It was a singular sight to see the ladies and gentlemen in their court dresses.

The gentlemen were dressed in buckram skirted coats without capes, long waistcoats, cocked hats, bag-wigs, swords, and large buckles on their shoes.

The ladies in monstrous hoops, so that in getting into their carriages they were obliged to go edgewise.

Their dresses were very rich; some ladies, I suppose, had about them to adorn them L20,000 or L30,000 worth of diamonds." "I had a sight of the Prince Regent as he passed in his splendid state carriage drawn by six horses.

He is very corpulent, his features are good, but he is very red and considerably bloated.