from the Prince Regent, and afterwards from all the Royal Knights and others, and was seated in a Chair of State. The Chancellor then read a Statute, whereby the resolution of the Prince Regent, in the name of the Sovereign was expressed to commemorate within the order the present brilliant epocha in the history of nations, when through the providential and signal interposition of the Almighty Disposer of events, the deliverance of the Continent of Europe from a system inimical to the repose of mankind had been gloriously effected; and his Royal Highness, considering how eminently this happy state of affairs had been promoted by the Emperor of Austria, in the powerful co-operation of his arms towards the common cause, and until its final triumph, had thought fit to dispense with certain Statutes of the Order, and to declare His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty a Knight of the

same.

Another Statute was then read, wherein, after many high enconiums on the distinguished mcrits and services of the Earl of Liverpool and Viscount Castlereagh, it was declared that they should also be added to the number of Knights of the Order.

Their Lordships were then severally introduced between the two junior Knights, the Dukes of Montrose and Newcastle, and received the honour of Knighthood, and were afterwards invested with the usual ceremonies.

A statute was then read, declaring that no further election of any subjects not being of the Blood Royal into the Order shall take place, until the vacancy of a

stall of a Knight subject not of the Blood Royal shall have happened subsequently to the reduction of the number of Knights subjects not of the Blood Royal to the original number of twentyfive Knights Companions, including the Prince of Wales, who is a constituent part of the Institution. The Knights were then called over, and the procession returned in the usual order.

II. The shoals of herrings were never known to be so numerous as they are at present on the Cumberland coast; they have, this week, even come so far up the water as Rockliff and Sandsfield, only four miles from Carlisle (a circumstance unprecedented), where they have been taken by thousands. in the creeks. They have been sold in our market at from 15 to 20 for 1s. Upon the coast the average price is 4s. 6d. per hundred.

14. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the Prince Regent, accompanied by a number of persons of distinction, paid a visit to the University of Oxford. They were received, on their entrance, in grand ceremony by all the authorities, academic and civic, of the place; and in the evening a sumptuous banquet was given to the illustrious guests in the Radcliff Library, a place never before applied to such a purpose, but excellently adapted to it. A general illumination took place at night; and, on the following day, the royal and noble party were received at the theatre, where every preparation had been made to render the scene august and striking. Degrees were then conferred upon the emperor and king, and some of their illustrious attendants, one

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of whom was the veteran Blucher; after which, the public orator delivered a Latin speech on the occasion; and recitations followed, of English, Latin, and Greek verses. The emperor and king then went to the town hall, where they received the freedom of the city; after which they left Oxford for Woodstock and Blenheim.

15. About three o'clock this morning, the metropolis was visited by a violent thunder-storm. The horizon was completely illumined by the lightning, and the rain descended in torrents. The tempest raged about three quarters of an hour, when it subsided; but the clouds, charged with electric fluid, again accumulated in the south, and poured forth another storm, which lasted from half past four to about five o'clock. The direction of the clouds was from the west, south-west, and south, towards the east, and the lightning was as vivid and expansive as we ever witnessed. The heat of the preceding afternoon had been extraordinary About five o'clock the thermometer was as high as 85 in the shade.

This night, between the hours of nine and ten, as Mr. William Fowler, a farmer, of Chew Magna, was returning from Bristol market, accompanied by a young woman, in his market cart, he was stopped by a footpad, near the Maidenhead at Dundry; when springing from the cart, as is supposed with a view to protect his property, he was shot through the head. The report of the pistol frightened the horse, but the young woman leaped out of the cart, and proceeded to a carpenter's shop about two hundred yards from the spot, where she procured assistance, and

on her return found the deceased rifled of all his property. He has left a wife and four children. The robber was dressed in a smock frock. A tremendous storm of thunder and lihtning, which was raging at the time, did not deter the villain from the commission of the crime.

17. On this day a grand enter-. tainment was given to the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Duchess of Oldenburgh, the Duke of York, and a number of distinguished persons, by the Merchants and Bankers of London at Merchant Taylor's-hall.

18. The second civic banquet. in honour of our illustrious Visitors, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, &c. was given on this day, by the Corporation of London, in Guildhall.

By two o'clock the streets from Guildhall to Carlton-house were completely lined with military,. consisting of the St. James's Volunteers, the Duke of Sussex's regiment of Highlanders, the St. Margaret's Volunteers, and many other volunteer corps; the Tower Hamlets, London, and Staffordshire Militia; the City Light Horse; the Westminster Light Horse; the Surrey Yeomanry; the Scotch Greys; the 11th Light Dragoons, and other regiments. Parties of the Life Guards paraded the streets to keep the passage clear. There were about 8,000 troops (regulars and volunteers) under arms.

The Royal procession moved at a slow pace from Carlton house soon after four o'clock, preceded by parties of the 11th Dragoons, and of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). It commenced with five of the Prince Regent's carriages,

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his Royal brothers, and the other illustrious persons.

About half-past four o'clock bis Majesty the Emperor of Russia quitted the Pulteney hotel, accompanied by his sister the Duchess of Oldenburg, in the Regent's state chariot, drawn by six fine Hanoverian horses, and attended by his usual guard. His Imperial Majesty's suite occupied four other carriages. His Majesty arrived at Guildhall about a quarter of an hour after the Prince Regent. As soon as his Majesty's approach was announced, the Lord Mayor went to receive him and his illustrious sister, and conducted them in the same manner, and with the same marks of respect as had been shewn to the Prince Regent, to the drawing-room. Here he was received and welcomed by his Royal Highness. The illustrious personages continued for some time in the drawing-room; and about seven o'clock, it being announced that dinner was ready, they were conducted to the Hall by the Lord Mayor, the music striking up "The Roast Beef of Old England; and after parading round the Hall, took their seats under the canopy of state, amidst the shouts and acclamations of the company assembled, and the waving of handkerchiefs and plaudits of the ladies in the galleries. On the right of the Prince Regent was seated the Emperor, and next to him the Duke of York; the rest of the Royal Dukes were seated at the table of the hustings. On the left of the Prince Regent sat his Prussian Majesty, and next to Im the Duchess of Oldenburg, baving her son upon her left. Lord Yarmouth stood behind the

chair of the Emperor, attended by three of the Regent's servants, dressed in their state liveries and velvet caps. The Lord Mayor, in the first instance, placed himself behind the chair of the Prince Regent. At the table next to the hustings were seated Marshal Blucher, Platoff, the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Judges, Nobility, &c. The first toast drank, was that of "the King of England," which was given by the Prince Regent.

The health of the Prince Regent was proposed by the Lord Mayor, and drank with general acclamations. The Prince gave "The Lord Mayor and Corporation, and thanks to them for our kind reception."

The following toasts were; the Queen and Family; the Emperor of all the Russias; the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Austria; the Duchess of Oldenburg; the King of France; Ferdinand the Seventh, of Spain; the Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands; the hereditary Prince of Orange; all the Heroes who have served England by sea and land; all the Generals of the Allied Armies.

The songs given between the toasts were, Rule Britannia," "Hail! Star of Brunswick," "To Arms, to Arms," &c.

Of the dinner, it is almost needless to say, that every delicacy abounded. The wine was of the most choice kinds, as was the dessert also.

About a quarter before eleven the Royal guests withdrew, amidst the cheers of an assemblage of one thousand persons.

Before the Prince Regent left the anti-chamber to proceed to the

Hall,

The interior of Guildhall was, on this occasion, fitted up in grandeur unequalled on any former occasion. A temporary entrance was erected at the front door of Guildhall, extending several yards into the street, covered on the sides and top with green cloth, and the flooring with fine matting, and it was lighted by a number of glass globes. Immediately preceding the entrance to the hall, in the large porch, were placed a number of delicate foreign plants and flowers in full bloom, whose fragrance perfumed the air. These shrubs were raised one above another, and with them were intermingled variegated lamps, the whole producing a most splendid effect. On entering the Hall, the beholder was astonished with the magnificence which surrounded him. The walls were covered with crimson cloth. The body of the Hall was surrounded with a gallery, about eight feet wide, which at an early hour was filled with ladies elegantly dressed, many of them of the highest rank. At the upper end of the Hall, the place occupied by the hustings, on a raised platform was placed a table for the Sovereigns, the Royal Dukes, and foreign Princes. In the centre of the table was erected a magnificent canopy, formed of crimson velvet, richly ornamented with gold fringe, tassels, &c. Beneath the canopy, and raised above the rest of the platform, were three chairs of state, above which, in the centre, appeared the Prince Regent's feather, and on each side the Russian and Prussian eagles richly gilt. These chairs were

and the two Monarchs. The table was decorated with an immense quantity of plate, besides which, there were two side-boards, one at each extremity of the platform, with massive services of plate. The table was further decorated with a vast number of small flags, richly ornamented, bearing the arms of the Prince Regent, the Emperors of Russia and Austria, the King of Prussia, and the other Princes. Opposite to this table, at the bottom of the Hall, was a large looking-glass. Down the

centre of the Hall were placed three tables for the noblemen and others invited, the Aldermen, City Officers, and Common Councilmen. The ladies' galleries were built on arches, and the recesses thus formed were hung with tapestry, lighted with rich lustres, and occupied by circular tables. Over the steps leading to the King's Bench, and Common Council Chamber, still higher than the ladies' gallery, was a small gallery, in which the band of the Duke of York, and the City bands, were placed; and in two small galleries under the ladies' gallery, and nearly in a line with the Prince's table, were the vocal performers, &c. All external light was excluded from the Hall, which was lighted by a vast number of wax lights, in eight most superb lustres, suspended from the roof, by similar lustres suspended at equal distances above the ladies' gallery, and by a triple row of gold coloured lamps carried all round the Hall, along the cornice. From the upper part of the Hall, also near the roof, were suspended the City and several Companies' banners.

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