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 dressed in an admiral's uniform, with a thistle and a sprig of heath in his hat, and the St. Andrew's Cross, presented to him in the name of the ladies of Edinburgh, upon his breast, was alongside the landing-place. The Marquis of Lothian and Sir Charles Bentinck assisted his Majesty to step out of the launch upon the raft, where both these noblemen did homage, and the former had the honour of kissing his Majesty's hand. The King then ascended the gangway with great alacrity, leaning slightly on the Marquisses of Lothian and Conyngham, and was received on the platform by the Lord Clerk Register, who made his obeisance. The shouts of the multitude, the roaring of artillery, and the warlike notes of the trumpet, now announced the landing of King George IV. upon Scottish ground.

After his Majesty was seated in his carriage, Glengary, on horseback, forced his way through every obstacle, and, advancing close to the royal carriage, exclaimed, “Your Majesty is welcome to Scoiland;” a salutation which was returned by a most gracious bow from the King. After the King had rested a few minutes in his carriage, which was an open landau, hung very low, and drawn by eight beautiful bays, the drivers being in state liveries, the procession moved slowly towards Edinburgh.

The King, as he approached his ancient city, was welcomed, not by cheers, but by one running cheer along the whole line of procession from the spectators along. By means of the scaffolding, measure, divided into distinct but contiguous masses. By each mass, as the King proceeded,