The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-08 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL.
Thursday being the time fixed for hearing the
legal arguments of her Majesty's Counsel in support of
die Queen's formal memorial to enjoy the ceremony of
the emanation In conjunction with the Kin her Nia-
j y's Attorney and Solicitor--Gerteral, .Air. ham
:tut! Mr Denman arrived at Whitehall at ten o'clock,
and were immediately ushered into the councihroom,
where they were received by the following members of
the council, who sat on the occasion.—The Lord Chan-
cellor, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and
C:atence ; the Dukes of Wellington, Montrose and
Beaufort ; arqnisses Camden, Hertfonl, and Cholmnn-
deley ; Earls Donoughroore, Harrowby, Bathurst, and
Bridgewater ; and about thirty other Peers; the largest
number of Privy Councillors ever known to attend a
council—Chief Judges Abbot and Dallas, and the Chief
Baron, the King's Attorney and Solicitor General, Mr.
Tierney, Sir James Macintosh, and a considerable mum-
bo of HIVIIIITIS of the House of Commons, were also
pt esent. The chamber was crowded to excess.
At half-past ten o'clock the clerk of the council pro-
ceeded to read her Majesty's three memorials to be heard
by her court-el, and also the order made in compliance
with the Queen's application.
Mr. BROUGHAM opened the pleading about half-past
ten o'clock, the customary forms having been first gone
through. lie was occupied for a considerable portion
of time in tracing the Saxon successions through the
ceremonial history of their coronations which were cele-
brated during their reigns. Itelpurstied the same line of
inquiry through the several Norman reigns down to the
reign of King John, pointing out from the bearing of cir-
cumstances connected with the solemnized coronations
the general policy which guided them, the principle of
right as it regarded the Queens, which was established
by theist, together with the motives and accidents which
had caused any. 'seeming interruption of the acknowledg-
ment of that right on particular occasions. He found
that down to the time of Henry 111. there bad been
eight coronations of Kings of England solemnized with-
out the coronation of their queens, and that there had
been eight coronations of queens, with or without kings,
celebrated for those queens alone, and without any com-
mixture of the same solemnities performed at the time
on behalf of the kings. There had been eight kings,
including !lulus, who died unmarried, crowned
without unC.:ll, and in the same period of time hail there
been eight queens crowned without kings. Henry 111.
Was crowned in [216, before lie was married. Haying
wedded Eleanor, Jail. 14, 1220, she was crowned alone,
in about six days after, the king himself being present to
do the ceremony the more honour, not in the exercise
of his power as sovereign of the realm, but as one of the
highest rank in the state; and according to Matthew
Prior, the sword of Edward the Confessor, called the
Sword Cortmea, was carried before him as a token of
the authority of the constable of the palace, the particu-
lar functiuti of which was, to prevent any thing from
bring done wrong iii the course of the ceremony. Ed-
ward the First and Second were crowned without their
queens. Edward the First was married to Anne in
Atl2/1,1, 1274. Edward the Second wedded Eleanor of
France, and when and where she was crowned, he (Mr.
pin ugham) had not bee:i able to ascertain. That she
was crowned he had no doubt. and he conceived that
be should be able presently to prove it to their lordships
by unquestionable references. Edward lI I. was crowned
alone, Jan. 26, 132(i. He married Philippa early in
1327, who was also crowned alone, April, 1327.--1.
[The book of Westinitasur, to which it was the Mien.
tton of the learned counsel to refer to those puts of his
case upon which sufficient information was not other-
wise t 7) be had, was now sent for.]-0:1 the last men-
toned coronation, he would produce a very curious and
important document existing it was the proclamation
for Queen Phillipa's coronation, its which the Barons of
the Cinque Ports were called on to attend the ceremony,
and perform snit and service, as they were bound to tio
at the king's coronation. The proclamation was in the
very sante terms as that which had been issued for the
coronation of the king, and the very same services were
to be rendered. Richard 11. was crowned July 16.
1377, and married Anne in 1383, January 14. who was
crowned by herself on the 22d of the sante month. At
the death of Anne he married Isabella, and in 1397 (as
would be seen by the Close Roll in the Tower) Isabella
was crowned alone. The order remained which was
then issued to the sheriffs to summon all persons who,
by the nature of their tenures or offices, were bound to
do service at the king's coronahon, to conic forward and
tau die like services for the coronation of the 1, siren con-
sort, in which the king was to take no part. In the
Cotton Nlatinseripts in the British Museum, theme was
a document of a most remarkable character, which he
would mention to their lordships. In particular lie con-
sidered it of very great importance to the elucidation of
the subject before them; but he did not know that, be
wouil have taken notice of it but for the general prin-
ciple which it contained. It was an (It-der prescribing
the forms to which the coronation ()faille Queen was to
be celebrated, and contained thew, 1 cap remarkable
words :