The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-03 00:00:00

CORONATION FESTIVITIES.

With the exception of Edinburgh and •iciuity, no ills.
minations appear to have taken place in Scotland.

ROTHILIPA Y.
Thursday iteanight was kept ►ere with every demonstration
of joy by all classes of the inhabitants. Is the worming the
vessels in the harbour, and particularly his Majesty's gun-
brig Martial, were tastefully decorated with flags; sod
many of the houses were adorned with a rich display of
flowers and evergreens. At one o'clock a royal salute was
bred by the Martial gua•buig, and the cutters Swift and
Prince.' of Wales, each ship alternately firing a gun, and
observing the proper time. The attention of the admiring
throng was neat directed to an admirably-contested rowing-
match, which afforded a high degree of pleasure and setts-
faction to all who wituessed the scene. In the afternoon a
company of fifty gentlemen sat down to denser in the Bute
Arms, Colonel Moore, Vice-Liioneuant of the County, ill the
Chair, and George Robertson, Egg. of Greenock, one of the
lieritors of the county, Vice-President ; at which much
bitiarity prevailed, and many loyal sad appropriate toasts
were game. The presence of Mr. Sheridan Knowles of
Glasgow, and Mr. Weekes, of Ilse Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh,
added much to the conviviality of the ineetiug. A party of
'entireties also met sad dined at the Rot hearty lon. lit the
evening the populace were regaled with porter; and the
whole concluded by a line display of tire-works from the
ramparts of the ancient nod venerable Castle, from w►ic►
his Majesty enjoys his title of Duke of Rothesay.
cowaL.

We lean that In no part of the country was his Majesty's I
Coronation celebrated with more lively marks of joy and
loyalty than in the menet little village of Donee., Argyll-
shire. Early on the morning of the 19th July, • bag was
heisted above the ruin, of thencion Castle, an ancient royal
residence; and at noon, the only piece of ordnance which
the vitiate arsenal contained, was dragged to the foot of she
flag-staff, and several brisk discharges bred. About live
o'clock, such gentlemen of the parish as were not similarly
earned elsewhere, joined by several gentlemen from Glas-
gow, who occupy pea-bathing quarters ie the village and
neighbourhood, sat down to an excellent dinner in Leitch's
Inn—the Minister of the Parish iu the chair, sad David
Hyde, Esq croupier. During dinner the village piper strut-
ted in hunt of the inn, cheering the company, agreeably to
Highland custom, with the martial music of the bagpipe.
After dinner many loyal and patriotic toasts were drank,
followed by appropriate songs; and the meet perfect har-
mony and hilarity prevailed throughout the afternoon. In
the evening the church bells rung • merry peal; and the
amusements of she day terminated with a splendid display
of fire-works from she Castle-hill, where also • huge bonfire
was kindled, which continued to blaze till midnight. A ship
in the Channel, on observing these demonstrations of loyalty
and cuutentractst, commenced firing • royal salute; sad the
report of her cannon, iu the stillness of the night, reverbera-
ting among the mountains like peals of thunder, added
1111101 to the grandeur of the scene. To have any just idea
of the fine effect of this whole trahibitioe, it must be
known that the Castle•hill of Duaoon commands an unin-
terrupted view of the Clyde, from near the kill of Ardmore,
on the one hand, to Atlas on the other.

The Cornwall)a of his Majesty was celebrated at Port-
Glasgow with becemming respect. A very large mossier of