The National Register.
London, England, 1820-05-29 00:00:00

LETTER V.

FROM LORD SIDMOUTU TO MR. ALDICIMAIR WOOD.
Whitehall, May •, MO:
SIR,-1 have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this
day's date, in which I see nj ground :Or altering the opinion
communicated to you in my tormer letters.—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
SIDMOUTII.
Mr. Alderman Wood, 77, South Audley Stmt.

DOCUMENTS ALLUDED TO IN LETTER I.
Mary Barker sworn.-1 am daughter of Richard Tidd sOrne
time previous to the 23d of February, two bundla of sticks (pile
handles), some grenades, some powder and ball in a haversack,
were brought to my father's lodgings (where I also reside) :aid
left there. I did not know the articles were grenades at that
time. The powder. grenades, and ball, were left by Edwards,
with a promise of calling again for them in a short time. the
large grenade, about l 2 or pounds weight, was brought by
Adams. Edwards, some days afterwards, called for the grenades;
I was at home; he said, "Give me those things; I will take theta
and get them finished." lie took them with him, and subse-
quently brought them back in a finished state. Edwards called
again, early on the morning of the :11. and wok away the balls
and the grenades. He celled again about three o'clock in the
afternoon of the same day, and took with him part of the powder.
A box, strongly corded, was left by a man I do not know, never
having, to any recollection, seen hiin lieWre or since. Some pike
staffs were brought by a man, who said that Edwards desired him
to leave them. Two brindles in brown paper were left; one by
Edwards. and the other by Adams. About a week prior to the
23d, Edwards came and took them away.
(Signed) MARY BAR Ell.
LThe next document is that of James Chambers, W. Tun-
bridge, and G. Pickard, the contents of which were mentioned
in the speech of Alderman Wood, in the House of Commons.'
Edwards, it is said, has left this isnintry fur New
Brunswick. If so, the reward of 1001. offered for
taking him into custody, will be unavailing.

A trial was made on Tuesday at the brewery of
(Messrs. Barclay anti Co. of Mr. Josiah Parke's invcn.
tion for the consumption of smoke in steam-engine,
and other furnaces. The application bad been made
in the short space of five days, to three distinct
boilers, and we have the pleasure to say that it
completely succeeded, to the entire sat islaciion of the
respectable proprietors, and to that of Mr. M. A.
Taylor, who has brought the matter before the
I louse of Commons, with the view of rescuing the
Metropolis from the intolerable nuisances of 'mac
rising from the numerous furnaces. There were
also present the Earl of Itossivn, the Earl of Hare-
veGotl, Mr. K. Finlay, Mr. Peplos, Mr. Monteith,
Provost of Glasgow, Mr. S. Turner, Mr. Tanercd,
and others, who all expressed their perfect conviction.
that by this easy, cheap, an.l certain means, all the
evils complained of, by the esta.iishmetut of 111:11111•
actor' requiring furnaces, may be removed.
On the I Ith instant a dreadful storm mt./taro. the
town and neighlavurlawd of Ti.c
said to be incalculabic.

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CORONATION.
WESTAHNOTHR HALL.
The ,reparations for the approaching Coronation are
actively i.rucectling. Some considerable improvements
in %VIA mi aster Hall are nearlt completed; and iOrtitet
alterations, of an emsnsive naliire, are contemplated.—
The restoration of the grand window at that end of the
Hall facing new Palace-yard, is almost finished; the
completion of the junlis and the recesses which used to
be occupied with full length figures of our ancient
Kings, &c. remains to be done. It is known possibly to
but tew, that there is at the opposite end of me Hall,
behind tic Courts of Chancery an:: King's Bench, anal
between which there are steps and a passage leading to
the H 011666 of Parliament, a window as large and as
rand as that faclng New Palace Yard, made in fact to
correspond with it. This window is now almost wholly
hidden by those irregular and confined Courts raised for
the King's Bench and Chancery,—Courts, too, that
timained open to the view of the spectators in the Hall,
tiff the commencement of George 111.'a reign. These
tsso Courts are to he entirely removed, by which means
the other grand window will be once more in full view;
and the workmen have begun to repair that part of the
window which appears above the Courts. This will
i_seatly improve the appearance of that line Hall, which
the largest in Europe unsupported by pillars.
The finely coloured and curious figures of ancient •
Rives, which are now stationed over the heads of the
JLord Chancellor and the King's Bench Judges, will be
restored to the niches remaining in the jambs on either
aide of this window. The end of the Hall will then
present an appearance exactly similar to what it was in
" olden time," in Richard Il.'s reign. That Monarch,
in 1397, repaired the Hall, which was then in a very
ruinous conditiod ; he had the walls raised, altered the
windows, anti added a new roof, as well as the stately
porch and other buildings.
The Courts of Chancery and King's Bench arc not,
it is stated, to be restored to the places which they now
occupy, but new Courts are to be erected, according to
the plan of the late Mr. Wyatt, who was surveyor-
general, and architect to Geo. 111. in a line with the
Common Pleas and the Court of Exchequer. They
will thus be built on the space between the walls of
Westminster-hall and the stone buildings which front St.
2rlargaree:. Church. There is room sufficient for most
co tttttt odious Courts.—The entrance, however, will be
in Westminster Hall, and will be uniform with that
which already. exists into the Cosumon Pleas. This
improvement is most desirable, and has been long
wanted.

There are six large new windows in progress on each
!,.ide of the roof of the Hall. They are about ten feet in
height and six feet six inches wide, and are of gothic
structure. so as to accord exactly with the windows
underneath, the workmanship of the roof, Bcc. of
Richard II 'a reign. Heretofore there were only three
or four windows in the roof introduced since the great
repairs, and which were of a small and mean structure ,
and as to their use, they only tended to make " darkness
visible."
The roof, as is known, consists chiefly of Irish oak
and elle-soot wont!, most curiously constructed, and of a
fine species of The projections are every where
adorned with •ng..ls supporting the arms of Richard 11.
or those of Edward the Confessor: as is the stone mould

ing that runs round the Ilall, with the hart cortchant
under a tree, sad other devices of Richard II I •
and alterations have occasioned many mutilation,;
those are in be repaired. and the roof made more obvi-
ous by she large new gothic windows.
Numbers of workmen are now daily employed in the
Hall, as well as in large workshops stationed on she
space WI wren the Ferry and the Exchequer. The' grand
door of the Hail is constantly clus,sl so strangers; the
only entrances to the Hall are along she Exchequer
Collie-house passage, and by ihe House of Commons
from Old Palace 'Yard.
THE RRITISH REGALIA.
St. Edward', VrOWII. or she sh Alvin tit tile coronation,
is an imperial crown of gold, embellished with diamonds,
rubies, emeralds, pearls, and sapphires. On the top is a
mound of gold, encircled with a fillet of the same meal
splendidly Jewelled, and surmounted with a golden
cross, which bears three very large and valuable pearls.
This crown it coinposed of four crosses and fourfletirs de
fir, upon a golden circlet ; four incurs rise inns the
crosses, on time intersection whereon the mound is
placed. The cap is of purple velset, lined with white
taffeta, and faced with ermine. Tne crown of stale.
wean by the King on his return from the
.coronation,
and in the House m Parliament, is in the same shape.
tot much more splendid. los crosses and flews de /is
are composed of very large and brilliant diamonds, and
its mound is an allot radefiana, or sea-water diamond,
seven inches io circumferetice, and valued at one hun-
dred thousand pounds. In the front cross is a rocks
ruby unpolished. This inestimable stone is of the
colour of a cherry, and nearly three inches in lemstli.—
The cap of this crown is also of purple velvet, and faced
with ermine. The golden orb, which is placed in the
King's right hand immediately before he is crowned,
and which, after the coronasian, he carries in his left,
is six inches in diameter. It is enriched with a gulden
fillet, which is bordered with two SOWS of pearl, and
adorned with very large dianimals, rubies., emeralds, and
and sapphires. Oa tile top is an anteth)st, nearly au
inch and a hall its Iseittist, and valued at fifteen thousand
pouoris, and ul4lll Willth a Olden cross is placed, acid%
c,et with diamonds, a lit I lial‘og a large emerald on tls
one side, and a large sapphire on the other. It his
four large pearls at its angles, and three at its ends Toe
w hole ieight ur the snis and cross t keen ism s. Time
King's sce;strc with itie dote is of gold—ill lesigtis
feet seren inches, its ciremtif name three inches at the
bandit% and rather less at the top. The pommel is
I vbcircled wino a Giles of table diamonds, and three
ti:veral parts eof she rod arc richly sitnamented with
jewels. Tue mount at the top is also fills:awl with dia•

THE NATIONAL IMGISTER.

moods ; above it is a small Jerusalem cross, and above
that a dose of whin. enamel—the symbol of mercy.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
Thursday the Court was again held, for the purpose
of receiving petitions run the claitoatils to attend at the
Coma:ll4m.
Amongst the Commissioners were the Dicke of York,
the Duke of Clarence, Lord Amherst, Lord Arden,
&e. &c. &c.
CLAIMS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
The Common Serjeant, attended by the Reinembran- .
cer of the City of Loudon, presented a petition, stating
the claim of the Lord Mayor io serve the King after
dinner with wine, front a E.olden cup, and to have the
cup at his departure fur Ilia fee ail reward. This claim
was founded upon that of the Chief Magistrate's pre-
decessors, who had exercised it from a time whereof the
memory of man was not to the contrary, and it was de-
manded for George Bridges, Esq. the present Lord
Mayor. A claim was annexed for divers others of the
citizens of London, to serve in the office of Butlers, and
to have the usual fees. His Lordship claimed, besides,
to sit at the table next the large cover at the left side of
the Hall. This custom, it was stated, bath been held
from the time of William 111. to that of George 111.
A Petition was presented by three Clergymen in their
Canonicles from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster,
stating his claim by letters patent to assist in the per-
. tormance of Divine Service on the day of the Coronation
in Westminster. After which Le claimed possession of
a glizinity of sarsnet and worsted, as well as all the
oblations and offerings that might be made neon the
occasion, together with four small bells, the third part
of a tun of wine, and other t:iings, the bounty of the
King.
A claim was made upon the part of Lord Gwydir, as
hereditary Lord Chamberlain of the King, to be fur-
nished with a lodging near the King during the Coro-
nation, and to have for his leer a large quantity of stock-
ings and shirts, and 40 yards of crimson velvet, the
cushions, &c. &e. within the chamber.
The next claim was from the Barons of the Cinque
Ports, who petitioned to have the right of supporting a
canopy of purple silk, supported by four staves, at each
of which four Barons to be statioiled.

THE CHAMPION.
A Petition was presented twin the Rev. Mr. Dymoke,
claiming, as Lord of the Manor of Scrivelsby, in Lin-
colnshire, the right of appearing in Westminster Hall,
on the day of Coronation, as the Champion of the King;
it was further stated, that if the petitioner should not be
able to come hisw-elf well armed for war, he claimed to
send a substitute, who should enter in the person of
William Reader, Esq. into Westminster Hall, in a full
suit of armour on a charger, with the Earl Martha!, the
trumpet sounding before the King at diniter, and say,
" If any person, whether he be high, or whether he be
low,_ deny that George the Fourth is the rightful King
of England, 1, as the King's Champion, am ready to
prove him a false traitor." The Champion then shall
throw down his gauntlet, and if nobody de deny that
George the Fourth is the rightful King, the Champion
shall drink out of a golden cup to the King, and when
he has drunk his Majesty's health shill take away the
cup, and the charger, and the armour fur his fees.
A petitino was presented front the Lord of the M -
of Eve. in the county of Essex, claming to hold water to
the King, and to have for has fees, the !mon, :owe', and
ewer.

The Duke of Athol, in person, claimed. as Lord of
tile Isle of Mall, to present two falcons to the King.—
There beinia some inf ality in the petition, it was
withdrawn to be amended _ _ _

A 'trillion vvas presented flout the Lord of the Manor
of Esohatn. in Essex, claiming to Act as caterer and
arinourer to the King, and to have all the fees and pro.
fits lielonjng to that service.
Mr. Mitchell, of the Vote-office, claimed to act as
Ctilei Constable of the Verge of Parliament, and to have
the fees annexed to that office.

A I,rtitiou Was presented upon the part of the Rations
de !hillier's, chinning that a subs:itute st Id carry a
gill split Iselige his Majesty.
Tile last petition was resettled from a Clergyman,
the Lord 3f the M of Buckenh3,n, in Norfolk, who
disputed the Bittlership to his Majesty with the Duke
of Noriulk.

Alter those petitions had been presented, stranitc•rs
were ordered to withdraw, and the decision upuu the
claims was postponed to • mune clay.

THE QUEEN.
Extract of of a letter from an English Genticmai
at Geneva:—

" Geneva, 1413 y 17, 1840.
" '1 he Quern arrived here on Tuesday hist, condo; by
Nlont Cods to Chashheuy, , and thence by Aix and Ku-
milly to this piaci.. Her Msijr,dy is lodged at the Hotel
de Uelieve, where she intriiila to remain till the
Wolin of a Courier scot to Mr. Brusighant on her a. ivri
here.

"_ _
Her Majesty is leading • most retired and regular
life; she rises • ally, and is in bed generally before ele-
ven; her dinner I is at two after which she takes ail
airing on the Lake, and retinas at live to tea.
" Her Majesty was confined at Milan several days by
indisposition, tint is miw in the hes, health and spirits
she has been induced it. navel aids less expedition than
11111181 following the advice of her physicians.
" 011 Friday, as the L oven ettlettol het cattiatte to
take her acchstumed title, slim was iodinated of the death
of the I)iteltess of Yolk ; it affected her so that she was
obliged to te turn to hem eismaiset tit esttleat ills? C. sq.
" Fount the antinomies of ilit Klieg or :Nardioia. het
Majesty received the mealiest intention.. T sssss b Apr
esitsesseol a desire to k.cp the stoniest Mg ogsife, they
lissom •il 01l providing her Majt,t) wilt, all rafest of
eatai,ottets thsoustloott Ilse Sastliitiatt ..tottotiot.s

(amen 1143 he, helm, Cmi I, and oillt
the m‘repti,m Lt. her Blaidi and Footmen, has *timely with
her M. de Borgatest. her Chomberigin, eu Lquerry, and
her Private Secretary, who is au English hielitleinap.—

Mr. W. Attain, whom her Majesty took under her pro-
tection while it child, is low a very tine rooml man, and
accompanies her Majesty to England, where she intends
to place hint at College
" A great steal of jealousy has been excited in Italy,
and stories have footed their way to Eli:stand relative to
the exaltation of M.de Bergami by her Majesty, hum the
situation of Courier to Chamberlain, from apparently
nothing to that of R Baton covered with ottii...A. But it is
said that these decorations he gained by his bruevery with
the Fiends army, in the campaign to Russia and else.
where; and besides the high recommendation the Queen
received with him, she says she found hit family was of
respectability, and she hue lost no occasion to reward
him for six years of tried services. He leaves her Ma.
jesty next week to join his sisters at Bologna.
Cra ►eceipt of disp .teltes from England the Queen wit
set out immediately fir Ostend, taking the route by Lae.
salute to Carlsrulte, and so on to Bluselles. 611 Lis

•• Calais, May 20. Id2o.
Lady Ann Hamilton arrived here on Itluo.lity last, and
every arrangemeid has shindy been made for the Queen.
recept• at the Hotel Delbili. A considerable part of the
Royal bagga,e has been forwarded ID Dover. It is really
lamentable, or perhaps, I should rather say ludicrous, to
observe the effect produced by the anticipated presence of
her Majesty, even upon the humblest person attached to the
Foreign Department. The 11. itish Consul at this port quit-
ted the town the instant certain advice' of her Majesty's lid-
Vance were ereeived ; of course this precipitate retreat was
solely ii Rueliced by the comiderate wish to avoid the pails-
, ful dot) of deed ig to render any local services within
the capacity of hi. situation as Consul, during her Maj.iity'a
embarkation for Elialand.