At about twenty minutes to four the gates of the hall were thrown open to admit the procession on its return.

Viewed from the upper end of the hall through the arched way, the appearance of the white plumes of the knights of the Bath was most magnificent. On their entrance to the hall, the knights took off their hats, but the peers continued to wear their coronets. The procession then entered in the following order :

The King's Herbwoman, with her six Maids.
Messenger of the College of Arms.
High Constable of Westminster.

Fife and Drums, as before
Drum Major

Eight Trumpets

Kettle Drums

Who, on arrival in the Hall, imme-
diately went into the Gallery over
the Triumphal Arch.

Serjeant Porter.

Knight Marshal and his Officers.
Six Clerks in Chancery.
King's Chaplains.

Sheriffs of London.

Aldermen and Recorder of London.

Masters in Chancery.

King's Serjeants at Law

King's Ancient Serjeant,

King's Solicitor-General.

King's Attorney-General.

Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber.

Barons of the Exchequer, and Justices of both Benches.

Lord Chief Baron of the

Exchequer.

Vice-Chancellor.

Lord Chief Justice of the Common

Pleas.

Master of the Rolls.

Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

Pursuivants of Scotland and Ireland.

Officers attendant on the Knights Commanders of the Bath, wearing their Caps.
Knights Commanders of the Bath, wearing their Caps.
Officers of the Order of the Bath, wearing their Caps.
Knights Grand Crosses of the Order of the Bath wearing their Caps.
A Pursuivant of Arms.

Clerks of the Council in Ordinary.
Privy Councillors.

Register of the Order of the Garter.

Knight of the Garter, not a Peer, wearing his Cap and Feathers

His Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain,

Comptroher of the Household,

Treasurer of the Household

A Pursuivant of Arms.

Heralds of Scotland and Ireland.

The Standard of Hanover, borne by the Earl of Mayo.
Barons, wearing their Coronets.

Two Heralds.

The Union Standard, borne by Earl Harcourt.
Marquesses, wearing their Coronets.

The Lord Chamberlain of the Household, wearing his Coronet.
The Lord Steward of the Household, wearing his Coronet.
The Royal Standard, borne by the Earl of Harrington.

ing of Arms of the Ionian Order of St. Michael and St. George, wearing his Crown.

Ulster King of

Gloucester King

Dukes, wearing their Coronets.

Hanover King of Arms, wearing his Crown.

of Arms, wearing
his Crown.

Arms, wearing his
Crown.

Arms, wearing his
Crown.

The Lord Privy Seal, wearing

his Coronet.

The Lord President of the Council wearing
his Coronet.

Archbishops of Ireland, wearing their Caps.
Archbishop of York, wearing his Cap.

Lord High Chancellor, wearing his Coronet, and bearing his Purse.
Archbishop of Canterbury, wearing his Cap.

Lord Mayor Lyon of Scotland

King of Arms,

of London. wearing his Crown. wearing his Crown.

The Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, wearing his Coronet. His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold, wearing his Cap and Feathers, and hi Train borne as before.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, wearing his Coronet, and his Train borne as before.

His Royal Highness the Duke

His Royal Highness the Duke

of Cambridge, wearing his Coronet, and his Train borne as before.

of Sussex, wearing his Coronet, and his Train borne as before.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, wearing his Coronet, and his Train

His Royal Highness the Duke

The High Constable of Ireland.

The Deputy Earl
Marshal

borne as before.

of York, wearing his Coronet, and his Train borne as before.

The High Constable of Scotland, wearing
his Coronet.

Four Serjeants at Arms.
The sword which had been
redeemed, borne naked
by the Duke of Dorset,
wearing his Coronet.

The Lord High Steward wearing his Coronet.

The Lord High
Constable
wearing his
Coronet.

The Sceptre with the Dove, borne by the Duke of Rutland, wearing bis coronet

Exons of the Yeomen of the

Guard.

Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the
Guard.

His Majesty's Pages.
His Majesty's Footmen.
Yeomen of the
Guard.

Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard. Clerk of the Cheque to the Gentlemen Pensioners.

Gentleman Harbinger of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.

Clerk of the Cheque to the Yeomen

of the Guard.
Yeomen of the Guard, to close the Procession.

As the procession entered the hall, the fifes, drums, and trumpets went to their gallery, and the several other persons composing it were directed to their respective places by the officers of arms.

On entering the hall, the barons of the Cinque Ports, bearing the canopy, remained at the bottom of the steps. His majesty ascended the elevated platform, and retired in his chamber near the state.

The company at the table then sat down; and the barons of the Cinque Ports carried away the canopy as their fee.

It is mentioned above that the several orders of knighthood returned wearing their hats. This was the case until they got to the entrance of Westminster-hall. There all the knights of the Bath took off their hats, as did some of the bishops and several other individuals who took part in the procession. There were only two knights of the Garter who appeared in the full dress of the order. These were his royal highness the prince Leopold and the marquess of Londonderry. The noble marquess, as attired in his robes, added very considerably to the splendour of the scene by his graceful and elegant appearance. His lordship's hat was encircled with a band of diamonds, which had a most brilliant effect. As his majesty passed up the hall he was received with loud and continued acclamations, the gentlemen waving their hats, and the ladies their handkerchiefs; his majesty seemed to feel sensibly the enthusiasm with which he was greeted, and returned the salutation with repeated bows to the assemblage on both sides. The peers took their seats at the table appointed for them, and began to partake of

The Banquet.

Precisely at twenty minutes past five the great lord chamberlain issued his orders that the centre of the hall should be cleared. This direction occasioned much confusion, not only because many strangers had been allowed to enter the lower doors for the pur

pose of surveying the general arrangements, but because those who had tickets for the galleries had descended in considerable numbers to the floor. Lord Gwydyr was under the necessity of personally exerting his authority, with considerable vehemence, in order to compel the attendants of the earl-marshal to quit situations intended for persons more immediately connected with the ceremony. A long interval now occurred, during which the various officers, and especially the heralds, made the necessary arrangements for the nobility expected to return with his majesty. During this pause silence was generally preserved, in expectation of the return of his majesty from the chamber.

The entrance of the king was announced by one of the principal heralds, who was followed into the hall by the lord great chamberlain and the dukes of York, Clarence, Cambridge, Sussex, and Gloucester. Prince Leopold had for some time previously been engaged in conversation with the foreign ambassadors.

His majesty returned in the robes with which he had been invested in the abbey, wearing also the same crown. In his right hand he carried the sceptre, and in his left the orb, which, on taking his seat on the throne, he delivered to two peers stationed at his side for the purpose of receiving them.

The first course was then served up. It consisted of twenty-four gold covers and dishes, carried by as many gentlemen pensioners: they were preceded by six attendants on the clerk comptroller, by two clerks of the kitchen, who received the dishes from the gentlemen pensioners, by the clerk comptroller, in a velvet gown trimmed with silver lace, by two clerks and the secretary of the board of green cloth, by the comptroller and treasurer of the household, and serjeants at arms with their maces.

Before the dishes were placed upon the table by the two clerks of the kitchen, the great doors at the bottom of the hall were thrown open to the sound of trumpets and clarionets, and the duke of Wellington as lord high constable, the marquis of Anglesey, as lord high steward, and lord Howard of Effingham, as deputy earl marshal, entered upon the floor on horseback, remaining for some minutes under the archway. The duke of Wellington was on the left of the king, the earl marshal on the right, and the marquess of Anglesey in the centre. The two former were mounted on beautiful white horses gorgeously trapped, and the latter on his favourite duncoloured Arabian.

Before the second course, the great gate was thrown open at the sound of trumpets without. The deputy appointed to officiate as king's champion for the lord of the manor of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire, entered the hall on horseback, in a complete suit of bright armour, between the lord high constable and deputy earl marshal, also on horseback, preceded by

Two Trumpeters, with the Champion's Arms on their Banners.
The Serjeant Trumpeter, with his Mace on his Shoulder.

Two Serjeants at Arms, with their Maces on their Shoulders.

The Champion's two Esquires, in half Armour, one on the right hand bearing the Champion's Lance, the other on the left hand with the Champion's Target, and the Arms of Dymoke depicted thereon.

A Herald with a Paper in his hand containing the Challenge. Then followed :

Four Pages, richly apparelled, attendants on the Champion,

His helmet was of polished steel, surmounted by a full rich bending plume of white ostrich feathers, next of light blue, next red, and lastly of an erect black feather. He seemed rather pale in the face, which was of a resolute cast, and ornamented with handsome mustachios. He sat his horse with ease, and the appearance of great firmness, which was no doubt in part attributable to the enormous weight under which the noble animal that bore him seemed to bend. His armour was extremely massive, and deeply lined and engraven: no part of his body was uncovered; and even the broad circular shoulder blades of the armour were so folded over the cuirass, that in action the body could not but be completely defended at all points. The horse was very richly caparisoned, and wore in his headstall a plume of varied feathers. Nothing could exceed the impression produced by the approach of the champion and his loyal array. Every fair bosom felt an indescribable sensation of mingled surprise, pleasure, and apprehension.

At the entrance into the hall the trumpets sounded thrice, and the passage to the king's table being cleared by the knight marshal, the herald, with a loud voice, proclaimed the champion's challenge in the words following:

If any person of what degree soever, high or low, shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Fourth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. Son and next Heir to our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE the Third, the last King, deceased, to be right Heir to the Imperial Crown of this United Kingdom, or that he ought not to enjoy the same, here is his Champion, who'saith that he lieth, and is a false traitor; being ready in person to combat with him, and in this quarrel will adventure his life against him what day soever he shall be appointed.

The champion then threw down his iron glove or gauntlet; which, having lain for a short time upon the ground, the herald took up, and delivered again to the champion.

They then advanced to the middle of the hall, where the ceremony was again performed in the same manner.

Lastly, they advanced to the steps of the throne, where the herald (and those who preceded him) ascending to the middle of the