The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-19 00:00:00

LANDIAG AND PUIUdC eNtitr op
MAJESTr

(BROX THE lIIIIIRIBURGH STA& or PRIEST
Is bad been generally understood that vest,
.12 o'clock, his Majesty would disembark at Led
proceed in state to Holyrood Palms; bet, t
all uncertainty on this subject, the following
notice was published on Wednesday night, is
EDINBURGH G AAAA Tr EITERORDINARI,
" Wednesday, Anglo,
" His Majesty having been pleased to fix the '
twelve o'clock to-morrow, the 15th of Antrim,
landing at Leith, the procession. formerly oral
the Edinburgh Gazette Extraordinary of the I
stint, will be ready to move otf from Queen
ten o'clock, in the order therein prescribed, svi!
alterations:
" That the attendance of the Peers is not es;
" 2d, That the Lord Lieutenant of NIA leel
horseback, will follow, instead of preceding t
ages of the Officers of State.
• 3d, That after the keys of the city shall
delivered to bis Majesty, the carriage orate I
volt will fall into the procession immedigtei
the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Ali,l Lothi
the carriages with the Magistrates of FAinhore.
fall in behind the Uepnt► Lieutenants: of the rout:
MLINILLE. " W. RAF.
" W. DL'NDASS. " D. 801.
L'pan this understanding, and the weather
auspicious, a large portion of the ishahitaats
burgh unhealed themselves betimes rem'
ing, and advanced in tile direction or Leith,
such stations on the line of procession, as it
demi must convenient for witnessing the
pageant.
As early as nine o'clock the civil and
powers received the signal for preparation ;
ten, the whole of Leitls-walk was lined en Imo
a single line of yeomanry cavalry, the horses
even distances.

On arriving at Leith, the arrangement for ,
jetty's landing appeared in a very forward state
carpenters were occupied in adjusting to the r'
the machine which had been invented for f,
his Majesty's landing; and the platform
the protection of the gentlemen constables
The Macgregors, Celts, and Archery, soon'
1, arrived on the ground. The last took up
doe at the platform, within the lines of
Detacb.oents of the Scotch (treys and Dragoon
were drawn op at the top and bottom of the
The hlacgregors, oo their appearance, we
sheered by the populace; and the Archers
be very much admired on account of their L
test object which attracted the gaze and
than of the people was the Royal carriage
eight bays, richly caparisooed, which Jew
the foot of the platform in readiness for the
of his Majesty. The elegance of the pages,
:Hog splendour of the state liveries, togetl
substantial an appendage to a Royal pro
thirty-three yeomen of the guard, habited
proper state costume, engaged for a loni,
astouisbed eyes of the multitude. Such magnificence
attached to as Perim' had not been before
out the shore of Leith, either by the present f
or their father..
But more preeions aid more vatted thna all
glittering pomp of state, was the romp twit
the anscasbled " million" themselves present
for whom the gorgeous spectacle of a Roye
sion would hare been dint to us. But for
the presence of Majesty itself, had lost .
port oat of its real and intrintic importance.
mind, however, was not left to resolve wits'
reign without subjects ; nor was it depri%
comparison between the Chief Magistrate
respect, and the citizen paying it.
If we should lie cold in describing the thickly pen•
pled shores and piers of Leith, or the well massed
yards and shrouds spiring high above them, it is be.
cause we bare since followed bat the route of proces-
sion, and teen the mountain of heads where erst stood
Calton-hill, the site of our intended Parthenoa. We.
however, shall not overleap our story ; but talus;
that we be bolt ill our narration now, 'tis prodest is
give out that there is somewhat that shall war 0
soon. True it is, that we did neither overlook 64
importance, nor underrate the pressure, of the crated
in which we, like all unimportant noes, were Width
on the shore of Leith. Sure are we, that we did not
undervalue the stout and able-seet .. i)) r, tars who stami
aloft, nor the manly hearts which we could believe
I then: to posters: nor did we fail to' prize their mare
' securely seated sweetheirts, who studded the fere-
castles with their roses and bright eyes—hot less a
monarch's than a sailor's pride. These awakto feel.
inns which will always ebb and flow, as the im.:4;-
nation gives them motion : but in ru-n they WO
give place to that reverence in which we boil cow.
peer and statelier things.
Situated where we stood, tlre spectator Lail before
?dui a simple, but not on that account insienifican's
contrivance of hityrin ingenuity and art. The ham-
mers and bnttle or the careoters fi.ed our attenti:a
ups the ta.chine which was in preparation for the
landing of the King. We triderstatt.l it is the into!.
tion of a very young gentleman, and consists. to d,.
scribe it roughly, of a wide a, ro nraolati art ladder.
binged Oil to a 'Mato :;.; raft, ia such a manner as that
the stair cotild be elevated or lowered according to
the state of the tide. The !tair having been connected
with the platfirtn, the whole Will tome] with red
and grey cloth.
Among the first persons , f tlistinctian :she had am:
se:nbled on the platform, in readin: F 1 to re ••eive by
Majesty, were the Marcrtess of tn, as Lard Lieu-
tenant of the county, accompanied by the Earl of
Fife, who was dr,•ssed in the rids uniform of his
as Field Marshal in the Portuguese ser%ice. Next
arrived the resident Magistrates ass 4 to., and ao.rt
after the Admiral of foith. Ite this time, we also ob-
served, ittat the Magistrates of Lsnottgate, as suer-
riors of North Leith, bad sta•ioned tarns:dyes un the
Custom-house Quay, at the head of their Coustabn•

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The bridge which hereabouts forms the mesas st
communication between the opposite Como% bad vr)•
pendently seen drawn op, to preclude the dotter whirs
might hive hems apprehended team a smbleu rash of fun
crowd, on either rise of the water; but the bows duo.
vessels below the bridge, and which were crowded situ
females, as hofore mentioned, ettifieiestly preserved, so.
greatly improved tho amphitheatre appearastee 4 the
ueoe, and give a lottler trans to the galleried rows of
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