The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-20 00:00:00

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AND THE
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On Friday the king of terngsia viewed the Duke
of Cuuthdriand's hbnse, which ha.t been prepared
for tilt Emperbr tit RiaSiii.'S Court. On Satin.=
Clay morning his Majesty received an Address
.from the Prussian Merchants resident in this
Country. .His Majesty aftehvgds, attended by
Lord Charles Bentinck, &c. *eta ttJ Mr. IVhit-
bread's bre*house, the-Bank, &c. •
The Royal carriage', were in attendance at
Pulteney Hotel at eleven o'clock on Saturday,
and remained there till half past twelve, when a
s'lower of rain coming on, the Emperor and,
Grand Ditches.; declined going out. They did
not leave the Hotel till past hitit o'clock, when
they went in the Regent's State Chariot to Oulfd-
hall.

At three o'clock on Saturday, his Royal High--
ness the Prince Regent went in a private carriage
from Carlton house to St;‘ James's Palace, and
Oitered by the Garden from the Park. His Royal
Higimess immediately went into the Little with-
draWitig:rodin, where he was received by his 'State
Page. His •Royal ,HiglinCss was dressed in full
Military uniform, wearing the -.English, Russian,
Prussian, ;find Austrian Orders. At four o'clock the
King of Prussia having arrived at the PaLee, the
Royal procession inmed th:•ough the state looms
itr the situeorder as when the Sovereign goes to the
Chapel Royal on ;.aster Sundays. tt consisted of
the Mar-finis of tVinehester and Lord Bo.st on, as the
Lords in waiting. ; Earl Chohuondeley the Mar-

dais of. Hertford, the Duke a Montrose, the Earl
of Harrington, Lord George lieresinal,Viseount
Jocelyn, the Liii of Macclesfield, Sir William
Cotigreve, Sir Isaac Heard, and Hine other Gen-
tlemen of the Heralds' (-Mee: The, hhig of
Prussia hesitated at getting into the state carriage,
wh-en the Prince Regent begged his Majesty to
enter the carriage firtt ; the Prince followed, and
took his scat on the left of the King ; the Duke
_of Montrose and Marquis of Vtrincliew.a. also went
the state carriage. 'l'he'Priiice of Mycklenburgh
went in the Queen's carriage..
The Emperor of Russia amrthe Grand Duchess.
went in the state carriage, atter returning front
the city to visit Lord Cathcart.
Yesterday morning, soon after ten o'clock, the
-Emperor of Russia and the Duchess of Oldenburg'
went front the Pulteney Hotel to the Russian pri •
vate Chapel, in Welbeck-strcet. From thence they
went, at half-past 11, to the Meeting oftheS,teietyof
Friends, con only called Quakers, in Peter's court,
St. Martin's...lithe, where they remained about an
hour, and then returned to Pulteney Hotel,
when the Emperor gave thidiencei to two A ipe-
Tiean Gentlemen, in full Court dresseS, Sir W.
Paxton, several Bankers, Duniourier, the
Right Honourable Warren Hastings, &c. About
.three o'clock the Ettiptor arid Gland Duchess
proceeded _from the..PulteneyHotel to Warwick
House,'on. a visit to the Princess Charlotte, and
!remained with her. Royal Highness -about half an
hour. Thence they went to Chiswick, on a visit-
to the Duke of l)evonsliire, and returned to Pul-
teney Hotel at seven o'clock. • , -
Yesterday morning the King of PruSsia, attend-
ed by Lord Chas, Bentinck, went to St. George's
---<Thnreh,:llanover-square. 'fhe Princes cif Prussia
c.); tl,c (...;Lap,t 4t li,,tri.,,c •I wo
o'clock hils Majesty left Clarence-house for Sion-
house, the seat of the Duke of Northtunberland.
From thence his Majesty proceeded to Outlands
to {line With the Duchess of York.

Last night, at ten o'clock, the. Emperor and-
Grand Duchess went to Calton-house, to meet
her 'Majesty at a dress party.
The Kilq; of Prussia and his- two Sons paid a
visit to the Bank of England inn Skin day morn=
ing, and having beint conducted throngh the diffe-
rent departments-.of that establishment by Mr.
Mellish', they partook of a cold collation prepared
for them.

Yesterday die Royal Academicians assembled at
the Academy, in expectation of a visit from the
Royal Sovereigns to see the .I.4,xhiLition ; but on
an explanation it turned our, that both the Em-
peror and King Marl taken an opportunity of visit-
ing the Academy incog. at an early hour, some
days ago, and had happily avoided• all that trou-
blesome attention by which they have been so
much annoyed. —(Chronicle...)
Yesterday several of the Illustrious Personages
visited privately the Royal Academy at Somerset
House, and :Tent a considerable tittle iu examin-
ing the pictures.—(Herald.)

PUBLIC BREAKFAST.-Yesterday his Glace of
De.vonshire gave a grand public breakfast at
seat, Chiswick, and had the %readier been favour-
able, it would have been one of the most splendid
IZtes given for many years back ; the preparations
were upon a large and magnificent scale. There
were preseht, the Emperor Alexander, the king
of Prussia, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
the Duchess of Oldenburgh, the Dukes of Kent,
Cambridge, and Sussex, and all the distinguished
foreigners now in town ; together with upwards
of a thousaud of our distinguished nobility, and
gentry; the whole went in grand cavalcade,•with
sets of beautiful horses, richly caparisoned. The.
Royal Party ,afterwards went to the Duke and
Duchess of Vork, at Oatlands.

SECOND CITY DINNER.

ENTEATAINMENT AT GiTILDHALL.

The second civic banquet in honour of our Il-
lustrious 'Visitors, the Emperor of Russia, the
King of Primia, &c. was given on Saturday, by
the Metropolitan Corporation, in Guildhall.
Soon after day=break, the streets from Temple-
barto-Guildhall were covered with gravel; and,
by order of the. Committee of Management,. bars
3vere placed across the streets leading into Fleet-
street, Ludgate,street, Cheapside, and King-street,
and no 'carriage allowed -to pass them after 3.
o'clock: These precautions were,taken to prevent
any interruption or confusion occurring in the pro-
gress of the catriages taking the companylo Guild-
ball. Every window was crowded with elegantly
dressed females at an early hour of the day;
end the pavement was so thronged as to become
in some places impassable, especially in the vici-
nity of Guildhall. Every precaution against dan-
ger, and to prevent confusion, bad been adopted

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aideost
yund expectation, they succeeded. The carriages
‘rere allowed to di'l've up Only in a sirigle line;
and having set down at the temporary entrance'
erected on this occasion, and Which extended
nearly 50 feet into Guildhall Yale!, they immedi-
iitelY drew off through Blackwell-hall YArd, and
retired by the back streets:
By two o'clock the streets from Guildhall to
Citilttio-house WePe completely lined %Vitt) mill:
tary, consisting of the St. James's Volunteers,
the Duke of Sussex's regiment of Highlanders,
the St. Margaret's Volunteers, and minty Other
voldnteer corps ; the Tower Hamlets, London,
and StallordshireMilitla ; the City Light flOysei
the Westminster Light flors, the Surrey S'eo-
manry, the Scotch Greys, the 1 Ith 'Light Dra-
goonS, and other regiments. lPatties of the Life
Guards paraded. the streets, to keep the passage
clear. There were about 8000 troops (regulars
will volunteerS) undti arms.
This was the first Royal State Procession to
Guildhall suice the visit of their preset):
.Majes-
ties, shortly alter their Coronation ; and it was
truly a State Pro Cession. In magniticence it ex-
ceeded those 'of, his Majesty's to Paul's on his re-
covery, or on the day of thanksgivi.,, g for the
nay al victories in the war terminated by the Trace
of Amiens.
The Speaker of the House of COMMons was the
first persoti,who went ill state. Ile- yea d s folloWe
by nuorters of the Nobility awl Gentry.
Inc ;loyal pro( esshoi moved at a dem- pace from
Carlton-110use soiet after four o'clock, precekied
partis of the llth Dragoons, and Of the Royal
Horse Guards (Blue). lt commeoced -with five of
*Ate Prioceßeg,ort'searriages, eachevoli six horses,
containing the.o:heers•of the household, wit! dis-
tinguished foreigners.. Part: Cs t ht- saute Guards
followed each carriage. - Then. came •the stare-
carriages of the Prince of Orange whose -ser-
vants wore the. 'Stadtholdei 's iiveries of bloc
arid gold), "the Dillies of Glocester,
Sussex, Clarence, awl Kent, in each or which
was one cal the foreigu vi•;:itors. ( 'A groom walked
at each horse's head, acid three locumeu, in state
liveries, stood behind each carriage, .The Duke of
York's carriage %vas drawn by six gt eys. The two
sons of his Prussian Mejesty .rode with his Royal
Highness. All the horses were decked with crimsoo
ribbauds. The ',equipage of the Regent was in the
highest. degree superb. The Royal can iage Was
drank-ii by eight of the King's cream-coloured
horses, ornamented with azure ribbandS ; four
'footmen, almost covered with gold lace, stood be-
hind. It was preceeded hy twelve of the Knights
Marshalmenein fall twiforen; the Royal iler)ldse
wearing their official tabbards, Ste. ; and a-nume-
rous party of the King's' Yeomen of the Goard;
and Of the I Oth, 'or Prince's Light. Dragoons—
. procession was .closed by the remainder of
the Horse Guards, with their trumpeters, &c. in
full dress;. after which
,came a vast number of
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other carriages; containingtorogners, of distinc-
tion, the. Marquis Wellesley, Lord and Lady Cas-
tlereagh, Prince de Wagstadt (Blocher), Count
Plata*, Lords Hill and Beresford, awl a long list
of persons of distinctioo.
The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs in their state
carriages, and the Aldermen and City Officers, had
stationed themselves East of Temple Bar, previous
to the arrival of the Procession ; ou the approach
of wisich doll illoUntC4l Chari4,l6 4.1 e"
tOrated with crimson, helongiug to tire Officers of
the Horse Guards. The first part of the ca.valcade
having advanced, the Prince Regent's carriage •
drew tip, and the Lord Al.ayor', Aldermen two She-
riffs, received his Royal Highness with the usual.
cererpony. Seter a short chulereuce., the City Offi-
cers took the lead of tile Processioo; which moved
in the following order :—A troop of the !tit h Light
Dragoons, trumpeters :old kettle-drums—the Lord
Mayotc, state coach, in which setts his Lordship's
Chaplain alone—the carriages of the' Aldermen,
empty-:---a party of militarythe nights Ahrshal-
men—th e City Marshal:nip, t wo alit! t of the
Aldermen, t wo anti two en ;horseback, and dressed
in their state robes—two horse-guards--the Town
Crier, bearing the mace—the Lord Mayor in his
state robes, thouoted on a beautiful charger, un-
covered and bearing the sword of state,--t he state
carriage of the Prince Regent, in which were hiS
Royal Highne;s and the King of Prussia, follow-
ed by a detachment of, cavalry, after'which cultic
the carriages of several of his Majesty's Ministers.
His Royal Highness reached/ Guildhall about
half-past live o'clock, where he was received by
the Lord Mayor, and 'conducted through a line,
formed by the .Aldermen and Commou Council-
men, to the Drawing-room, •(the Common Coun-
cil Chamber) where his Royal Highness remained
in cohversation with his Royal Brothers, and the
other Illnstrious Persons.

About half past four o'clock his Majesty the
Emperor of Rus quitted tlw Pulteney Hotel,
accompanied by his Sister the Duchess of Olden-
burgh; in the Rep,ent's ,State drawn by
six fine Hanoverian. horses, ;old attended by his
usual guard. His Imperial Majcsly's suite occu-
pied four other carriages, His Majesty arrived at
Guildb2ll about a quarter .of an' hour after the
Prince Regent. As. soon as his nijesty's • ap-
proach was announced., , the. Lord Mayor • went
.to receive him and his BlustriOu; Sister,. and
_conducted them in the same manner, and with
the same marks of respect as.- had been shc‘Vll
to the Prince Regenf; to the. Drawing-Voom.—
He;n•e he wass received and welcomed,. by-his
Royal Higliness..The Illustrions,Personages con- •
tinned for some time in the Drawing-room ; and
about seven o'clock, it being announced that
ner was ready, they, were conducted to the Hall
by the Lord Mayor, tire music striking up “..The
Roast Beef of Old England and after parading
round the Hall, took their seats under the canopy
of state, amidst the shouts and aclamationi of the

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company assembled, and the waving of handker-
chiefs and plaudits of the ladies in the galleries.
On the-right of the Prince „Regent, was seated the
Emperor, and next to hint the 'Duke of York ; the
rest of the Royal. Dukes were seated at the table
of the hustings. On the left of the Prince Re-
gent sat his Prussian Majesty, and next to him the
Duchess of Oldenburgh, having her son upon her
left. Loyd Yarmouth stood behind the chair of the
Emperor, attended by three of the Regent's ser-
vants, dressed in their state liveries and velvet
caps. The Lord Mayor, in the first instance,
placed blanch' behind the chair of the Prince

Ai thi
seated .Blucher,
tenor',
_the Speaker \Of the 1100.tt 91
"4;'
the .11,!!!cs, the Nobility, eti.. fife g
wr
slaty V"te-r.do no soor,e; tViti s'eareti
were directed to the •,allerit•s.
Lstlieg;, ::tall ha the e!oil-i:e. Of Ow
in A , ghss witit Lord Castlereagh!
Alayor, several tithei•s. During tb:oo.eret
the Prince Reeent and the Emperor , to tglie
"melt together, and the fortt;er Seelteuhe toll;
painii hi the decorations I „IP
to tvhich his Impel 'al ,I\laiesty paid the.,1,74'",,,c,10
I‘ll.):V:raen:::tetotie.sc:liat :.•)IcLa I 1 eAdb (tHo' , (I')'ecriflindli.a
" The' King 1);-*I'Lleogfil•rostrd,1"ctt'hiccili"%111:',ilt.171''.3c11.1b,''Ill;';
Prince Regent. The greatest lopiaiise 1‘1:011.C.'
''
Gad
save t"1;•it4;;" wos ittilinetliatelPtfiteoort
for by die guests in general, but it ‘va'lw 0.101
the moment, thott4ll it ‘vas -ti short titifeeffe, ~oje`
'file health of the k-Iritice Ile rent sr'is
by the fiord iNlavor, and (Iran!: wit!' ge'
r,ll"Npyt',ri
chat ions. The nce gave " lite fluotir
and Corporatiim, and ►
th talks toiletit fur.
I."'ilt.• , e-I:til?till.l'o'vviag toasts were--- the
mitt tor of '!.l. 9,,rlh-
itll
::: The Kin of Prusii:l—'lll' -1,:•:;; • •'"•-jost ati
of oideaeareli--Tlie•King-
"4ovsrei:ot Prince •
of t•
he '2".
c~,ltird arn▪
ica,e;a(:ll:'lC'"'lll:',,d--;;AtAll. I:
elOf alit
Heroes hy sea IL I i I 11:1.
anti who r • f
for their coann•y," the vocal baud 01)110))2141`.',
Britannia ;" %when they came to the oroceill
'' Happy ble, wirlt nuachless hcil",Yi the
struck, as by eleett-icity, every Petrielle;
the "uP<l'(ri-i of berlat•,•..t hat • rod'
and a burst of acelaniation was the e°lls,,,p(Oed.,,
which the Prince happily seized, at'd
ttae lariat," i
The other s,:(l:lltyl,gysaArsi
were, '' Hail :-itz,r of Ettinsv.'i::it.'" 03/
to Arets ,
(Y; dinner, ft is almost ii;•ltiliS-35 L-.s:Yoit. -1
every delicacy abounded. The cti
most choice kinds, as was the desert aisf).ttitit;e-i
About a quarter before eleven the B°Yi,ol)lk'ci
with;ew, amidst the cheers of a vast 141)
of persons ; but it was three in the 11)()1:1
• hide
fore the Ilan was end: ely c!e!artd. ti.:c••`.
ih
Before the Prince It.`egent left the
.1 tie,'
tbite'rßTrti:tii.eotCeoendttli(e)
.tare llall, he c°11teilll'occ°:1°111;:
The interior of Was• ~
on Y 1
fitted "P grandeur unequalled t't
jji
°eeils.ion• A temporary entrance eo's,,e',,Lsc',etr,i?
the front door of eNtentiz'4l'.,iiiti-,k
yards into the street, covered on the
with green cloth, and .flooritor with ii"es„l''uu,
anti it was lighted by a number at- ;be
Immediately preceding the eiltranee L°r ot
in tile krge porch, were placed a !1't11;•1„11 lr; tilt'
care foreign plants and flowers iu
‘vhose fragrance perfumed the 1)
~"
were raised one above another, and ,6fa„lo
intermingled variegated lamps, the
lug a most splendid ef:lnt. enter'll,..',o,olc-co•
the beholder was astimislied their'',.o"'ef ills
vexed ws•ittrlir°C;"iititeisdo'nh'itcHl:4lll2hel/‘'".."‘l)s(7ll:(:).at(),L'ir;cll':
lan teas surrounded with a ealit.'ll, filleilf°
feet wide, ii•hich, at an earl • "-js t
hour', hen,
ladies elegantly tressed many cat tic l j:11 pit'
highest rank. At the upper ella
place occupied by the hustines, "LI a, i•-ivrts;
lrtte
form, AVaS placed a table fur the o°,:e
Royal I)okes, and Foreign l'rinees• '11,4 0111°V(IJ
of the table wa's erected a inagoilice"oole..Pof
formed of crimson velvet, richly •01.°14,,i0i1',%e
gold fritive t ,be CI"
• , "t ac. Deneatii welt-
raised above the rest of the trlatft/roh
chairs of state, above wh;c:lr, in th,e ec9gcli
ed the. I't i lice Ilegent',„ f•,!..!ther, and 01' L,'l',lilese'4li:'‘fio
riC-Cti•eeuirs)seszeaa;:p'll.(2);lnt:iraut:qsli.tion Iltc
:Monarchs. The table was decorilteqiclt, of
were twilouasilit4ietY-bOoai:r'tlP's,latt!en'e I:tetsiectilL:ll%t:).!•,-stlrActen:it?'.l)bl::
the platform, with inassive service.:: ';,/ flonEli'
table was further decorated with a vi;,:aritig,„is
of siliall
arms of the flags,
U¢ of S II
Prince
theand Austria, he i
princes. Opposite to this table, at tpoo-ii 00,
the
d others invited, 'hot Al ,111' y' y,es
Officers
arche
-
thus formed Were Imo, with tart•
's- •
•rrnl3l
tvitll
rich.lustres, and Occnpietl tl+e
Over the steps leading to .the tli'dl tits
COMITIon •
Council Clia;nher, which
1 ,the
)Ladies' gallery,- was .1 small is t[
band of the Blake of York, and tt'e;
Nuybleni
Common Co :nciliuel3 the reel ttcl
balletic
‘Pvrhiticiche:astal
centre
,lei.ia:inl,li:;!trellias a large looking-010. oes forcior
rltdel the
were Placed.; nod in two small gAlleir..leel te;il;' c.
Ladies' gallery, and nearly lo• 'aca,-rtacel,vill,
Allocal
external
i)(lreilli,tgelcri"t'besi,:‘.-ea icily 1 c'ex' cvl •f.::():';)er ix' i:11)111:;
in eight most superb lostres, (15rewtie-e' (115;
y a vast until
roof, by similar Ingres sn•pt:::: cc:* °.;,1-1)::1:31.1tille
tances•above the Ladies' gallery `'pill rii"l
t of
row of gold-coloured lamps carried er.
. Hall, along the cornice. Fro"' tll:,l,ls)pPelitt6(littif'
the Hall, also near the r ()OF , - The I)? the
City and several CarripaUiee!',l)3llc-scr e0(1
ed windows at the tipper and 16" , renciO,
Hail formed two beautifultransPil
means of strong lights behind thetihile
stepsilViii;
From the entrance of the hall to left.
ing to the Kintr's Bench, •a passage tet,is.,iito 5 ;1;
,•• te"
Court of, King's Bench was coriver
rintsoo
tiring room. It was hung with CL„-ith
Rghted by rich !mitres, and furnisheo ,
• ,v3s blc
sofas and chairs, at the opliel yenatto't
transparency of stained glas tI;4
VelTigif in: his robes ; one si(IC above, illood,
the other die figure of Plenty' lier otit-•
solo°
centre, Peace with the olive bra,:is-i)ip, a CO''
In another part of the piece wa•-,c -
and In to'
le.eds‘ovnittliiingthe name
.e tro
of Nelson ; thfos•ca,
p ,!.
t
iingtou. The ;Common Councll td"
gether,

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