The Sun. — London, England, 1814-07-08 00:00:00

TI ANri:GIVING AT ST. PAUL'S. rknither Paft ca . hirs.l Ir,vsterday being the day appointed for return ing Thanks to the Almighty for the restoration of tie lylessings . of Peace to this Country and to Eu rope, 'it was observed with all the state and so lemnity usual on soch occasions. The general nninnel• of the Penctssion, &c. iris slinnar to those of - the King on Iggoing to the Car s liedral non his recovery, and after 'the Naval Victories. The two ilomses of ParliaMent met early to attend the Procession.• . The Lord Chancellor took the Woolsack at half pa4t eight o'clock ; and, 'soon after .nine, Francis Townshend,' 'Esq. Windsor Herald; proceeded to call over the Rause, commencing With Charles • William Lord Stewart, the youngest Baron, ad vauced regularly to the highest grades of rank, and concluding with the Archbishop - of Canter bury and the Lord Chancellor. As their Lord ships were called over, those who Iveree present , retired, and immediately proceeded In their car riages to St. Paul's.. .The appearance of the House Was - extremely splendid. The Lords, of whom there was a nu merous attendance, were in their robes. newly-created- Peers,, Lord Stewart only was .pre sent. Soon after ten o'clock, the whole Peerage having been called over, tht“,ord Chancellor, at tended by the usual officers, retired. The Speaker of the House of Commons took the Chair at half past eight . o'clock ; and at nine, the Clerk proceed to call over the House by coun ties, in alphabetical order. A great number. of Nend were present s attired either in Court dresses or in • military or naval uniforms. The English counties having been gone thrOugh, the Members for Wales; Scotland, and lastly Ireland, . were desired to go forth. The Right lion. Ps. Bathorst, habited in his robes as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, followed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his official co,tunte, moved the question of adjournment as he retired, and was immediately followed by the Speaker in his State robes, who, accompanied by the Officers of the House, closed the Procession. At an early hour, the troops appointed to pre serve order in the. avenues leading to the Cathe dral Church of St. Paul, proceeded from their re- spective parade's, and took those sfation which had been previously appointed by the Adjutant- General ; and soon after eight o'clock the streets. leading from St. Paul's to Carlton Hoose, tvliicli had been covered with a thick coat of gravel, were lined with infantry; and paraded by detach ments of Volunteer Cavalry and Light Horse. The military, consisting of detachments of in fantry from the Foot Guards, the sth Foot, the Stafford, West Middlesex, Aberdeen, and Fer managh Militia, marched into Pall Mall and the Strand, and lined each side of the route from St. James's to• Temple-bar. The route from Tem . ple-bar to St. Paul's was also lined by troops, consisting of the East India Regiments of Volun teers and the Hon. Artillery Company. A detachment of 15Q of the 11th Light Dra goons were divided into patroles, and kept mov ing backwards and forwards, from one end of the line to the other, to preserve order, and assist the peace officers in the execution of their duty ; a detachment of 30 of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was. allotted for keeping the grand route from the Houses of Parliament to Charing- Cross clear of impediments ; of these a . subaltern ulcer and twelve men were posted in. Palace yard, and the remainder employed in patroling thence to Charing-Cross. One hundred .arid four of the I Ith Light Dra --error's *ere posted - at the end of the chief streets leading into the Strand. Light The Horse Volunteers, the London Vo lunteer Cavalry, the Westminster Volunteer Ca valry, and . the Surrey YCOmanry, assembled at seven o'clock in theanorning, iii Hyde Park; and proceeded along the grand route to Temple-bar. They kept the _route open to St. Paul's, furnish 7 strong detachments at the top of Fleet-mar- Let and inßridge-Street, and particularly guarding all the avenues leading into Fleet-street - and Lwl- Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Green com-• manded the troops. So early as eight o'clock, lines of carriages pro ceeded along fall-Mall and the Strand, with Peeresses - and other Ladies of Rank, to St. Paul's. The Procession of the House of Commons was preceded by - the Messengers of the House on horse back, Constables of Westminster, the Clerks' As sistants, and the Chaplain and Deputy Serjeant at Arms in one of the Speaker's carriages. The Speaker closed the Procession. The'Foreign Ambassadors, in a train of about 20 carriages, at nine o'clock proceeded by Cha ring-cross, the Strand, and Ludgate-hill, to the Cathedral; ,they were in their state carriages, and in full Court dresses. The Members of the House of Peers came next, and were followed by the Lord Chancellor in his state' carriage. .• In the line of carriageS forming this part of the• Proces sion was the gallant Blucher, who was recog nised by the people, and, as usual, loudly cheered. The Prince Regent went from Carlton-house in his private carriage, to St. Jame S's Palace, and entered by the Garden-gate. His Royal Highness proceeded to robe in his ,Parliamentary robes, wearing his English and Foreign Orders. The Peers upon his his Roy a l . Hi g h ness ' s Honsehold robed in their Parliamenta ry ro b es i n t h e Pre settee Chamber; and in addition to them, was his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Wear i ng hi s Fi e ld- Marshal's uniform, a d orne d with his nunicrouS honours of various nations , which he has so hi g h,- ly merited, and 'wearing his robes as a Duke, his' Royd Highness having' signified Iris commands to 'his Grace to attend him on this memorable oc- Of the cation. - Shortly before eleven, the discharge of 21 guns announced the departure of his 'Royal Highness riire !iite oc;i:j;ion' in'the following order : Two Horse Guards. Mike of Glocester, in his state carriage, drawn b six - hOrst-s. .• " A party of Horse Guards. ... ~ ~.., ~„ „.., . . D. of t.:intortdge., in' lti's . slii:fec,tratge, drawn by 'six "horses, A p . arty of liorse. Guards. . Doke of Sussex, ni . ".iis'state ePit&it.e, and sis bersb;. • A paity o' Horse (it.ils.' 'Juke of Kent, in his state catige, and six horse 3. • A party of Horse, Guards. ~ Two of the Oxford Blues. The nerilds, iri their - Official costume: _ . . Three State Carriages, drawn by sit; horses, toch , containing the llousehaid of his ltoyal flightless the Prince Regent. • A detachment of the Blues. Fourteen Royal Footmen, in.stutc Twelve Marshal's Men. . . ' A troop of the Horse Gourds. His Royal Highnessthe Prince Recent, in his state carriage, drawn by eight crealonred horses, Ills Royal Higtmesc was accompanied by two of his ()dicers of State. - • A troop of Horse Guards followed. On his Royal Highness e9tering his state car riage, the hand on duty in the Palace struck up God save the King,' and a telegraphic commu nication was made from the top of the. Palace, by one of the artillery, and a discharge- , of cannon took place in St. James's Park. Dukes of York, Clarence, Sussex, and Glducester, were in the Procession. The silver trumpets sounded at intervals. After the ROyal carriages came two of the . Heralds, in cost tune, on horseback. In the carriage with the Regent were the Puke of Wellington and the Duke of Montrose. The' Lord Mayor, -Sheriff's, and other City Of ficers, fell into the Procession at Temple-bar. The Peeresses, and other individnals who were accommodated with seats in tl►e Cathedral, ap proached by Holborn to Newgate,strect, clown Warwiek-lane, to the - north gate .of the Church. Great order was preserved i►t the streets. The windows and . housetops were crowded with spec- tators. From the west door to the choir there was an avenue lined with a file of soldiers, and a range of yeomen. of the "guard ; on each side were raised elevated : benches, for the accommodation of the spectators, all filled with beauty and fashion. At ten o'clock, all the persons who were to be ad mitted by tickets were arrived, and every seat was filled, excepting those of the choir, which were for the persons who formed the Procession. At twenty-five minutes past ten the Chancellor of the Exchequer, entered the great west door, kessed in his rob-es, and his train borne up ; the .Master of the Rolls followed, in his robes, and his train also borne tip; then upwards of one . hundred Members of the Housd of Commons, each either in full dress, or in military uniform ; . several Peers, in their robes ; the Speaker of the House of Com mons, preceded by his Mace-bearer; the Barons of the Exchequer, &c. &c. Precisely at half-past ten. o'clock a signal pin from the artillery in the Church-yard, announced the arrival of Marshal Prince Blucher, whilst the shouts from - the multitude assembled on the cut side, rent the air. '5. P. Cockerel!, Esq. surveyor to the fabric, in full dress, and a wand in Isis hand, announced that Marshal Plucher was coin ing, but begged they would make no noise, Out wave their handkerchiefs. Marshal Prince iiiticher made his entrance in a blue uniform, with gold epaulets, Btc. a red sash, and three stars on his breast, whilst the approbation of the multitude was expressed by the waving of their handker chiefs in silence. He was followed by two of his Aides-de-Camp, in splendid uniforms, decorated with stars. The Set jeants at law in their robes, the Herald's in their splendid dresses, the . Lord Chancellor, with his mace and train-bearer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, with his train-bearer, next followed. At eleven o'clock the band struck - .up "God save the King," and every eye was turned 'towards the door for. the-entrance of the Royal. Dukes, when about twenty Officers, with drawn swords,. entered, followed .by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Gloucester, and Cambridge, in their robes, walking aria in arm, with their trains borne up by their respective train-bearers ; - next entered his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, in his robes, with his train-bearer ;• the Duke of Kent next followed, with - his traits borne up ; and then the Duke of York in the same order. The Duke of Clarence. was prevented, through indisposition from beingpresent, At a quarter past eleven a second signal gun announced the arrival of the Prince Regent, who drove up in his state coach to the enrance door (which was the only coach allowed to enter the yard), the Royal Dukes went out to receive him at the foot of the steps. His Royal Highness was accompanied byliis Grace Field Marshal the Duke • of Wellington, who bore the sword of state, and the Duke of Montrose, Master of the Horse; S. I'. Cockerel!, Esq. announced the arrival of the Prince Regent and our Immortal Hero, Willing ' ton, and begged the spectators would makel no noise, out of respect to the place, but testify their joy by waving their handkerchiefs.--The Proces sion moved thus— City Marshal. .Heralds at Arms, in their splendid attire. Aldermen, in their robes. Lord Mayor, with his Sword. and Mace-bearer, and his train borne. Duke of Gloucester, with his train borne by his train-bearer. • Duke of Cambridge, ditto. Duke of Sussex, ditto. • Duke of Kent, ditto. Duke of York, ditto. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in his robes of state, with a plume of white ostrich lea _ thers in his hat, which he carried in his hand, accompanied by Field Marshal the Duke of Wel- • lington, in his robes, bearing the sword of state, and the Duke of Montrose, in his robes, , as Mas ter of the Horse. After the Royal cavalcade passed to the choir, the yeomen of the guard, anti. the Royal servants, in their state liveries, closed the Procession. On their entering the chair, and the Prince Re gent taking his seat in the royal pew under the organ-loft, the Dukes of Wellington and Mont rose, and their Equerries, and the Royal Dukes went to their pews on the right, Marshal Prince. Blucher in the Royal Foreigners box on the left, the Archbishop of Canterburyand Lord Privy Seal Ott the right at entering -; the Archbishop of York's pew ; on the left at entering; was occupied by the Lord President of the Council, the Arch bishop being absent ; the Lord Chancellor in the Bishop's throne on the right of the communion table, and the Speaker of the House of Commons of the Opposite side.; the Veers, and Peels' eldest eons., from the communion-table to the readia 'the Commons and their Ladies in the gat- Isti-r;iri . , and Peeresses in ihe'italls in 'the body of the choir. The 'communio'n4tal3le was orna f mentea the - ,chilrch-platec around which the bea' , .vand PrebeniFarici of the Church were seated.. As soon as all were seated, the service began, .which was read by the Rev. M-r. Moore. Mr. Att wood presided at the organ. The anthem, com posed by Mr. Green, " God is onr hope and. strength," was delightfully sung by ?Messrs. GOsS:, GOre, J. E. .Sale, Neild, and V . i4,han - : 00 the organ by Mr. Attwood, " We praise, thee,. 0 God," also, " 0 be joyful in the Lord, 'all ye lands." • The choir consisted of eight boys of the Chapel Royal, in rich dresses—eight boys of St. Paul's Cathedral, and •eight boys from Westminster Abbey. After service, a most excellent Sermon was preached by the Lord BiShop of Chester, which was well adapted to the occasion. At a quarter past two, service being - ended, the Prince and the Roril Dukes, &c. returned to their carriages in nearly the Fanle state. • When the Printe left the Choir, he leaned on the arm of the Bishop of Lincoln, who walked between the Regent and Duke o! - Wellington, the Peers.. and Commons followed, rum, the do:ne were suspended six flags, two of tht•nn beating the City Arms; ewlosed with an olive Wreath, and the rest a similar -wreath, enclosing time ini tials S. P. Q. H. . The interior of the church was computed to hold nearly o 100 'persoos. -Nothin g coo.d egnii the splendour of the Prince Regent's equipage and lu!rses, and t trappings. The Duke of, Wellington walked no the right hand of his Royal Highness front the caniuge to his seat in the Church. Words can convey hilt a feeble idea Of the richness of the view from the front of the Cathedral down Ludgate -street, as the Royal Ptocession moved slowly tip. Troops in all the pritir of military array, lining the street ; carriages of the richest workmanship, surmounted' by brilliant ornamentv.; horses that pranced and champed the bit, as if elated . by, the honours and sprightliness of the scene which. they partook ; the facade of the houses alinost alive_ front Are myriads of out-stretched necks, anitfloating hand kerchiefs, the glittering. of swords, , clashing of arms, sound of trumpets, pealing of conspired to fill up the two senses of sight and hearing to their attnost . stretch of pleasurable en durance. On his arrival at the great western gates of the Cathedral, the Royal Procession moved along the nave of the Church, through the screen. Imme diately on the right hand side of the chancel was the seat constructed for the Prince Regent and his party. It was covered with crimson cloth, the cushions of velvet and gold. The Puke of Wel lington was seated. on the right of his Royal - Highness, with the Swot(' of state before Over the pew, if so it 'might be called, in which his Rovai Highness was seated, was - a lofty and mat-nificent canopy, with an - elevated dome in the centre, the whole of crimson bordered with gold. On the right ''bf 'the Regent were seated his Royal Brothers, and the Duke of Gloucester, in a pew by themselves, covered with crimson ; the Prince Regent's face was towards the high altar; they looked across the chancel with their right to the eastern end of the Ch,mrch. The Ministers of State occupied the lower end of the chancel : the Peers, Foreign Ministers, Members of the . Ilouse of Commons, &c. &c. filled each side,- on benches one above another, mounting; almost to the top 3 of the arches. Exclusive.of.the external effect produced by the sight of so much magnificence, the mind takes no s!iiall interest in the contemplation of all that England co►:tains of valour, taient, and we max' add, of beauty also. The occ;tiion of this solemn service, too—for, in spite of the ba3tle incident to such an assemblage, the service within the chancel was solemn and impressivethe occasion, then, of such a ceremony, wherein Princes, Prelates, 3n4ges, Warriors, were ail seen kneeling before the God of Peace, to return thanks for that, the greatest of all public blessings, was most gratify ing. An honourable peace after a glorious war ; a peace that dispenses joy and security to us— such be ever the peace which, in future ages, it may be the lot of England to make. AMERICAN PAPERS. OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. Though the fact of the exchange of Prisoners between the British mut American Governments is known to the Public, the particulNrs of the ar rangement, as described in the following Official Papers, will be found highly interesting. Head-quarters, 'Montreal, Adjutant•Generat's Office, kith April, 1814. GENERAL ORDER. ris Excellency theGovernor-in-Chief and Com mander of the Forces announces to the Troops under his command, that lie was pleased to sane lion and confirm, on the 15th instant, Articles of a Convention entered into by Colonel Baynes, Adjutant-General to the Forces, • and Brigadier- General Winder, of the Army of the United States of America, for the mutual Release of all Priso ners of War, Hostages, or others; with the excep tion of the forty-six'AMerican . Officers and Non- Commissed Officers placed in close confinement as hostages, in •conformity to the General Order of the 27th October last, in Retaliation for twenty three British soldiers, confined by the Govern ment of the United States, as Hostages for twenty three British born Subjects, taken from the ranks of the enemy, and set to England for Legal Trial. By this Agreement it is stipulated—That all Prisoners of War (the above-mentioned alone excepted) shall be,mutually 'Exchanged, and de livered.at such places as shall. be agreed on, with all convenient expedition, and shall he declared respectively, All and Severally, to be released,. and Free to carry arms, and serve on the 15 th day of Hay next, the same as if they-had never been 'PK soners of War; . and it has been forther provided, that whatever balance shall appear on the Returns of Prisoners of War, respectively exchanged, or given up on Fatorc, by either party, tince tac commencement of aostilities, that the number ot Prisoners for which an equivalent has not hail returned, shall be withheldTrorn all Military Set" vice, until duly 'exchanged. It is with a proud satisfaction that the Corn mantler of the Forces feels confident, that to - 1 10) visional Clause 'can never apply to the Arioy Canada, tront the immense desparity of the num bcr aml rank of the prisoners it has restored to till' enemy. it , All Officer, Non-cothrnissioned O ffice n S rs, a , t oldiers, being Prisoners War, ivho are oi. tm prevented in eonsegtien'ee of their wounds, ~,,:' a coiliinded to join theft .resPective corps 13 ' stations on-tlie . 1 -sth (lay May . next - , and to resuoi' their military d..4ties, ~ . EDWARD 8AYF.,.:71, iitijiltant-Cfeiter'-!"..,, --.........0, • M.,. • Vfi 0-1 Leward Island, -‘11 I Halifax, 1 Waterford. Lishokl, H l ol Q la Ll u e tl b , ec j` 4:: burgh, 2 Hambttrgh, 1 Gtterpsey, 1 Jersey. PRICE OF t nty Al W Pe, Cent. Red. 694, t ; • 3 lecr - Ct. Con . s. b$ lii) ex. di v. 1 4 pe r Cent. Cons. 8 5 pet . Cent. \3V, ? i Bank Lung - .:-‘.lln. 1G 9- at i!.;. k . EY'rON t and S 1 CKS EL V F it' (OA, C India BOnds, 135. I-Is. Pr' Exclveq. I I,s, 2s. 5- P l ' New Ouini: to, 31:1 Pr . ; Consols for July, 741 stock-nroker, No, , No. I f 3, (;oventry-stitJt• , . Mall AvATF,rit AT Lt r , ;;);)N 131111)(1E Tc Nionth.r!z,, 13 minutes aftu G. I Evettiltg, 38 mint: ! ='S j fl 1 \I QI/19 bit ;:ftE FSAI.4I' AOI,EAT LONDON, FRI nil; JULY 8, 18)4. In another part of our Paper will be fowl(' account of the grand •and impressive Cerc" . i; which was yesterday presented t o th e Aleto'ri on the occasion of the three Brunches o f the 1 ""' to . lature going in State to the Cathedral Char cl :: es , return Thanks to the 'Ar.mrOttiv 'for the . g lEr timable blessing of an honourable, safe. rious Peace vouchsafed to this Nation,iter trial of unexampled severity and (Imager. Several Morning Papers have noticed a cire t lio stance scarcely worth recording, but since it , ; l! been thus brought before the Public, v: e s fr ,v avail ourselves of-the opportunity to submit remarks upon it Lwe allude to some very r ai , ' c disapprobation manifested aga i nst t he 1 1 , : l REGENT, by various bodies among th e asse °lj ,.. spectators. It is true, that where we had ' 11) ,IVc porttpity of personal observation', these ~ ful proceedings were overwhelmed by‘alo os- • e versal shouts of loyalty and triumph, bet r-r tce ie coming the sacred occasion but 'still did l to sufficiently obvious to induce us to consi d ' h ;t 9 be our duty rather to expose their Cause , t' slur over the question without investigati url ' i: The insults which the PRINCE REGE cent ly, more than once, experienced, are ° 9l ". l o n te l cations of the bad spirit which - has been ge lle , 5 0f abroad by the base and unceasing inachiv a . (7 11 that desperate Faction, formed by the ass — ~kil l of - .Lis " Early-Friends" with the Jacwll.rel Wretches of the BURDETT School, whos e o 1 Royalty is rooted, general, and ili vet white: that of their Whig Associates is (115 tg l‘e 11 porary, individual, and modified. The t or te' in all the Publications attached to, and st i r P by this Vile Cabal ; the unwearied assiL l ` LitY s' frei r which their Incendiary Writers labour to 3 °f several vocations ; the incessant aprc .t every engine which disloyalty can s ti P P.l e cit' the ingenuity of disappointed ambition .et; could a n but are produce s t s o o n tr i t s t h e of c, the I t e 5 i rc " l tbe if lo y . e r ration has not been greater. The arts to render the REGENT and the RoY al *(/ 0 (4. 1 unpopular, are so apparent, that th e Y •; o . require insisting upon :- they are c°nj . o!" not only in every species of conit'/;3o' , from the laboured Essay to the w e ' lk lig b ‘ et poon, from, the solid falsehood to "- equivoque, but they are heightene d by the o f icfr {tenuous and base concealment of pa f acts : e ore ; have an opposite tendency. sentations, hostile to these Royal I' cr2° , 1 %,0 ° greedily trumpeted forth—while everY "-iO r invention, which ma have tendency t o ti • toit or odium upon them, is caught at with e d .0 15 ous avidity—well-known, and au th enticat_,tch ore of benevolence, generosity, an d gi . c atne ". st ` • either altogether withheld, or SP cl oC lt Vag trk• as not to interfere with the pois t O b rl i ::: „ :0 0 r: 1 tbi! PARTY have in haul It is W rdlY while to give an' example of of Ca e c d i e l deal f i n o g f ; tl h ) e ti e w ‘ e v ( N ) v r i t l point icss out F ui i ( c ) : t e ° i 011 : s : h! ri ,. ° t 5 tot` e arl Chronicle, which is daily figed with vectiveS, or pasquinades, more notorion ,overo. (our than wit, agains t the ment. This patriotic Journal, not cc tit . P and not 0 these honest means of a nnoyance , be c c) st dering the task of disloyal slander t° d ,00 lowest an did without other aids, stoops to t c o • h a Jon"' of * contemptible means wine • • Del , A SA./ well adopt to promote its views. Read of the O f wit!, I . ) 1