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Iger Ceiat , • - • • . . . . . _ - . 1 rr--- At\ 0 ----: "\ • 141 1 .. W 4/; 17 0 I ), f AC-- -- 1/1 / :: ) r '•-• 7 71 . • • N .. ..1it • P.. ul zi ; 7 , T-mBER, .9007.] MONDAY, JULY 9, 1821 VIZICE SWENPENGE: I,AsT WEEK. . • OYAL ACADEMY .SOALERSET PLACE. mi, TLCE is hereby given; that the Brn oN of flee ROYALAADM CEY will finalle close Pr ee:sei " „ `, v lu AY NEXT, the 14th in s tant, a t S e v e n o'Clock • ~dmiasion (every Day, from Eight °Thick till Seven), On Shilling; Catalogue, One Shilling. H. HOWARD, R.A. Sec. daE„:!!ibit-ors are requested to send for their Works on Tirs- T 1711 i, or Wednesday, the lgth.' 'V PRIVY COUNCIL. THE QUEEN'S RIGHT TO BE CROWNED. [Further Particulars of Saturdays Proceedings.] Mr. BitotlonAm said, he now held in his hand, and was prepared to - lay before the Council, the documentary evidence to which he and his Learn ed Friend had adverted in the course of their addresses, in support of her Majesty's memorial. Lord LIVERPOOL.-Very well. Should it be required, the Council will desire it to be handed in. • E and EXTENSIVE GALL.Y, No. 14, 'r e f. NIE N W MW AN= STR EP EET,. OXFORD-STRE E T, INOW OPEN •containing . NINETY PICTUIIES, Painted !)v the late BENJAMIN ~p ee j ni Esti . Presid en t of' the Roy . ii i•ieln(!to .Tip ` , u ns of Ibis EAEALIEST r. P LATsI. RODuC rivw every thy froc Te,p tilt Six.. "ldnii'tanee One Shillina; Ct•tiogne One .c-Innual Admission 'Pickets One Guinea each. . _ CHARLES SMART, Secretary. .4, N ewman -street, Oxford-street. ~ IE MIS. STRANGE. DASH WOOD, AND COMPANY'S CREDITORS. NoTrcE is hereby given, that the JOINT AG.N' i,CREDITORS of Messrs. STRANG'E, DASH WOOD, a \r, and PEACOCKE, (f o r m e r ly carry i ng o n b us i ness I;,`: l 4 nifers, in New Bond-street, under the firm of Strange, and Co.):who have proved their Debts under a th ' l4 ' ( !f 'trust, dated the 19th day o f July, IRO3, e xec ut e d by e i.,:,`"l firm for the' Itetiefit of their - CreditGrs, may receive Docu.kll-IF.R DIVIDEND of FIVE SHILLINGS in the five N Ocon their re , pect ire Debts, upon applying at. the Of . No. 20, Drvonshire street, 'Portland. toil,,''emeett the hours o f I 0 an d , clock on either of the a 4d 4111?; days, r;z. r ....-th e toth, 11th, kith, 1 3 th, 17th, 18th, the,2°th days Of July instant. And such of the said Creditors. ,t'aYthen t ler Dividend of Two Sbillings and It e . r n ee the Pirund was postponed in pursuance of the Nfr,""nioos at General Meeting of the Creditors of Messrs. I go' I<e + Dashwood, and Co., held on the 2(1 day of May, thear —lt the sante•time 'revive the Dividends to which th,Ylare r espectively entitled, with interest fort he same from ii.,, n t;t h day of May, 1505, to the 4th day of July instant, pnr tn,it, t" the Said arittiutions. And all PCESMlSciaimin4 to he .+11,; (.4 . to, receive eitherofsnch Dividends', eitheras Executors, th,.nistrators, Tiustees, Assignees, or 'otherwise than in t ` r il ight, art retitteted to" leave at the said Mr. Le!tke'. i nipeetion, 'two days previously to their applying '4144 Dividends the Original ant lfztrity . unikr which they !'tall be so entitl e d, or a copy thereof; anti i n case they the "' ortiv a copy thereof, they will be retptired . to pro at he time they receive their D!volends. Pcrsons bidding Cash Notts; Post Notes, or Bills. of Firm, will be requited to produce the same at the receipt of the Dividend thereon. d Y was ,with cokored Plates; 111 Itmo, • price• - :cs. 6d. o 'rEs relatirig to. the -MANNERS and 4 l' s t C U-I S TONIS of tile carN.riurrmts: ‘Vritten dttrinz 11) Ql 'nl . ;s I esidence• aatong thst Peop le. By MAHN fur.JOHN W : ARP FN o'4 B street. SIIIP NEWS'. 1 4 C1 ,. . f(4 ) . 1:,..1. 91i OITT II .Tur.v B.—lrind N. E.— arrived yestber v-oh, '‘,.•.reliti trans'port from St.. Kitts,' 0n . t..„1-1 days ; and Ru i- Nt•„ 2 °,l berry, from Havannali, out a/ days; the latter is Arri-. 4 enarantin-, Ciqiit Wien having died on the p...ssa, . kti ( f A .,",(l t ..aa, fl'a 7 - ',lale'gty's ship Doris from the eastward ; ..A,,.• '''-i4 ii - , / .1.e.-.5 ‘ '2", from Dantzze. Passed up Channel - the li - ' 4 ',." I Y• - Ileazl e - - - fidrn Antigua; Pass;sl .by the Princess il l% 1-i `t ? of ‘- ‘1 1. :42's Ileden, for Bengal... Remain at Spithead 1t,„,-,:rties.-:'ft grlip'..-`..t.01, .Yctive, Aurora, Nijmen, Tyne, pi l ', Iltiron, - Hound arid Doris. ''' c 't° tr l'li, JULY 7.—Wind N.—Arrived his . IN .. .T . aje:lt o y m 's l !•'lof iar lectuin from a cruize Harriet, Cununing?,r ofi Piym's ; 4141 ' Bret' rs.- . Fvrni, front, Dundalk. Arrived I:to-,011th the p am ! owe . r.;, from Oporto ; and Ann, Sughnie l 'i.,%t i'l jaru i ,"` j an, in‘ - ‘ 60 days ' both fur London. Sailed the ; .r d ' s '''' l lt for Teneriire.' . - . Abl A ni._,°(. l. l.ll,' .; ei y 6.---Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the n't -1- `ti., 5 fond'7;,.; -n, from ' Drain. S-filed the. Du re the Ap.:l,itePri..4:_cilv.t . - kili & O . n; and . Lord Sitimorith, ditto, far li a c n,with Mali,. pith, llWl Clii jII Ly 7.—Arrived the Henry .. packet, Freelin ',, tii,,rll- from Holland. Sailed the Prince of Oran,,e. packet ' ll. ;ie °,s'a-front ; Lord Nelsen, ditto, for - Cuxhaven ; and Jane, .1.14 :f.e r n ettenburgh eel with a Mail. ktil,,,\''t, JULY 9.---%Vind N. E.—Arrived yesterday _and. 1 1 '1h , • . 4. ,', 1 1 - Cir ., toe River tie Robert Edwards, Sherburne, from ,s,'l l, lla • Jale Whitney, from. Genoa; George ( IV., '' ' ''', •f- ' ..) '. ' Harriet, Taylor, from Aloga ore. 1•""e . e ' -•'°;" ' a ' as ; and giika„ e 7tl f - zoln Cie River and sailed the b s..pin a - „ s - ) . -ctater, Harrison ; and oi Amelia, - Storey, for l l t te et:.. I- - 7 44; .11'''.4'"e d3wr* freni - ' T -rtheri for St. the River to-day and sailed the 0 1 1te . - •toggart, for Calcutta ; Alaria,- re . g. ~ 1 i le 1;' and 6ussex, for Sierra Leone. Arrived r, _ ....ndremain 1. '4 1 rP n ied . ary, S. 'S. froth Port Jackson ;Al lir , Gumho, ta lk ; and Maria, LoWe, from palermo i . am 'Saile .4 1 1 r; 4 ' . „ 4 ,,' 11 - i lKi'und for the River. The - Borneo, Ross, for the ...,'"u -- ii. ,, taiTi,..,. , is preparing to sail. ,d (•_,, • • - _—....- , s'art.. - 7 , - ,...1 - -, e d its proceedings at Portsmouth 1 . .. uwa ..i. aia.. commenced . tzkla.„ , ..y,'oart he alleged charges against Captain . Re nt - i . - ' -ac ut• ,-, rt - Fletcher, of the Tees . , of oppression to the ..,, l 4, ....• • N 4 ftil ' , out f , : , r`,-,y witnesses were examined on that and the t: tl-1 '4 0 710g days, when the prosecution closed. Friday and 1, 14 *0 •-•,•le Court rnzt, pro forma, and adjourned to this day, l i'llat. ' to pr.paro his detence. 1' : , ,, "43.4.. ?4 -.l _%sTY 'Al ' i s "- pe t r il s n o e n.l..... yacht, the Royal George, will be 4:,,, i kit" t rry respect for his I .II . AJEsTiL 1 4 .7tf t i,' - ortsmouth harbour on Thurs..ay 's reception, and will -' next. The Royal ,s,,'"N 'et and Prince Regent yachts, commanded by Sir Ed cF`thki. (2,- Owen and Sit M. Seyniour, are daily expected at 4;?litio(ll6frorn Deptford, to , join the Royal squadron under 3,4 el te the Hon. Sir Charies Paget. The three yachts " 4 1'..r : 4„'atoslisave a Lielitenant app_ointed. Lieutenant IL Min- I t ' .I),,4tn.essrs. Griffiths and Boyle, Queen_ Charlotte,. and 1- ) Y3-11,i QII) dilbion (Midshipmen), are appointed to the 14b4 tii:! )rge. th e at '; 1 2 101 11iPg the John trap ort, Lieut. Church, agent, •.I,l.ihllth•ot,o4r.itsinouth from St. Kitts, .which island she left on there the' Salisbury (Admiral Fahie), A otit ,i , i , e ' ~e , leaving Esk s l . of war had gone to Nl l i c , s‘a . t o b 'Palmou ; the' , oop valtis ~... eh i, "::t e _ hove down, and the Sapphire was c y raising. The and navy in- I ti , 4 t. , ca me ho ve• y .healthy. o. ,, , kr i t 1 . 0 o b le in the john l . 4i ll it i i r rn. A.deane, Master, Salisbury, f ~ stis . b a ..r es, 11..31 came pass . eugers. e llee 1 ' 'e beenissued to stop the .. proceeding of the De bo , ritn 2 • ..1 4... K Wlleli' and another transport, with the 6th . regiment , On 411 ori 'V embarked at Hull for St. lielena—they wa, to • () 0 "orsd a y. A rl iVed n ay the Aurora, 46, Captain Henry Prescott, C. B. 2 4 nes r . at Portsmouth from Woolwich, fitted for the South crti ti,all...tation; and the DiSpatch 18, Captain Jervoise, gi ttrr --e "owns : she proceeded. on 'Wednesday for the Mc b Thf -tie .k ari • , ri ll , - A-ho 1, Bu, Captain Henry Bourchicr, went out of bth",lP°"th Harbour on Tuesday - and remains at Spithead, tloi li ' l . e zi..etive, Aurora, Niemen, Tyne, Rosario, Heron, and Sr rid a • ~,,-,. afternoon the Dromedary store-ship, Mr. RICHARD '4elll',l, Commander, anchored at Spithcad, from New Vik a .,"' / .1 (1 New South Wales,. fir a few hours. She landed teport"knolis.§ioner Bigg, who is _charged with an important tk v, to.. Government of the present state of the colony, and pr o 1..4.1 other passer ens. At ten o'clock on Friday night she 11.1.,eetleel for the river,. to land her c.argo of masts and spars ti ll l'll, shipped at New Zealand. She left New South Wales ik 4 .tO,e 14th of b'ebruary.Two convicts escaped from their kild ll 'onee t at New South Wzdcs, 'on board - - the Dromedary, too ','7 2 re -not discovered to be in her till she had been mote than 4 .48 `,t 0 . _1 , 1 3 ;at tea : they are now in custody. The Dromcdary ..03.1.?r,0.1ght nomea large and va1w. , 112 collection nf plants and • .1, :it ocalaly preserration.—On the 13th May, in let. 2. 10. if. .:Zr i lg, , 2.2. 13. W. the Drcmedary spoke the Themes whaler, h, -,. 5 . trorn London ; •on the I,sth Al ay, lat, 5. 26.. kng. 22. 53. ,-,,-Pf.,l!t.)tlea, froom Philidelphi a fni Canton ; 2fith l'ilay, lat. 11 . 0 2, lonz. 40. 5. the Bristol, from rfengid and Sr. Helem : r wn s e ,tis jat. ;it . . 41. long. 33. 52. Visconte Monte Alegre Rio 1 , ,, j , ...Or Ly•bon ; 2-ith .Tune„ lat. 48. 9.. long. 16. . tit( •,, , ttif t , :-t . 7., 5r.9.41 Llyerpool for Quebec. The Dromedary sailed tmrsaay Moining for PerfSMO;ith• -- - Lord HARROWBY.-Mr. Attorney. General, have you any observations to offer on what Coun sel have stated to their Lordships ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose or the purpose of offering such observations as had oc curred to him in consequence of what had fallen from the Queen's Counsel, in support of her Ma jesty's Claim to .be Crowned. He, perhaps, should best discharge his cility by stating that the claim, as one of right, which , had been so stre nuously asserted, and attempted to be proved by the Queen's Attorney-General, that her Majesty, as queen, Consort, had a legal right to enjoy the ceremony of the Coronation, was not a legal right, but one altogether derivative and permis sive. The claim, he was prepared to contend, was altogether unfounded. He could- find no traces of it extant, as a legal right, in any of the recognized authorities, where it doubtless would be found if it had the legal foundation ascribed to it. He 'could not find it mentioned in the works of the legal or constitutional writers .who had set forth or touched upon the privileges of the Queen Consort. The grounds (or rather the single ground) upon which her Majesty's claim has been put, was that of usage ; and it was said .by the Queen's Attorney General, that long-continued usage established both legal and constitutional right. But if he proved that here the usage was not original, but derivative, then there was an end at once to the claim set up on the ground of wage. His Learned Friends had. by way of illustration of their argument, in-. stanced the case of a right of way, and followed it up by asking, whether, if at common law, a right of way had been proved to have been used by any person throughout a long tract of time, that right would not be deemed to be legally es tablished ?_ If the right of way were,an.original right, inherent in, or uniformly exercised by the party using it, then he admitted the force of the Illustration ; but if, on the contrary, it were a right of way permitted to the party by the Lord Of the Manor, or any other primitive owner, then the long usage availed. nothing to the party exercising it, the permissive .right being clearly resumable by the original owner. If the li- CenCe nod permissinn an end of the right. By that proof, all the inferences drawn from the use were at an end —they were at mice destroyed. How important then was it to consider the circumstances.accom panying the alleged right ; how essential to learn in what manner the right, if right. mere usage could be called, had .been exercised. They must inquire how it had originated—howit had been exercised; and for what purposes; he would shew the crowning ola Queen Consort to be an honour and a ceremony that proceeded from, and depended on, the King's will. As to the supposed uninterrupted enjoyment of the ceremony, (even if there had been no interrup tion from the Norman Conquest), he should here after advert to the argument founded on it. In reply to the main ground of his opponents, he should have to speak of the nature of a Corona tion. Having considered the nature of the cere mony as applying to Kings and Queens,' where the Sovereign at the time of the Coronation was married, he should then examine, perhaps at some length, the. supposed- usage, and the cases ad duced to maintain the alledged right founded on usage. Witli respect to the probable origin and nature of the Coronation of a Monarch, it origi nated perhaps in the fact of the Monarchs of this country, as well as that of others, having been elected. Though the mode of succession to the Throne was subsequently altered, then, as now, the Coronation was for the purpose of the Mo narch's recognition by the people, and on the part of the King to enter into the solemn com pact to preserve the laws. The - Coronation of a Queen was a mere ceremony ; but that of the King was accompanied by important political acts—the recognition by the people, and on the other hand, the •solemn compact entered into by the Sovereign to preserve and maintain the laws of the realm. Still, however, as far even as the King was concerned, it was but a ceremony; it was not necessary to the Sovereign's possession of the Crown—it was that which proceeded from his will, and might be dispensed with.' But the. Queen Consort, who filled no political cha racter in the State, had only enjoyed tile privi lege because she was the King's Consort. With respect to a Queen Consort, when she was crowned, there was no recognition of her by the people, no compact towards the people. There was no engagement between her and the subjects of the realm. That fact was established, that with. respect to a Queen Consort, a Coronation was a Mere ceremony. It was an honorary ceremony, unaccompanied by any acts; and be it alWays remembered, that the Coronation of a King, ac companied as it was by. political acts, the recog nition, the compact, &c. was a ceremony which the Sovereign was not obliged to perform. It proceeded froth the - Monarch's will ; it was not essential - to his legq! possession and enjoyment of the CrOwn. This was clearly laid down in their law books. Lord Coke, for instance, in Calvin's case, stated, that by Queen Elizabeth's death, the Crown dezzeOded to James ; that by snail-death, he thereb3i—becat;;;e, and was absolutely King, without the ceremony of a Coronation; that a Coronation was. but a Royal ornament, and an outward solemnizationit formed no part of the Ring's title. to the Crown. Such were the principles held by Lord Coke ; and that the Coronation neither was nor had been considered to be essential to , the possession of the Crown, was proved by the fact of Considerable delays having taken place between the accession of the Monarch and his Coronation. Henry the Sixth, for instance, was not crowned till the Sth.year of, his reign, yet several persons were attained for' high .treason before his coronation took place.— Again, in the " Pleas of the. Crown," it was held that the King was fully invested with the Crown the moment it descended to him ; that he was absolutely King, although there should have been no Coronation ; and that the Coronation was only a magnificent ceremony e which settled, what the law had p rev i ous ly arranged and made absolute. Though the Coronation was but a cc, retnony, yet it.was.so important a ceremony, that no King could be advised to dispense with it, on, account of the important political acts with which it was connected. If the Coronation of a King, important as he held it to be, proceeded from the sovereign will, a fortiori, it must be so with that of a Queen Consort. In her instance it was a mere ceremony, and must depend on the will and favour of the Sovereign. The rights of the Queen Consort. did not-proceed from any. Coronation ; they.flowed from her relationship to the Sovereign. _Nor was it essential to the peo ple, for the Queen Consort occupied no political statiom This view of the right was strengthened by the important preamble of William and Mary, which settled the Coronation Oath s . which set forth, that " 'Whereas by the law and ancient usage of this Realme, the' Kings and Queens thereof have taken a solemn oath upon the Evan gelists, at their respective Coronations, to main tain the Statutes, Laws, and Customs of the said Realme, and all the people and inhabitants thereof it their Spiritual and Civil Rights and properties. . But forasmuch as the oath itselfe on such occasion administered hath heretofore beetle framed- in doubtful words and expressions with relation to ancient Laws and Constitutions at this time unknowne. To the end therefore - that one uniform, oath may be in all times to conic taken by the Kings and Queens of this Realme, and to them respectively administered at the times of their and every. of their Coronation— May it please your Majesties, &c." The Act then went on. to state what the oath should be. The language of the Act applied to Queens Regnant, not to Queens Consort, for to the latter no oath was administered. The Act referred to szes MfItIZ r (Sr nation performed by ttie reigning `Monara, whether a King or Queen were on the throne.' —lndeed the whole of the ceremony of the Queen's Coronation was an adjunct to the King's, and not a distinct solemnity recog nizing any right to enjoy it on the part of the Queen Consort. It was in vain to plead that there were tenures and rights held by per sons which were dependent upon the Coronation of the Queen Consort ; so -there were upon the King's. But nobody would assert that if there were no coronation those rights would be forfeited; they were only to be performed if the coronation took•place ; if it did-not, and the King refrained from the coronation, then of course there could be no forfeiture of the rights or tenures ; so the argument founded upon - them went for nothing. The longest passage respecting the• ceremony of a Coronation was to be found in Selden : it was the most elaborate detail of all the matters con nected with the ceremony. Mr. Selden referred, in his chapter of " Honours," to the time of the Roman Emperors; and his tirgument, so far as it bore upon the question of a Queen Consort, was entirely with his (the Attorney-General's) view of the, present case. He particularly alluded to the remarks upon the title of Augusta being conferred upon the wives of the Roman Empe- I rors, but clearly and uniformly showing . that I that, as well as all other honours assigned the I Empresses, were conferred by the will and plea- I sure of their imperial husbands. The same author referred to the ordering of the ceremony in the pontifical writings, from which it appeared that in all that related to the Queen the demands of the King were the sole ground for perform ing it. If their Lordships would consult them, or any other of the ancient authorities and manu scripts contained in the Museum or elsewhere, they _would find that in no instance were there any reasons given for the coronation of a Queen, or" for any forms connected with it beyond the pleasure and demands of the King her husband. Amongst other things, Selden, speaking of the ceremonial of asCoronation, expressly said, that the "anointing, &c. of the Queen Consort. were dignities communicated by the King." Sodden further stated, that the anointing of the Queen, as well as her consecration—it was in fact a con secration rather - than a Coronation—proceeded ‘` demand" of the King, ftom . 1 the re - quest" and after he had been crowned, made to the Metro politan, who- had performed . such ceremony: Whoever looked through Selden, must admit him to hold that. a Queen Consort could no, more claim her Coronation, than she could demand that of the King. lie should now come to the Scottish Act of Parliament of James I. which had,. beets quoted by the Queen's Attorney Ceneral. Now, upon reference to that act, it was clef: that James I. owing to the troubled state of the times, and being about to leave Seotland, was most anxious to confer.npon his Queen the teres mony of the coronation. These were the words of the , statute, and he would assert from the very words themselves, that they. authenticated general right. 'The Attorney-General then re-; furred to the act 1.425 in the Scottish statutes, 109, paSsed in the -Bth Parliament of James I. .and read the 'following• '.aith to be - made 'to.the . Queen; be the Clergy and the Baronnes ." Quo die Dominus - Rex, ex • deliberatione et cousensu .totius. concilii, statuit, good! omnes et singuli successores .prelatortim regni quorum, cunque, neenon omnes singuli • hwredes futuri comitum, baronum, ornnidmque libere tenentium Domini Regis,: teneantur facere cousin - file .jura mentum Dominw nostrae. Regina. Nec ullus prxlatug de cetero admittatur ad seam temporali tatem, act hmrescujusvis tenentis Domini Regis ad suas tenendrias, nisi pries praestet iteginw illuci juramentum."—Did not the words, "Donal . na• nostra regime," bear out his - interpretation of the meaning of the Statute, and skew that'it had reference, not to any general right of the Queen's but to a particular ceremony which he wished to . have performed for his own Queen. The whole order emanated. from the. desire of the King him self. It was from him the letters of fidelity were .ordered to be " prometted" to the Queen. He again asserted that, according to the' construction of the ceremony in Selden and Pinkerton, no claim of right could be made out for the Queen. Among the old law writers, Bracton was, per haps, the most copious upon the prerogatives of the Queen; but he did not, in the-slightest de gree, hint to 'her having any right to the Corona . tion ; he did not enumerate any one part of that ceremony as appertaining to her legal . rights. Bracton had stated her being in law " a femme sole ;" he bad stated her claims to be " aura re gime;" but he was wholly silent about Corona tion prerogatives. He had a long chapter, " De Corauationa Regis," but not a word as a matter of right, " De Coronationa Regime." The Chief Baron Cummins spoke of the ceremony only in regard to the King. He treated separately of the Queen, mentions all her privileges, but is wholly silent with respect to her Coronation. Not one word of such right, either as a personal or public right, nor of the rights of those persons claiming to perform services. Blackstone has a chapter on the Queen, but not a word about Coronation. Her Majesty's Attorney and So licitor-General had taken - a review of the diffe rent Coronations. They had begun with William the Conqueror. The - reasons why his Queen was not crowned, Were satisfactory. William Rufus was not married. No argument in that case was furnished either way. Henry I. was not married. He then followed Mr. Brougham through his series of historical precedents. He would first advert to the case of William the First, whose wife was not crowned at the time; why to order it, though he did subsequently. — Did not that clearly skew the right, to be in the King? Rufus, not being married,. furnished no case.— The reign of Stephen he was surprised to hear so lightly pasSed over by his Learned Friends ; there was no reason assigned for his Queen not having been crowned, though married atthe time of his Coronation. It was true that she was sub sequently crowned, but if her right was impera tive,,why was she not crowned when she came over The reason assigned for the Consort of John not being crowned was, that he meditated) a divorce—now this 'determination of his could not have affected her right to, be crowned if that right actually existed , ; and _'as far as fact •went, there was an argument against the usage. Mr. DENMAN here interrupted the ATTORNEY GENERAL, to explain some misconception on the part of the latter. - The ATTORNEY-GESTERA proCeeded ; he allowed that she was afterwards 'crowned ; but the delay originating with the • King clearly proved. that the honour was solely - derivable from lum. It had been asserted that the wife of Edward the First had been crowned ; it was true that historians said so, but there *as no record extant which pioved her Coronation to have taken place. From' the circumstance of the son of Henry 11. having. been crowned, it was surely not meant to he inferred that either son or wife had such a right. - With regard to Henry VII. that Monarch, as represented by Lord Bacon, determined on being crowned, he contracted a marriage. He was afterwards desirous of avoiding to confer the honour of a Coronation on his Consort. There was a strong party in the country anxious to put forward and support the 'York interest, through which Henry was considered to derive his best tide to the throne ; and even under such strong circumstances in favour of his Queen being crowned, he refused it for a considerable time.— Now Bacon's words on that subject should be looked to with the closest attention, inasmuch as they clearly shewed that the Coronation was nothing more 'a mere cerernoey. That great lawyer hail ien expressed himself on thiS subject in a manner that was most striking and . conclusive. His words were these : " The -King was greene in his estate; and, contrary to his owne opinion, and desert both, was not without much hatfed throughout the Realme. The root of all, was the dis countenancing of the House of Yorke, which the general" flody of the Realme still affected. This did alieniate the hearts,. of the Subjects from him dayly more and more, especially when they saw, that after his Marriage, and after a Sonne.borne, use King did rieverthelesse not so much as proceed to the Coro nation of the Queene, not vouchsafing her the honour of a Ma . trimotiial Crowne ; for the Coronation of her was not till almost two yeares after, when Danger had taught him what to d0e."...._ Now he asked, if the Queen had a unlit to be crowned, would the word " Vouchsafe haVe been 'used? Most decidedly not. If the right existed, he would have been bound to have her crowned. Bacon continued to hive the reasons why Henry ." vouchsafed' a Coronation—"but for the extirpating of the routes and causes of tile like con emotions • in time to come, tne Km began to find where his shone did wring him, and that it was his depressing of the House of Yorke that did rankle and fester the affections of his peolle. And therefore being now too wise to disdaine perils any longer, and willing to give some: contentment its that: kind (at east in cerernonio, he resolved at last to proceed to the Coronation of his Queene."— • There again their 'Lordships would findthe Coronation called nothing more than a et reenony, and they would also see, that its being granted pr not, depended altogether on .the Will and pleasure of the Sovereign. Bacon was not merely an historian, but it was remembered that he was a great lawyer living .East • after the events which he recorded; and if the Queen had a eight to be crowned, it was pretty manifest that he would pot altoge ther have omitted to notiee it. Had Bacon considered that she had a eieht to he - clowned, would be have failedso insist on it? • Ile wanted no merles Oars' he had got to prove what was tee opinion of Lord Bacon on that sahject. All tne attempts which were rondo at the other side to explain this circumstance, had totally filed; while in support of his argument, he required no ce , er authcirity to chew those two leading points ; first, that the 3ueen rigor no right to tic crawned ; and secondly, that her Coronation Was merely a matter of ceremony. Henry VIM had only two wives crosvaed, and four who were not crowned— . and as far as that eel - se went- what was to be said of uniform sasage ? and the snore so when it was considered bow often the .practice was, interruPtod from time to time. Ms first Queen.' . and Ann Boleyn were Ole only two of Henry's consorts who • were crowned. Indy Jone'Snymour, who was the mother of • iris son, (for whicit he was so anxious),-:-she who was Ole of Ida . greatest favourites, was. not crowned; and -if the cerethony of a Corsnation were necas"sary es a public recognition of din • - Queen, what ran Was there in that (we, of all others, thar it. :should not haviebnen performed ? It was either a right or not a right :if it were a right, it could net be abstain-J1 from •if it were not a right, it was nothing more th a n a c e remon y, and de pended on the will of the..Soyereign. If it were a tight, and - connected, as it was said to be, With the rights of the. people, it could not be waived as it had been on so many different occasions. Some reasons were advanced by his Learridd Friends, as explanatory of the causes that prevented • - four of Henry's Queens from being crowned, • such is . the disturbed statt of the Church, and other matters ; but if the Coronation of a • Queen were a right in hir, and not .a - ceremony, the disturbed state of the Church was no • sufficient - reason. He could well apprehend how the din- • - turbed state of the Church, and attachment to Ann Boleyn, would operate on the mind of the Sovereign to.prevent the - Con ' ronation of his favourite wife, Lady Jane Seymour ; but it could only nave been done so, in consequence of its depenciinie on hi.cfree strata- have it performed or not. If it were a right, he contended that no motives of expediency or state • policy could have prevented it. Now as to Charles I. though Rush worth gave a very precise account of the solemnity of his Coro-h nation, he was totally silent as to the Queen, and no writer had sinceestated that she as crowned. There was, it, was true, in the Harleien Collection, an account of her Coronation ; but it was evidently , drawn up proipectively—for a something to be done—but not respecting any thing which was passed and had - been done. Irstated that " Two thrones were to be erected, one higher tor the King, and one-lower for the Queen--ttent • two chairs were to be provided—that the Regalia were to ' delivered—that the Ic.ing was to go under a canopy—that the - Queen was to appear irra gown," &c. Reading this, no Irian' • would doubt the fact that it had been written prospectively, ilfW scribing how the ceremonial was to take place before the actual ign sed ded i for na pub- ver ' celebration. That the Queen had not been crowned on that oc . - seemed clear dunce lnearf which Dr. Birch romapassag whicherch had 'aR i p c cas ur i i ol s esp curious licatiton but was prevented by death from giving to the world. - In one iSt.' these letters it-was stated, that "on Thursday 'die - Coronation of the King took place. The King wet - into West minster Church by water ; but that the Queen was not crowned." - On the contrary, the letters went on to say, that she stood' at a window, in the neighbourhood, looking on, while her La&ies were frisking and dancing in the room. Taking all the sea counts together, there could be no doubt that the wife of CharleS • '• the First was never crowned. If it were in the breast of the ' King to say whether the coronation should or - should not take place, cadet questio, the question fell at once to the ground.— It was probable enough, that she objected to certain parts of the ceremony ; but if she had the independent right which was now contended for, she could not have waived it ; and that ; especially, because it would be involving the - right> of others.— The ground of waiver could not exist as to a public right ; and if it were so, it was decisive against the claim - which was - now put forward. With respect.. to the _uniformity on which such force was laid, it proved nothing, if the being crowned was not a right, while the deviations did every thing to put an end • to the question of right; and the coronation of a Quen sorrbecathe mere matter of discretion in the 'Monarch. Charles 11. was not married till after his own coronation. Some doubt was thrown upon the fact of his having been ever 'married in : England by aProtestant:Bishop but though the historians of the times were silent as to the transaction, he found in a n6ws paper, entitled " The . Kingdom's Intelligence," and in " The Mercurius Politicus;" both published in May, Pit;?..,.tliatit was stated the King was married to the infanta of Portunal;by - beet,- Bishop of Loialon, at Portsmouth. If this were the case, then, there was an end to the Queen's objections to Share-his cos • . reflation ; 'for if she had no scruple at being married by a Pro testant, she could have no objection to be crownsd by a Pro testant. There were in her case peculiar circumstances, which rendered it very necessary she should be crowned .; and if it of a coronation performed for her. V Ile called en the Council to look how the case stood as to precedents sincethe time. of Henry VII. In the time of Henry VIII. two Queens had been crowned and foyer had not. The Queen of James I: was crowned. Ilene then were five who hail not received the honours of a corona- - tion, and three who had. Tile Queen of Charles the Second was . not crowned. The Queen of dames the Second was crowned with him. . The reign of William and Mary furniahed no stance, as as Masy was to be regarded as Queen Regnant: Ann also was Queen Regnant. The Queen of George the First (he had no wish to dwell on this case) had not teen crowned. Queens of George. the Second and George-the Third had lb-en crowned. .In all, from the time of Henry the Seventh, six Queens had been crowned, and seven Intl not ;' so that the ma jority was against the present • claim, . which it had been at-. tempted to support on the plea of ancient untnternipted usake. Such devird'ees evidently made against the 'right which his - Learned Friends conteniled for, and get rid of the inference , arising from usage, on which alone the right was founded. The fntms used in the coronation clad shelved, that the ciarilninet of Queens Consort was entirely at the 'discretion of their :Rayed husbands. The esise of Edward the Second, ae relnted in Rymer, . was referred-to, as a strong one in favour of the nresent claim. Edward the Second was crowned with his Quern, * arid ids) Learned Friends had, therefore, referred to the paper " De - Cot-onetime Regis et Regime' Celebeanda,", as that went directly to establish their chitin This paper requirtd Wilhelm°, and others, to whom it wes addresses:ft, to tie at. Wemtniinster, . because on such a • they, intendimus, Den propitio, aptul Westmonasterium coroneria. Ilobisananthithinse rooantes quatinus von et consors vestra hone modi coromenionit nestwe solemniis, dietis die et loco celEbrandhe art comitivam nobis et earissirme consorti - nestrai Ise.bellas Reginre Angl ie, ob nostrum ipsius consortis restree honorern, fatiendam person naliter, -moths omnibus. intersistis : et hoc sicut nos• nullatenus-omittatis." But in this instance the parties -sum. rrionect to attend at Westrnineter . were so called upon _merely on account of the coronation of the King. This he supported by referring to the form set forth . in Rymer, end by other (locus ments. He shewed from theSe that the Coronhtion had always been arranged by corninand of the King in nearly thesame terms a.s . in modern times. The proclamations used from the time of Charles the First,' always ran-n" 1-We have resolved." This proved that the Coronation proceeded from the King as well as the manner of the Coronation,- in which, after the oath had been tendered, the acciarnetiorts of the people - acknowledged him King, and the Oath and the acclamations were confined to him alone, and no recognition of the QUeen by the people took place on such occasions. The right of determining all that apa pertained to a Coronation was clear from the course taktn with respect to the form of prayer used on •the occasion. This was prepared by the Arclitisnop of Canterbury, and submitted by him to the - King and Privy Council, and not finally adopted till-the will of the Crown had been made known. Tho Liter Regalia was considered by his Learned Friend as a very va luable instrument to thew the ceremonies of the Coronation; hut he asked him, did he therefore mean to contend there Was any fixed-or settled ceremonial for cell Ceronationa ? The law knew no fixed ceremony-n-it was woltieet to the revision of the Heed of the Church, directed by an Order of Council-- A strong argument had been built by his Learned Friend en the fact that certain lands Were held by stertnin parsons on con dition of their per forming osrtetin services to the Queen at her Coronation. From this feet, his HMI. Friend inferred, that the ceremony of the Queen's 'Corotlation eves imperative, in older ' to ensure the rights of the holders of these lands. Surely, this was net i'.'vanced as a serions enegnanent. It must have peen:rad to his Learned Friends, that according to the feudal law, then! services were burthens on the landS, rend not rights conferring n title, by which those lends were hefil. Although the perfot ante of them'mightbe esteemed as honours in thepresent Le, they were imposed and felt as hnzthens at the ti ne of their eriginal ieetitution. Reeiclea, these tethints were held in watit was celled Grand ger:Kant:7., anst .7:•;o, from the Quesen,trot ceem the King, on condition of performing certain seriicc:e us th e event of the Coronation of the Qtren• It was to the . King there fore. that they were reeponsille fee due nrefotmarene,- -and. was in his power to dispense -with them oltonethee, in the anten wast as he had impoaedthem. Pet, ahove all . , it was plain thnt die Si e vices net' the COtO , tarten of the Qnee: if thanceremoniaid not take place the title of the tenants coe I- t not be at acted by non=performance; and, therefore, tt went of his Learned Friends fell to els;! ground. The man • renght be said of the Offices witiatinned :us contingent to the Cc ronetiou of the Queen. If that ceremony did not take pia . . e these perwris could not he celled -on. :if it sint, the King ronedit. dispense with their. attenelooce. Thus tt.e deem of the Chen,. herlain to the Queen could crib- exist in the event of her beir n e crowned. Ile might adduce the service of the Champien coming within this description. The Lord of the klanor sf