His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, wearing his Coronet, and his train borne as before. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, wearing his Coronet, and his train borne as before. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, wearing his Coronet, and his train borne as before. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, wearing his Coronet, and his train borne as before. His Royal Highness The High Constable of Ireland. The Deputy Earl the Duke of York, wearing his Coronet, and his train borne as before. The High Constable of Scotland, wearing his Coronet. The Lord High Steward, wearing his Coronet. The Sceptre with the Dove, borne by the Duke of Rutland, wearing his Coronet. Exons of the Yeomen of the Yeomen of the Guard. Guard. Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard. Gentlemen Harbinger of the Band of Gentlemen Clerk of the Checque to the Clerk of the Checque to the Yeomen of the Guard to close the Procession. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BANQUET. During the absence of the procession, the clerk comptroller of the kitchen, Mr. Watier, and his assistants, commenced their operations for the banquet by laying the cloths. Those for the long tables were of rich damask, reaching to the floor, and the tables themselves were first covered with green cloth. Fiftysix covers were then laid at each table, with plate, knife, fork, spoon, and napkin. The decorations of the tables consisted of triumphal ornamented with artificial flowers. The cold dishes, with fruits of the most costly description, were then laid on the table, with arches, temples, and flower-stands of various devices. These were followed by the wines. While his majesty was in the abbey the wax candles were lighted, as it was considered improper to light them while his majesty was in the hall. The contrast with the day-light had rather an extraordinary effect. RETURN OF THE PROCES SION. At four o'clock the sound of distant trumpets announced the return of the procession; and shortly afterwards the head of it entered the hall. Those illustrious persons who were to dine in the hall were then shown their respective situations by the heralds, and immediately took their seats. Shortly afterwards, his majesty entered the hall with the crown upon his head. The instant he entered the vestibule, the most enthusiastic shouts of "Long live the King," burst from all quarters. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and the gentlemen received his majesty with repeated cheers, and exclamations of "Long live King George the Fourth," till his majesty quitted the hall at the upper end for the purpose of taking some repose. His majesty looked on all sides with grateful smiles, and appeared in the highest spirits. The band continued playing God save the King the whole time the procession was moving up the hall; and when his majesty had retired, the barons of the cinque ports carried away the canopy by the south door. During the absence of his majesty, the guests proceeded to eat their dinner. They were seated in the following order :The Guests at the Tables on the left hand side of his Majesty, sat in the following order On the inside of the Table, next the Cellerets. The dukes of Somerset, Grafton, Beaufort, and Bedford. Earls of Shrewsbury, Win Viscounts Hereford, Bolingbroke, Torrington, Hampden, Sydney, Killmoray, Boyne, Galway, Powerscourt, Ashbrook, Dungannon, Clermont, Harwarden, Melville, Sidmouth, Norton, Lake, Granville. chester, Cardigan, Shaftsbury, ton, Glengall, Falmouth, Howe, Scarborough, Jersey, Cassilis, Somers. Morton, Home, Strathmore, Lauderdale, Kinnoull, Elgin, Wemyss, Northesk, Aboyne, Aberdeen, Roseberry, Glasgow, Dartmouth, Aylesford, Cowper, Stanhope, Pomfret, Abergavenny, Grosvenor, Fortescue, Digby, Mansfield, Ormond, Cork, Westmeath, Meath, Athlone, Darnley, Kingston, Roden, Longford, Portarlington, Mayo, Clare, Belmore, O'Neil, Donoughmore, Caledon, Rosslyn, Craven, Romney, Wilton, and Limerick. Viscounts Ennismore and Exmouth. Lords Audley, Clinton, Zouch, Willoughby de Broke, Howard of Walden, Arundel of War dour, Clifford of Chudleigh, Saltoun, Colville, Napier, Middleton, King, Montfort, Grantham, Boston, Ducie, Rivers, Foley, Dynevor, Walsingham, Bagot, Ashburton, Rodney, Berwick, Gordon, Montague, Tyrone, Kenyon, Braybroke, and Amherst. On the outside of the Table. The lord chancellor, the lord president of the council, the lord privy seal, the duke of Portland. Marquises of Cholmondeley, Hertford, Winchester, Tweedale, Lothian, Buckingham, Londonderry, Salisbury, Bath, Cornwallis, Donnegal, Wellesley, Headfort, Exeter, Nottingham, Camden, Conyngham, Aylesbury. Earls Harrington, Portsmouth, Harcourt, Guilford, Ilchester, De Lewarr, Spencer, Bathurst, Clancarty, Gosport, Rosse, Manvers, Oxford, Lonsdale, Harewood, Brownlow, St. Germain, Blessing. Lords Selsby, Calthorpe, Rolle, Carrington, Bayning, Bolton, Northwick, Carberry, Brandon, Massey, Bridport, Longford, Dufferies, St. Helens, Redesdale, Ellenborough, Erskine, Combermere, Hill, Beresford, Prudhoe, Garvagh, Howden, Glenlyon, Maryborough, Stowell, Ravensworth, Delamere, and Forrester. Tables on the Right of his Majesty, inside next the Cellerets. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the bishops of London, Salisbury, Ely, Gloucester, Peterborough, Bristol, and Raphoe, the marquis Graham, lord Charles Somerset, viscount Morpeth, lord George Beresford, the right hon. John Charles Villiers, the right hon. George Canning, the right hon. Thomas Wallace, the right hon. Charles Arbuthnot, the right hon. John Sullivan, the right hon. F. G. Robinson, the right hon. Wm. Huskisson, sir H. J. Russell, sir G. G. Hill, sir Benj. Bloomfield, sir Charles Ab bot, chief-justice of the King'sbench; the right hon. Charles Grant, the right hon. D. Boyle, sir James Allan Parke, sir J. Burroughs, sir Wm. Draper Best, sir Robert Graham, the right hon. the lord mayor, aldermen sir W. Curtis, sir R. Carr Glynn, sir John Eamer, sir John Perring, sir Jas. Shaw, sir Wm. Leighton, J. Ansley, esq. sir C. Flower, T. Smith, esq. J. J. Smith, esq. the Recorder of London, eight barons of the Cinque-ports, sir John Borlase Warren, sir A. Clarke, sir James Saumarez, sir Richard John Strachan, sir Alexander Forrester, sir Brent Spencer, lord William Bentinck, sir Galbraith Lowry, sir Henry Calvert, sir Thomas Maitland, sir Henry Johnson, sir B. Tarlton, sir G. Hewitt, sir Hildebrand Oakes. On the outside of the Table. The archbishop of York, the bishop of Bangor, the bishops of St. David's, St. Asaph, Chester, Orford, Landaff, Ossory, Cloyne, and Limerick. Viscount Palmerstone, earl Yarmouth, lord Charles Bentinck, lord Binning, the right hon. the Speaker, the right hon. Henry Pierpoint, the right hon. Charles Bathurst, sir Evan Nepean, the right hon. Nicholas Vansittart, sir John Nicholl, sir Thomas Plomer, the right hon. Sturges Bourne, sir Richard Richards, chief baron of the exchequer; the right hon. John Becket, sir John Leach, sir Robert Dallas, chief justice of the Common Pleas; sir Samuel Shepherd, sir George Ousley, sir John Bayley, sir George Holroyd, sir George Wood, sir Wm. Garrow, Aldermen sir Claudius S. Hunter, George Scholey, esq. sir Wm. Domville, Samuel Birch, esq. Matthew Wood, esq. Christopher Smith, esq. John Atkins, esq. George Bridges, esq. Christopher Magnay, esq. Wm. Heygate, esq. sir Robert Albion Cox, the sheriffs of London, the eight barons of the Cinque-ports, sir Samuel Achmuty, sir Henry Wellesley, sir Edward Paget, sir George Nugent, sir William Kep pell, sir John Doyle, sir George Murray, sir Richard Browning, sir George Townsend, sir C. Morrice Pole, sir W. H. Clinton, sir Gordon Drummond, sir Geo. Cockburn, sir Thomas Foley. During this scene the ladies and gentlemen from the galleries promenaded up and down between the tables, and occasionally partook of the refreshments which were so abundantly supplied. At twenty minutes to five o'clock, the lord great chamberlain directed the hall to be cleared, preparatory to THE BANQUET. His majesty's dinner being ready, garter king at arms summoned the necessary officers to prepare to serve it up. The requisite arrangements being made, his majesty came from his retiring room, still wearing the crown; and the moment he again showed himself, he was received with reiterated shouts of applause. His majesty now seated himself on his throne with infinite grace, his train-bearers throwing the train of his robe over the back: and he then delivered his orb to the duke of Devonshire, and the sceptre to the duke of Norfolk. Every one now looked with the greatest anxiety down the hall, in the anticipation of seeing the lord high constable, the lord high steward, the marquis of Anglesea, and the earl marshal, enter on horseback with the first course. Previous to this the knights grand crosses, as well as the knights of the Bath, had been summoned to the hall, and at length the procession approached in the following order : FIRST COURSE. The First Course was then served in the following order: Two Clerks of the Kitchen, in Black Gowns. The Clerk Comptroller, in a Velvet Gown trimmed with Silver Lace. Three Clerks of the Board of Green Cloth, in scarlet mantles. The Secretary of the Board of Green Cloth. The Master of his Majesty's Household. The Comproller of The Treasurer of His Majesty's Household. His Majesty's Household. Three Great Officers of State, mounted on Horses, richly The Deputy Earl Marshal of England, bearing the Earl Marshal's Staff, and his Coronet on his Head, attended by a Page. caparisoned: The Lord High by two Pages. Four Serjeants at Arms, with their Maces. horse. Lord Howard of Effingham rode on the left. All the noble lords were attended by their pages and grooms in appropriate dresses. As this procession approached of the duke of Wellington's the throne, his majesty seemed to regard it with great satisfaction-and indeed the magnificence of the scene beggars all description. Every person stood up, and every eye was directed to the ceremony. The duke of Wellington rode a beautiful white charger, richly caparisoned, with a plume of white feathers, surmounted with some heron's feathers, on its head. He was himself dressed in his full robes as a peer, with his constable's staff in his hand. The marquis of Anglesea, as lord high steward, rode in the centre upon his golden dun, likewise richly caparisoned. He wore his full robes, with his coronet on his head. The plume on his horse's head was similar to that Then came twenty gentlemen pensioners attired in fanciful costume with ruffs, and each bearing a gold covered dish. On reaching the foot of the platform, the horsemen stopped while the clerks of the kitchen, advanced to the royal table. The gentlemen pensioners then ascended the platform and delivered their dishes to the clerks of the kitchen, by whom they were placed on the table. After a short pause, when all the members of the procession had resumed their places, the |