thofe who had the honour to be employed in affifting on occafion of their stay in the city. These prefents are valued, at least, at 30,000l. fterling. Each of the gentlemen deputed by the republic to attend them, received a dimond ring of between fix and feven thoufaud 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. Ildefonfo; 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 ber royal highnefs, 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 ftairs to receive the princefs, and hisCatholic majefty handed her up to the queen-mother's apartment. His Catholic maje y then retired to his own; where, after fome time, all the foreign minifters were called in. In the interim the princefs, who had been dreifed 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 the Indies performed the marriage ceremony. It was intended that the mar tiage fhould be performed privately; fo no ceremony was obferved. 'The ambaffadors and foreign minifters, however, formed the firft circle round the royal family; be bind 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 kitfed 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 thefe 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 conficted of three companies of cavaliers, above one hundred in each, fifty of whom were noblemen of the firft diftinction. Thefe gentlernen were mounted on the ineft Spanish horfes, richly caparifoned. The first who entered was the count of Altamira, who headed his company, all in Ame American dreffes, the feathers of which alone coft more than 500cl. fterling, After 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 Spanith fathion. Thefe, after paying their duty as the others had done, formed themfelves on the right. Laftly, the duke of MedinaCeli approached with his troop, in bufar habits. Thefe ranged themfelves oppofite to the king's balcony. After the fignal was given by the drums and trumpets, thefe cavaliers began their exer. cifes, which confifted of various evolutions, divifions, &c. in which they introduced a kind of mock fight, fomething refembling that of the ancient Parthians. The duke of Lerma next brought up his company, who, after performing the fame exercises as the others, drew up in a ftraight 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 fast as their horfes could go for about two hundred yards; then topt fhort 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 moft fplendid appearance. The court then returned to the palace, followed by the cavaliers on foot; and then went to the king's apartment. His majefty did them the honour to fay, that he was glad to fee them diftinguish themselves by their agility on horfeback; and hoped they would continue a cufiom they had fo properly revived. The foreign minifters alfo following the royal family to court, and flood by his majefty in a balcony, whilft there was exhibited in the fquare before the palace a mafquerade fcene after the Spanish manner, which was prepared at a great expence by the corporations and trading companies of the town. The procellion confifted of alguazils, companies of foot, archers, dancers dreffed in a grotefque fafhion, &c. Next followed five triumphal chars full of muficians; four of thefe chars reprefented the four parts of the world; and the fifth the Spanish monarchy. These drew up before the palace, and one perfon from each char addreffed his majefty in verfe. Then several dancers defcended, and danced upon two ftages 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 highnetles received the nuptial benediction from prince Clement of Saxony, bishop of Frey fingen and Ratifbon. Late on Wednesday morning the 11th of September they arrived at Pratolino, about fix miles dif [0] 4 tance from Florence, and came in to 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 thoufands of people. Soon after the English and many other foreign noblemen and gentlemen, refiding at Florence, had the honour to be prefented by name to the great duke and duchess, and were received in a very gracious manner: after which the earl Cowper and earl Tilney were, by order of the great dake, invited to dinner, as were fome of the moft diftinguished frangers of each nation who had been prefented. Ceremonial of the private interment of his late royal highness the Duke of Cumberland, in the royal vault, in King Henry the VIIth's chapel. ON N Friday night, the 8th of November 1765, the body and urn of his late royal highnefs were conveyed from Grosvenor-square to the prince's chamber in the house of lords, in a hearse drawn by fix white horfes 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 highnefs was begun, which fignal being answered by another from the centre arch of London bridge, minute guns were immediately fired at the Tower, and so 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: Comptroller of his R. Treafurer of his R. Lord chamberlain of his majefty's houfhold. The Gentleman of the horfe to his royal highnefs, viz. A Gentleman Uther. The coronet upon A Ufher. cushion, borne > Gentleman The BODY. Carried by 14 yeomen of the guard Earl of Pomfret, Earl Harcourt, A gentleman ufher. The three lords of his royal highness's bedchamber, viz. Earl of Ancram. The grooms of his royal highnefs's bedchamber, viz. Major general Boscawen, N. B. Lords, lords fons and privy counfellors, were likewife called over, and fome attended. At the entrance of Westminster Abbey, within the church, the dean and prebendaries, attended by the choir, received the body, falling into the proceffion juft before the officer of arms, who conducted the lord chamberlain; and fo proceeded into King Henry the VIIth's chapel; where the body was depofited on treffels, the head towards the altar: the coronet and cushion being laid upon the coffin, and the canopy held over it, while the fervice was read by the dean of Weftminster; the chief mourner, and his two fupporters, fitting on chairs, at the head of the corpfe; the lords affiftants and fupporters of the pall, fitting on ftools on either fide. The part of the fervice before the interment being read, the corpfe was depofited in the vault, and the dean having finished the burial fervice, Garter proclaimed his royal highnefs's fiyle as follows: Thus it hath pleased ALMIGHTY GOD to take out of this tranfitory life, unto his divine mercy, the late moft high, most mighty, and moft illuftrious Prince WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, duke of Cumberland, and duke of Brunfwic and Lunenburgh, marquis of Berkhamstead, carl Kennington, vifcount Trematon, baron of the ifle of Alderney, knight of the most noble order of the Garter, and first and principal companion of the most honourable order of the Bath, fecond fon of his late moft excellent majeity king GEORGE the Second. Twenty-one pieces of artillery were drawn into the park, and fired minute guns during the ceremony; and three battalions, viz, one of each regiment of guards, were drawn up in St. Margaret's church yard, and fired vollies, on a fignal given, as foon as the corpfe was depofited. 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