At seven the glass coach, which I had ordered for myself and some of my friends, came to the door.

I called in Hill Street for William Marshall, M.P.for Beverley, and in Cork Street for Strutt the Member for Derby, and Hawkins the Member for Tavistock.
Our party being complete, we drove through crowds of people, and ranks of horseguards in cuirasses and helmets, to Westminster Hall, which we reached as the clock struck eight.
The House of Commons was crowded, and the whole assembly was in uniform.
After prayers we went out in order by lot, the Speaker going last.

My county, Wiltshire, was among the first drawn; so I got an excellent place in the Abbey, next to Lord Mahon, who is a very great favourite of mine, and a very amusing companion, though a bitter Tory.
Our gallery was immediately over the great altar.

The whole vast avenue of lofty pillars was directly in front of us.

At eleven the guns fired, the organ struck up, and the procession entered.