The National Register.
London, England, 1814-06-12 00:00:00

THU; NATIONAL REGISTER..

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fgoctioo.--At the444teeti': Court c'..l ed. After which her Ma-
jesty asid the Prinees,ses went to Cariton House, to meet a -Royal
party to dinner, con!isting of the Emperor of Russia, the Grand
Dochees ofOldetibiagr the Kiln-. of Prussia, his two sons, his two
brothers, his uerhew, his cor.-in, the Prinec Rodzivillc, the Prince
Royal of Wirtembeig, Prince Royal of Bavaria, tlw Prince of
Orange, the Pi ince of Oldenberg, the Doke and De.cliess of York.
the Dukes of Kent and Can,ori!lge, Princess Charlotte, Prince
Charles o 1 Meeklenbut and the Princess Sophia of Gloucester.
The front of Carlton Hume was brilliantly illuminated.

Stich is the activity of the successor of Peter the Great, that they
who would observe- him well, moat be at least as early risers as him-
Self. His Majesty came out of the Pulteo.ey Hotel, on Tnursday
morning, mounted his horse ; and was in Hvle Park between .even
and eight o'clock. He was joined by Lord Yd. :math and Colonel
Bloomfield. From thence Viey road to Westminster, crossed t e
brige. and went through Southwark into the city. They passed
the Royal Exchange and the Mansion House shortly after eight, and
turning round by the Bank and the Excise Otfice,preceeded through
Finsbury-square alone the City-road and New-road towards Pad-
diagtan, and retnrued down the Edgeware-road and Hyde l'a k to
the Pultney Hotel. The Emperor were a plain blue coa•. Irt
riding saw g the
.Citysroad, his saddlegirth became Louie,. on which
his Majesty immediately dismounted, and fastened it with his owa
hands. After breakfasting, the Emperor, with the Duchess and a
party of distinction, kit the hotel in three of the K gent's eirriages,,
without military escort, proceeded along 11!e Stratel and Fleet-street
to the Cathedral of St. Paul, where i.e «a< received at the grand
entrance by the Bishops of London and Hereford, babited in their
episcopal relies. Alter viewing fur tome time rh s majestic pro-
&elfin' of British arettitecture, they continnod their psetess east-
ward, to inspect the Lontlitu Docks' the where, attended by Direc-
tors they visited the tobacco and hemp wharf Bongs, and every
thing that was peetdiar or important. Os their rains:, they went
down Gt.-ref-Thumb street, over I.ondon-bridge, and through Sr.
Geosge's-tield'e, by nay of Westminster-bridge, to their residence.
hi g. ng and returning, he was cheered to the utmost by dui
populace, who, m their eagerness to testify their respect, frequently
pressed so clos'ely to the Emperor's carriage, that his Majesty vet'
kindly warned them against ti.e danger to which they were exposed
from the wheels.—At half past one, his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent held a Court at Carlton !louse, which was attended by most
of Or Illustrious Straiteers now in the metropolis, the Royal Dukes.
Catinet Ministers. &c. &c. At halt-past two, the King of Prussia
and family arrived in state. His Majesty was dressed in his own
menu( ntals ; he wore his hair very short, and without powder. At
a quarter past ti-see, the Emperor of Russia arrived in state, dressed
in an English nnitorm and wore the Order of the Garter. He was
met at the doer of Carlton Ilouse by the Prince Regent.—His Royal
lisliness eonthicted the Emperor to his closet, where tbeybeld.a
couference for some time, and were dressed in robes of the Garters
A procession was then formed from the closet to tie Chapter-
room. The Prince Regent took his seat on theTiirone ; having on
ilia right a chair of state, in which his Imperial Majesty was placed.
and a vacant chair on his left for the King of-Prussia. A statute
was then real, electing the King a Knight of the Order, and being •
introduced, lie was invested with the insignia of the Order—another
statue was then read, electing the Emperor of Austria a Member r fib
the Garter ; and to vshisli succeeded a third statue, conferring thy'
same honour on Earl Liverpool and Viscount Castiereap.—Theitt
Lordships were then severally int eothiced, and received the honour
of Keightliood, kind ware afterwards invested with the usual
ceremonies.
Immediately after the eonehrion of the Chapter, his Royal
Iliehness the Prince Werra received the Congratulatory Address
from the Corporation of the City of London, on the restoration of
peace,. after beir.g seated on the throne, surrounded by his Prime
Ministers, the Great Officers of State a'd the Household, Allied
Sovereigns and other Illustrious Foreigners, Marshal Blucher,
Platoff, &c. &c. The. Address was read as usual by the Recorder ;
to which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent returned the foliate-
nig answer
1 " I thaiik you for this dutiful and loyftl Address. I receive with
'peculiar satifsetion your coligraillations on the happy termination
of the lung and arduous strwigle in which we have been enzaged ;
and I feel a pride t.r acknowledging with you how much the attain-
ment of that great object is to be averied, under the hiessiu4s of
Divine novidenve, it/. the resolution, firmness, and perseveraos
the magnaisitnnus people of these ma'am
" it is a inost
• rs oction, that the happy Const'
of ;.u: ceuutry has re:nained unin.paird by that desolating s)
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