eleven o’clock
`` YESTERDAY this triennial ceremony took place , with which the public are too well acquainted to require a particular description . A collection , called Salt , is taken from the public , which forms a purse , to support the Captain of the School in his studies at Cambridge . This collection is made by the Scholars , dressed in fancy dresses , all round the country . `` At eleven o'clock , the youths being assembled in their habiliments at the College , the Royal Family set off from the Castle to see them , and , after walking round the Courtyard , they proceeded to Salt Hill in the following order : -- `` His Majesty , his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , and the Earl of Uxbridge . `` Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Cumberland , Earl Morton , and General Gwynne , all on horseback , dressed in the Windsor uniform , except the Prince of Wales , who wore a suit of dark blue , and a brown surtout over . `` Then followed the Scholars , preceded by the Marechal Serjeant , the Musicians of the Staffordshire Band , and Mr. Ford , Captain of the Seminary , the Serjeant Major , Serjeants , Colonels , Corporals , Musicians , Ensign , Lieutenant , Steward , Salt Bearers , Polemen , and Runners . `` The cavalcade was brought up by her Majesty and her amiable daughters in two carriages , and a numerous company of equestrians and pedestrians , all eager to behold their Sovereign and his family .