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London, England, 1813-04-13 00:00:00

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ADDRESS

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.4 TO fliE IitINCESS-OF WALES, J
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Yeetieday being appointed for the 7aieet7 of 411, 4
C.ty or London to present their Address of Conges-
t. dation to her Royal Highness the Princess of W.% Ws 1
on her happy escape from the foul and malignant'
conspiracy aimed against her honour and her life, the
Liverymen began to assemble at an early hour at
Guildhall. Notwithstanding the Resolutioe of the
Common Hall, by which the number was limited to
109, nearly 200 met before twelve o'clock ; and it
was generally supposed that there would have been
its addition to this excess, had riot the Loan MAYOR
.entered his coach shortly after twelve, and ordered the
procession to move forward before the appointed time,
which was half an hour after twelve.
The City Marshals, with their customary attend.
ants; led the procession, which consisted of the LORD
tIA VON,. in his state-carriage; the Sheriffs; Aldermen
COWIE, WOOD, GoODDEIIERC, HEYGATE, the Town
Clerk, and City Officers; with about sixty carriage',
entaining the Deputation of the Livery.
The expectation was universal that the procession
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I would have gone to Kensington Palace. by Ludgate.
hill,' Flett:street, the Strand, Pall-mail, St. James's-
street, and Piccadilly; but, to the very great disap-
pointment of the immense population collected in
these parts, and to the surprise of the Livery, it
moved, by the direction of the LORD MAYOR, who
chose a very different route—by Skinner-street, Hole
born, and Oxford-street, through Hyde-park, to the
Palace. The report of the procession having changed
the expected line of March was, however, soon spread,
and the vast numbers collected in the other quarters
hastened to Holborn and Oxford-street. The accia.: I
mations of joy with which the procession was greeted,
evinced the deep sense entertained by the public, of
the honest and manly expression Of the sentiments of
the Livery of London : they were loud, cordial, and
reiterated.
In the Park, however, which contained an assent.
blage no less respectable than numerous, no disap.
pointment occurred. The carnage', horsemen, and
spectators on foot, were numerous beyond all prece.
dent, End the procession was greeted, as it passed,.
With the most enthusiastic shouts and plaudits.
About eleven o'clock her Royal Highness, attended
by. Ladies CHARLOTTE LINDSAY and CHARLOTTS
CAMPBELL, Lett Blackheath for Kensington Palace.
tier Royal Highness travelled the most private way
across the country, and along Battersea Bridge, and
arrived at Kensington Palace at a quarter past twelve
o'clock. The populace had begun to assemble round
the Palace by eleven o'clock. Soon after one, an
officer belonging to Bow-street Office, who was en
trusted with the direction of the Police, cleared all
these assembled near the entrance to the Princess's
apartments, to the outside of the railing which en-
closes the grass.plat, to enforce which he called in a
cumber of the military to his assistance. The crowds
that continued flocking through Hyde Park.and Ken-
sington Gardens had a most delightful effect between
the trees frOm the Palace, the sun shining remarkably
bright. The Lord Mayor's Gentlemen in Waiting
arrwed at one, to be in readiness to receive his Lord:
ship. At ten minutes past* two o'clock, the grand
1 cavalcade arrived : the crowd that accompanied it
overpowered the police and the military, and burst
open the gates at which it entered. The LORI:MAYOR
I was received with reiterated cheers and plaudits by
the incalculable crowd that surrounded the Palace,
and those in the trees. The Aldermen were received
f with three huzzas. Aldermen WOOD experienced
. unbounded applause ; his carriage was drawn to the
' door of the Palace by men, and when it stopped,
. numbers of them were throw& down, but received no
material injury. The Common Councilmen whteat.
tended on the, occasion did not appear in that cha-
racter, but merely as Liverymen. Mr. WAITHMAN
'was among them, and received the warm greetings of
the populace. •
The Lox') MATOP, Aldermen, &c. were shewn
into the small dining-room, between the grand din-
ing-room and the drawing-room.. The procession
consisted of the City Marshals in their state uniform,
on horseback. The state carriage and six bays, in
which were the LORD Mayort, the Mace-bearer,
the Sword of State, and his Lordship's Chaplin ;
Aldermen COMBE, WOOD, and GOODBEHERE ; Sheriff
BLADES and the City Remembrancer ; Sheriff Hay''
and his Chaplain ; the Chamberlain; the Comptroller,
the Solici-or the Town Clerk, and about 159 of the
Livery in their gowns. Their setting down from their
catriages occupied about half an hour. It being an. I
nounced to the PRINCESS that the whole were ar.
!rived, her Royal Highness entered from a back anti.
room into the grand dining-room, and took her sta.
• tion at the upper end of the room, with her back to
a small marble slab, before a large looking-glass.—
Ladies CHARLOTTE LINDSAY, CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL,
and Lady ANN HAMILTON, her Royal Highness's
Ladies in waiting, stood to her right hand, and Mr.
ST. LEGER, her Vice Chamberlain, on her left. The
Town Clerk approached the PRINCESS, and read the
following Address : % .