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Martinsburgh Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Louis XVIII landed in Calais, France, on April 26, 1814, and was enthusiastically received by the populace and clergy with a procession to the church for prayers and then to the Hotel de Ville for dinner and compliments.
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DOVER, April 27.
I am just arrived here from Calais, which I left yesterday evening. I saw the King land there; he was conveyed by means of a platform into an open caleche, or carriage with four seats, into which he was followed by the Duchess of Angouleme, the Prince of Conde, and the Duke de Bourbon. The horses were soon taken off, and the carriage was dragged by the populace to the door of the principal Church. The streets through which it passed were crowded with white flags and the windows filled with well dressed women waving white handkerchiefs; the air resounded with cries of "Vive Louis 18, vive les Bourbons."
At the door of the Church his majesty was received by the principal Clergy, who conducted him under a canopy to a seat of state in the middle of the choir, where the King and the Duchess of Angouleme fell on their knees, and appeared to pray with the most fervent devotion, while the Te Deum and Domine salvum fac Regem, were sung. They then returned to the caleche, and were drawn as before to the Hotel de Ville, formerly Dessain's, where the King and his party dined in public, and after dinner received the compliments of those who wished to be presented to him.
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Calais, France
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April 27 (Report); Landing Previous Evening
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enthusiastic public reception with procession, prayers in church, public dinner, and compliments at hotel de ville.
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Louis XVIII landed in Calais and was conveyed in a carriage pulled by the populace to the principal church, where he prayed with the Duchess of Angouleme amid singing of Te Deum and Domine salvum fac Regem. They then proceeded to the Hotel de Ville for public dinner and receptions.