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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 ornaf
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
nearlyo
100 'persoos.
-Nothing 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 15th 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