
teer-cavalry, who efcorted his majefty to Dover, which he 
reached about fix o’clock. The prince-regent (who had 
fet off from London two hours before his majelty) was 
there to receive him; and accompanied him on-board the 
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Jafon frigate to dinner. The road from London to Dover 
was one continued fcene of gaiety. Every hamlet, vil¬ 
lage, and town, poured forth its population to witnels the 
royal progrefs. Gravefend, Dartmouth, Chatham, and 
Canterbury, with their white cockades, bands of mufic, 
yeomanry, volunteers, See. See. had quite a holiday afpect; 
and the French monarch was every- where met vyith fmilts 
and congratulations. In the evening, the king and the 
prince-regent left the Jafon, and returned to Dover to 
fteep. The town was brilliantly illuminated. Next day, 
(Sunday,) his majefty went on-board the Royal Sovereign 
yacht, accompanied by the regent, &c. &c. A little be¬ 
fore one, his R. H. took his leave of the French monarch, 
and returned to the fiiore, when a royal falute was fired. 
The yacht was elefe to the quay. The king of France 
did not appear upon deck; but the duke de Bourbon, 
and the other French nobility prefent, took oft' their hats 
on the regent leaving the fhip. The tide then ferving, the 
Royal Sovereign got under weigh, and parted the pier-head 
under a royal falute from all the batteries. Here the fcene 
W'as molt interefting; the prince-regent had taken his fta- 
tion on the fartheft point of the pier, and cheered the vel- 
fel as Ihe parted, in which he was accompanied by an im- 
menfe concourfe of fpedrtators of all clafies. It would be 
difficult to deferibe the feelings to which fuch a fcene 
gave birth. Its novelty, its importance, the various cir- 
cumftances attending the principal perlonages engaged iti 
it, all contributed to render it interefting and imprefiive 
in the higheft degree ; tears and acclamations were mixed, 
and all appeared affefted. On the yacht reaching the roads, 
file was received by a royal falute from the fliips of war 
there Rationed; among which was the jafon, the flag-flop 
of the duke of Clarence. She then ran over for Calais 
with a fine breeze, and was only between three and four 
hours on her paflage. Such a day as this was never wit- 
nefled at Dover by any perfon now living; and it is fup- 
pofed only to have been equalled on the day Charles II„ 
landed from Holland. 
Louis XVIII. when he reached Calais, was conveyed by 
means of a platform into an open caleche, or carriage, 
with four feats, into which he was followed by the du¬ 
chefs of Angoulerne, the prince of Conde, and the duke 
de Bourbon. The horfes were loon taken oft’, and the 
carriage was dragged by the populace to the door of the 
principal church. The ftreets through which it palled 
were crowded with white flags, and the windows filled 
with well-drefled women waving white handkerchiefs ; the 
air refounded with cries of Vive Louis XVIll! Vivent les Bour¬ 
bons! At the door of the church his majefty was received 
by the principal clergy, who conducted him under a ca¬ 
nopy to a feat of ltate in the middle of the choir, where the 
king and the duchefs of Angoulerne fell on their knees, 
and appeared to pray with the moft fervent devotion, 
while the Te Dcum, and Dominefalvum fac Regem, were fung. 
They then returned to the caleche, and were drawn as be¬ 
fore to the Hotel de Tillac, formerly Deffein’s, where the 
king and his party dined in public, and after dinner re¬ 
ceived the compliments of thofe who wiftied to be prefented 
to him. We are told, that, when the king arrived at the 
inn at Calais, he ordered money to be given to the populace 
who drew his carriage ; but they unanimoufly refufed it, 
and laid they only wiftied to teltify their afteftion for him. 
The next day, the tide not ferving at an early hour for 
landing the king’s carriages, his majefty determined to 
ipend that day at Calais alfo, and again dined in public, 
giving orders that all the Engiilh who wiftied it fliould be 
admitted. He fet oft’ from Calais on Tuefday at noon, ef¬ 
corted by a body of French lancers on horfeback, and 
another corps of French cavalry ; and flept that night at 
Boulogne-fur-Mer. On Wednefday his majefty left that 
place for Abbeville, where he parted the night. On 
Thurfday he went from Abbeville to Amiens, there lie 
flept; and on Friday the 29th, about fix in the evening, 
he reached Compiegne, where the kings of France have 
a palace, and where he retted two days. 
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