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Chapter not to give that book out of their hand Nvithout: sufficient :au thoeity.- There was likewise the MS. of - the reign of Richard the Se .. , •cand, written in the year 1739, in which an account of three different ceremonies was ascer tained. First, there_ war the ceremonial of the solemnity for the King, in which the Queen was kept apart'. Then there was another for both— " Si Regina cum liege sit coroizandnm ;"—and here it was laid down that the Bishop should give the gospel to each. -Then came the cere monial for the Queen,—" Si Regina sit corn : nand;em ;" evidently going upon the supposition that the .Queen should be crowned alone. - It appeared in the red book of the Exchequer, that at the Coronation of Henry the Third's Queen, one Gilbert de Sandford claimed, by an cient right of his progenitors, to be Chamber lain to the Queen, and to keep the door of her chamber upon the day of her coronation, and afterwards to have her bed, and all its appur tenances, as the fees belonging to his office. This right was mentioned in another place, where, .speaking of the • same Gilbert de Sandford, it • was stated that by virtue of his holding certain manors—" he be Chamberlain to the Lady the Queen on that day ;" meaning the day of the Coronation. It fui ther appeared, in the red . book of the Ex - chequer, folio 232, that Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, son of Alice de Vere, at the Coronation of the Queen of Richard the Se cond, held this-office from his ancestor, Gilbert • de Sandford. Similar rights were recognised by the summonses and proclamations, which-corn _ • rnanded all those to attend who claimed services or appointments at the Coronation of the Queens. —This would'-be found in the summons for the Coronation of Catherine, the Queen of Edward the First, and of .Phillippa, the Queen of Henry the Third, who had been previously crowned • alone. At the Coronation of Richard's Queen, there was also an order to the Sheriffs, to make the same proclamation. Another claim was also noticed here, namely, that of Reginald Grey de • Rufo, to be Caterer to the Queen. The procla mation of the Coronation of Elizabeth, the Queen of Henry VII. also commanded the at tendance of those who had to perform services to • the Queen. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—Where do you find that ? We have not a copy of it before us I think. Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that it was in Ry mer. It was not the Proclamation for the Coro nation, but for the attendance of all persons who had services to perform, or otherwise bore parts in the solemnity. And their Lordships would bear in mind, that in the case of the last Queen, a second Proclamation was issued for her Coro nation owing to the intervention of the Royal Nuptials. This Proclamation commanded the attendance of all persons claiming the right of services at such Coronation, namely, the Coro ration of the Queen Consort. The Earl of LIVERPOOL.— " Mr. Brougham, what is the date of the earliest document you have regarding the Coronation of a Queen Con sort, and does it refer to a separate one, or where the King and Queen were crowned. together ? Mr. BROUGHAM said, he could inform their Lordships in a few moments, but he was not prepared to give an answer on the instant. At any rate it was as far back as the Coronation of Phillip, Queen of Edward the Third. Thus it would be seen, that there were the _rights of others interwoven with the right of the Queen—rights which they could only enjoy when toe Queen exercised her right. There were the services, there were the claims, and the separate and distinct proclamations ; and could the whole mean nothing, absolutely nothing ? Was all unsubstantial form? Was all what might, or might not, be performed ? W as th at w hi c h h a d always been an integral part of the Coronation, when the King was married, unimportant and insignificant ? When the Queen's right was connected with the legal rights of other persons, could any one pronounce it to he possible that a right so used and conne c t e d was a b so l ute l y notning ? Of all suppositions, that he thought would he the most violent one. He might not be able to divine how the right had originated—he might not be able to show what was the in teridment of a coronation—he might not be able to point it out as a principle of the Constitution, as far as documents were concerned ; but if he could demonstrate what had been the facts, the presumption would be in favour of the principle This inability to adduce evidence in some points, ought to be no argument against him here. He would therefore again ask, could such a solemnity, which had been performed with so little interruption, be a matter so indiff erent as to ' ren d er i t of no consequence whether it was enjoyed or not ? They who.de- Pied the existence of such a right, were bound to show how it had existed at all. If it were optional with the King, whe ther the right should be enjoyed or not, it meant nothing. This he would lay down with the greatest confidence, as a principle of Constitutional law. There was, he maintained, no usage of any magnitude that existed at the Sovereign's pleasure. To 11.31;27t the contrary would be to say that the King reigned not for the realm's benefit, but for his own private ends. The law held that such important ceremonies were for the realm's benefit ; and evereesol - enmity, the origin of which waslost in antiquity, and the o'eeervance of which occupied a eereat share in th e anna l s o f t h e country, must on th a t account be considered aright of the realm and not an appanage of the King. He held that a Coronation eras of this n a t ure . Long before the. Act of William and Mary, regarding the Coronation Oath, Sec. it was taken to be a argil and ancient ceremony, with which the King could not dispense. It was a right not of the person but of the Sovereign, to be exercised for the benefit of the realm, and as a Sovereign only he was only known in that solemnity. The Sovereign was the mere creature of the law, as those solem nities were the creatures of the law; and the Sovereign had only- to execute those solemnities of the realm for the benefit of the realm. Those who said that the Queen's Coronation depended upon the King's pleasure, must be pre pared to go another step, and say of the King's Coronation that et alsa depended upon his will, and that it wets a mere vain and empty ceremony,.—an insignificant, an unmeaning pag ea nt ; f or it must be so, it it d e p en d e d upon his will whether it should be or not. He was at a loss to know how this ceremony could be considered as the mere personal right; as belon g i ng t o t h eman and not to the Sovereign. How could it be said that he was not there in his political capacity, when perhaps, of all other occasions, it was then that his political capacity stood most . forward, and that his personal existence was most deeply merged. The Coronation of the Queen rested precisely upon the same feeling; it was a right as ancient, and as constantly • exercised as that of the King. With respect to the principle itself, though not bound to show it, still he would deal a little with that part of the question, because he thought th at th e reasoning would throw muc h • ight upon the subject: - It was, he said, likely that, in ancient times, the Coronation was much more than a ceremony—it was an acknowledgment, or probably the election of the Monarch—at which the King and Queen were shown to the people for their approbation : when the King was held up for the approbation of the people, every one would discover a good. reason for holding up . the Queen also, on ac t:eel:A of her place, her natural connexion with the King. The necessary -connection with the rest of the Royal Family made her an important and necessary figure in the Royal ceremony. He then referred to a Charter of the fifth year of the reign of John, in which there was a giant of dower to his daughter Isabella, referring to the Coronation of his - Queen. It stated that she had been crowned with the common consent of the Jiaeons, Clergy, and the People. He proceeded to show the Importance of acknowledging in every public manner the rights of the Queen of England—the necessity of holding her up not only as pure, but with conduct above suspicion. It was from her that the rightful successors of the Crown were to issue"; and it was above all things necessary that the legitimacy of that issue should be. without taint or suspicion, in order to Erevent the greatest domestic calamity—a disputed Suc cession : Upon an undisputed 'Succession, the peace and prosperity of the Crown depended. It was with that view _that the Law of Treason, as far as related to the conduct of the Queen, depended. The Law made no distinction be tween a young Queen and a Queen advanced in life -between a Queen of eighteen and of eighty years of age—the law guarded with equal anxiety - the Royal hechto the last hour of the Queen's existence.. The Learned Gentleman then next pro ceeded to.combat the argument that the Coronation of the Queen depended entirely utvin the Proclamation of the King —the right of the subject depended, upon.the Crown, issuing a writ. of right in some cases,. a Royal Proclathation in others. `Here he referred to the usstel summons issued to an Earl's el dest son, to the issuing of a Proclamation in the case of prize.s, 'and lastly, to the issuing. of. a PrOclamation for the call ing of Parliaments. These different tights depended up on the Crown issuing, its Proclamation ; . they could 'not be excused or enjoyed without that Proclamation or. .aummons but then the question was, was the Crown bound to issue Pro clamations in the one case, or its writ, or its summons in the other ? He contended that it would be monstrous to say that the Crown was not bound, strictly bound, to issue such writ, sununons, or Proclamation. In case the crown delayed or re fused to do so, he was not bound to say what mode was to be taken by the aggrieved subjects. Possibly impeachment would be the remedy. It was enough for him to say that the Crown was bound—that it could riot refuse to issue its Writ or its Proclamation ; and that with respect to the Coronation of her Majesty, the right was equally clear and the necessity equally obvious and imperative. Pitt the Queen's Claims upon the same grounds as the rights of the people, and he was satisfied. Ile had heard it said that' the Queen was no corporation, and had no right of prescription. She was -as much a - corporationas the 'King. And he would say that ' she - could - prescribe as a functionary, and• by virtue of •the dignity and authority of her office. Lord Chief Baron Comyn laid it down that officers could prescribe, and in stanced the right of a Chancellor so to.do. In the Second Roll, 2G4, it was also laid down that a Sergeant, Attorney, and. Under Sheriff; might presCribe as for themselves, and all per sons holding such. offices. .He should not now det a in th e i r Lordships further. These were the legal arguments which he had to submit to the Council as to the rights of the Queen.— With all the questions connected with the facts, lie had now no concern. All the circumstances of the times lie had carefully avoided: He had confined himself 'strictly to the legal ques tion, and he had been happy to know that he was addressing himself to lawyers. Toe circumstances under which their Lordships' decision would 'be given ,and the various contention s by which the count r y h a d been distracted, would hereafter cease to operate upon men's minds ; unless, indeed, they should be resorted to, to - explain an otherwiae inexplicable judgment. In distant ages men might be occupied, as they had been, in searching into all the monuments of Saxon justice, and in en deavouring to penetrate the. feudal obscurities of Norman ty ranny ; and then they would also sit in judgment upon the great Lawyers of the Intli century. And it was his earnest hope that finding no 'difficulty, they would not have to seek as we had done, but to look to the first decision that will have been given, with all - that confidence which the great names that Must descend with it were calculated to inspire ; and most anxiously did he hope that the re wou ld be no thi ng in that judgment which would tend to derogate from their confidence, or to lessen its Authority. Mr. DENMAN, - in addressing their Lordships after his Learned Friend," expresSed his fear, not that the claim of his illustrious Client was not already aatablislied, but that he might injure that claim by attempting to throw any light upon a sub ject made so clear already. • If he asked the establishment of this claim as a grace and favour, he would compromise the right of his Client ; and if he spoke in. terms approaching too much towards boldness, he might be accused of presunipuon, anticipating their Lordships' judgment. He should, therefore, 'in the few obserVations he had to make, endeavour to take a middle course ; on the one hand disclaiming all favour, and on the other merely submitting the authorities upon which he re spectfully but confidently advanced her Majesty's claims.— The ceremony of the Coronation of the Kings and Queens ,of England was to be viewed in various lights. It was a solemn compact between the King and his people; it was a religious pro mise frOm the King to his God. [Toon that part of the solemnity which might be considered as. purely ceremonious,he shouldoffer nothing.which might be considered disrespectful, and he confi dently affirmed that nothing of that nature had ever fallen from him an any other place. This august solemnity he thought was likely to engage future recollections in the minds of tie peo ple; and there was much in these which contributed to bind the people more closely in attachment to their ancient Institu tions. As the compact in question referred to the whole Peo ple, every man felt an individual dignity in the consciousness of his share of the engagement. From advantages of this na ture it was a misfortune to deprived; and he had observed, that an American traveller of celebrity, in remarking upon the advantages which, in his opinion, attended the American form of Government, had not failed to observe the defect which re sulted from the absence of that degree of , solemnity in their In stitutions, which at once created respect for the Government, tend confidence in the execution of its functions. The import ance of this solemnity had not been overlooked by the extraa ordinary individual whose death had been so recently announc ed, and whose life was the theme of anneral conversation. Al though he had acquired fame by the most illustrious efforts in war, he thought he could not but act wisely in securing his power by the performance of a solemnity essential to the very character of monarchical Government. - The Learned Gen tleman then proceeded to argue in favour of his Majesty's claims, placing the weight of lila argument upon Custom; upon which the Coronation itself was chiefly. /onside& Custom, he observed, was die b as i s o f t h e C ommon La w ; by syhfeli alone many of the highest crimes were punishable, and by which property was secured and transferred. This custom was clearly in favour of the Coronation of a Queen Consort, and it there fore became a perscriptive right. He admitted there were in stances of a departure from this custom ; but in each of those instances there were intrinsic circumstances to account for that departure. If these .instances were satisfactorily explained, the right was not only left unto uc h e d, b u t b ecame strengt h ened by the explanation. The first authority to which he should re fer was that of the great and learned Sodden, who had consi dered this subject of importance enough to be worthy the exer cise of his extraordinary taints. The Learned Gentleman here referred to the second edition of " Selden's Titles of Honour," page 172, in which the Coronation of the Empress Queen is described with a minuteness which the Learned Counsel con tended led to a fair inference that the Coronation of the Queen was a matter of' necessity ; and referring to a similar account of the Coronation of the French Queen, collected from the Ritual, he submitted that it led to a similar inference. A case, how ever, was mentioned of a Saxon Queen who was debarred the right of Coronation for misconduct, and it was said her enor mity was so great, that she had actually rendered the name of Queen unpopular and odius. The consequence, it is stated, was, that some of her successors were deprived of this right.— The depriving practice, however, grew obsolete ; as was shewn by all the authorities of cases since the Conquest. Now, when it was found that the learned Selden had applied himself care fully and minutely to this subject, was it not, he asked, astrong authority in favour of the claim, that he had not said a word in contravention of the right of the Queen Consort, whose privileges he had so carefitlly described ? Was it not a fair conclusion that, as he had not described the right as being in herent in the Crown, the right was in the Queen herself ! He submitted the conclusion was irresistible. He should now pro ceed to shew the custom or usage as it prevailed almost without interruption since the Conquest ; first touching upon the prin ciple which he conceived governed the custom. The principle was, that the mother of the future Kings might be legally and constitutionally pointed out, lest disputes might arise with re spect to the succession. On this part of the subjectbe might, without offence, refer to the early habits of princes to spew the necessity of this certainty. In ancient times, princes and prin cesses were betrothed at an early age ; and a power remained to both parties at a mature age to dissent from the contract. The frequency of dispensation from the See of Rome must also have ! led to much diffi cu lty u p on po i nts o f succession ; and all these subjects naturally suggested the propriety of certainty in this respect. The case which he thought it necessary to notice chiefly was that of the first wife of King John, who certainly was- not crowned. The unfavourable appearance which this circum stance-presented at the first view against her Majesty's claim, was .removed by a reference to Matthew Paris, the- historian. From him it appeared that the Archbishop who crowned John, declared the marriage to be mill, on the ground of con sanguinity... This clearly accounted for the omission of the custom. The case of the wife of George the First was so clearly distinguishable from the principle, that he scarcely thought it necessary to notice it. She had been divorced before the accession of her husband to the Throne. Had George the 'First - married again with any Princess .of the Continent, there could be no doubt h er re l at i ves W ou ld h ave insisted on. her Coronation, in order that all question on the subject might be _removed. The great body of authority was in favour of the right, with the exception of - the cases he hid mentioned, and that of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First, to which he should refer in the course of his argument. If the case of the wife of John were pressed against the present claim, it would be answered by the fact he had cited from Matthew Paris ; but there was another circumstance which rendered this part of the argument conclusive, and put the case of John's Queen alto gether out of the question. It was this. John was mania I again, and his second wife was 'crowned—a circumstance I er. fectly'consistent with the present claim, and with the fact rinn tioned by . Paris, that the first marriage was very doubtful.- It was not nis desire to allude to rumours ; but certain it was that rumours had gone abroad respecting a supposed private marriage in the present case; and by a partial analogy to the case of John, it might probably be thought proper, even on the ground of expediency, to hav e h er M ajesty crowne d , i n order to put an end to such rumours. To return, however, to the ar gument arising out of the custom. From the time of the Conn quest there were twenty-seven instances of the Coronation of English Queens; and down to the time of Henry the Eighth the custom Was unbroken, with the exception he had already men tioned. These Queens, were those of William the Conqueror, William Rufus, Henry the First, Stephen, Henry th e S econ d , Richard the Fir s t ; (th e case of John's Queen he had already exanain,ed) Henry the Third, Edward the First and downwards; as regarded all the married Kings down to Henry the Eighth. 'The Queens ofall these Kings had been crowned either with or after their husbands. He touched upon the case of Ileary the Eighth with .some reluctance, as it was not a desirable precedent in looking at the conduct of h us b a nd s towar d s their wives. however be conceded nothing which might be contended from this preceeset. The strongest observation to be made upon it arose out of the unsettled state of the Church. Whether Eng land had a Church, or whether she was under the ecclesiastical dominion of the See of Rome, were casuistical points which no man dared to discuss but at the hazard, and often the for feiture, of his life. Besides three of the four wives whom he took after he had beheaded Anna Boleyn were his subjects before marriage, and it was not likely that they .would be dis posed to press a right they had acquired by the condescension of their husband. The fourth (Anne of Cleves) was his wife for a very short time, an d was excee d i n gly - glad to get • rid of that eke; she lived in retirement, and was called .and de meaned herself as Henry's sister. He now came to the case of Henrietta Marie, the Queen of Charles the First. It was a very strong circumstance in favour of the right that the pro clamation for the ceremony included the Queen ; but, she was a Catholic; she was in other respects unpopailar, and it was generally understood that frOm respect to her husband she waived her right: The peculiar unhappiness of her present Majesty was, that she could not waive the right without eapos ing herself to imputations which were falsified by every act of her life. He believed that all the instances of waives were to be traced to that attention which it is the duty of a wife to pay to the wishes of her husband in all cases not affecting her own ho nour ; and the general performance of which duty was so honour able to the female sex. The Learned Gentleman here entered in to an examination of the legal meaning of the word " Custom." , The Law, as generaily spoken of, consisted of the Common Law, !' the Statute Law, and the Law of particular Custoins ; the last i being in fact a branch of . the first. Whether the present was a peculiar right, or a general custom, was perfectly immaterial, as the usage was a proof of its existence. He really thought that to submit a clearer case was impossible, and that he was un intentionally led to some repetition. In matters of rark and pre- • cedence the King was almost omnipotent, but the King, never theless, must be - guided by custom as a part of the Law. In this respect the King could neither create nor take away a right; but independent of custom, the Coronation was a so lemn compact sealed by the obligation of an oath. A part of that oath. was.the administering of justice; and would it be said that the King should violate his oath on the very occasion of his taking it ; and that too with respect to the first of his 'subjects ? Suppose the King Were to ineke an order for the exclusion of all the Peers whose 'attendance was essential— would not this destroy the force of a ceremony which, deriving its weight from custom, would in this case be a departure frcro it ? This, however, was a religious ceremony. Neither the Earl Marshal nor the Lord High Constable could be excluded ; and yet lie submitted that these were comparatively only ornamental persons. The ceremony was attended by the receiving of the sa crament, and nothing should be done which could remove from the King those feelings of humility which ought to possess him on the performance of so sacred a duty. He was quite sure their Lordships would feel much relieved if they could come to a decision, which might relieve them from the possibility of a Suspicion that their feelings had influenced their judgment._. Nothin ' a that - he had be en a bl e to co ll ect i n his researches on the subject had brought him to suppose that this was a favour, and not a right. There was a degree of rank attendant upon all • persons whe'assisted at the performance of the ceremony ; and i it might not be generally known, that every person so assisting was entitled as of, right to the rank of Esquire as long as he lived. It was, therefore, highly necessary for those who dis puted the right to' - shew some authority from which it might be collected, that this - was a favour, or a proof of conjua gal affection. He thought that when his late Majesty signed the contract, by which. her. Majesty became the Princess of Wales, it implied that when Ilea, husband succeeded to th e Throne, she w a s to b e Crowned.' SheladalmWever, no relatives, and there was no foreign Court to support her rights ; but be was sure that the Assembly lie was addressin g had too much English feelin gs i n th e i r b osoms, not to consider her right with the same attention as' if it were seconded by those advantages. Would to God that she were in a condition either to ask the fa- your, or to give up the right ! But her peculiar situation pre cluded both ; a nd s h e mainta i ne d her right, borne out as it was by the custom of the country : a custom which 'protected dig nity as well as property, and the violation of which would I I enfeeble the security of both. .Why did we. sub m it t o a Kingly Government? Because it was the custom from time im memorial to do so. , The custom therefore must be taken with all its incidents and all its inconveniencies. Why did Jurymen, in many cases of the highest Crime, sit in judgment on the lives of their fellow-subjects ?—Because the law, founded on custom, gave them a right to do so. Upon what authority did the House of Peers sit as a Court of Law ?—Upon that of custom. Why did the Commons sit in Padtarnent ?---Because it was a custom to assemble them for that purpose by the King's Writ. Custom hadhnade not oily the Law itself, but the makers of the Law; for it was custom shine which enabled, the three Estates of King, Lords, and Co mmons , to ma k e L aws -for the GovernMent of the Country. Remade these remarks not to de rogate from, but to add - to the dignity of the Crown ;, for its dignity -would be violated by a departure from that custom on which its dignity in some measure depended. It was impossi ble to take the benefit and reject the condition; to take the prin ciple and reject the accessary. Allegiance itself, the comple tion of winch was intended by the ceremony, would be weak ened by a violation of the established custom. The present Claim was advanced as a right on the authority of that custom; and if it was no right, it was not asked as a grace or favour. If the right of any individual were inaaded,thatright existing upon legal custom, the property - of no man in the country would be safe. In defence of that customary law, the Queen stood before their Lordships for herself, her successors, and the people of England, in defence of rights which could not be withheld with out injustice to all. He contended, th a t a case h a d been laid before their Lordships, which, in a Court of Law, it Would be impossible for any ability to get over. By -analogy to • any Zither right founded upon custom, this would be seen in a moment. In the case of a right'of way, for instance, enjoy ment so long uninterrupted would - establish the right, 'and the slight interruption, being satisfactorily explained, would confirm rather than weaken it. He really did not wish to go over the exceptions ; but he could not refrain from again reminding their Lordships that the case of the Queen and George I. mast be put out of view. Upon the whole, he really saw but one decision to which he thought their Lordships could come ; and that was favourable to his Illustrious Client. The right, he repeated, was claimed on the custom which being part of the law the Barons in the reign of Henry the Third had declared should not be Changed ; and still less could they be changed in part, and retained for the remainder, as it was propos e d t o d o , b y exclud ing her Majesty. He should have troubled their Lordships with smite observations on the ceremony of the Coronation ; but he declined doing so, after the able manner in which the subject had been discussed by his Learned Friend; and lie was unwilling to go over ground already so often touched. The case he submitted was clearly established on all the grounds which had been taken for its support; and he left it with the fullest satisfaction- for their Lordships' judgment. The claim was put forth by, her Majesty in self-defence;_ • be cause she could not forego it without sacrificing her honour, dearer to her than life itself. Had she been content to pur_ chase tranquillity with the loss of that honour she might have done so ; but she refused, with that magnanimity so peculiar to her character. He rested her case with confidence in the hands of their Lordships. Her Majesty looked forward to their decision with equal confidence, and without suspicion ; and she would in any event meet their, judgment with perfect resignation. The Court was tberi adjourned until to-morrow, (this day), it being first understood that in the interim, her Majesty's Couns) w2re to be furnished with Copies ~of certain Records, the inspection of whiCh they considered necessary. CARMARTHEN, JULY 4.--STATE OF THE POLL, 9TH DAY.—JOHN JONEs, Eig. 300 ; Sir WM. PAXTON, 273 ; majority for Mr. JONES, 27. The poll, even for the last eight days, it is expected, will close this day, and Mr. JONES returned. FAIRLOP FAIR.-Yesterday being the first Friday in July, and the day on which Fairlop Fair, on Epping Forest, is kept, at an early hour every preparation, was made, by John Bull and his family, to enjoy it. The line of march was crowded with every description of _vehicle, from the pea. r caft to the barouche and four. A num ber of furniture caravans had a very pleasing ap pearance, being literally moving groves, in.which were a number of well-dressed persons of both sexes, accompanied with music, . From the judicious arrangements made by. the Lord of the . Manor (Sir EDWARD IliasE,) in conjunction with the Magistracy of the County, it.was ex pected that the rural fete would terminate with out.any of those unpleasant circumstances:which have lately atteudedfairs flear.town. ' . FINANCE. The following is the Official. Quarter ended' on Thursday. responding Quarter last Year, of about .E 407,000; but it will b ing to- above £211,000, are to 1, real deficiency not quite £2114,0i sth April 1 1820, I Account of the Revenue for the Upon comparing it with the cor there is an apparent deficiency )e Seen, that two sums, amount deducted from it, leaving the :-- stl: April increase, (Decrease:' Customs 1,882,846 Excise - 8,620,609 Stamps Post Office 352,000 Assessed Taxes 2,343;380 Land Taxes Miscellaneous 1,898,699 6,298,810 1,518,493 313,000 2,323,010 445,366 - 64,972 13,280,273 12,872,380 Deduct 1 13,583 4,622 5,723 26,198 [crease .. Decrease on the Quarter.... Deduct March Stock in hand, paid in the July Quarter, 1820 - - - £140,458 Deduct also a payment to the Treasurer of the Navy, for the expense of the Revenue Cruisers ►order the orders of the Admi ralty, incurred in the year 1819 73,765 *.* For Font:l6N LITERATURE, see the Fourth Page. HEIIDO.MADARY. 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Evening, 11 minutes after B. THE UN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, S'ATURDAY, JULY 7, 1821. THE QUEEN'S CASE. PRIVY COUNCIL.---This morning the Privy Council resumed their sittings at Whitehall, to consider the question of right assumed on the part of the QUEEN for the honours of the Corona tion. The interest of the public seemed, if pos sible, to increase with the progress of the pro ceedings, and the avenues were this morningeven more than usually crowded. At half-past nine o'clock the Members began to assemble. The LORD CHANCELLOR was the first that came. Ire was shortly after followed by the Earl of HAP.ROIYBY, the President of the Council, and the Earl of WESTMORELAND, Lord Privy Seal.] The Dukes of MONTROSE and WELLINGTON also attended. There was also at the Council Board, the Marquesses CAMDEN, CIIOLMONDELEY, HERT FORD, LONDONDERRY, Earl BATHURST, Earl GROSVENOR, the Earl of DONOUGILMORE, Lords SIDMOUTII, TEIGNMOUTH, J. THYNNE, Lord MELVILLE, Lord AMHERST ; The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and the Bishop of LONDON. The same Chief Judges of the Courts who attended before—the same Learned Counsel for his MA JESTY and the QUEEN, with a still larger mis cellaneous attendance of Members of Parliament and persons of rank, not of the Council. There were upwards of 30 Members of the House of Commons present. Mr. TIERNEY sat in his old place, outside the bar. The rush was tremendous when the doors were thrown open. The ATTORNEY GENERAL rose at half past 10 o'clock.—He commenced , by declaring that be was prepared to prove the right of the Queen to participate in the ceremony of the Coronation to be a mere 'derivative right, and one entirely de pendant upon the will of the King; for the pur pose of shewing this he quoted the absence of all mention of the Queen's Coronation ceremony by the Law writers upon the prerogatives of , Queens Consort, and inferred its non-existence as a right to be, clear from that omission. lie then entered largely into the historic prece dents quoted by Mr. Brougham, and sheaved, from the variation of the time of crowning even Le Queens mentioned, that the ceremony was not one of right, but merely permissive —and de. pendant upon the will of the King.—This was ; he thought, clear from the antient rolls, which never mentioned the Coronation' of a Queen, but in such .a way as to shew that it emanated 1 from the Proclamation of his Majesty. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read extracts from the most eminent law authorities, to shew the right of the Queen to receive the honours of the Coronation to be merely deriva tive. He alluded to the reign of Henry VI C. that Monarch being crowned without his Queen, and although the - country was torn with the dissentions of the House of York and Lan caster, the Yorkists being very strong, and Mar garet the Queeu being of that party, her claim to partake of the honours of the Coronation was not demanded as a right, and consequently the King allowed her to be crowned two years after, as mark of his Royal favour, From exeracts which the Learned Counsel read froik the woks of . Baco Coke;• Blackstone, .&;c . . clearlixNpa, peired the tlueep lia I only the derivativ'e . clai The ATTORNEY GENERAL, at one o'clock, was arguing the question in a most poW•erful manner y and is likely to occupy the vihole of the day. The Rosario, arrived at Portsmouth, sailed from St. Helena the 17th May, with the dupli cates of the Dispatches sent by the 'Heron ; and by an Officer who came home in her, we are favoured with the . folloWing particulars respecting the death and interment of BUONAPARTE, on the authenticity of which oar readers may place the fullest reliance, and which come down to a later period than any which have hitherto been published.---The death of BuoNA PARTE, which had been momently - expected for some days, was announced from Longwood, by' signal No. 3, as had been previously arranged on Saturday, May '5, about 6 o'clock in the afternoon , The corpse was not seen that night by any p er gon but his own attendants, who performed the usual Catholic ceremonies over it. At day-light the next morning, the Governor, with several of the principal Officers on the Island, went up tp Longwood, where BuoNAPARTE was laid out on his Austerlitz camp-bed. A drawing of him.was take!' by Capt. MARRYAT, H.N. at the request of Sir IL LOVE, and with. the permission of Count MoN TIIGLON and General BERTRAND, which is said to be a very .fine and interesting likenesf- Shortly afterwards the body was opened, and bi s disease ascertained to be one that would have proved • equally fatal to him, whether i►e had continued at St. Cloud or resided I t St. Helena, a cancer in the stomach. Wh en this operation Was finished, his attendants dressed him in his regimentals, and laid him in state, 1 * ()c every one to see. BUONAPARTE had requested to be buried at the feet of two willo►ti•s, growiPg near a spring to which he used to send f or the water that he drank at table ; and his wish was complied with, the corpse having been first em balmed. His funeral was performed with mil l ' tary honours ; the Governor and principal of4ce r° and inhabitants of the Island joining in the Pr ° cession, and all the Garrison attending on th e occasion. Capt. MAnayATT has taken drawing s ' both of his Tomb,which is placed in a v er y roman- situation, and of the Funeral Procession from Longwood. The Rosario has , brought 1 01 " BUONAPARTE'S Will, and many other FRP' ! " belonging to that extraordinary personage, the contents of which were kept a profound secret a t St. Helena. Count MoNTRoLoN, Genera} a" il Madame BE RTRAND , an d t h e other members °f his household, are expected shortly to arrive i ° the Camel. The French- Journals of Wednesday contra il ' ) an article from the Austrian Observer, givirl4 3° unfavourable report of the operations of in Walachia and Moldavia. The c° r Pi n of 2.000 lletaerists w hi c h YPSILANTI had st ; li some time sinc e t o F o k sc h an and Galati, o ' T pr . the command o f C ANTAcuzENo,.has been entire -e defeated and di s p erse d b y the troops O f the Pacha of Ibrailow. In the event of an energ etl l l. attack by the Turks, Yesx.r„viin, it is said, - "' l te o abandon hi s p os iti on at Tergowisch, and retire. Nimpolungo,wh ere he hopes th e a lm os tinaccesl° bl defiles across th e m oun t a i ns w ill secure hialfrey, further pursuit. One of his officers„Captain GSKr, with 500 Arnauts, surprised a body Of I Turks at Statin a , w h o we re e ith er kill e d or mad e prisoners. The town was reduced to ashes, a . !!` o the party then return e d t o th e i r . f ormer at Pitescht. All communications between - " co charest and th e f ron ti ers o f A ustr i a have bea, cut off by the I nsurgen t s . Th e military Pfellre rations of Aust r i a on t h e f ront i ers o f Tur1:0 1 ,; 00 of the most f orm id a bl e description.- The COrti, of Austri an t roo p s , or rat h er the Corps of O bser vation, on the f ron ti ers exten d s from Czerh°"'fov, in Buckowina, t o Mehadia,...: in - the 1 ;"' 1 The - left wing of this . corps covers . part of Bukowina which touches the r ei' of Moldavi a ; th e centre extends from be •to ap. which is the extreme frontier o.f this princif ) . to llermanstadt, in Transylvania, and t!:; c ii) 2 wing reach e s as f ar as t h e B annat. The po 0 1 '7 force of th e A us t r i ans i s concentrated io t ` , ' E Lc virons of Cronstadt whence they, can reo clil t ° detached, ac cor di ng to circumstances, eit' i l The, the frontiers of M o ld av i a , or i n the ,llantot",cteci frontiers of th ese t wo pr i nc i pal i tie3 have Ilttr, the chief att en ti on o f t h e Austrians, bec" usL ar e 50 are now the th ea t re o f war . O ther tronl's rpS , stationed as t o b e a bl e to reinforce, the c i , t 'ose" observation in case o f necess i ty. It is „ s° `' , :iburg a corps of r e s erve w ill b e f ound at Clll— Transylvania, f he By a private l e tt er f rom Madrid, 0 - i t o the of June, w e . are inf orme d that the Sess t Cortes was to c l ose on t h e 30t h of ti :tordinarf i The' convocation of th e C or t es x d u i ; eeo . pu b , seems fixed, though no thi ng official : a I was much fished respecti ng it. Th e p u blic ,re - agitated on . this su bj ect, and it was a P I hended that some great events of occurrin g . Opi n i ons respecting. the conv°a itas t he • tion are very divided : some consideri ng ,01 only means o f sav i ng th e conntry, while others ary will are fearful the C or t e s E x traocd i n we re ou . the eve (-9, 321,799 62,952 15;340 434,M11 26,19 £407,893 214,223 193,670