came from thence, except that the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster did not return, and the Noblemen who, in the former Procession, had borne the Gold Spurs, and St. Edward's Staff, left in St. Edward's Chapel, and the Orb and the Sceptre with the Cross, now borne by His Majesty, walked in their due places, according to their Degrees in the Peerage.

As the Procession entered the Hall, the Files, Drums, and Trumpets proceeded to their Gallery, and the several other persons composing it were directed to their respective places by the Officers of Arms; the Barons of the Cinque Ports with the Canopy remaining at the bottom of the steps,

His Majesty having ascended the elevated platform, retired into His Chamber near the State. The Company at the tables then sat down; and the Barons of the Cinque Ports carried away the Canopy as their fee.

THE BANQUET.

Dinner being ready, His Majesty, wearing His Crown, and carrying the Sceptre with the Cross, and the Orb, and attended and supported, and his train borne as before, came out of his Chamber, preceded by the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, and the four Swords being carried before him, took his seat in the Chair of State.

The first course was then brought up with the usual ceremony, attended by the three following Great Officers of State, mounted on horses richly caparisoned, viz. the Marquess of Anglesey, as Lord High Steward, between the Duke of Wel lington, as Lord High Constable, and Lord Howard of Effingham, as Earl Marshal. The dinner was placed on the table by His Majesty's two Clerks of the Kitchen.

The Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, with His Majesty's Cupbearer Montagu Earl of Abingdon,

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and his Assistant James-Walter Earl of Verulam, being preceded by Black Rod, then received from the Officer of the Jewel-House the Gilt Bason and Ewer for His Majesty to wash, attended by PeterSoame-John-Everard Buckworth-Herne-Soame,

Esq. the Lord of the Manor of Heydon, with the Towel. The King rising, and delivering his Sceptre to the Duke of Norfolk, and the Orb to the Bishop standing on his left hand, the Cupbearer poured out the water on His Majesty's hands, the Lord of the Manor of Heydon holding the Towel.

The Dean of the Chapel-Royal then said Grace; and His Majesty having taken his seat, the Bishops his Supporters, retired to their dinner.

On the King's right hand stood the Duke of Norfolk, as Lord of the Manor of Worksop, holding the Sceptre; next to him, on the same side, the Lords bearing the four Swords: On His Majesty's left hand the Duke of Devonshire, with the Orb, and next to him the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, and next to him the Duke of Rutland, bearing the Sceptre with the Dove.

At the end of the table, on the King's right hand, were seated their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Sussex, and Gloucester; and on His Majesty's left hand the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge, and the Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, each attended by a Peer.

The duties of His Majesty's Carver were performed by Basil-Percy Earl of Denbigh; those of the Assistant-Carver by Thomas Earl of Chichester; those of Sewer by Richard Earl of Mount Edgcumbe; and those of Assistant-Sewer by Charles Earl Whitworth.

Then the Deputy appointed by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, as Lord of the Manor of Bardolf, otherwise Addington, presented the mess of Dillegrout, prepared by the King's Master Cook.

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William Wilshere, Esq. Lord of the Manor of Great Wymondley, in Hertfordshire, assisted by the King's Cupbearer and his Assistant, having received from the Officer of the Jewel-House a Silver Gilt Cup, containing wine, presented the same to the King, and His Majesty having drunk thereof, returned the Cup to him for his fee.

George-William Duke of Argyll, as Heritable Master of the Household of Scotland, then presented a Gold Cup of wine; and His Majesty having drunk thereof, returned the Cup to His Grace for his fee,

Before the second course, Henry Dymoke, Esq. appointed to officiate as King's Champion, for his father, the Reverend Henry Dymoke, as Lord of the Manor of Scrivels by in Lincolnshire, entered the Hall on horseback, in a complete Suit of Bright Armour, his helmet adorned with a plume of feathers, with his gauntlet in his hand, between the Lord High Constable and the Lord Howard of Effingham, acting as Earl Marshal, also on horseback, preceded by two Trumpeters with the Champion's Arms on their banners; the Serjeant Trumpeter and two Serjeants at Arms with their maces; 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, the arms of Dymoke depicted thereon; and Lancaster Herald, with a paper in his hand containing the Challenge; four pages richly apparelled following.

At the Champion's entrance into the Hall, the trumpets sounded thrice, and the passage to the King's table being cleared by the Knight Marshal, Lancaster Herald with a loud voice proclaimed the Challenge. Whereupon the Champion threw down his gauntlet; which having lain a short time upon the ground, Lancaster Herald took up, and delivered again to the Champion.

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where the Ceremony was again performed in the same manner; and lastly to the steps of the Throne, where Lancaster Herald (and those who preceded him), ascending to the middle of the steps, proclaimed the Challenge in the like manner; the Champion having thrown down his gauntlet and received it again from Lancaster Herald, made a low obeisance to the King: whereupon the Cupbearer presented to the King a gold cup and cover, filled with wine, and His Majesty having drunk to the Champion, sent to him by the Cupbearer the said cup, which the Champion (having put on his gauntlet) received, and having made a low obeisance to the King, drank of the wine; after which, making another low obeisance to His Majesty, and being accompanied as before, he departed out of the Hall, taking with him the said cup and cover as his fee.

Immediately after, Deputy Garter, attended by the rest of the Officers of Arms, proclaimed His Majesty's Styles in Latin, French, and English, three several times, first upon the uppermost step of the elevated platform, next in the middle of the Hall, and lastly at the bottom of the Hall, the Officers of Arms crying "Largesse" in the usual

manner.

The second course was then served up with the same ceremony as the first.

The Peers then rose and drank Good health and a long and happy reign to His Majesty," which was received with the most enthusiastic acclamations; after which by His Majesty's command, the Duke of Norfolk, standing on the King's right hand, said "The King thanks His Peers for drink"ing His health: He does them the honour to ** drink their health and that of His good People."

Then the Choirs of the Chapel Royal and West-, minster, proceeded up the Hall, and at the foot of the steps of the elevated platform sang the national

air of GOD SAVE THE KING."

clusion of the dinner the Choirs sang Domine."

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Then the Deputy to Thomas Rider, Esq. Lord of the Manor of Nether Bilsington, presented His Majesty with three maple cups.

The office of Chief Butler of England was executed by the Duke of Norfolk, as Earl of Arundel and Lord of the Manor of Keninghall; and the office of Chief Butler of Ireland, by James Earl of Ormonde and Ossory.

Dinner being concluded, the Lord Mayor and twelve principal Citizens of London, as Assistants to the Chief Butler of England, accompanied by the King's Cupbearer and Assistant, presented to His Majesty wine in a gold cup; and the King having drunk thereof, returned the gold cup to the Lord Mayor as his fee.

Herbert Parsons, Esq. Mayor of Oxford, with eight Burgesses of that City, as Assistants to the Lord Mayor and Citizens of London (Assistant to the Duke of Norfolk in the office of Chief Butler of England), was conducted to His Majesty, preceded by the King's Cupbearer, and having presented to the King a bowl of wine, received the three maple cups for his fee.

John Campbell, Esq. Lord of the Manor of Lyston, then brought up a charger of wafers to His Majesty's table.

John Duke of Atholl, as Lord of the Isle of Man, presented His Majesty with two falcons, which were delivered to John-Arthur-Douglas Bloomfield, Esq. appointed by His Majesty Assistant-Falconer to receive the same.

James Duke of Montrose, as Master of the Horse to the King, performed the office of Serjeant of the Silver Scullery.

Brownlow Marquess of Exeter, as Lord of the Barony of Bedford, performed the office of Almoner;

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