formed three abreast, according to the arrangement which had been previously made. In this manner one body, of about 50 horsemen, which was to precede her Majesty's carriage, proceeded to the avenue before the house, the remaining body, whose numbers had by this time considerably increased, forming in like manner in the rear. Her Majesty's state carriage, drawn by six chesnut horses, was at the door about half-past nine; and a little before ten her Majesty was handed into it, followed by Lady Ann Hamilton. Only one carriage belonging to the Queen was in the suite; this was occupied by her Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain, the Hon. Keppel Craven. Before the cavalcade left the grounds it was joined by a barouche and four, which took its station about 50 paces in the rear of her Majesty's carriage. The barouche was occupied by the churchwardens and some other officers of the parish of Hammersmith. At a few minutes before ten o'clock the procession moved off in very excellent order towards Hammersmith. In passing the parish church her Majesty was warmly greeted by the cheers of the charity children, who were drawn up in front, dressed in their holiday-gear. Many of the houses in the road were decorated with handsome flags-and none without boughs of laurel intermixed with knots of white riband. The windows were thronged with well-dressed females, who, by waving of handkerchiefs, and occasionally of sreamers of white riband, evinced their warm con currence in the general feeling. We ought not to omit, that from a very early hour a large flag waved from a church top, and the bells continued ringing "merry peals" until her Majesty passed through. After the cavalcade had passed Hammersmith, very considerable accessions were made to its numbers by those horsemen who had come too late to join it at Brandenburg-house. Viewed from any station on the road's side, between that and Kensington, it presented a most pleasing spectacle. The richness of the royal liveries, the number and respectability of the equestrian escort, the handsome decorations of the horses, and the tasteful knots of white favours (added, in very many instances, to medallions of her Majesty, sus pended from the neck by blue ribands,) gave to the entire spectacle a splendid and interesting appearance. On the arrival of the procession at Kensington, her Majesty was received with the most enthusiastic cheers. Every aperture of every house through which even a glimpse could be had, had been occupied by "eager and inquiring eyes" long before her Majesty's arrival. Flags and banners of various descriptions floated from many houses, and in others their place was supplied by the waving of less costly emblems-handkerchiefs and ribands. All, however, were equally significant of the same feelings-the heartfelt satisfaction of the inhabitants at the triumph of their much-injured Queen. The repeated cheers of the thousands who occupied the doors and windows and lined the streets, her Majesty graciously acknowledged in the most kind and dignified manner. At Knightsbridge her Majesty was met by Sir Robert Wilson, and a deputation from the large body of gentlemen who waited on horseback for her at Hyde-park corner. The gallant officer headed the procession until it joined the main body from which it had been deputed. At Knights bridge, also, her Majesty was loudly and warmly cheered. Even at this part of the road, so distant from the place of destination, the road was crowded beyond description, and even here a market was made of places. The crowd was almost impassable, except to the carriages and horses, for which the people exerted themselves to make way. The vastness of the multitude may be therefore conjectured from this circumstance, that through the whole of this long line the people were stationary, for there was no chance for those who swelled the multitude of spectators at one place to make their appearance again in the same character at another place. Thousands and thousands of spectators occupied the walls and trees in the Park, and every other eminence from which even an indistinct view of the scene might be obtained. The shouts, cheers, and loud huzzas which rent the air on every side at this period, might have been heard for more than a mile round. Hyde-park corner was the principal station appointed for the rendezvous of the gentlemen who were to accompany her Majesty on horseback, and |