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

THE COROA A 7 lON.

CHOIR AND MUSICAL DEPA tt i NICHT:The Organ
to be used on this occasion is nearly erected, in a
gallery over the Altar, in NVesintidster Abbey. It is
not the one that has been mentioned, but one bespoke
by. his Nlajesty's State °dicers, and made by Mr. Elliot,ol the City-road. The keys are brought a considerable
distance from the pipes, so that tie player oily be near
the band and ptitteipal voices. Mr. Kny vett, *en. as
Or..;aimt of his Majesty's Chapel Royal, is to preside at
it user the choir department; and Mr. S!;ield, as Ma-
ster of ha .Nlajesty's Baud of MUCCI:IIIS over the
mental; tile coral, will be confined to the Gentlemen
a his Je.je,ty's Chapels Roy 11, and the Choir of ‘Vest,-
!Muster A:they, and the Instrumental to his Majesty's
Band ni Mtibicillis, as appointed by the Lord Chant.
!tenant.

Two new Anthems (the words selected by the Aryl).
bishop of Canterbury,) are coinieved for the occasion
by Mr. Attwood and Mr. Al'. Knyvett, by virtue of
Mike as Composers to the King. Te Doso, Sacra-
ment Sanctuses, and Handel's Grand Coronation An-
them, will likewise be performed ; but the Musical
Service much shorter than at the Corotiation of h:s late
The appropriation of the Galleries in Westminster
Hall has not yet taken place. Models and
.plans
have been sent to the Isotil Great Chamberlain for
this purpose, and his Lordship was nit Monday en-
gaged in arranging the order in which the carious
ranks to whom tickets are to be issued shall be
placed.
lit the repairs which have been taking place in the
roof of Westminster Hall, preparatory to the Coro-
nation, it became necessary to remove some p.irts of
the old timber, which is supposed to have stood there
front the time of Unfits. Ibis consisted of what has
been termed Irish oak and Spanish chesnut. Many
lugs of it were preserved by the workmen, and have
been manufactured into suuti•boxes, which are highly
prized : some of them bear au inscription, stating the
material of which they are composed, and that it was
procured during the repairs of Westminster Hall for the
Coronation of George IV.
All the list Coronation venoms state that, dining
the banquet in ‘Vestmitister Hail, baskets and -hand-
kerchiefs were let down from the galleries, iu winch
wine and provis:ons were drawn up fur the gratification
of those ono had not come provided with refreshments.
Th,s practice, so indecorous, as well as to irregular in
appearance' will be strictly prohilitted on the present
orea.ion. No person will be allowed to take any bun-
dle or basket with them into the Hall ; and to obviate
all difficulty is to refreshments, proper persons will be
appointed to sell every thing which may be desired at
lixcd
Wesiiiiiiisicr Hall has been crowded each day since
Monday, iron. nine o'clock in the morning until three
in the alteration. by a great assemblage of respectable
persons., under the sanction of tickets issued by the
Lord Great Chamberlain, whose polite and iml.artial
attention has grati‘ed the curiosity of thousands of indi-
viduals, and which has also put a stop to those acrimo-
nious observations respecting the ant ist ceremony,
which were used tiefore the pubite were so obligni6ly
accommodated.
The same facility of access to the Abbey is also desira-
ble, though it has by no means the attraction of West-
minster Hall. The grand organ .reeled by Mr. Whoa,
the organ builder, of Tottenham-amp New-road, attracts
much notice. Its pipes are immense, and i's swell
must be prodigious; and this organ will, when played,
atm much to the soieniiiity of the occasion.
The awning over the platform leading from the Hall
to the Abbey is nearly finished. The platform is about
1,200 paces in length, and if spacious booths were erected
to the full extent at each side, nearly half a million of
people might see the pmeessiun.
'1 he regulations for ailinniing the company into the
Hall, and for their departure, are adniirable.—When
fulled at the Coronation, it will present a pallid and map
nificent sight, far surpassing any thing in the Alitaey,
where the sitectaiors in general will have to ba; davit
from a great height, on the heads of those engaged in the
ceremony.
Orders have been given for the Peers, P ivy Council-
lots, Knight Grand Crosses, and other individuals, who
are to take part in the coronation processtun, to wear
ruffs.

It h is been detcrtnined to suspend banners from all
the figures of angels which terntittate the Gothic arches
supporting the roof of Westminster Ilan. 'rue Howl
Arms will tumult the subject for each bawler, and the
elect produced oval. no doubt, be extrei;iely pleasing.
It it as intended to place a transpneucy of the Royal
Arius in the window itamiethaiely over the triumphal
arch, but it is feared this cumin he completed in time.
The final decorations of ‘Vestimitster Hall and the
Abbey 'will not be commenced till alter the public shall
stave been ge itifv,l to the tttent proposed by the Lord
Great Chainb!

I ne whole of the Band of Gentletnen Pensioners have
received peremptory orders to attend the Cotoneaiwn.
Each of their dress-, will cost upwards of 1201. and Irons
Inc Tawny of cold lace with which they are orna.
wined, each will weigh uncointoonly hi at Y. The Pour
Knight's of itelsor have also received orders to attend,
an.t the Yen :leo of the Gaalds„ who arc all t.lt, fille
lookttlt4 welt, are to It ire splendid dresses, and will add
consttleral.l) to the etket of the royal paii,tarit.

Tuesday morning last, as H. Donnelly, of Glane-
more, Comity of Armagh, was handing a loaded gut',
he laid it down on a bench beside him rashly, when
it wklit oil; and lodged the contents in the servant
maids head, who was in the kitchen. She instantly
expired.

There is not one Peer nor Peeress living who t as
present of the coronation of his late Majesty !