The next morning we were up very early, breakfasted at Dr. Arnold’s, and then went to Mr. Silk’s, the upholsterer, where we arrived by a back way about eight o’clock, and got most excellent seats for the sight.

Soon after that hour the members of the House of Commons began the procession, and after them the Lords. […] The Lords and Commons had all arrived by about half-past eleven. The Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland in their state coaches followed, then the Duke of York in a vis-à-vis, with a coach and six for his attendants, then some guards, and after them the Prince of Wales’s attendants in a very handsome coach drawn by six beautiful black horses. The Prince himself followed in his own coach, drawn by six of the handsomest grey horses possible; and they were most elegantly ornamented, so that nothing could be finer than his equipage. 

Next followed the King’s attendants, and after them the King and Queen in a coach made with glass all round; they were drawn by eight beautiful cream-coloured horses. While they were coming up to the door of St. Paul’s, the band played ‘God save the King,’ and every hat was in the air, and the acclamations very great, but still louder on his coming out of the church. The Princesses’ carriage followed the King’s. The King looked very well, but thinner. We returned to Dr. Arnold’s during the time of the King’s stay in the church. Every one who was fortunate enough to get a seat within St. Paul's speaks of it as a most affecting scene. On the King’s entrance, the 6000 children in the dome struck up the Hundredth Psalm; the King and Queen were much affected. The service lasted rather more than two hours[.]