The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-06-02 00:00:00

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THE GRAND INSTALLATION 1111.1. OF THE
KNIGHTS OF THE wait.
So early as seven o'clock yesterday evening, the
Guards, under the commandof their several Officers,
attended, with a troop of Light Dragoons, under
the command of the Marquis:of 1..0RN, which sur-
rounded the avenues leading to the place. A party
of the Guards was placed in the road near the
wooden bridge, and anther party of fifty men from
the Guards were placed immediately before the
entrance to the square, to prevent the intrusion of
strangers. A picquet of grenadiers was also sta-
tioned before the doors leading to the Rotunda, for
the particular purpose of preventing those improper
intrusions which, from the great curiosity of the
public, afforded ground to apprehend.
At eight o'clock the rank of carriages extended
to far in a continued line as Buckingham Gate, a
space of one mile ; and at eleven the crowd was so
great as to completely chock up the passage by the
gates leading from Hyde Park Corner. At that
hour several families oft the first rank were obliged
to walk, guarded by the centinels, from their car-
'riages at the wooden bridge to the entrance at the
avenue, a distance of a quarter of a mile from the
house. Notwithstanding the enormous pressure,
such were the discipline and attention of the sol-
diery, not a single accident happened. At eleven
o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of Yost: ap-
peared in his uniform of Field Marshall, with his
retinue of four carriages, and the following per-
sonages in his suite ; the Duchess of Yoe a, Lady
A. C. SMITH, Lady E. SPENCER, Mr. STEPNEY,
Colonel TAy Lox, Mr. Po VNTZ, SirJ. SHELLY, Mr.
UPTON, Mr. SMITH, Mr. SPENCER, &c. &c.—At
half-p st eleven his ltoyal Highness the Prince of
'WA! is appeared with his suite, consisting of Sir W.
W. 'WY NNE, Colonel M,MAmoN, and Mr. Foe-
"RESTER.
A little before twelve o'clock, the space appro-
priated for dancing was opened, and the dance was
commenced with Sir David Hunter Blair, by Lady
A. MURRAY, and the Marquis of DouGLAs, fol-
lowed by
Lord J. Murray Lady A. M. Stanhope,
Lr..d Willi rs Atis, Grinist,m,
Lord Dungannon Lady C. Darns,
Marquis of Lorn L..dv 11. Carendnh,
Mr. Pierrepoiut C.,rnuall.

At half past two o'clock, the supper-rooms were
laid open, which consisted of all the delicacies of
the season. The company had not all arrived at
so late an hour as three o'clock. We yesterday
gave an account of the preparations made for this
grand fite. The lateness of the hour, at which it
assumed its meridian splendor, renders it impossible
for us to enter into the detail. Some idea, however,
may be formed of the coup de evil from the follow-
ing list of the company and their splendid attire.—
Taste, fancy, and fashion, never exerted themselves
with more zeal to produce something superior to the
grand tho' routine occasions on which, by custom,
they are called forth into altion into the fashionable
world. The fashionable Modittes of the day, all
seemed to feel a degree of inspiration. In this
number, Miss PAYNE, of Pall-Mall, was distin-
guished for taste of design and felicity in execution.