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 upon the marshalied bands of hardy burghers, whose military appearance must have been associated, in his mind, with awful but proud recollections. A numb of those assembled did homage to the genius of the worthy Baronet, by loudly cheering him. The usual Celtic guard, which mounted daily in the Palace over the Regalia, strengthened early in the forenoon by a detachment of the grenadiers, had been formed into a guard of honour, under the command of Dr. Mackintosh, one of the Captains of the Celts, who, after receiving the Knight Marischal with proper hononrs: escorted the Regalia, carried by the Knight Marischal and his esquires, into the King's closet, where they awaited his Majesty's arrival. The guard was countermarched, and drawn up on each side of the door, to be in readiness to attend his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, who soon appeared, bearing the Crown of Scotland on a crimson velvet cushion. On the approach of his Grace, the guard filed to the right and left, in order of procession, the two rear files wheeling up to close the rear; and the whole then proceeded to be front of the Palace. The Crown being properly adjusted, the Duke mounted his horse just as his Majesty entered his state carriage,

About a quarter past two o'clock, the procession moved from the Palace at a slow pace, which was quickened as the procession advanced, owing to the state of the weather. His Majesty was dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform, and looked extremely well, and in excellent spirits.

It would be vain to attempt a description of the feelings of the multitude as the regalia of