[[359]]a countless multitude, in the direction of Charing-cross, announced to the anxious spectators that the queen was approaching. Her majesty, attended by Lady Anne Hamilton, had come early from Brandenburgh-house to the residence of Lady Francis, St. James' Square, and from thence they departed for the House of Lords, in a new state carriage, drawn by six bay horses. As they passed Carlton Palace, the Admiralty, and other such places, the sentinels presented arms; but, at the Treasury, this mark of honour was omitted.

When the queen arrived at the House, the military stationed in the front immediately presented arms. Her majesty was received at the door by Sir T. Tyrwhitt and Mr. Brougham; and the queen, with her lady in waiting, proceeded to an apartment prepared for their reception. Shortly afterwards, her majesty, accompanied as before, entered the House by the passage leading from the robing-room, which is situated on the right of the throne.

During this initiatory part of the trial, and until nearly four o'clock, her majesty was attended by Lord Archibald Hamilton and his sister Lady Anne, who stood close to the queen all the time.

Upon returning from the House in the same state in which her majesty arrived, she was greeted by the most enthusiastic acclamations and shouts of applause from every class of society, who were apparently desirous to outvie each other in testimonies of homage to their ill-fated and insulted queen.

Each succeeding day of the pretended trial, her

[[360]]majesty met with a similar reception; and, during the whole period, addresses were lavishly poured in upon her, signed by so many persons, and testifying such ardent regard and devotion, that every moment of time was necessarily occupied with their reception and acknowledgment. Thus, though the queen was insulted by the king and the majority of the peers, it must have afforded great consolation to her wounded feelings, while witnessing the enthusiasm and devotion manifested in her cause by all the really honourable of the community. We say really honourable, because her persecutors were either actuated by "filthy lucre," or by a desire to recommend themselves, in some way or another, to the favour of the king and his ministers.

To justify these remarks, we here present our readers with a list of those time-serving creatures who voted against the queen, with the annual amounts they were then draining from the country:

The Duke of York,[360:A] with immense patronage, nearly 100,000l.; and the Duke of Clarence, 38,500l.; but we must not suppose her majesty's BROTHERS voted through interest; their virtuous minds could not tolerate her iniquities!!!

[[361]]Dukes.—Wellington, 65,741l., including the interest of 700,000l., which he received to purchase estates; Northumberland, possessing immense patronage and family interest; Newcastle, 19,700l.; Rutland, 3,500l.; Beaufort, 48,600l.; and Manchester, 16,380l.

Marquises.—Conyngham(!) 3,600l., but the exact sum his wife received, we have not been able to ascertain; Thomond, 13,400l.; Headfort, 4,200l.; Anglesea, 11,000l.; Northampton, 1,000l.; Camden, 4,150l.; Exeter, 6,900l.; Cornwallis, 15,813l.; Buckingham, 5,816l.; Lothian, 4,900l.; Queensberry, great family interest; and Winchester, 3,200l.