arines commanded by a captain.
Second division of the Officers of the squadron,
eldest first.
Drums and fifes.
The grenadiers.
The regiments and corps will present arms, and the officers
salute the King's commissioner as he comes on the right of each
corps successively. The colours will also salute, and drums beat
a march.
As soon as the grenadiers have passed the royal marine
artificers, the latter will form in two lines or four deep, and
march in column in their rear; the 5th regiment will likewise
fall in and march in the rear of the royal marine artificers;
and each other corps will in succession fall in and march to the
Grand Parade, where they will form in a semicircle, the centre
of which will be the throne. The diameter will be occupied by
the seamen royal artillery, grenadiers, and marines.
When the procession has arrived opposite to the centre of the
Parade, it will move down towards the Royal Pavilion; the seamen
marching to the right flank of the diameter, the marines to the
left, and the guns to the left and right of the seamen and
marines, and the grenadiers on the right and left of the
Pavilion.
The music will play "See, the conquering hero comes!" until the
procession arrives opposite to the Royal Pavilion, when they
will play "Rule Britannia." As soon as the knight is seated,
the music will play "God save the King;" and immediately after
the ceremony, the grenadiers will fire a volley, followed by a
salute of one round from the four field-pieces, which will be
the signal for a salute, from the Sea-line Walls, of
sixty-three guns, viz. twenty-one guns from the Saluting
Battery, twenty-one from the South Bastion, and twenty-one from
Jumper's Battery and those to the southward. Whilst the salute
is firing, the troops will file off from the Parade, and return
to their former position in the streets; and, after the salute,
the procession will move back to the Convent.
In this manner the procession moved on to the Grand Parade,
where, in front of the Royal Pavilion, a chair of state was
raised on three steps, covered with crimson velvet and rich
gold lace. Over the chair a canopy richly embroidered with
gold, and a floor-cloth of the same. Before this chair, but on
the right and left sides, two
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