The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-15 00:00:00

rim CrniOIvATION.

The Lord Chamberlain received an order from the
Privy Couuctl fur the solemn proclamation of the in-
tended ceremonial of his Majesty's Coronation ; the
different officers of the Herold's Celiege, cud the
Lord Chirmirrr;aiii's depertmeot. aseviubled at St.
James's Palace, at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning,
in their official costume. From thence they set
out in procession to Niece Yard, and there prude-
motion was first made. The procession theu moved
to rasa, where the same ceremony was
performed. It theu moved up the Strand to
Temple-bar. I lere, according to custom, the gates
should be shut, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
Sheriffs, &c, of London stationed within it, ill
front of the Inner Temple gate. After the usual
formality of demanding admittance the gates are
opened by order of the Lord Mayor, cud the pro-
cession advances. On the arrival, however, of the
procession on Saturday at Temple-bar, this civic part
of the ceremony was not prepared, owiug, it is said,
to waist of sufficient notice. This produced a halt
of uhout half an hour, when the Lord Mayor
having arrived in the interval, and every thing
being in readiness. the gates were opened, and
the cavalcade proceeded down Fleet-street to
the end of Chancery-lane, where the Proclatna-
tion was again read. It was read again at the end
of Wood.street, Clieupside, and lastly at the Royal
Exchange, which ended the ceremony. The order
and composition of the procession were the same
or. those observed when his Majesty waa proclaimed
King, but the body of life guards which closed the
procession was much inure numerous. The morn-
ing was floe, and the spectacle mode a gears(' op.
pearance. It not being' generally known that the
ceremony would take place on Saturday, there was
no assemblage of people in the streets except such
es were immediately collected by the appearance of
tbe procession.

On Friday summonses were directed to be issued
to the Peers of tha Untied Kingdom, inclading
Raman Catholics, and Peed of Scotland and Ire.
land, not Peers of Parliament, to assist in the en.
suing Coronation.

A paragraph in the Vasette de France states.
that the equipages of the Quest) of ENGLAPD
passed through Gheut on the 6th of Us. mouth, as
die way to Brussels.

The Mayor of OXFORD has a distinguished efike
at a Coronations nod the following account is tahru
from so Oxford Pieper of September 96. 1761 :
" As Tuesday, doriug the ceremonies oR the Cerellidiens
the Mayor of this city, attended by the High Steward, two
Aldereses, two 4mistants, the two Bailiffs, aud Town Clerk,
perfumed the office of Chief Butler of England, accordiag
to their claim, and at dinner waited at the side-hoard on hie
Majesty's right head when the Mayor, being introduced
by his Grace the Duke of Qusensbpry, the Cup-Bearer,
served his Majesty with a cop of wine, according or 'orient
custom. After which the Mayor and his atteedants retired
to the Exchequer Chamber at the bottom of Wesimisimer
Hall, where t 1 graud table was prepared (or them.

Some of the Morning Papers have inadvertently co.
pied a paragraph from a Bath Journal• stating; that
Mr.. BECHER (the late celebrated Miss O'Nnim.)
is afflicted with a complaint in her eyes, from which
serious ominiqueuces err apprehended. TIMI state-
went is incurred. Mr.. Bugling labours wader
no complaint, but is, as Or are confident the public
wish her. in gaud health and spirits. For a venoms.
however. which it may net be difflenft to &vier, Mrs.
BECHER will not accompany Me, B*.cplltS as Wm
wising visit to L 01111.10?
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