After an enchanting musical display of the cathedral service from the best old composers, a most excellent sermon was preached by the Bishop of London, from a text as appropriate, Psalm xxvii. v. 16. "Oh tarry thou the Lord's leisure; be strong, and He shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord." After which followed an anthem, expressly selected by the King himself, beginning, "Oh, Lord, thou hast searched me, and found me out," displaying a taste and judgment that could only be surpassed by the piety which prompted it.

The whole service was over about three o'clock, when their majesties left the choir, the children singing part of the 104th Psalm as they passed.

The King on this happy occasion was dressed in the Windsor uniform; and his behaviour during the service was highly devout and impressive. Indeed, throughout the whole day he shewed that he was completely master of himself, handing the Queen out of the coach, and pointing out to her notice every thing worthy of admiration. The Queen herself was the picture of happiness. She and the princesses displayed blue silks, trimmed with white, and bandeaux inscribed "God save the King."

The pleasure received by the whole royal party was fully expressed by their countenances; and so forcibly was it felt by the surrounding throng, that it was actually with the utmost difficulty the congregation could suppress their plaudits, notwith

standing their full recollection of the awful place where they were assembled.

Their majesties returned with the same state as before, to the Queen's Palace; and on both occasions the demonstrations of joy by the myriads in the streets exceeded all expression. Indeed, the acclamations of those crowds were unanimous; and were fully sufficient to convince His Majesty that he truly reigned in the hearts of his people, in spite of all preceding wiles and clamours of party or faction.

On this occasion, the following anecdote is related, highly honourable to his present Majesty. As soon as the service was finished, his Royal Highness hastened to Carlton House, where he changed his dress for the uniform of his regiment, and taking the command of it, proceeded to meet his royal father on his return; thus becoming himself his guide and conductor to the Queen's House. Alighting there, he presented himself at the door in a manner that required to be seen, in order to be duly and fully understood. It was to the revered monarch-to the beloved parent-that his Royal Highness offered this assistance and respect.

The whole of the preceding scene seemed to convey an unmixed gratification to the royal visitors. The Queen, in particular, appeared remarkably cheerful, both in the procession and the cathedral-His Majesty placid and serene. The

ringing of bells was continued through the day; and the church steeples were dressed with flags, especially that of St. Bride's, which, by a whimsical arrangement, was graced with a large display of colours belonging to the Queen man of war.

Upon the whole the solemnity was conducted with great order; and in the entire line of march the utmost possible decorum was preserved. The anticipated dangers perhaps conduced to keep the streets more free from overwhelming and riotous crowds than they otherwise would have been: but the arrangements were judicious, and the conduct of the military was most exemplary.

Much indeed was owing to the people themselves, for it was apparent, by the countenances of all, that they came forward with a determination to be in good humour, which turned out to be the truth, the multitude that filled the pathway seeming equally happy with those under cover, or elevated upon the scaffolds so that those who were stationed to keep them in order had very little more to do than to see the procession with their fellow citizens in the rear. Nay, the military, both officers and men, went much further, for their attention to the spectators on foot was most accommodating, giving them every assistance, and affording them every facility in their power.

After the King's recovery, and before the procession, His Majesty sat to Barry for his portrait. A day or two after the procession, Barry waited

upon the King. "Well," said His Majesty, "did you see the grand sight the other day?" Barry answered, that he had an excellent view of the whole exhibition from a window on Ludgate Hill. "You had the advantage of me then," said the King, "for I saw nothing but the backs of my horses."

It was a singular circumstance connected with the King's recovery, that it was even celebrated in Germany, where, at Ratisbon, the members of the Scotch monastry there declared it to be the most joyful day they ever beheld; when the Abbot Arbuthnot and his religious community appointed the first of May as a thanksgiving in gratitude for that event. All the ambassadors of various courts at the diet, protestants and catholics, with their ladies, the chief magistrates of the city, &c. graced the solemnity in full gala dress, and, without distinction of religion, praised the father of all for the restoration of a beloved monarch. High mass was sung by the abbot, who also chaunted the Te Deum; and not an individual in the city who did not seem to share in the feelings of the day.

When divine service was finished, the Hanoverian minister, in absence of the English one, paid a visit to the abbot to thank him in the name of his court; and the whole affair was highly complimentary to the good sense and loyalty of those Caledonian benedictines.

The promised appearance of His Majesty at court,

on his birth-day, was, however, to confirm what was generally wished, and very little doubted-that he was in such a state as might justify the national hope that he would long be continued as a blessing to his people.

On this birth-day, when the King entered his fifty-second year, the recent occurrences drew together not only the most numerous, but the most splendid assemblage of rank, fashion, and beauty, that ever filled the drawing-room at St. James's.

The King's personal wish was to attend the drawing-room; but he was persuaded to relinquish the idea, lest the fatigue should be too much for him.

But though his actual absence from the drawingroom on the fourth of June occasioned some fears in the breasts of the loyal, yet those fears were soon repressed by the public notification of his intention to meet his parliament on the ensuing Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving the new speaker of the House of Commons.

On the eleventh of June, the King went, as announced, in the usual state to the House of Lords, and was once more seen on the throne of the British empire, appearing to his loyal people in such a state of health and animated satisfaction, as to afford the happiest of prospects-that of enjoying, under his benign reign, a long continuance of national prosperity; yet, it is a fact, that His Majesty very