The Sun. — London, England, 1831-09-09 00:00:00

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Nlajesty then rose from his chair, and standing in tftora of it, was invested by the Dean of Westminster with ti e IMPerial mantle, or Dalmatic robe of cloth of gold , "e thertofPu t Y Lord Great Chamberlain fastening the clasps The King THE ORB. r te • -sng then sitting down, the Archbishop having x i ' n le ed th e orb from the Dean, delivered it into the 14 , 4 6 right hand, saying—" Receive this imperial pall th e o rb, and remember that the whole world is subject to i rwer and empire of God," &c. x._ has been customary, at former Coronations, for the I Rto receive also the Armil, the Archbishop exhorting R a.lesty thus • ( o(N ec6 . v e the Armil of sincerity and wisdom, as a token of thill: n r mor.eing, whereby all thy works may be defended against 1,4 1. ,?'e5, both bodily and ghostly, through Jesus Christ ti a T „ he Armil or Armilla is made of the same cloth of 1 .,,'" e a=che Supertunica, and is lined with crimson Flo -Irnea eenet. The length of it is about an ell, and the til e d 4 dth of it three inches, with double ribands at each °I crimson taffeta, viz —two at the corners of the t n !'s to tie it below the elbows, and two a little higher for it above them. THE RING. t T he Lord Ch am b er l a i n o f hi s Majesty's household then, i f:,!iying from th e officer of the Jewel-office the ruby ring, fo:Yered the same to the Archbishop, wbo put it on the thi r til fing er of the King's right hand, saying—" Receive 7 o 0 7 1n e , " &C. This is the King's Coronation Ring. It Plain gold, with a large ruby violet, on which a plain r cross of St. George is beautifully enchased. *4 1 4 Dean th e n b rou ght from the altar the two sceptres h. ," 4 the c ross an d d ove, an d d e li vere d them to the Arch -1%. k in the mean time, the Duke of Norfolk, as Lord of the 11:4M,, ' s estyf Worksop, presented to the Kinf a glove for aj right band, embroidered with the arms of Ac rd, which his Majesty put on. THE SCEPTRES. t The Archbi s h op t h en d e li ve r e d the sceptre with the 1Z 44 into his Majesty's right hand, saying, " Receive the i ht , l sceptre," &c. ; and then the sceptre with the dove -° , ri sia left band, saying, " Receive the rod of equity," &c. h ' lpl e puke of Norfolk, as Lord of the Manor of Work -4or-' supported his Majesty's right arm for a time but liaeieVards held th e sce pt re himself, in order to relieve his sty. THE CROWNING. g t . . r h,e Archbishop, standing before the altar, ass having h i t r -dward's Crown before him, took the me into 4,',,nandi, and consecrated and blessed it with the prayer, lee' God, who crownest thy faithful servants with mercy," • Then the Archbishop, assisted by other Bishops, 1 1:l e te fro m t h e altar, the Dean o f W estm i ns t er carrying • A er "'n, and the Archbishop took and placed it on 'lNjesty's head ; while the people, with loud and re rated shouts, cried " God save the King," &c., the ; 441 Pets sounding, the drums beating, and the Tower and e ark guns firing by signal. The acclamation ceasing, the Archbishop prononneed the exhortation—" Be strong and Of good courage," &e. The choirs then sang the anthem *--" A The King shall rejoice in thy strength," &c. thr'xi 1 soon as the King was crowned, the Peers put on ecronets, the Bishops their caps, and the Kings of rros their crowns. THE HOLY BIBLE. d The D ean t h en too k t h e H o l y Bibl e f ro m the altar, and b e f ilvered it to the Archbishop, who attended by the rest the Bishops, presented it to the King, saying, " Our to r "lous King," &c. The King then returned the Bible t i he Archbishop, who gave it to the Dean, to be by him 'P'aced en the altar. THE BENEDICTION. , Th e King then knelt, holding both the sceptres which b een already presented to him in his hands, and the c r ehbish op t h us bl e ssed him:— th e , Lord bless thee and keep thee; and, as he bath made *4rld ing over his people, so may . he still prosper thee in this to and make thee partaker of his eternal felicity in the world T he Bishops a „ nd the Peers then in an audi ble voice an '‘l'ered „ Amen ; r he Archbishop then turning to the people slid , t ot 4ad the same Lord grant that the clergy and people gathered er for this ordinance, may by his g racious assistance be obeyi'lally governed by thee in all happiness, and that humbly Pea c '? his will, and faithfully serving thee, they may enjoy eyeilnthe present life, and with thee be made partakers of th e casting kingdom." Aga • ln the Bishops and Peers responded " Amen." T he vile Kin g th en a rose and went to King Edward's chair, p he kiss e d the Archbishop and Bishops who were r „t rk r• This done, the choir sang the Hymn , Te Deum k ( 4 arnus, "We praise thee, 0 God," &c. During the ° rmance of which, the King remo v e d to the chair on k b:geh his M a j e sty sat on the east side of the Throne ,where reposed in the interval. THE ENTIIRONIZATION. t l When the Te Deum was ended, the King, led up by 1 :e Archbishops and Bishops, ascended the theatre, and t a ' enthroned by Bishops and Peers ; and the Archbishop % e nd ing before him, pronounced the Exhortation, " Stand 'ln and hold fast," &c. Ai, g I" loud an d general exclamation f l ° God save bthe i accompanied by clapping of hands and huzzaing , urat 4,,, : fr inn every part of the Abbey upon his Majesty ti c : „l '‘ ,l4l g the throne. At this moment, too, the Corona- Inerlals were thrown about by the Treasurer of his a i"tY l e Household. THE HOMAGE. 1 11 , 6 Majesty then delivered the Sceptre with the Wo Cros! Duke of Norfolk, as Lord of the Manor of ik -1,.,41, to hold t h e same o n his right hand, and the Sceptre 414 the D ove t o th e Duke of Richmond, to hold the same left hand during the homage. t i ihe Archbishop then knelt before the King, the other f "Pg following the example of his Grace, and, for him of t rd the other Lords Spiritual, pronounced the words i ftgge, as follows : ts ti , , William, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be faithful and arid' and faith and truth will bear unto you, our Sovereign Lord, kk h Your heirs, Kings of Great Britain ; and I will do and truly I"edge the service of the lands which I claim to hold of you 11 right of the church. So help me God." Ili T i, h ege words were repeated after his Grace by the other I ,","Pg kneeling and paying homage in the same manner. h '"e Archbi s hop then rose and kissed his Majesty's left c heek, and aft e r him the rest of the Bishops present did he like, and retired in their respective seniorities. it W hen the Lords Spiritual had thus performed homage, blik e of Cumberland ascended the steps of the throne, 4 d ' kneeling before the King, pronounced fur himself , 74 44 the other Dukes of Blood Royal, the words of ho hiage, the rest putting off their coronets, and kneeling with 1, 41' and about him, and saying after him, mutatis mu lies 1 . Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, do become your tr 4 R Altlp,n of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and faith and 1 1:11C: I Will bear unto you, to live and die against all manner of So help rue God." t 4 rie Duke of Cumberland then touched the Crown - e" his Majesty's head, and kissed his Majesty's left leek, the rest of the Dukes of the Blood Royal doing like after him, and then retired. The Dukes and vit rt Peers then observed the same ceremony, the senior '' ,, e4 " 1,1 degree pronouncing the words of homage, and the t th 4 e t of the same degree saying after him, and each Peer of game degree, successively, touching his Majesty's • t et - ° /t ns and kissing his Majesty's left cheek, and then Tir S everal of the Peers were loudly cheered as they ap- Oohed t o d o h omage to hi s M a j es ty. A mong these the ~Tc e of Welli ng t on , L o rd Plunkett, and Lord Lyndhurst, L v ~t particularly the first,—were very cordially greeted spectators. When, however, the Lord Chancellor se: homage,—which he did last of all the Peers,— e Part Abbeyresounded with a nd pplause. N reo t th " • tiv thls approbation was resou wellerved, ato have - , 1 ) , ed it at such a time and in such a place, must have • '1 , 11 ; 4 13h1y fyig to his Lordship. ' gratin CROWNING, AND ENTHRONING THE QUEEN. C o l) , tir ing the above related ceremonies which attended tlit - ; kacmation of the King, her Majesty the Queen had re , i t in , e d seated in her chair on the south side of the altar. L 'e time, however, was now arrived at which tier Ma ty . . to r 4 as to pass through the same solemnities ; and the A ti'e l'Fenient of them appeared to excite very great interest. tili e l ,..!'"onas the last anthem was concluded, the Queen N i "olla her Fhairt and being supporteli as before,, , pro.. 4 4 , il ted to the altar, attended by her train-hearer and ladies, 5015 , where her Majesty knelt whilst the Archbishop th prayer of consecration, as follows : tve e ,' 44 ',. ighty and everlasting nod, the fountain of all goodness, 0 " , 65 1 , - „„'t we beseech thee, to our prayers, and multiply thy bless 'Not:Pun this thy servant, whom in thy name, with all humble to t , % ight„ I %e consecrate our Queen. Defend her always with thy 1,:tz0., nan, protect hevntl•eyery sitle that she may be able to rne all her enemies and that Sarah and Rebecca, and Rachael, and all other blessed anditntiOurable women, I: Th e k ri , Dalmatica, or open Pall, otherwise called the t' i lite h ' a t was at one period a piece of rich embroidery, with e agles • hut being, in the time of the Civil Wars, with rest of regalia, except the Ampulla and Spoon, carried Aaleaa very rich gold and purple brocaded tissue is made use of The ground or outside, is shot with gold thread, bro- Z?Pe ' :.' n ' t h_gold and ' silver, with large and small flowers of the -" j --4 eet ; all the ornaments and flowers are edged about " r Ple or deep mazarine blue." she may multiply and rejoice in the fruit of her womb, to the honour of the kingdom and the good government of thy church, through Christ our Lord, who vouchsafed to be born of a Virgin that he might redeem the world, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in unity with the Holy Ghost world without end." This prayer concluded, her Majesty rose and went to the faldstool* at which she was to be anointed and crowned, placed before the altar between the steps and King Ed ward's chair ; and standing there, the chief lady who usu ally attends her Majesty took off her circlet, and delivered it to her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain. Her Majesty's circlet, which she wore up to this time, was a rim or circle of gold, richly adorned with large dia monds, and beautifully set with a string of pearls round the tipper edge. The Queen then knelt down, and four Duchesses, ap. pointed for that purpose, holding a rich pall of silk, or cloth of gold, over her Majesty, in like manner as the four Dukes had held a pall over the King, the Archbishop poured the consecrated oil upon her head, saying, " In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, let the anointing of this oil increase thine honours, and the grace of God's Holy Spirit establish them for ever and ever.— Amen." The Ladies then opened her Majesty's apparel for the anointing on the breast, which the Archbishop performed, using the same words, after which he said this prayer : " Almighty and everlasting God, we beseech thee of thy abundant goodness pour out the spirit of thy grace and blessing upon this thy servant Queen Adelaide; that as by the impurities of our hands she is this day crowned Queen, so she may by thy sanctification continue always thy chosen servant, through Jesus Christ our Lord." One of the ladies in attendance (having first dried the place anointed with fine cotton wool) then closed the Queen's robes at her breast, and afterwards put a linen coif upon her head. When this had been done, the Arch bishop put the ring (which he had received from the Master of the Jewel-house) on the fourth finger of her Majesty's right band, saying, " Receive this ring, the seal of a sincere faith, that you may avoid all infection of heresy, and by the power of God compel barbarous nations, andbring them to theknowledgeof the truth." The Queen's Coronation ring is, like the King's, of gold with a large table ruby set therein, and sixteen other small rubies set round about the ring, of which those next the setting are the largest, the rest diminishing in proportion. After placing this ring on her Majesty's finger, the Arch bishop reverently took the crown from the altar, and reve rently placed it on the heal of the Queen, saying— " Receive the crown of glory, honour, and joy ; and God, the crown of the faithful, who by our episcopal hands, though most unworthy, hath this day set a crown of pure gold upon thy head, enrich you with wisdom and virtue; that after this life you may meet the everlasting bridegroom, our Lord Jesus Christ, who, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen." Her Majesty being crowned, all the Peeresses present put on their coronets; and then the Archbishop placed the Sceptre with the Cross in her Majesty's right hand, and the ivory rod with the dove in her left, and offered the prayer— ., 0, Lord, the fountain of all good things, and the giver of all perfection, grant unto this thy servant, Adelaide, our Queen that she may order aright the dignity she bath obtained, and with good works establish the glory thou bast given her, through Christ our Lord. Amen." The Queen, being thus anointed and crowned, and hav ing received all her ornaments, the choir sung the " Hal lelujah Chorus." At the commencement of the chorus the Queen arose, and, supported as before, ascended the theatre (reverently bowing to his Majesty as she passed the throne), and was conducted to her own throne on the left of that of the King, where her Majesty reposed until the conclusion of the chorus. Immediately that the chorus was over, a loud shout of " God save the Queen" resounded through the Abbey. Each of the spectators seemed to vie with his or her neighbour in greeting the Queen,—some by clapping of ' hands, others by waving of handkerchiefs, and others by cheering. THE HOLY SACRAMENT. After the chorus and homage, the two Bishops, who had read the Epistle and Gospel, received from the altar, by the hands of the Archiahop, the patina and the chalice, which they carried into St. Edward's Chapel, and brought from thence the bread upo❑ the patina and the wine in the chalice. Their Majesties then descended front their thrones and went to the altar, where the King, taking off his crown, delivered it to the Deputy Lord Great Cham berlain to hold, and the sceptres to the Mikes of Norfolk and Richmond. Then the Bisl.ops delivered the patina and chalice into the King's hands; and his Majesty delivered them to the Archbishop, who reverently placed the same upon the altar, covering them with a fair linen cloth. The Queen, also took off her crown, and delivered it to her Lord Chamberlain to hold, and the sceptres to those moblemen who had previously borne them. Their Majesties then went to their chairs on the south side of the area. When the Archbishop and the Dean had first communi cated, their Majesties approached the altar, and received the Sacrament, the Archbishop administering the bread, and the Dean of Westminster the cup. The King and Queen then put on their crowns, and took the sceptres in their hands as before, and again re paired to their thrones, supported and attended as when they left them. The Archbishop then read the Communion Service, and pronounced the blessing ; and, at the conclusion, the trumpets sounded and the drums beat. After this, his Alajesty, attended as before, the four swords being carried before him, descended into the area, and passed through the door on the south side of the altar, into St. Edward's Chapel ; and the Noblemen who had carried the Regalia received them front the Dean of Westminster as they passed by the altar into the Chapel. The Quee❑ at the same time, descending from her throne, went into the same Chapel, at the door on the north side of the altar. Their Majesties then came into the Chapel, the King, standing before the altar, delivered the sceptre with the dove, which his Majesty had borne in his left hand, to the Archbishop, who laid it upon the altar. His Majesty was then disrobed of his royal robe of state, and arrayed in his royal robe of purple by the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain. The Archbishop then placed the orb in his Majesty's left hand. The Noblemen, who had carried the gold spurs, and St. Edward's staff, delivered the same to the Dean, and the latter deposited them on the Altar. DEPARTURE OF THEIR MAJESTIES FROM THE ABBEY. Whilst their Majesties were in St. Edward's Chapel, the officers of arms arranged the return, so that all was ready to move at the moment that the King and Queen left the Chanel. Their Majesties, and the Princes and Princesses, then proceeded out of the choir, and to the west door of the Abbey, attended as before ; their Majesties wearing their Crowns ; the King bearing, in his right hand, the sceptre with the cross, and in his left, the orb; and the Queen bearing, in her right hand, her sceptre with the cross, and in her left, the ivory rod with the dove: their Royal High nesses the Princes and Princesses wearing their coronets; and the Princes, who are Field-Marshals, carrying their batons. The four swords were borne before the King, in the same order as before. The Deart and Prebendaries, and the Bishops, who had carried the Bible, the chalice, and the patina, remained in the choir. The Nob!emen who had severally carried the crowns, the orb, the sceptre with, the dove, the spurs, end St, gdward's staff, walked in the same places as before; those Who had staves :nd batons carrying the same ; ail Peers wearing their coro nets ; and the Archbishops, and the Bishops copporting their Majesties, wearing their caps and the Kings of Arms their crowns. Their Majesties were greeted with the most hearty plau dits on their departure, as also was the Princess Victoria, who walked from the sacrarium leaning upon the arms of the young Princes of Cambridge and Cumberland. RETUAN OF THE PROCESSION, a v t e The procession retained from the Abbey to St. James's Palace in the same order ( as to the p o sition of the s e carriages of the severa l p arti e s com posing it) as tb in which it had set out in the morning, but by no means in the same regular wanner as in the morning. Ili, w occasioned partly by the want of sufficient sp ace to fortar: the carriages in line, and partly by the wetness of the da Some of the carriag es of the Ro y al p art y drove off as soon as the officers whom they were to convey had entered them, awl did not pull up till they reached Charing-eross. In this way, the Procession, as it passed up parliamer;t_ street, appeared broken. another differeucg was, that the glasses of most of the carriages were up in consequence of the rain. But for these circumstances, the return of the prosession would have presented a more imposing ap pearance than its outse, as all the Peers and Peeresses who had to take a part in it wore their coronets and robes. The several Members of the Royal Family were loudly cheered as they passed, particularly that in which the puke 'of Su -,!sex Sat The g-reat object of attraction was of course the state carriage, in sylingi sat their Ala jesties accompanied by two Peeresses. Its approach was announced by the loud and continued shouts of the multi. tudes along the line from the Abbey. It advanced at a very slow space, so that every one in the line was grati fied with a full view of their Majesties. Both their Ma jesties wore their crowns. They frequently acknowledged the cordial manner in which they were received by the people, by bowing towards them at both sides as they proceeded. Owing to some slight interruptions of the carriages in front, the state-coach halted for a few minutes twice in its way to Charing-cross. On each of • The word faldstool is originally Saxon, and signifies a scat, before which are placed a kneeling cushion and desk, for the purpose of falling down to in acts of devotion, these occasilna crowds of people pressed round the car riage, and testified their loyal attachment to the Sovereign and his Royal Consort by the most enthusiastic cheering. In this effusion of their loyal zeal, many of the people be came mixed up with the troops accompanying the car riage, and frequently ran the risk of being trampled on by the horses. Her Majesty perceived the danger they were in, and evinced by her countenance the greatest anxiety lest any of them were injured. We did not hear that any of them were hurt. We ought to have mentioned, that one of the most imposing parts of the procession to and from the Abbey was constituted by His Majesty's military Aides-de-camp, who rode before the Royal carriage. Most of them were men who evidently had seen much service. Many of them were decorated with a profusion of orders, and as a body presented a most martial appearance. They were loudly cheered by the people, who no doubt felt no men could with greater propriety be placed around the person of the Sovereign, on such a solemn occasion, than those who had distinguished themselves in defence of the country over which he had been called to rule. In every part of the line through which the procession passed, till its arrival at the Palace, their Majesties received the same cordial and enthusiastic proofs of the affectionate attachment of their subjects. The am rival of their Majesties at the Palace was announced by the firing of a royal salute of twenty-one cannon, which closed this part of the ceremonies of the day. In conclusion, we may observe that if the Corona. tion of William IV. has lacked something of the gorgeous and costly splendour which distinguished that of his ins. mediate predecessor, it surpassed it in one most essential part—which no pageantry, however gorgeous or extrava gant., could supply—that the contract into which he has just entered is responded to by the cordial wishes and heartfelt congratulations of his subjects of every class throughout his dominkins. May be live to see the happy auguries of the auspicious commencement of his reign fully realized ! (FURTHER 'PARTICULARS.) THE NAVE At an early hour in the morning presented the hustle incident to the approaching ceremony. Labourers, dressed in scarlet jtckets and white trowsers, with leather caps, were seen distributed in various directions ; some assisting the door-keepers ; others as sweepers, prepared with brooms ; and others again as messengers, having different assigned duties. The Pages of the Earl Mashal, who had the task of re ceiving tickets, and conducting the visitors as they arrived to their appointed seats, as well as having the charge of the various galleries and boxes, were most conspicuous, from their costume. These gentlemen were selected by special favour, and bad to furnish their own dresses, which consisted of dark-blue, single-breasted, tunic frocks, edged with gold lace, reaching the knee, and stauding collars ; white cassetnere small-clothes, white silk stockings, shoes, and gilt latchets ; a small beaver chapeau, with a plume of black ostrich feathers; and a crimson silk sash round the waist, with gold fringe. Each of these Gentlemen were provided with a staff, gilt and painted with a heraldic design, and fence they were called " Pages of the Gold Staff." One was stationed at every gallery, while a large proportion remained in the nave, to conduct the Peers and Peeresses who alighted at the great western gate to the transepts. Soon after these gentlemen, whose appearance was at once graceful and appropriate, had betaken themselves to their respective posts, detachments of the Ist Regiment of Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream marched in, and formed an avenue along the platform, from the choir nearly to the west door—•the Coldstream on one side, and the Ist Guards on the other. When halted, the men piled, arms, and remained ready to resume their stations at the appointed signals. Garter King at Arms, Heralds, and Officers at Arms whose duty it was to superintend the whole important ceremonies of the day, dressed in their proper costume, were then observed giving the necessary instructions, and active in making the preliminary arrangements. A large body of the Gentlemen Pensioners, in their new uniform, were shortly after assembled in the nave, and in the gallery leading from the portal. By a new regula tion, these gentlemen, instead of wearing the costume of the time of Henry the Eighth, as adopted, at the last Co ronation, were attired in the full-dress uniform coats of Officers of the Guards, with two gold epaulettes, (lark trousers, with a stripe of gold lace down the seams, boots, spurs, and cocked hat and feathers. Each had his hal berd, and their fixed duty was that of acting as body guards to the King and Queen, the latter led by the King's Harbinger and the Clerk of the Cheque, and the former by Lieut. Henrich and Sir George Pocock, the Standard bearer. It is usual with respect to this corps, on such occasions, for his Majesty to Knight the Senior Officer and tke Senior Gentleman Pensioner. Their appearance was extremely elegant, and in all respects consistent with their honourable station. The lower part of the gallery next the portal was lined by Yeomen of the Guard in the ancient costume, with battle axes; and in the vanguard, for the preservation of the peace, we observed Sir Richard Rirnie in a Court dress, who attended by Townsend, Sayers, and all the elile of the old Bow•street Staff, were present, by especial command, to repeat the duties which they had on former public occasions performed with so much credit. THE GALLERIES IN THE NAVE. We have elsewhere noticed that the whole of the side aisles were let on contract to certain carpenters by the Dean and Chapter, and were converted into boxes at an enormous expence. The sum agreed to be given for this privilege, we understand, was 1,800/., and in order to pay this enormous sum, as well as the other necessary out lay, five guineas were demanded for each sitting. This extravagant charge, as we anticipated, proved ruinous to the hopes of the speculators ; and at nine o'clock there were not more than two hundred persons present ; so that by far the greater part of the boxes were unoccupied—a fact which greatly detracted from the brilliancy of the spec tacle which would otherwise have been presented, and threw a gloom over that part of the Abbey, deeply to be regretted, and not a little disheartening to the participa_ tors in the grand procession, of which that part of the building afforded so admirable a view. ARRIVAL OP THE PEERS AND PEERESSES, 120_ WON AMBASSADORS, &c. As early as eight o'clock the Peers and Peeresses be. gin to arrive, These, as well as other privileged indivi duals of high rank, including the Foreign Ambassadors, were admitted exclusively at the west gate ; and ; on alight. ing from their carriages, presented their tickets to the Gentlemen-at-Arms, who either conducted them to their seats, or assigned Pages of the Gold Staff for that pur pose. The peers wore their state roues of crithson velvet, and either carried their coronets in their hands, or em ployed pages for that purpose. These pages were g en erally the sons of gentlemen, and wore scarlet frocks, with blue silk scarfs, and gold fringe, white cassirnere smallOothes, white silk stockings, shoes and fatehets, with a broad white shirt collar over their shoulders. The Peeresses also wore crimson robes, with long sweep ing trains trimmed with erihine, ostrich plumes in the hair, and a profusion of diamonds, in all the varieti forms of head-dress, With many the feathers were omitted, the hair being parted and dressed in fanciful bows, so as not to interfere with the subsequent wearing of their coronets. The magnificent appearance of these distingttislied and beautiful woolen, as they paced up the nave on their way to the choir, had a most brilliant effect. Almost all wore ruffs, after the fashion of Queen Elizabeth. They car ried their coronets in their hands, and were attended, in dependent of the pages, by some of the military heroes with which the nave was thronged, belonging to . the se veral regiments on duty. Independept of the Peers and peeresses, a vast number of other persons of distinction, attired in court•dresses, pursued the same route, and among them the venerable Prince Talleyrand and Ditches.; de Dino attracted no small share of attention. The Duke of Wel lington, who lad three pages, the Duke of Richmond, Eatl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, and other Peers, in their turn had also to run the gauntlet of female curiosity and comment. The Duchess of St. Alban's was conspicuous for the immense profusion of diamonds by which she was adorned, as well as by the splendour and s',,e of a gold rail' %which sprpad its effulgence round her ample shoulders. The Duchess of Richmond attracted more than ordinary attention, front the elegance of her costume and consum ,late beauty of her person. THE CHOIR. The arrangements in the interior of the choir presented a scene of solemn splendour', which peculiarly harmonized with the occasion. The doors were not opened till five o'clock,an hour not far advanced enough at this selson of the year to render objects clearly disc';:rnible, and, as a dice religious light" broke through the rich Gothic win dows directly over the altar, the effect was sublimely grand and interesting. Among the official personages of distinction who attended at this early hour was the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, who entered leaning on the arm of M r . S er j eant Pell, an d bear i ng i n hi e h an d his coronet, a s a P eer o f t h e rea l m. ni l ordship seated himself is a small angular recess immediately in front of the a lt ar an d b ack of the throne. Mr. Justice Gaselee , L Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Pattison, and Sir William Horne (the Solicitor-General), followed shortly afterwards, and took their seats in a compartment close to Lord Tentetden, Here also several naval and military officers of rank stationed themselves as they continued to arrive in succession. The galleries on both sides were quickly occupied in every part. The assemblage of ladies was exceedingly numerous. They were well attired in the most elegant and costly manner, and wherever the eye turned it lighted upon a splendid display of nodding plumes and sparkling brilliants. But by far the most interesting object in the fair host of fashion and beauty was the young Marchioness of Hastings. She was dressed in a rich robe of crimson velvet, with a long train, which was supported by a page. In advancing towards her seat her Ladyship leant on the arm of the Marquis, and car ried a coronet in her hand. The long line of vaultings all round the body of the choir and in the transepts was thronged in every part with spectators, both male and fe male, and with every fresh accession of visiters, diversified in costume, rank, statioo, and display, the coup dcril was heightened to a degree which called forth the admiration of each beholder. That part of the choir technically called the theatre was grand and gorgeous in the extreme. Their Majesties' thrones, resting on an elevated dais, covered with splendid cloth of gold, formed a conspicuous feature in the magnificent scene ; and corresponding with it in richness of effect was the altar, on which was now laid a ttreat quantity of tnassve communion plate. About seven o'clock the persons composing her Majesty's private band, together with a vast number of choristers, ranged themselves along in front of the organ, headed by the Minor Canons of the Cathedral, and under the direction of Sir George Smart. To particularise the number of Peers who, with their Ladies, now continued to arrive almost without in mission, would be only to go over the greater portion of English, Irish, and Scotch titles. The Judges already named were by this time joined by all the remaining number of their Learned Brothers, and the benches on which they sat very soon became particularly remarkable for the strange admixture they presented of civil, military, and naval professions;—Judges congregated with Generals; City Aldermen found themselves in close proximity with Admirals ; while Physicians, Surgeons, Colonels, and Majors, were mingled together without any regard to order or precedence. At a few minutes after eight o'clock the Duchess of St. Alban's presented herself, blazing with brilliants, and having the upper part of her crimson robe surmounted with a rigid circlet of gold lace. The Lord Mayor, on being conducted to his scat, was familiarly addressed by several Peers, who shook him cordially by the hand, con gratulating him on his recent elevation to the Baronetage. At nine o'clock the elevated benches, rising to a consi derable height above the altar, and which were exclusively appropriated to the accommodation of the Members of tke House of Commons, served to give a distinctive character of solid and imposing grandeur to the whole array. Such of the Members as were military men, or belonged to mi litia regiments, appeared in uniform, and all the others wore full Court dresses. It was observed that those who were habited a la militaire formed a very large proportion of the whole body. At twenty minutes past nine the Speaker took his seat at the head of the Legislative Body, attended by the Serjeaut-at-Arms and the other officers of the House. In the long list of the distinguished foreigners who attracted public attention in a particular degree, by far the most conspicuous, as well as most important per sonage, was Prince Talleyrand. He was accompanied by his niece, the Duchess of Dino, and feebly dragged on his tottering frame to the gallery where the other members of the diplomatic corps were seated. Shortly after this cele brated functionary had made his appearance the Duke of Wellington came in, looking in excellent spirits, for he smiled and talked as he passed along, and then entered into close conversation with his former political opponent, the Earl of Faltnouth. Hitherto the Duchess of St. Alban's was allowed to have no rival in the profusion and costliness of sparkling gems which she exhibited to the general gaze; but two fair competitors now presented themselves in turn, and each completely eclipsed Ler— still less, per haps, in display than in refined and tasteful embellishment. The Marchioness of Londonderry and the Lady of Viscount Stafford might equally claim the palm for a model of ex quisite attire ; and it was universally allowed by the ladies, who, it must be admitted, are the best judges of such matters, that their triumph over her Grace of St. Alban's was decisive and absolute. (ANOTHER ♦CCOUNT.) THE AREA WITHIN THE CHOIR This, of course, formed by far the gayest and the mos interesting part of the Abbey, as the whole of the ceremony of the Coronation, with the exception of the processions to and fro, was performed in it. Tickets being admissible as early as four o'clock in the morning, the company began to arrive even before that time, and on the opening of the .doors, the front seat in all those parts of the choir, which were not set apart for the reception of those who attended, either [officially, or as a right, were speedily engaged. Amongst the earliest official arrivals, were those of the Judges and the Bishops, who were at their post by five o'clock. From that hour, up till ten o'clock, the company flocked in, till at length the upper and lower galleries, as well as the nunneries, which had galleries erected in front of them, were nearly filled and although full Court dress was not required as a necessary prelude to admission, the costume was sufficiently gay and lively to be in character with the occrsion. Between eight and nine o'clock the Peers and peeresses began to arrive very fast, and the effect produced by their rich robes sweeping alo n g the floor of the choir was very striking. About half - pas t nine the Memb e rs of the House of Commons entered the I,ortian of the choir which was set apart for their reception I the first who en tered were Mr. Hume and the Members for London, and th e others quickly followed, in the order in which their turn had been decided in the House by lot : the Speaker, in his full robes of office, entered the last, and took his seat in the chair which had been prepared fee hirp, after which the Serjeant at Arms laid the mace of the House on a cushion before him : on the whole we should think that there were about 400 Members present. Amongst the body, o ne o f those who attracted the most attention was Henry Hunt, Esq., the Hon. Member for pr e ston, who looked delight fully gay in a brown court suit, with bag, sword, and cocked hat to match. When the Members of the House had taken their places, their box (if it may he so called), afforded one of the most picturesque portions of the whole spectacle ; for though the Leer; ; and 1 - aeeresses, when seated, presented a richer and more gorgeous coup dceil, there was a want of variety in it that took away from the interest ; while, on the contrary, the want of uniformity in the cos tume of the Members of the Lower Hoos?, —,tome Wing in Court drer;ser, and otirert in vari ous m ili tary an d nava l uniforms —gave a diversity to their appearance that made the seats they occupied look as if they were spangled with a hundred different colours : and this effect was still fair, ther heightened, when, later in the day, a number of ladies were acconamo4ate,i with places on the back benches. ! - 4 1, e gr_eat anxiety of those admitted to the choir had been to o btain tickets for either the lower or the upper galleries, which we r e erected on either side ; and Vie con sequence was, that these z,rail e ri es were cons id era bl y crowded, while only those who had been fortunate enough to obtain front places, had an undisturbed view of the ceremonies that took place in the choir. Bet, in fact, those who had tickets to the gallery set of from the vault ing@ or nunneries, and were even in a still better situation than those who were in the front of tire under galleries because, although it is true that they we-ra further re moved from tim level on whicl the ceremony took place, yet the view they hall of it was much less interrupted, besides which, those who took up their stations immedi ately over the organ had the additional advantage of c.i.ra rnanding at one moment a prospect of the nave as well as tire choir , which ;:aft of any of the under galleries could any possibility afiord ; another reason in favour of the vaultings was, that instead of being confined to one spot, as was the case with those who were in the galleries, there was full liberty to wander about, to that at one 1113- ment you were enablcd to command a view of the Veers' transept, at another of the Peeresses' transept, and at a third of the throne ; the ;hair of King Edward, the altar, and the Members of the House of Commons. It is very evident that that these advantages, which we have described as belonging exclusively to the vaultinga, were not generally known, for they were emptiest por tions of the choir asd, indeed; we should think there i l 'ust have been come misapprehension as to the numbers that they were calculated to accommodate, for there was certainly room in them for four or five hundred more ner,' : sons than obtained admission; though it must he cenfeasA that some who did obtain that privilege were not in a garb very well suited to do hcrinar to the Coronation of a King o f I:ngind jay ten o'clock all the arrivals, (with the exception of the Royal Procession) were complete; and the choir ; with tim.;. exception of the middle space, which v t 'cs reseiared for the cei , roonial about to be rerfo;ineti, was filled to excess. At the egireMe eastern end''were the Members of the House of Commons ; in the transepts to the north and south, the Peers and Peereses, and those who were admitted with Peers' tickets ; while in the western portion that led up to time Theatre and Altar was a strange and motley mixture of Bishop's, Judges, General Officers, Law Officers, &c., a il of whom were anxious to have an opportunity of shout ing, Long live Ting William and Queen Adelaide." lorwer etosetahteed;iinghttireQgretlolertihees,ireinft:llaefsrtaitribetyo iito'vf,e) an n ro i s n e , ch . either should find that their place was "curtailed of its fair pro portion," the lon g per i od from five o ' clock till eleven mus t, no doubt, have a p peared tedious ; but in the vaultinga , the capability, which we have already mentioned, of shifting 1 another, afforded fr ont one position to anded a constant succession 1 of fresh scenes, all of which were sufficient to interest and please ; so that the hours which below were dragging on so wearily, slipped by above scarcely perceived. THE HOMAGE. The Archbishop ro•e and kissed his Majesty on the left cheek, and touched the Crown with his right hand, and after him the rest of the Bishops present did ►he like, and retired in their respective seniorities, with the exception of the Bishop of London, who kissed his Majesty on both cheeks, and thus, by a superabundant display of loyalty, gave occasion to much laughter. THE ABBEY-AFTER. At the departure of their Majesties from the Abbey, the Itst waving plume or fluttering robe of satin of their at tendant train had not passed beneath the antique portal, over which the marble figure of William Pitt attitudinizes so imposingly, ere the gay and well ordered rows of spec tators who had witnessed the Coronation had been broken op into confused, but glittering crowds. The Peers and Peeresses, in Particular, trouped together about the throne in a large circle, had as miscellaneous an appearance as perhaps the unarranged library of some Countess bleu, all the books of which had been bound in morocco, and gilt. Gradually, however, they dropped off, and with them all the old militaites, Admirabies, &c. marching in their com pany, or sailing under their convoy. Most of the tenants of the platforms and galleries had also retired. A few, who had not had a very satisfactory view during the Coro nation, pressed forward for a few moments to indulge in a ' closer inspection of the theatre on which the sacred spectacle had just been exhibited, but they were too much wearied with their day's imprisonment to gratify any further curiosity at the expence of any further delay. They also departed ; and thus, in about an hour after the King's departure, not only all the living glories which moved in the lower and disguised half of the Abbey had departed, but, amongst the high galleries and grey cloisters, all the fair things which laud contrasted so singularly with their naked antiquity " had faded away" like the bright colours refracted on them through their stained and storied windows,which, as the sun sets, gradually vanish till each one is gone, anti " all is grey." To stand alone in that part of the old Gothic pile, at that conjuncture, without thoughts melan choly as moonbeams, or something thereanent, was, I ween, impossible. The hoar old stone of the tall shafts, which seemed to have defied the climbing mummer, and the many-arched roof, wherein the reminiscences of cen turies dwell as in a sanctuary, seemed to look down with austerity ou the unseemly trappings which encumbered their nether terminations, and tacitly to reproach the taste which had hidden more than half of those as ails, every atone of which could speak in accents, " not laud but deep" of the olden time, arid which would have connected with the memory of Saxon and Norman, of Tudor, Plantagenet and Stewart, the hereditary Royal title of the House of Guelf. But these thoughts would lead us further into a decidedly sail-coloured train of rumination ; and, there fore, the puissant Earl Marshal bath ordered that no man do were mourning at the Abbey on this day. We shall e'en eschew the subject, for fear of a pratmunire. But, in sooth, we have but to proceed some dozen yards beyond this scene, and, behold, we find ourselves in goodly com pany and a right merry mood. For, look you, there were all our valiant Peers and most fair Peeresses, robed and cot onetted, in motley mob with every body in the world, squeezed into the narrow compass of the winding passage to the great western entrance. It rains most densely and fiercely—none can walk, and coaches are so slow a-draw ing up—and all are confusion, higgledy-piggledy—and old Townsend is swearing alternately at his Majesty's cousins and his Majesty's beef-eaters ; the former for putting them selves in the way—the latter for putting their boven bo dies out of the way, and not keeping a passage clear. All the other doors of the Abbey are closed for the sake of confusion ; and, in the midst of the matter, no more than 400 of the Grenadier Guards, who had been in the Abbey, ire marched in single file through the crowd. Well, flesh is grass ! some of the dear Duchesses will get home to dress for dinner at one o'clock to.morrow morning. For our part, we shelter ourselves, not being of inordinate slice, under a Grenadier's cartouche-box, and evade—sic nos servavit, &c. CORONATION ANECDOTES. (FROM A CORRESTONDENT.) His Majes'y was much affected on entering the Abbey yesterday. Trumediatoly after descending front the state carriage, and on entering the robing room, he desired a glass of water to be brought hint. The finest or most imposing part of the ceremony was that portion in which the crown was placed upon the Mo narch's head, and when all the Peers put their coronets upon their brows, the visiters giving at the same moment loud buzzas. The signal was given outside, that the King was just crowned, a royal salute was fired by the Park guns, a telegraphic despatch was ognveyed to Ports mouth, announcing the event, and a Royal salute was fired there within three minutes of the time, anti whilst his Majesty remained seated upon the thrc.na. The fluke of Wellington an the Lord Chancellor were engaged in earnest conversation for a short time during a part of the ceremony. Mr. Hume was seated in an excellent position ; having a front seat in the gallery devoted to the Members of the Commons. He wore a co74rt dress. it will be recollected that the Hon. Gentleman in a debate in the Commons, a few days back, endeavoured to persuade the House Pram appearing in Court dreto.es. The scene in which the Herald showered down medals excited considered); laughter. There was a want of de corum in it. When the choruses were singing the Cormtiwa Anthem of Handel, the Duke of Ciinaberhuad walked the time most accurately with hie baton, he Lord Mayor yesterday gave a splendid entertain ment to the Court of Aldermen, and many leading citizens, in honour of their Majesties' Coronation. The Mansion house was moat spiendidiy illuminated with a bright va riepted crown, encircled with laurel leaves, and other appropriate devices. The effect war most imposing. His Lordship also gave a magnificent tlittnrr, an Wednesday, IWO:4:as and citizens, and propo ses to upwards of seventy to entertain twenty patties, during the present month s tit the Mansion-house. Amongst the most splendid of th, equipages at the Coronation of their Alajestitti yesterday was that of the Austrian Ambassador, Prince Esterbszy, and suite, in three nar;i:ges. It attracted much notice, and, with the exception of the Royal cortege, was consie,:.7iNi pre-emi nently striking. In the liouseha-.1 of her Majesty the amiable Countess of 13.rownlow was conspicuous from the richness of ha; dress, and the valuable jewels she wore an the occasion. The chaste simplicity of the dresses, and the beauty of the distingv,kihesi ladies forming her Majesty's Maids of Iloilo excited also very genera; oh servation. During the ceremony of the homage the Choir sang an Anthem, and the Treseurei , of his 3lajesty's Household threw 4bqut the Medals of the Coronation. The genera; scramble that here took place was highly ludicruoa—even the Judges forgot their gravity for the rnotoeor, and seemed as anxious as the most volatile pd those around them to secure one of the flying ; .- 6cords of so memorable an even'i. The sevtlat 74 - 1 - zetators who hal an opportunity f witness ;;,g what was passing directly in front of 'ilia' throne, ob served that the King apuetred dkoatisfied with the awk wardness and irregulariV with which some of the Ve;,rs did homage. Ik'or instance his Majesty had to call the Dike of St. Alban's back, and rew,i74l him that he bad neglected to touch the top of tae Royal Crown. The man ' ner in which the Ki;:g received certain of the Peers that approached him excited more or less emotion in the vast a;seniblage. His reception of the Dukt: of Wellington, Earl Grey, and Lord Lyndhurst ; c4iied forth very strong marks of approbation ; 'tot when Lord Brougham dhl homage the slic,utz ci applause that were uttered from the gallwy, where the Members of the Ilouse of Commons were,were ardently responded to by thousands of acclaiming voices. The choristers Cu s e mea,n time gave Attwood's o C r o g r a 7 . a tlk 'l ice Duke ,;11-I,l\cititzoono lai}, w ur e e n l f the presidingceretn ceremony the yof doing homage was concluded, exclaimed, " God s,ait William IV." and loud• and long were the *era that followed. THE COIVINNI,ION - of . QUEENS. The pritni, of titcc, form of the creation of Kings was too I°u 11. i be participatedc gentle usage and soft delicacy" to the ceremonies of unction and coronation w e r e adopttkd (evi'd by their consorts, and it was not till after that these could be publicly initiated in the honours of Royalty. The Coronation of Queens, however, fhougli performed with the same solemnity as that of Kings, is not to be regarded in the same political view, or to be considered as of the same political im portance. Its object is to con'er a sanctity of character on her wiAct is th e . wife and the moth er o f dings, and to admit her to the honours of her exalted station. In the Coronation of the Queen no consent is asked from the people as to the person to be crowned ; no oath is admi nistered; no homage or allegiance is offered. The Queen's Coronation, though pet ffirtned at the same place and usually on the same day with that of the Sovereign, is a subsequent and a distinct solemnity; it proceeds from the King, and is granted to his consort for the honour of the Kingly office. Among the Romans the wife of their I , A A --) ..-y e ... \11. A t ) 4)' ‘. i - 4 Ii ~ f~ W ti "Tonp(roi Lad chi , irle of Augusta, which was always vonferred with- Rome ceremonies, and latterly by that of consecration. In Germany the Empress is both orowned .id anointed. The same honour is now common to the rives of European Sovereigns. Thus" of France are ,ot crowned with the but it; the Abbey of St. g rac;l ry wi e t a h riy " t a im il m the n r e oz r a e l n ti i , a e kin c g o s n4u of es a t !), , nis, near Paris. The consorts of our English Princes ')see been Queen"..: s4, a. I t v s e o re f fr . a o t4co rtk in • crowned, and eat with the Kings 'The only accident of which we heard, if it may be digni with such a name, was one which happened to a lialant Colonel, well known just at present by his vigorous apposition to the Reform Bill in the. House of Commons, r to an Honourable Irish Member, for they were both Inplicated, so that the accident may be attributed to either. l'he Gallant Colonel, while in his pace as a Member of the Commons, suddenly caught:sight of a fair lady's face, which was, however, no sooner found than lost, by the. thrupt interposition of the head of the Hon. Member fur Middlesex between the Gallant Colonel's eyes and the fair Lady's beautiful countenance. The Gallant Member, who was entirely smitten—for a minute—sprang upon his legs, ,nd endeavoured to rush two seats forward, where there hould be no head to intercept his glances ; hut, as ill-luck would have it, another Hon. Member's sword (the afore-. , aid Hon. Irish Member's) lay across hi. path, the come.- quence of which was, that the Gallant Colonel, in his en thusiasm, snapped it in two with a hasty stamp of his foot. Of course a thousand apologies were offered, all of which were accepted, though the Hon. Irish Member mild not help adding that it was a mighty unfortunate affair—be-- cause the sword was not his own ! titrai SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. If the preparations for former Coronations have been more splendid and costly, that of yesterday die played what wealth cannot purchase—a whole people eager to testify their joy and gratitude to a king. and Queen, who may truly be said to reign i n the. hearts of their subjects. 'We refer our readers to , the ample details of this day of rejoicing in another part of the Paper. The weather was,, upon the whole, favourable; so that the myriads uI this snit inense metropolis and populous environs were al lowed the gratification of witnessing the i.mposing wectacle. Every thing went off well ; and from the lawn of morning to a late hour, no untowarAl cir— cumstance occurred to cloud the general satisfaction The illuminating were universal, and of the immense crowd which filled our streets and lanes hs t t there was not perhaps one individual, belonging kr he people, properly so called, who was an indiffe rent spectator of the proceedings. The Env, in honour of whom these demonsttrions were. made,. s the King of the people. He has, from his acces sion to this day, shown that he has the happiness of his people at heart. In his principles and feelings the people repose the fullest confidence. They know 'hat he will never desert them—that he wishes the, happinessof all—that he will never consent to offer !he many a sacrifice to the Interested ambitionof s taw. His reign is the commencement of a new or , it, our !iistory, and with his precious lif t It't hound up their expectations of seeing their r;', c . ht s established on a foundation which nothing w'..11 be able to shake. they is alt n y o tofthebate po p l4 towards Willi am th e Fourth prostration of th e m i n d to Thelo power, without rebreence to the manlier in which that power may be exercised. It is an homage to power licnourably and virtuously directed—it is such as an enlightened people may pay without any dimi nution of self-respect —any deduction from the dig nity of rational beings. We regret to find that, owing to some misunderstanding, the Princess Victoria, the presumptive Heiress of 'he Crown, was not present at the ceremony. We yesterday copied from a contemporary (the 7lnses) a para graph, in which an unfavourable construction was put on the conduct of the Duchess of Kent, the mother and guardian of the Princess. In another column we have given a paragraph from a Morning Paper of yesterday, accounting for the circumstance ;, and we copy from the Standard of last night a state ment, which carries with it an air of authority 1 " When we read tha atrocious article yesterday, we were unable either to comprehend its motive, or to supply an unmet-. Bound as we are to use all means to acquire information for our readers, we are wholly at a loss in what quarter to look for it, So absolutely halt the Duchess of Kent abstraoted herself from all political connexions, that we knew not, more than, we suppose, herself did before yesterday morning, that she bad a political enemy in the world. Recollecting, iadeed, what her lost bu.band's politics had been, and aware of her perfect devotion to his memory, we assumed that her politics were in accordance With those of the present Ministers ; nor do we vet know that this opinion was wrong. But, whatever her politics might be, we knew that she was an amiable and virtuous woman, sp,i g.s such we could not contemplate the kind of atta.4 made upon her without horror and disgust, and an earnest desire to defend her against her traducerr. " We accordingly prosecuted a diligent inquiry, and have been revidaded, not only by discovering all the cir cunietcoices upon which the Tines has raised its accusa tion, but by having opened to us a picture of the most brilliant and engaging virtues—we cannot say displayed— for she who exercises them conceals them as carefully as others would display them, but exercised in a rank where such virtues are unfortunately lees common than in the humbler walks of life—we have seen in the mother of the future Queen of England the most vigilant and anxious parent, the kindest mistress, the most affec tionate relative and friend, the most feeling and bounteous benefactress to her poor neighbours, sad a woman of the strictest and most delicate morals; with—above all—the most exalted piety. Such is the Duchess of Kent. Such is th; excellent person from whom the writer in the times would take her child—whom Queen Caroline's apologist describes as unfit to form the mind of a Queen. " We pass: by the causes that have made the Duchess of Kent an object of resentment; and we own that we paw; them by reluctantly ; for, having so relation what ever to politics., they would exalt her in the eyes of the virtuous of all parties—in the eyes of all who feel how anxious is the charge of a daughter's education, when that daughter is fatherless, and likely to be placed in cir cumstances of boundless temptation. But we must hasten from this part of the subject. Much as we should like to reoclar full justice to the Duchess of Kent, we shall never be found employed in any work that can inflame and rankle the wounds of a family dissension. Let us come at once to the circumstances which have led to the absence of the Duch,eas. '• Having toceived a notification to attend, her Royal flighness (after some hesitation, on account of the fatigue to which the Princess Victoria would be exposed) ex pressed her acquiescence; concluding that a particular place would, of nurse, be allotted to the presumptive Heiress to the Crown, in the procession or at the Abbey. After waiting for some time fur information, on this point her Royal Highness applied to Earl Grey, requesting of his Lordship to Pay what was to be the place of the pre sumptive Heiress ? Ilia Lordship's answer was that' The Princess Victoria was to have no place in the procession.' Nut being accompanied by any qualifying explanation, this answer was an insult, and as such it was received. Is there mother or father in England who could receive it otherwise ? Is there, we had almost said, mother or father in England, who does not receive the coarse rebuff of the Royal Parent of our future Queen as almost an insult offered to her or himself. The Duchess and her Princess daughter are not enjoying or assisting in the pageant ; but if they pursue this day their usual daily employment, they are not worse engaged—they are reading the Bible, parchasing blessings for themselves, and pre paripy for the British people." Earl Grey could not possibly have any motive for not wishing to pay all due honour and respect to the P'ince•s 'Victoria; and his judgment is too sound to allow him, on an occasion of this importance, to act in any other manner than according to precedent and authority, We know nothing farther of the muttnr than what is to be found in the statements above alluded to, and we are unwilling to puss sen tence of.coademnatior► on the Duchess of Kent on such slender information as we possess. The sub ject, too, will soon be cleared up in Parliament, when the statements pro and con will be no doubt given, We must say, however, that we have our imp g or f t r a o i r i n t suspicions that the Duchess of Kent has beet' hands of advisers ill qualified to guide her I r t i i : d n g bringment. Before presenttaking a s t o notdecidedion,_,liaac,:srtieebrnfe'oemt;,i'y abstainin g certain of thd a nature, she ought h p ht to have distrusted her own c all such cases the presumption to have Herself a stranger judgments and , . „ in office will not act unadvisedly, she a that men should have had very powerful . authorities indeed gin"ltuhlisdscoounnt'r:y.lisiuesshhiesnoug 'k P 4 VH - P t,4