city. The mafter of the ceremonies to the republic immediately went on board the admiral's fhip to receive the orders of her royal highnefs, who informed him the hould continue that night on the water, and make her entry the next morning. The princefs, on her landing, went to the palace where the princefs Louifa of Parma refided, "The two princefies embraced each other with the greateft cordiality. The princefs of Spain then retired to drefs, and appeared again about eleven, when the received the ambaffadreffes of France and Spain, who were prefented to her at the toccador, that is, immediately after the toilet. She was then conducted to the palace of Doria, where she was refigned by the commiffioners of the court of Spain into the care of the commiffioners appointed for that purpose by the court of Vienna. The hall where this ceremony was performed was magnificently adorned, and was divided into two apartments, feparated by a table covered with crimson velvet fringed with gold; one of which was occupied by the Spanish, and the other by the imperial commiffioners. Count de Rofenberg was the head commiffioner from Vienna. After this ceremony, the archduchefs was conducted to the palace of Spinola, and afterwards dined with the princefs of Afturias, by whom he was likewife accompanied in the evening to an opera. the emperor and emprefs, the king of the Romans, the archduke Leopold, and the two eldest archducheffes had repaired to meet her, accompanied by the lords and ladies fent from the court of Vienna to receive her, and was faluted on her leaving the town by one hundred and one guns. On the 24th in the afternoon, the princefs of Afturias embarked in admiral Navarro's barge, which was fteered by the admiral himself, and followed by all the barges and boats belonging to the Spanish fquadron, and by all the boats of the town, which were filled with people, whofe curiofity led them to be fpectators of the ceremonies on this occafion. As foon as the princefs had got into the barge, the was faluted with an hundred and one guns fired from the walls of the ci ty; and upon the appearace of her barge in fight of his Britannic majesty's fhips Centurion, Thames, Guadaloupe, and Vulture loop, with twenty one guns from each; and the Centurion being dreffed, immediately afterwards, let fly all her colours. As foon as the princess was on board the admiral's fhip, the was faluted with a triple difcharge of twenty-one guns from all the fhips of the Spanish fquadron. Early the 25th inftant, the fleet got under fail, but they were all in fight the afternoon following. The two princeffes made very confiderable prefents of diamond rings, aigrettes, gold watches, and pictures fet with diamonds, to all the gentlemen and ladies deputed On the 23d, the two princeffes by the republic to attend them durtook leave of each other, and at ing their stay, as likewife to the feven in the morning the arch-refpective confuls and vice-confuls; duchefs fet out for Infpruck, where and in general to all those who [0] 3 had had the honour to be employed the Indies performed the marriage in affuting on occafion of their ftay in the city. These prefents are valued, at least, at 30,000 1. fterling. Each of the gentlemen deputed by the republic to attend them, received a diamond ring of between fix and feven thoufand livres value, and each of the ladies a flower compofed of diamonds, of nearly the fame value. The archduchefs prefented commodore Harrison with her picture in miniature, valued at 10,000 Roman crowns. On the 11th of Auguft the princefs of Afturias landed in perfect health at Carthagena; and in a few days fet out for St. Ildefonso ; but was taken ill upon the road, and obliged to stop at Villa Verde. However, the was foon well enough to proceed on her journey. On the 4th of September, in the morning, his catholic majefty went to Guaderama, about three leagues from St. Ildefonfo, where he met her royal highness and dined with her. He then brought her to St. Ildefonfo in his own coach, where they arrived about half an hour after five. The prince of Afturias, accompanied by the infant Don Louis, waited at the bottom of the court stairs to receive the princefs, and his catholic majefty handed her up to the queen mother's apart ment. His catholic majefty then retired to his own; where, after fome time, all the foreign minifters were called in. In the interim the princefs, who had been dreffed by the queen-mother, was conducted by her majefty to the king's apartment, when they immediately withdrew into the next room. The cardinal patriarch of ceremony. It was intended that the marriage fhould be performed privately; fo no ceremony was obferved. The ambaffadors and foreign minifters, however, formed the first circle round the royal family; behind them the ladies and grandees of the court; and the doors were opened to let in every body that would come. Immediately after the ceremony, his catholic majefty and all the royal family retired; the next day the principal perfons of the court kiffed the king's hand, as well as thofe of the prince and princefs of Afturias. On the 6th was another gala day at court. On the 7th, the mourning, which had been laid afide on this occafion, was put on again. The feftivals at Madrid, on occafion of these nuptials, began on the 9th of September, when there was a great gala at court in the morning. At two o'clock the royal family went in ceremony to the great fquare, to fee the cavaliers ride the parejas, or in pairs. The front was taken up by the royal family, and the attendants on the court. The halberdiers formed a line under the king's balcony; oppofite to this were balconies allotted for the foreign minifters. The parejas confilted of three companies of cavaliers, above one hundred in each, fifty of whom were noblemen of the firft diftinction. These gentlemen were mounted on the finest Spanish horses, richly caparifoned. The first who entered was the count of Altamira, who headed his company, all in American American dreffes, the feathers of on foot; and then went to the which alone cost more than 5000 l. fterling. Atter marching round the fquare, and paying their obedience to the royal family, they drew up on the left, The next was the duke of Lerma, with his band, who were all dreffed after the antique Spanish fashion. Thefe, after paying their duty as the others had done, formed themselves on the right. Lastly, the duke of Medina Celi approached with his troop, in haffar habits. Thefe ranged themfelves oppofite to the king's balcony. After the fignal was given by the drums and trumpets, thefe cavaliers began their exercifes, which confifted of various evolu. tions, divifions, &c. in which they introduced a kind of mock fight, fomething resembling that of the ancient Parthians. The duke of Lerma next brought up his company, who, after performing the fame exercifes as the others, drew up in a straight line, before the royal balcony. They then ran in parejas or pairs; which was performed in the following manner. Two of the cavaliers rode as faft as their horfes could go for about two hundred yards; then topt fort under the king's balcony, made their reverence, and retired, one on the right, the other on the left this was continued till all the cavaliers had performed the fame. The gentlemen of the count of Altamira's company performed the fame; and the whole lafted an hour. This magnificent fpectacle was at the expence of thefe three grandees, who all vied with each other, who fhould make the most fplendid appearance. The court then returned to the palace, followed by the cavaliers king's apartment. His majefty did them the honour to fay, that he was glad to fee them diftinguish themfelves by their agility on horseback; and hoped they would continue a custom they had fo properly revived. The foreign minifters alfo followed the royal family to court, and stood by his majefty in a balcony, whilft there was exhibited, in the fquare before the palace, a masquerade fcene after the Spanish manner, which was prepared at a great expence by the corporations and trading companies of the town. The proceffion confifted of alguazils, companies of foot, archers, dancers dreffed in a grotefque fafhion, &c. Next followed five triumphal cars full of musicians; four of these cars reprefented the four parts of the world; and the fifth the Spanish monarchy. These drew up before the palace, and one perfon from each car addreffed his majeity in verfe. Then feveral dancers defcended, and danced upon two stages erected for that purpose: the dreffes were coftly and well adapted. This being finished, a firework was played off; and there was a ball at the great chamberlain's. The archduchefs Maria Louifa arrived at Infpruck the 2d of Auguft at fix in the evening, accompanied by their imperial majefties, the archduke and the archducheffes who went to meet her; and on the 5th their royal highneffes received the nuptial benediction from prince Clement of Saxony, bishop of Freyfingen and Ratitbon. Late, on Wednesday morning the 11th of September they arrived at Pratolino, about fix miles dif[0] 4 tance tance from Florence, and came into Florence at eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th, where their royal highneffes were conducted to their palace amidst the acclamations of many thousands of people. Soon after the English and many other foreign noblemen and gentlemen, refiding at Florence, had the ho nour to be presented by name to the great duke and duchefs, and were received in a very gracious manner; after which the earl Cowper and earl Tilney were, by order of the great duke, invited to dinner, as were fome of the most distinguished ftrangers of each nation who had been presented. Ceremonial of the private interment of his late royal highness the Duke of Cumberland, in the royal vault, in King Henry the VIItb's chapel. ON N Friday night, the 8th of November, 1765, the body and ura of his late royal highness were conveyed from Grosvenor-square to the prince's chamber in the house of lords, in a hearfe drawn by fix white horses adorned with white feathers. The next evening about ten, a fignal from Weftminfter-bridge, by the firing of a fky rocket, was given, that the funeral proceffion of his royal highness was begun, which fignal being answered by another from the centre arch of London bridge, minute guns were immediately fired at the Tower, and fo continued, until, by fecond fignals from the fame places, it was known the funeral ceremony was ended. The great bells in feveral of the churches in London and Westminster alfo continued to toll, until the funeral was over. The proceffion was made through the Old Palace-yard to the Southeaft door of the Abbey, upon a floor railed in, covered with black cloth, and lined on each fide with a party of the foot guards, in the following order. Drums and trumpets, founding a folemn Page of the prefence to his royal highness, Pages of honour. Phyficians. Chaplains. Equerries. Purfuivants of arms, Heralds of arms. Comp The gentleman of the horse to his royal highness, viz. The BODY, Carried by 14 yeomen of the guard, A Garter principal Gentleman Supporter to The chief mourner, Duke of Grafton, in a long black cloak; Gentleman mourner, Affiftants |