The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-19 00:00:00


CELEBRATION
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HER MAJESTY'S BIRTH DAY...

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Yesterday being the anniversary on which the
festival in hoiwur of the birth of our most gi-cious
and truly amiable Qucen.is celebrated, Her Mal as-
TY having completed her 604 s year on the iOth
of May last, the same was obsell4d with great,
splendour and magaificence, The morning. as is
CISLOITIATV, was ushered in _with the ringing of bells&
and the Rags.trom the steeples„pf the shatpbess Olt
Tower, and various other public: placiss, were dist:
island with standmais of .the United „Kiri/storm
most liyely aid gcniamiexpressiont :of
.loyahr
,aa4.
attachment were manifested by all ranks of
hm-
pieto Her hisisor v.
At one. o'clock, Go guns in St James's Park were
grads VIEW As many its. Her Ms.; cs r v is yeas
old, aid the .61 guns wale fired fro& the Tower
Wharf. •
About ten O'ClOCletiii MAJSITY arrived at the
Qucsn's to• breakfast.. The
Vukis of Yoart,Cesresat.arto„Scssex, and Csta•
Pl5lOOl, breakfasted with Her Misomier, and paid
their rospeCts.
The RpYAI. FAMILY, as usual cm the Birth-
; days Pf Their M k,itottr.s, breakfasted in the Japan-
, room, and while they were at breakfast, a concert
was performed by Her Moic,..rv's band. connoting
of sysstal pines stele:led by fIis•SIAJEST V.
Ahout eleven o'clock the Prince:6 CHAALOTrt :if
. Watts, attended by Lady ELGIN, went to ti e
QUEEN'S House, to pay her respells to ILT Ma.
JEST v. At two o'clock, Her Royal Highness left
St. James's ; she came,out at the sidc door in the
yard leading the. Park. She WA3 dressed in
. white muslin, and had her hair civic.' entirity over
her head. As soon .s, she got. into her carriage,
she appeared at the window of it, and bowed her
head in the most graceful manner to the surround-
ing crowd, who hailed her with joyful acclamations,
and remained uncover-d while she continued in
sight.

Tiff" CitURT
t. At twelve o'clock, Their MAJESTIES, with the
• Princess CI ARLOTTE of WALLS, went to ht. James's
. . Palace. They were followed by the Pain-cum
and Attendants, in two carriages.
"..bout two o'clock, the Roy AL F•stt EY left theit
private apartments, to proceed to the drawing-Thom.
As they passed through the anti-chamber, this being
the first drawing-room in this year, pursuant to the
Charter of CHARLES 11. founding a School at
• Christ's Hospital, for educating forty boys for the
, eervicq. the scholars appeared, with their Master,
. Mr. Gwritne, at their head ; holding in their
hands the books and drawings of each, their per-
formances since last year, and desciihierg the pro-
gross each t'ad made in Nautical Mathematics. Sir
J. W. AFIDER,OII, the President of the Institution,
any' James Pa tie Ka Esq. the Treasurer, presented
. • the forty boys to Their l'alastrirtrs and the PION..
COILS ; none of them exceeded seventeen years of
aft. . His Msaesry was pleased to examine several ,
of their drawings and books, and was graciously
Oilseed to express his Royal approbation ot the pro-
vers they had, made. *The President laid before
Ilts MAJESTY ilia of the youths, their ages, Ate.—
It contained likewise a, fist c. 4 those who hays gone
est of the school, during the last seven sears, and
what p: Missions they had been articled to ; it was
11110 st elegantly rioted, and bound in gold pale;,
which is MAJISir command,d to be delivered to
the care of the LORD CHAMBrIILAIN. By or-
der
of the 1.01.0 COANIBERI.A4N, the doors of
the drawing-room were not opened till Their M ~,, es-
Tits entered, as was formerly done. At a quartet
- . past t o'clock, the ceirre door of the Grand Council
Chamber, used as a drawing room, was opened,
when His MAJESTY, dressed an regimentals, and
wearing the Order of St . GEosot, entered, attend-
ed by the Loao CHANCELLOR. holding the State
Bag, which contained the Great Seal of England,
in his right hand; the LORD CHAIIIIIIIILA IN, Mar-
quis lirk I room, Lord J. TUYNNE, Earl Av Lis-
som), L'srd ARDEN, Lord Stott Fonts, the Hon.
Mr. VILLIER‘, and other Officers of State. His
MAJESTY conversed. for some time, with the Lotto
CHANCELLOR and the Marquis of llenTrinto.
Her MAJESTY being ready to enter the drawi,ig-
room, the door was opened again, when I ler .NIA -
Just. v and the Paint:tuts entered. "fhe Lotto
CH A 11111RI.•IN waved his wand of office to Sit W.
PARSONS, who was attending in the room behial the
Throne, with a very selcl band, when the perform-
ance of The Birth-Day Ode commenced; the music
et e•hich, by the express desire of His MAJESTY,
4 ... -elated from the works of Ilan to ii, hy Sir W.
\ k,Ot”, who Ll:splayed great taste and lodgment
in adapting appropriate music to the words. It
commenced with the o,•retare to blemish s. Mr.
Weiss' gave an excellent Bass Song, selefted from
the same. Master SMITH, of the Chapel-Royal,
gave a Treble Soto very correilly, from Anantoto.
Mr. W. Kerverr gave a song from the same, in a
very finished style, with a most charming accompa-
Melte ,t for the oboe and bassoon, which were most
a lmir -bly pl yed by Messrs. Print: and HOLMES.
The Ode coociuded with a Moms frent An se [TVs.
His May rsr v took his station near the first win•
dove from the door of the room. ile appeared ia
excellent health and spirits, and received the le-
Teas of the company with his usual condescens:iin,
and appeared to go through the fatigues of the day
With a deal of composure.
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Her MAJLITV remained between the second and
third window, the Countvss HARl:itdo.rom hold-
ing her train. Colonel Dzstaow, tier M.,Jastry's
Vice Chamberlain, auending on her right side, and
the Earl MOICTON, the Cham'utriain, on ier left,
receiving the cards of thole who had ilie honour of
being presented to her. These ceremonies engaged
the attention of Her MAJESTY for a considerable
time after the Drawing-room commenced. The
Paisictiscs stood-to the. left of Fier MAJESTY, ac•
cording to the serfority of their ages. •Ilie Princess
of WALES, and Op Princess SOPII I A of G [AMC PA-.
TER. 011101 thew. The Foreign Minister.., AS well
those presented after paying their iespe.l4 to Her
MsJasyr, did the same to the NIP:CLUES. The
Dukes of Kest. Sussex, and Cass seines, came in
aliout half past two, and shook hands with their
Royal Sisters in the most affeaitniate manner. The
Princess ELrZaaLTM. and the Duke of Susett,
conversed with Mr. TILItt:SI( and Lord HANKA**.