The National Register. — London, England, 1809-01-22 00:00:00

14.ATTemtu t i REGISTER. •% *%! ..., . ~'3 r -Y ..., r :.... -► . ..•, C4F.LEBILATION OF THE QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY. „The -celebration of 'her Majtitt3:s birth day who corn- J eated her sivty-fourth car on-the 19th of May last,-took • place .on Wedncsda- The cdebration of the day was, as usual obterved with' wry demonstration of joy. About two o'clock her Majesty and the itriricelisei their. dressieg,-- rooms, .when. the Earl.of.,ll4rtari,. her Ma-' jesty's Chamberlain, and Colonel Desbrow, Vice-Cham berlain, with the Ladies in waiting upon her Majesty, and the Prioresses, together with other Court attendants, pro ceded and followed her. M.ajcsty and the Princesses towards the Grand , Council Chamber to hold the drawing-room. In an anti-root: the Archbishop of Canterbury,. and several Bishops were in waiting, to compliment her Majesty upon the joyful eyent, and the commencement of-the,now year. Tbe Archbishop delivered to her Majesty a very suitable oration upon. the occasion.. • 'Forty boys from Christ's llospital attended in the pre enee tuber, with Mr. Gwyune, their inater, at their head ;- and were presented to her Majesty and the Princesses by Alderman Shaw. • Her Majesty entered the Grand Council Chamber about .half past two u'elock, and took her station between the second and third window, with her back against a marble slab table. Her. Majesty having taken her station, and the Earl of Morton,- her Chamberlain, having made the necessary regulations for her Majesty's receiving the congratulations and presentations of the company, the Lord Chamberlain waved his wand as a signal to Sir William Parsons, the , Master. of .the King's Band, ,who was • attending in the anti chamber on the left of the throne, with his. Majesty's Baud, to perform the following . ODE FOR THE NEW YIiAR, INC . . BY $. .1. PY-E, ESQ. P. L. • orb'd is minoctittl skies, .. When the pale moon malignant rides, • And bids the howling tempers rise, And swells the dcean's briny tides, • Dreadful . againit the sounding shore' • The winds and waves tumultuous roar, ••• The torrent-braving mound in vain The stormy inroad would restrain, The surges with resistless sway • - Forreo'er -the labouecl 'mile their way, Scorn every weak resource of humatt • O'erwheltu the peopled town, and naste the cultur'd soil. rut when.hy . uative fences barr'd • .From billowy.rage t the happier land, And rocky cliffs for ever stand • To the Wide2-wateed coast a guard, • Such as on \recta's southern steep tbok down defiance on theraging deeps Such as on Dover's-breezy down • On Gallia's hostile borders frown, ; ' l'ho' billows urging billows roar • -And idly beat against tine shore, While from the heights sublime the swain Mocks the vain ellbrts of the foaming main, . Till nature bids the.deluged surge subside, Eush'd is the . tempest's voice, and relineot rolls the tide. So o'er Europa's ravaged plain We saw the torrent wild of war . Resistless spread its iron reign, And scatter ruin wide and far; -The'entbattled wall, the warlike band, Vainly the Tyrant's course withstand; tßafore the impious sons of Gaul The legions Sy, the bulwarks fall ; Yet lifitilifes floating castles sweep - Invasion from her sunject deep,, Yet by her rocks secure from harm : . Securer by her patriot arm, .lberia turns the Irttl•'s tide, Reslqs the injurious Tyrant's pride, • . While, freely floating in the ambient sky, sAtred to freedom's cause, their mingled anises Sy. "' • 'AN': It Those who had first the honour of paying-their respects to iicr Majesty were, Lord Hood, General Bertie,' Lady Banks; Miss Banks, and Mr. R. Thornton. . • The Princess of Wales entered the.Drawinproom about ten minutes before three o'cloCk, and was conducted to .her Majesty by Mrs. St. Leger; her ROyal Highness, after paying her respects to her Majesty, passed on and shook hands with the - Princesses' and the Duke of Cambridge. The 'Prince. of - Wales came into the room aiMut five minutes after ; • his Koyal giglniess conversed ,with • several fiends as. he passed on to her Majesty, and remained on her Majesty'S left hand a considerable time. The Court was but thinly attended. The paucity of numbers was, however, compensated by the novel splen dour and elegance of the dresses displayed upon the OCCA-. sion. Velvets and rich figured satins were almost univer sally worn, and these were very tastefully and splen didly decorated in a manner most aptly suited to the Court hill dress. LADIES' DRESSES. HER. MAJESTY. Scarlet velvet petticoat with black lace thrown over in taste ful draperies, tied up with diamond bows on the right side; dra peries, rows of gold cockle-shells and chains, strings of pearl and pearl tassels; the pocket holes ornamented with rich gold cords and tassels; the bottom of the petticoat gold chains; body and train of scarlet and gold velvet 'trimmed with black lace. Iler Majesty's dress was truly magnificent. PRINCESS OF WALES• A superb gold and white leopard tissue satin ft/3.N and petti coat, richly embroidered and inlaid all round wigs beautiful stones, to form vine leavesand grapes, interwoven with bunches of coral. The drapery and pocket-holes of . royal.purple and gold tissue satin, with a most superb border all round to corm spond with the petticoat and train. The body. and sleeves of gold leopard tissue satin, embroidered and inlaid with rich co loured stones, to correspond with the train and petticoat. tier Royal Highness wore over this dress a brilliant Grecian wreath ofdiamonds, superbly set with bunches of roses and stars. The splendour and tnagnificence of this dress was much admired.— Her Royal Highness's head-dress elegantly set -with - diamonds and ostrich feathers. PRINCESS AUGUSTA. Spanish b.rovin velvet petticoat richly embroidered with gold, a wreath of e' °old laurel round the bottom; sashes of brown and gold velvet thrown across the petticoat, bordered with wreaths of laurel And berries on the left side; the drapery bordered with a rich Grecian filligree of dead and bright gold tied up with rich gold cords and tassels; body and train of brown and gold velvet. The effect of this dress was inebt beautiful. PRINCESS ELIZABETH. A scarlet velvet petticoat, the bottom richly embroidered in shell of matted gold and brilliant Algerine spangles. night . side drapery of gold beeded net, with a rich tassel fringe; left side of point of scarlet velvet and gold tissue, with a rich embroidery of shells in gold. The drapery suspended by diamonds . : Train of gold and scarlet tissue, trimmed witbgold to correspond with the petticoat. Headdress of diarnondsand feathers. This dress was much admired tor taste and elegance. rRINCESS MARY. A magnificent dress of Spanish brown velvet, embroidered with gold in octagons, forming the ground-work of the dress, and spotted all over with gold foil cockle,shells. A "large dra pery, in a semi-circular direction, composed the right aide of the dress, of gold velvet tissue, with a rich border of cockle shells in dead and bright foil, forming points and supporting Jorge branches of foil leaves, Rte. Six smaller draperies taste fully placed one above another, embroidered in scollops, and stripes of spangles forming shells, relieved the eye from the tuns sy borders of the correspondent draperies, and had an elegant effect. The left side, small scollop-shell draperies, tied by a '.l4oug sash and end; the bottom a broad border of foil in din mpads, embroidered with bullion, and terminated by a spangled fringe, Robe, brown and gold velvet tissue, trimmed with gold point ►ace and diamonds. PRINCESS SOPNIA. Scarlet cloth petticoat, richly enshroidereallsaddt ontatuatt. Id with cords and tassels; train and body of the same. I # '4 "t-