The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-09 00:00:00

DAT-IKIDAY, JULY 6.

Tile 011111C11 re•ASSVIIIIIICd MIS 111011111)g 10 he IT lilt.
COI 11111 l tatloll of the arg iiiii ent in support of her Maj,..say'a
claiming to be crowned. 'rite Member.; of the C lined
present were the saute who attended yesterday. At ahnut
a Tinter pit.3a teat the &buts were thrown open, and in a
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Mr. BROUGHAM eekAnlicti his address. lie recalled to
their inetannies the statement witch he utad.• oil
Thursday. and now it woottl be nis duly to ;Toy
the facts to the Caw. lie had proved the e..fOloalmo
Queens Consult to h•ute bc•rn a usage throughout all
ages, and in no instance had a married King been
Cruwile(l without the RoleiniOly of coronation being L'IL
tended to the Quern. Theft was one exception winch
II was Its linsicess to notice—lit al of Cll.lric, I. iu which
lie had a fig,:lt to aa•utne .hat particular Luctonetances
had led to Wu 4:actinic... lie wittcu4cd, however, that

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as he had shewn the coronation of Queens Consort to
all past times, it must be nianikst 11l it if in one or tu 0
instances in the Succession of ages iii which he was not
able to prove that circumstance, it would not hoc:diddle
his arginnent. Supposing such a case as that of the wife
of Charles I. supposing the cases of Qaecals Consort
married after the coronation of their husbands—according
to all forms of judicial proceeding—according to Jil
usodes of legal decision, such cases cou.d nut Maki:
siSgoSSUIS WS right of a Queen Consort to be crowned with
her husband. Ile hau shewn that every mauled King,
since the Revolution, had his Consort crowned with Min.
There was one exception, that of George I which he
would by and by explain. But supposing the want of
uniformity made by this case•-•-supposing the explanation
which he had to give most uusatislaciorily and inadequate
to the purpose, still he would base a right to rely on
what he had proved ; every tiling ought to be assumed
in his favour to prevent the one exception front being of
ally avail against the general rule, to bring it within the
general rule and make it agree with the uniform current
of cases. He would ask, in what other way could they
be required to establish that or any other right connected
with the solemnity of a coronation? in what way could
any of the rights subjected to the decision of the Court of
Claims be proved? No one denied the rights of the
Barons of the Ciiique Ports to support the canopy over
the King, anti to claim a portion of it afterwards. Why
and how was that claim established Front immemorial
usage. lie would like to hear any mail aasert, as a pin-
position of law, that the Barons were out entitled, be-
cause it could nut be proved they that they hail in souse
instaitces not exercised that right. Ile would like to
hear a lawyer state it as a true iiropositi (((( , that the tight
was lost and forfeited, because the exercise of it could
not in every instance be proved. Such a propositidn
would he monstrous. contrary to any principle, legal or
constitinional—contrary, therefore, to the fair mealtime,
and inference of the case which lie was arguing. Tne
Queen claimed a right which was proved to have been
umformly enjayed—and the single exception, admitting
it to exist, which was allowiog much, and admitting it
to be not clearly explained, which was Hindi more,
could not discountenance or overthrow that which had
in all other instances been enjoyed. He should not
trouble their Lordships with any recapitulation of the
examples lie had adduced. This was the legal argument
iirstipport of her Majesty's claim to be crowned. He
hid confined himself strictly to the waiter of law, with-
out any reference to the existing or attendant circum-
stances; and lie was happy to know lie was addressing
lawyers, and posterity would hereafter took upon the
first important decision upon this great question of the
lawyers of the loth century widt.the utmost confidence.
Mr. I)eNMAN intoned iaiely followed. He commenced
by observing that if he had heen the first to argue this
question, lie might Wye feared to have left any thing
initotiched ; but a ter the address of his learned 'fiend
lie approached the subject with opposite feelings—for he
(eared lest he should throw unnecessary light upon that
which was already sufficiently clear; but in a case of so
momentous, gi eat, and moon:alit a nature—so inter-
woveo with the great institutions of the country--.. 50
interesting to the cause of kingly government, lie felt
that he should be Inexcusable if lie did
vations which were suggested to him even tinder the tbs.
advantages in which he was placed. The learned gem.
then very forcibly stated the general argument isi support
of this claim, as derived from the nature oft he ceremony
of the coronation, and e!uaLolltilell hynutnrcirnved usage.
addition to the authorities which Mt. R had Timed,
he referred 10 SCltiell's -1-1111 S Of 110110111. lie obseiaed
that not only the whittle cereu.orty of the coronation,
brit the kingly government iiself, the law, and makers
of the I.IW, derived their authority f the S.l 111 C cus-
tom, which was the Ibiutdanon of her M oessy's
He observed on the unideasant siluatioo w d. high his
ltsajesty would he placed. if, at the moment when lie
took the solemn oath, to govern aecurdiog to law and
custom, 01 the first subject of the realm; II wisest that
cerenumy was performed, which owed its existence to
custom alone, lie should exclude a part of it, which had
always been abseiled when there was a Ito-00'1 that
it could lit performed.—Mr Denman then urged a %a-
riciy of al4alitietits in favour of the claim, and having
concluded his argot-nuns. the learned adsucatea and
strangers withtbew.

TItIRD DAY.—SATURDAY, JULY 7.
At an early hour tin% morning the areames leading to
the Conned Cdsasither. were thronged with strangers,
anxious to hear the argument of the keiy,'s A 'Drury-
General agaitit her Majesty's claim to be cruwned.—
Long before ',lglu oclock the ante-mom was crowded.
A little after ten oclock the Land Cli.seseellor areveil,
its.l in a few mimeos ths.Q:seeit's Counsel wets called in.
The Kiiia's A tioriley-U.Asei 41 was tlitai, warred to
proceed, and conuiutird with his arAtint, to till a quails r
after twelve, the Salieitoi Genet d followed 1 , and
spoke to orposition to the claim fur about throe tissar•enr
of all hour.

At a Tinier after one Mr Braitchain ei,mnienced his
reply, and haring colic! oiled. straii,sers withdrew. an
chc rProakerpers trout the 7 owcr were ea'led
The Council shortly after adjourned till l'ucsday, tea
o'clock.,

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