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fitted tip as drawing-rooms for the occafion. The prince- 
regent and the two fovereigns, with their illuItrious at¬ 
tendants, were conducted to the upper end of the Coun¬ 
cil-chamber, where ftate chairs, on a platform, were placed. 
The lady-mayorefs received the archduchefs and the la¬ 
dies, as they entered the room. When the Prince Re¬ 
gent was feated, the Lord Mayor, having laid afide his 
velvet robes, and dreffed in his embroidered robes, ad¬ 
vanced with the Aldermen and Recorder, and made their 
obeifance. Then Mr. Recorder, in a fhort and eloquent 
addrefs, begged leave to exprefs to his R. H. the gratitude 
with which they welcomed him and the illudrious fove- 
reigns, his vifitors, into their hall; to felicitate themfelves, 
in common with all his loyal fubjeiits, on the glorious 
events which had procured them the high honour of this 
vifit, an event which the energies and zeal of his affec¬ 
tionate citizens and fubjebts, co-operating with the wif- 
dom and vigour of his counfels, and the fpirit and valour 
of his allies, had fo glorioufly brought about, by forcing 
back peace to Europe. He trufted, that his R. H. and 
his illulfrious vifitors would accept of their humble en¬ 
deavours to entertain them, with indulgence for any de¬ 
feat which might appear, and which, not the want of 
anxiety or of will, but the want of time or ability alone, 
might account for. His royal hignefs was pleafed to make 
a gracious reply; and then, addreffinghimfelf to the lord- 
mayor, he faid, “ It has been always the cudom, when the 
fovereign paid a vifit to his faithful city of London, to 
confer a mark of favour on its chief magiftrate. At no 
period could this be more properly done than on 3n oc¬ 
cafion fo advantageous to the country as the prefent; 
when the return of peace, fo long defired, and which was 
the foie objett of all our efforts, had been fo glorioufly 
achieved by the valour of his majefty’s arms, in conjunc¬ 
tion with that of his illulfrious allies; nor could it be 
Conferred on a perfon more truly worthy of it, by every 
public and private virtue, than his lordlhip ; and he had 
great fatisfaftion in conferring a fignal mark of the royal 
favour upon him.” His R. H. then conferred on the 
lord-mayor the honour of a baronetcy, who killed his 
band. It was afterwards underftood, that his R. H. had 
alfo fignified to Mr. Recorder, that he fliould, at no dif- 
tant time, confer the fame honour on him, for his long 
and faithful fervices, as the firft law-officer of the city. 
At feven o’clock dinner was announced to be ferved, 
and the royal and illulfrious company palled from the 
drawing-rooms into the hall, in proceflion, to the found 
of mufic, the bands playing, “O the roalt beef of Old 
England.” The city-officers, the aldermen, the lord- 
mayor carrying the city-fword, preceded the prince-regent, 
■who, with the emperor and archduchefs, the king of Pruffia 
and princes of his family, followed by all the illulfrious 
guelts, walked round the centre tables, turning, as they 
entered the hall, to the right, and proceeding round the 
tables of the common council to the tables in the eaft. 
The royal princes then afcended the Heps leading to the 
elevated platform, on which the royal table was placed; 
and they feated themfelves in the following order; 
Under the Canopy, 
the Prince Regent. 
On his right. 
The Emperor. 
Duke of York. 
Prince Henry of Pruffia. 
Duke of Cambridge. 
Duke of Orleans. 
Duke of Saxe-Weimar. 
Prince Augulfus of Pruffia. 
Prince-of Pruffia. 
Duke of Oldenburgh. 
Count de Meerfeldt, 
Prince of Hardenberg. 
Conde de F. Nunez, 
Duke ©f Montelliano. 
On his left. 
King of Pruffia. 
Duchefs of Oldenburgh. 
Hereditary Prince of Wir- 
temberg. 
Countefs of Lieven. 
Duke of Kent. 
Prince of Bavaria. 
Prince Metternich. 
Prince de Cobourg. 
Duke of Gloucelfer. 
Prince William of Pruffia. 
Prince of Orange. 
Princefs Volchoufki. 
. Tllis table was a femi-circle, and was mod fumptuous 
in its diiplay of gold plate. Its richnefs indeed was un¬ 
paralleled-all the companies had fent in their mod coitly 
veflels, which filled every part of the hall, to the amount 
in value of 200,000k at lead; but the mod magnificent 
ornaments in candelabras, epergnes, tureens, ewers, cups, 
difties, glaciers, See. all in gold, were feleded for this ta¬ 
ble, and by the body of wax-light produced a driking ef¬ 
fect. The table being femi-circular, all the royal party had 
a full view of the company in the hall. The lord-mayor 
fir William Domville, took his dand behind the chair of 
his R. H. and continued there for i'ome time, till defired 
to take his feat, when he retired to the right hand of the 
centre table, which had been appointed for him and the 
aldermen. The lady-mayorefs fat at the left hand of it, 
oppofite to the lord-mayor; and at the fame table lady Li¬ 
verpool and lady Caltlereagh were placed, the latter having 
the archbifhop of Canterbury on her left hand. There 
were in all three tables relerved for the illudrious gueds 
and aldermen ; but they fat down promifeuoufly. At the 
left hand table fat, on one fide, Mr. Speaker, Count Lie¬ 
ven, Prince Marffial Bliicher,Sir Charles Stewart (now Lord 
Stewart), Count Platoff, See. On the oppofite fide, the Earl 
of Liverpool, Lord Erfkine, Marquis of Hertford, Duke of 
Montrofe, Sec. The Duke of Suflex fent an apology for 
his non-attendance on account of indifpofition; ami the 
Duke of Clarence was alfo abfent. 
The dinner was as fumptuous a6 expenfe or (kill could 
make it. Non nobis was finely fung by a vocal band un¬ 
der the direction of Mr. Taylor, the company all danding. 
The lord-mayor gave a toad, “ The King,” which was 
drunk with reverential filence, not even the ufual anthem 
was fung; after which he gave “The Prince Regent,” 
which was drunk with three times three. The toads there 
given in fuccefiion were, “ The Queen—The Emperor of 
all the Ruffias—The King of Pruffia—The Emperor of 
Audria—The King of Spain—The Archduchefs of Olden¬ 
burgh—TheSovereign Prince of theNetlicrlands ;”all which 
were received with ftiouts of applaufe,and drunk with three 
times three. There was no mufic, however, at fird, out. 
of deference to the feelings of the archduchefs; but her 
ferene highnefs at length privately requeded that the 
company might not be deprived, on her account, of their 
ufual national fongs ; and accordingly, after her health was 
drunk, the long of “ God lave the king” was fung witk 
rapturous applaufe : after which the vocal performers lun°- 
the glee of “To Arms,” altered to fuit the occafion. “ 
After the toad, given by the prince, of “The Heroes 
by Sea and Land, who have nobly fought for their Coun¬ 
try,” the vocal band fang “Rule Britannia;” when they 
came to the danza of “Blefs’d ille with matchlefs beauty 
crown’d,” the coup d'ctil of beauty that l'urrounded the hall 
ltruck, as by electricity, every heart in the room, and a 
burd of acclamation was the confequence, which the prince 
happily leized, and propofed a toad, “ The Lady Mayorefs 
and the Ladies in the Hall,” which was drunk with en- 
thufiafm. The Prince Regent gave alfo, “The Illudrious 
Foreign Heroes who had contributed lb much to the Glo¬ 
ries of the War;” this produced a torrent of apolaufe, 
and the heroes Bliicher, Platoff, &c. role and bowed their 
thank* to the company. “The City of Lpndon, ami 
profperity to its Trade, The Army and Navy,” &c. were 
alfo drunk. “ Hail Star of Brunfwick,” was allb fung with 
fine effeiff. At half pad ten, the royal party, followed by 
the diltinguiflied gueds, withdrew to take coffee; after 
which they proceeded to their carriages; but it was three 
in the morning before the hall was entirely cleared. 
The proceflion returned from the city in the fame or¬ 
der as it went; the marlhal’s me‘n and all the attendant's, 
except the coachmen and poflillions, with flambeaux iu 
their hands, which gave it a novel and brilliant appearance. 
O11 Sunday the 19th, the illudrious party dined at Oat- 
lands, with the duke of York and the duchefs, who is 
filter to the king of Pruffia. The forenoon .of Monday 
was 
