The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-08 00:00:00

TI ANri:GIVING AT ST. PAUL'S.

rknither Paft ca.hirs.l
Ir,vsterday being the day appointed for return-
ing Thanks to the Almighty for the restoration of
tie lylessings.of Peace to this Country and to Eu-
rope, 'it was observed with all the state and so-
lemnity usual on soch occasions. The general
nninnel• of the Penctssion, &c. iris slinnar to those
of -the King on Iggoing to the Carsliedral non
his recovery, and after 'the Naval Victories. The
two ilomses of ParliaMent met early to attend the

Procession.•.
The Lord Chancellor took the Woolsack at half
pa4t eight o'clock ; and, 'soon after
.nine, Francis
Townshend,' 'Esq. Windsor Herald; proceeded to
call over the Rause, commencing With Charles
•
William Lord Stewart, the youngest Baron, ad-
vauced regularly to the highest grades of rank,
and concluding with the Archbishop -of Canter-
bury and the Lord Chancellor. As their Lord-
ships were called over, those who Iveree present
, retired, and immediately proceeded In their car-
riages to St. Paul's..
.The appearance of the House Was - extremely
splendid. The Lords, of whom there was a nu-
merous attendance, were in their robes.
newly-created- Peers,, Lord Stewart only was .pre-
sent. Soon after ten o'clock, the whole Peerage
having been called over, tht“,ord Chancellor, at-
tended by the usual officers, retired.
The Speaker of the House of Commons took
the Chair at half past eight. o'clock ; and at nine,
the Clerk proceed to call over the House by coun-
ties, in alphabetical order. A great number. of
Nend were presents attired either in Court
dresses or in • military or naval uniforms. The
English counties having been gone thrOugh, the
Members for Wales; Scotland, and lastly Ireland,
. were desired to go forth. The Right lion. Ps.
Bathorst, habited in his robes as Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, followed.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his official
co,tunte, moved the question of adjournment as he
retired, and was immediately followed by the
Speaker in his State robes, who, accompanied by
the Officers of the House, closed the Procession.
At an early hour, the troops appointed to pre-
serve order in the. avenues leading to the Cathe-
dral Church of St. Paul, proceeded from their re-
spective parade's, and took those sfation which
had been previously appointed by the Adjutant-
General ; and soon after eight o'clock the streets.
leading from St. Paul's to Carlton Hoose, tvliicli
had been covered with a thick coat of gravel,
were lined with infantry; and paraded by detach-
ments of Volunteer Cavalry and Light Horse.
The military, consisting of detachments of in-
fantry from the Foot Guards, the sth Foot, the
Stafford, West Middlesex, Aberdeen, and Fer-
managh Militia, marched into Pall Mall and the
Strand, and lined each side of the route from St.
James's to• Temple-bar. The route from Tem-
. ple-bar to St. Paul's was also lined by troops,
consisting of the East India Regiments of Volun-
teers and the Hon. Artillery Company.
A detachment of 15Q of the 11th Light Dra-
goons were divided into patroles, and kept mov-
ing backwards and forwards, from one end of the
line to the other, to preserve order, and assist the
peace officers in the execution of their duty ; a
detachment of 30 of the Royal Regiment of
Horse Guards was. allotted for keeping the grand
route from the Houses of Parliament to Charing-
Cross clear of impediments ; of these a. subaltern
ulcer and twelve men were posted in. Palace-
yard, and the remainder employed in patroling
thence to Charing-Cross.
One hundred
.arid four of the I Ith Light Dra-
--error's *ere posted -at the end of the chief streets
leading into the Strand.
Light
The Horse Volunteers, the London Vo-
lunteer Cavalry, the Westminster Volunteer Ca-
valry, and. the Surrey YCOmanry, assembled at
seven o'clock in theanorning, iii Hyde Park; and
proceeded along the grand route to Temple-bar.
They kept the _route open to St. Paul's, furnish 7
strong detachments at the top of Fleet-mar-
Let and inßridge-Street, and particularly guarding
all the avenues leading into Fleet-street -and Lwl-
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Green com-•
manded the troops.
So early as eight o'clock, lines of carriages pro-
ceeded along fall-Mall and the Strand, with
Peeresses-and other Ladies of Rank, to St. Paul's.
The Procession of the House of Commons was
preceded by-the Messengers of the House on horse-
back, Constables of Westminster, the Clerks' As-
sistants, and the Chaplain and Deputy Serjeant
at Arms in one of the Speaker's carriages. The
Speaker closed the Procession.
The'Foreign Ambassadors, in a train of about
20 carriages, at nine o'clock proceeded by Cha-
ring-cross, the Strand, and Ludgate-hill, to the
Cathedral; ,they were in their state carriages, and
in full Court dresses. The Members of the House
of Peers came next, and were followed by the
Lord Chancellor in his state' carriage. .• In the
line of carriageS forming this part of the• Proces-
sion was the gallant Blucher, who was recog-
nised by the people, and, as usual, loudly cheered.
The Prince Regent went from Carlton-house
in his private carriage, to St. Jame S's Palace, and
entered by the Garden-gate. His Royal Highness
proceeded to robe in his ,Parliamentary robes,
wearing his English and Foreign Orders. The
Peers upon his
his Royal. Highness's Honsehold
robed in their
Parliamentary robes in the Pre-
settee Chamber; and in addition to them, was his
Grace the Duke
of Wellington, Wearing his Field-
Marshal's uniform, adorned with his nunicrouS
honours of various nations, which he has so high,-
ly merited, and 'wearing his robes as a Duke, his'
Royd Highness having' signified Iris commands
to 'his Grace to attend him on this memorable oc-

Of the

cation. -
Shortly before eleven, the discharge of 21 guns
announced the departure of his 'Royal Highness

riire !iite oc;i:j;ion'
in'the following order :

Two Horse Guards.

Mike of Glocester, in his state carriage, drawn b six- hOrst-s.
.• " A party of Horse Guards.
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D. of t.:intortdge., in' lti's .slii:fec,tratge, drawn by 'six "horses,
A p.arty of liorse. Guards. .
Doke of Sussex, ni.".iis'state ePit&it.e, and sis bersb;.
• A paity o' Horse (it.ils.'
'Juke of Kent, in his state catige, and six horse 3. •
A party of Horse, Guards. ~
Two of the Oxford Blues.
The nerilds, iri their-Official costume:
_ . .

Three State Carriages, drawn by sit; horses, toch , containing
the llousehaid of his ltoyal flightless the Prince Regent.

• A detachment of the Blues.
Fourteen Royal Footmen, in.stutc
Twelve Marshal's Men. .
. ' A troop of the Horse Gourds.
His Royal Highnessthe Prince Recent, in his state carriage,

drawn by eight crealonred horses,
Ills Royal Higtmesc was accompanied by two of his
()dicers of State. -
• A troop of Horse Guards followed.
On his Royal Highness e9tering his state car-
riage, the hand on duty in the Palace struck up
God save the King,' and a telegraphic commu-
nication was made from the top of the. Palace, by
one of the artillery, and a discharge-, of cannon
took place in St. James's Park.
Dukes of York, Clarence, Sussex, and
Glducester, were in the Procession. The silver
trumpets sounded at intervals. After the ROyal
carriages came two of the. Heralds, in cost tune,
on horseback. In the carriage with the Regent
were the Puke of Wellington and the Duke of
Montrose.

The' Lord Mayor, -Sheriff's, and other City Of-
ficers, fell into the Procession at Temple-bar.

The Peeresses, and other individnals who were
accommodated with seats in tl►e Cathedral, ap-
proached by Holborn to Newgate,strect, clown
Warwiek-lane, to the- north gate .of the Church.
Great order was preserved i►t the streets. The
windows and. housetops were crowded with spec-

tators.
From the west door to the choir there was an
avenue lined with a file of soldiers, and a range of
yeomen. of the "guard ; on each side were raised
elevated
:benches, for the accommodation of the
spectators, all filled with beauty and fashion. At
ten o'clock, all the persons who were to be ad-
mitted by tickets were arrived, and every seat was
filled, excepting those of the choir, which were
for the persons who formed the Procession. At
twenty-five minutes past ten the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, entered the great west door, kessed
in his rob-es, and his train borne up ; the .Master
of the Rolls followed, in his robes, and his train
also borne tip; then upwards of one . hundred
Members of the Housd of Commons, each either
in full dress, or in military uniform ;.several Peers,
in their robes ; the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons, preceded by his Mace-bearer; the Barons
of the Exchequer, &c. &c.
Precisely at half-past ten. o'clock a signal pin
from the artillery in the Church-yard, announced
the arrival of Marshal Prince Blucher, whilst the
shouts from -the multitude assembled on the cut-
side, rent the air. '5. P. Cockerel!, Esq. surveyor
to the fabric, in full dress, and a wand in Isis
hand, announced that Marshal Plucher was coin-
ing, but begged they would make no noise, Out
wave their handkerchiefs. Marshal Prince iiiticher
made his entrance in a blue uniform, with gold
epaulets, Btc. a red sash, and three stars on his
breast, whilst the approbation of the multitude
was expressed by the waving of their handker-
chiefs in silence. He was followed by two of his
Aides-de-Camp, in splendid uniforms, decorated
with stars. The Set jeants at law in their robes,
the Herald's in their splendid dresses, the. Lord
Chancellor, with his mace and train-bearer, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, with his train-bearer,
next followed.
At eleven o'clock the band struck -.up "God
save the King," and every eye was turned 'towards
the door for. the-entrance of the Royal. Dukes,
when about twenty Officers, with drawn swords,.
entered, followed .by their Royal Highnesses the
Dukes of Gloucester, and Cambridge, in their
robes, walking aria in arm, with their trains borne
up by their respective train-bearers ; -next entered
his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, in his
robes, with his train-bearer ;• the Duke of Kent
next followed, with-his traits borne up ; and then
the Duke of York in the same order. The Duke
of Clarence. was prevented, through indisposition
from beingpresent,
At a quarter past eleven a second signal gun
announced the arrival of the Prince Regent, who
drove up in his state coach to the enrance door
(which was the only coach allowed to enter the
yard), the Royal Dukes went out to receive him
at the foot of the steps. His Royal Highness was
accompanied byliis Grace Field Marshal the Duke •
of Wellington, who bore the sword of state, and
the Duke of Montrose, Master of the Horse;
S. I'. Cockerel!, Esq. announced the arrival of the
Prince Regent and our Immortal Hero, Willing-
' ton, and begged the spectators would makel no
noise, out of respect to the place, but testify their
joy by waving their handkerchiefs.--The Proces-
sion moved thus—
City Marshal.
.Heralds at Arms, in their splendid attire.
Aldermen, in their robes.
Lord Mayor, with his Sword. and Mace-bearer, and his train
borne.
Duke of Gloucester, with his train borne by his train-bearer. •
Duke of Cambridge, ditto.
Duke of Sussex, ditto.
•
Duke of Kent, ditto.
Duke of York, ditto.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in his
robes of state, with a plume of white ostrich lea-
_ thers in his hat, which he carried in his hand,
accompanied by Field Marshal the Duke of Wel- •
lington, in his robes, bearing the sword of state,
and the Duke of Montrose, in his robes,, as Mas-
ter of the Horse. After the Royal cavalcade
passed to the choir, the yeomen of the guard, anti.
the Royal servants, in their state liveries, closed
the Procession.
On their entering the chair, and the Prince Re-
gent taking his seat in the royal pew under the
organ-loft, the Dukes of Wellington and Mont-
rose, and their Equerries, and the Royal Dukes
went to their pews on the right, Marshal Prince.
Blucher in the Royal Foreigners box on the left,
the Archbishop of Canterburyand Lord Privy Seal
Ott the right at entering -; the Archbishop of
York's pew; on the left at entering; was occupied
by the Lord President of the Council, the Arch-
bishop being absent ; the Lord Chancellor in the
Bishop's throne on the right of the communion-
table, and the Speaker of the House of Commons