were presented to the king by their parents. On the 10th the inhabitants of this capital had the happiness of seeing their beloved sovereign make his solemn entry. His majesty mounted his horse at Herrenhausen, at half-past one o'clock. The procession was arranged as regulated in the programme previously published, and proceeded through the avenue of Herrenhausen, at the entrance of which his majesty allowed the city guard, on horseback, to escort him. In the avenue the regiments of cavalry were drawn on each side all the way to the city. The side avenues were crowded with spectators, who followed the procession with incessant acclamations and cries of "God save the king," in which the troops joined. up At the end of the avenue, where a triumphal arch was erected, his majesty was welcomed by the citizens of the suburbs, in state dresses, and young ladies, who strewed flowers before him. At the gate were the civil authorities and the clergy, who complimented his majesty. A salute of 101 guns announced the entrance of his majesty within the walls of his faithful German capital. His majesty passed through a double file of artillery to the triumphal arch, where some young ladies presented a poem, which his majesty most graciously re ceived. Accompanied by the ringing of all the bells, by the thunder of the cannon, and, what was certainly the most agreeable to his majesty, the incessant rejoicings of the multitudes that thronged the streets, the royal procession advanced very slowly, so that everybody could see their beloved monarch, who, with an affability that excited feelings of gratitude and delight in all, saluted on all sides as he rode along. After the detachment of the hussars of the guard that opened the procession, followed nine state carriages, each drawn by six horses. Immediately before the king rode his royal highness the duke of Cumberland; on the king's right hand the duke of Cambridge, and on his left the archduke Ferdinand. His majesty wore the uniform of a Hanoverian field marshal, with the insignia of the order of the Guelphs. The splendid procession, increased by a numerous suite of calvary, passed between files of the citizens, and then of the military, through several streets to the palace of the duke of Cambridge, where his majesty, the royal dukes, and the king's immediate attendants, dismounted and entered. on The procession and the guard of honour, composed of citizens horseback, halted in the streets; soon after, the citizens defiled before the palace in military array, when his majesty appeared with the princes at the balcony, and acknowledged, by repeatedly bowing, the joyful huzzas of the people. About four o'clock the procession put itself into motion to return to Herrenhausen. His majesty rode in a state carriage, drawn by eight white horses, and passing through several streets, left the city by the Cleve gate to return to Herrenhausen. Another salute of artillery announced his majesty's departure. In the evening the city was finely illuminated; transparencies an and inscriptions were displayed on all sides, and there was not a single house unilluminated. His majesty, with the princesses, and the officers of his court, came to the city and drove through the streets to view the illuminations. The duke of Cambridge rode by the side of the king's carriage. Wherever his majesty passed he was received with transports by the crowds, who continued to throng the streets till a late hour, indulging in the happiness of having their sovereign among them." On the 11th a drawing-room was held, which, from the number of presentations lasted from one to four o'clock, during all which time his majesty remained standing. On the 12th, in the forenoon, his majesty was pleased to give a private audience to the general in chief, count Benningsen, accompanied by countess Benningsen. His majesty then gave a public audience, sitting on the throne, and surrounded by the dukes of Cumberland and Cambridge, the ministers, the chief officers of the courts, &c. to the deputation from the general assembly of the states of the kingdom. The hereditary land marshal was at their head, having on his right hand the president of the first chamber, and on his left the president of the second chamber. His majesty replied in the most gracious terms to the address spoken by the president, count Merveld. The high chamberlain then presented, in succession, deputations from numerous public bodies and cities. His majesty received them standing, and answered the addresses most graciously in the German language. In the afternoon his majesty was most agreeably surprised by the arrival of her royal highness the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg, who reached Hanover some days sooner than the accounts that had been received gave reason to expect. In the evening the officers of all the corps gave his majesty a serenade by torch-light. His majesty, attended by all the royal and noble personages now with him, appeared at the balcony of the palace towards the garden, and was welcomed with the loudest acclamations. On the 13th the king reviewed the troops assembled on a plain' near Stocken. His majesty dined at a table of forty-six covers, at which all the royal princes and princesses and the foreign princes then there were present, as well as the foreign ministers to this court, and those who have come on special missions, his majesty's ministers, and their ladies, the marquis of Londonderry, and several foreign generals and admirals. On the 14th his majesty transacted business with count Munster and the marquis of Londonderry. In the ensuing night his majesty was seized with an attack of the gout in the knee. On the 15th he saw only the royal princes and the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg. The serenade by torch-light given by the officers had an uncommonly fine effect. Above 1,000 torches collected, in a small compass in the garden of Herrenhausen, spread a mass of light which at a great distance was taken for a large ball of fire. At the review on the 13th, fourteen battalions of infantry, severa several brigades of artillery, and eight regiments of cavalry were collected. The king, at whose arrival and departure a royal salute was fired, first rode along the line: by his side was his royal highness the governor-general; behind his majesty, the princes on horseback, and the princesses and a numerous suite in carriages, drawn by six and four horses. Both the troops and the numerous spectators (200 carriages were drawn up opposite the line) received his majesty with the most enthusiastic transports of loyalty. When the king had retired to the centre, the governor-general placed himself at the head of the corps, which then marched in parade before the king. The attack of gout was but slight, and in a few days the king recovered. The following speech of the hereditary land-marshal, count Munster, was delivered on introducing the deputation of the states of the kingdom to his majesty, on the 14th of October: "Most august, most mighty king-most gracious king and sovereign, "Your majesty has granted to the present deputation of the general states of the kingdom, at the head of which are the presidents of the two chambers, the long-wished-for happiness of expressing before your majesty's throne the sentiments of the most grateful respect of the whole kingdom. "What these sensations must be your majesty knows from your own consciousness, and the pleasing recollection of all that your majesty has done for the deliverance and happiness of this country; and the remem→ brance of the fidelity of your people, which the hardest trials were unable to shake." Hereupon the president, count Von Meerveldt, made the following speech: "Most august king-most gra cious prince and sovereign, "The most ardent wishes of the Hanoverians are fulfilled. After an interval of above half a cen→ tury, they again behold their own sovereign in the land of his fathers, and joyfully salute him as king on his hereditary throne. Only a few years since, fearing for our existence, nay, even for our name, we rise more vigorous from ten years' oppression, united in the interior by new bonds, and strengthened by an extension of our frontiers. "To your majesty's power and firmness we are indebted for our recovered liberty, and for the blessings of a glorious peace -to your justice and to your elevated princely virtues, for the restoration of the old constitution. The benefit of a general representative assembly of the states, which your majesty's wisdom was pleased to add to our ancient rights, gives them a stronger guaran¬ tee in the union of all the provinces of this country in one kingdom. "Most gracious king and sovereign! May your majesty deign graciously to accept the sentiments of the most profound respect and the most devoted attachment, which we lay at the foot of your throne in the name of the general assembly of the states of this kingdom. "May your majesty find, in the unshaken attachment and fidelity which we inherited from our fathers, and preserved in the pressure of stormy times, the merited reward of all the blessings which we owe to your glorious and mild sceptre." To which his majesty was pleased to make the following an swer: "I feel the greatest joy at finding myself in the midst of my faithful German subjects, and receive with pleasure, from this deputation of the general states of the kingdom, the assurance of their respect and love for my person and my royal house, of which I have already received so many affecting proofs. In the same manner as my endeavours have always been directed to the good of the country, I also expect with pleasing confidence from you that your endeavours will continue (as to my satisfaction they have hitherto been) to be directed to the same object." The military evolutions executed on the 16th, were favoured by the finest weather, and collected an immense crowd of spectators, who were enabled to form a clear idea of the nature of military operations by the representation of a regular attack and defence. On the 17th the cavalry executed various evolutions. On the 18th the anniversary of the battle of Leipsic was celebrated by a grand parade of all the troops. In the evening there were splendid fire-works in the garden of Herrenhausen, where every body had free admittance: notwithstanding the crowd, not the slightest accident or disorder occurred. Cards of admission to the inner court were given to above 2,000 persons. Friday the 19th, was appropriated to the royal pastime of the grand boar hunt. As early as five o'clock in the morning all the people in Hanover were in motion, and every horse and vehicle that could be procured at any price was put in requisition. The ground where the slaughter was to take place lay at the distance of twenty English miles from town, and thither did the whole population of the country repair with impatient curiosity. The scenery along the way was wild and romantic. Segregated hills, covered with trees of a stunted growth, rose on all sides; and at length they came to a thick forest, of vast extent, where poles, with dark green flags affixed to them, served as so many guides through a region of mud, over which none but Germans would have the temerity to venture a carriage. At occasional intervals booths and sheds were constructed as places of entertainment, and the wretched cheer they supplied was eagerly purchased. After penetrating about a mile and a half into the forest, they came to a place enclosed by canvas and net-work, within which the stags and wild boars had for some time before been collected. At the extremity of the enclosure a sort of pavilion was placed for the accommodation of the king, had his majesty attended. It was in his absence occupied by the royal sportsmen, with the duke of Cambridge at their head. None were allowed to use fire-arms but his royal highness, with the archduke Ferdinand of Austria, and the duke of of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. At eleven o'clock the work of destruction commenced, and a herd of boars came down to the extremity of the inclosure, where the sportsmen stood ready to attack them; the peasantry, at the same time, raising loud yells through the woods, and keeping up a kind of wild concert with the sound of the bugle, as they closed in upon the prey. Thirty-five victims fell in the attack, literally butchered. The poor animals did not attempt any resistance; and it was shocking to see the torture in which they were kept, from their assailants not being adroit enough in the use of the spear to put them promptly out of existence. With the exception of lord Clanwilliam, who acquitted himself like a true sportsman, there was scarcely an individual that attacked the prey in a fair manner. There were ninety boars killed in all; but the number of stags that fell was not considerable. The day was very wet. His majesty learned with regret, that during the hunting party, which was designed for his entertainment, several persons were injured. His majesty gave orders that a sum from the royal treasury shall be applied, with becoming liberality, for the recovery and indemnification of those persons. On the 24th in the evening the citizens had the happiness of being allowed to offer a serenade to their king by torch-light, in the garden of Herrenhausen. Many hundred citizens had assembled for the purpose, and exactly at eight o'clock this procession set out, preceded by four bands of music, and accompanied by 600 torch-bearers, and marched through the garden of Herrenhausen to the palace. His majesty the king, who, being scarcely recovered from an indisposition, could not remain in the open air, advanced before the numerous assembly in the apartments of the palace, and when he showed himself at a half-opened window, was saluted by the citizens, delighted at seeing him, with the loudest acclamations. The music played the favourite popular tune of "Heil unserme konig, heil !" (Hail, or health to our king, hail!) All those present, in the overflowing joy of their hearts, joined their voices in chorus. His royal highness the duke of Cambridge came himself out of the palace among the rejoicing citizens, and, with his usual affability, expressed in the most gracious terms the pleasure and satisfaction of his majesty the king. The most enthusiastic acclamations of the transported multitude continued, and the popular air of "Landesvater, Schutz, und Rather,"_(the_coun try's father, protector, and counsellor)-was played and sung. When it was concluded, his majesty opened both the wings of the window, and bowed to the citizens, who, charmed at being able to enjoy, without any obstacle, the sight of their sovereign, could not contain their joy. Some persons, who thought they observed that the king wished to speak, commanded silence, and, as if by enchantment, a tranquillity which nothing could have produced but the profoundest veneration and the love of the people to their sovereign, immediately ensued. The king again graciously bowed to |