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

14.ATTemtuti REGISTER.

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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
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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 .
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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'
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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.raget 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,
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. 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 splendidly
decorated in a manner most aptly suited to the Court hill
dress.