The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-03 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION.

Grottos R.
Whereas we have resolved, bg the favour and !Arming of
Almighty God, to celebrate the solemnity of our Royal Co-
ronation upon Tuesday, she 22d day of September instant,
It sear Palace at %Vraminater, sad for as mush as by the
optical customs ■ad usages, as also in regard of divers te-
sures of sundry tumours, lards, and other leereditameals,
massy of our loving subjects do claim, soil are hoond to do
and performs divers several services Ills the said day, and at
the time of the Coronation, as in times precedent their au-
°esters, and thoue from whom sliey elms, have those sad
performed at the Coeuetatiou awn famous progenitors amid
predecessors ; we, therefwe, taut of the Ps incely care for Ilse
preservation of the Pastel rights and iuheritssices of our low-
iug subjects, whom it may concern, have thought it to
give notice of ■mid publish our resolutions therein, sad
do hereby give notice of ■mid publish the same accordingly ;
sad we do hereby further signify, that by our emmutiveiou
sailer our Great Seal of Great Britain, we have appointed
sad authorised our must dea►ly beloved brother amid coun-
cillor Edward Duke of Ywk (with all other Members of the
Privy Council), or any Ave or snore of them, to receive,
hear, and determine, the petitions and claims which shall
be to theta esitibited by soy of our loving subjects is this
behalf, sad we shall appoint our said Cousentssiossers
for that purpose to sit in the Painted Chamber of
our Palace at Westminster, upon Tuesday, the 21st
day of this iostaut July, at ten of the clock is the fore-
noon of the same day, ■nd from time to time to gloms,
a. to them stall seem meet, for the eseentiou of our said
Commissios, which we.do thus pobliels, to the 'West that
alliesteh persons whom it may soy ways concerti may know
when and where to give their attendance for the exhibitions
a their petiticies and claims eoncerolog their service* be.
tats monitiimped, to be done and performed sato us at sour
said Coronation And we do hereby signify unto all sad
every of our subjects whom it may coocero, that our will
sod pleasure is, that we do hereby strictly charge all per-
sona, of what rink or qualit♦ swelter they be, who either
upon our lettere to ih. m dirocted, or by reasou of their
(Aces or tenures, or utb• rwise, are to do any service at the
said day or time of our Coro Notion, that they do duly give
their attendance Jingly, in all respects tarnished and
4pp/slated as to so great a solemnity appertains, sad
answerable to the dignities and places which every one of
them respectively bobleth mod enjeyeth, and of this they, or
any of them, are out to fail, as they will answer lbe evellyiry
et
their perils, unless upon special reasons by ourself, ostler
our hard, lu he allowed, we shall dispense wit► any of their
serviees or atteodastces.

Given at the Court at St. lames's, the Sib day of July,
1761, in the Grit year of our reign.

The Monday following, between the hours of
eleven and twelve o'clock, the Officer at Arms.
Serjeatit at Army, and others, mounted their honer,
rad at Westminster Hall Gate, %Vitidsor Herald
(after the trumpet had thrice sounded) read the
above Proclamation uloud; which being done; a
procession war made to Temple-bar (where the
constables of the city and liberty of Westminster
retired. and were replaced by those of the city of
Landon, the City Marshal attending) in the fol.
lowing cadet
A party of Constable., with their ahem to dear lie way.
High Constable of Westminster, with his stair.
Kaight Marshals Men, two mid two.
Drums, two aaJ two.
Trumpets, two and two.
Sanjearit Trumpeter, in his collar, bearing his mate.
Blocssaalle sod Rouge Dragon, Purattiviusta, ins their coats
of his Majesty's Arms.
Rouge Croix Parsuivant„ ins his coat of his Majesty's arms,
haviag &Arent at Arms on his kit band.

Laaaster Herald, in his coat and collar' n basi • Strjesat
at Arias on his left hind.
Windsor Herald, in his coat and collar, between two
Scrjeants at Arias.
A party of Coustablrs, to close the procession.

At she coil of Chancery-lune, Lancaster Herald
mod proctor/10ton ; and lestly, at the Royal Ex-
change (in 'Change time). Rouge Croix Pursui.
vent proclaimed it a third time, which coded with
loud acclamations of multitudes of people present.
After the King's nuptial*, another Proclamation
was oubli.hed, to give notice. that it was his Ma-
jesty's intention her Majesty should be crowned at
the saute time and place. Upon this occasion
Westminster Hall was laid open from end to end,
and every thing it lately contained entirely remov-
ed, except the n,wr and steps of the King's Bench
Court. A new boarded floor wee likewise laid down
from the north gate up the middle of the Hall to
those breps, covered with matting. On each aide
was huilt It large gallery, the bottom about live
feet from the ground, and collusion% eight benches,
covered also with matting, fur the specimens. Over
this was erected a second gallery, uot so wide, but
of the runic length, viz, that attire open pert of the
Hall, when the King's Bench Court snhoisted ; but
what at hot sight must appear very frightful; a
third gallery was fixed, as it were, in the roof, and
supported, by those beams which are decorated at
the ends will, cherubim.. It did not run the same
length*. the others, nor was it in wide,- as may he
imagined, bean its bring placed in so narrow a pert
Of the building. Between the 6,44 gallery and the
Baor were contrived urs each bide large closets or
pantries, with double doors.- answeriug the purpose
of eide-hoerdv, cellars, &c. us well us to contatu
the plater. dishes. sad other things wasted by the

A platform was likewise erected from the upper
end of Westmiuster Hall. where the procession
cumniesiced, and through the New Palace-yard.
Porttomeirt-street, sad Kridge-streel, ialo King.
street, and so round to the west door of the Abbey
to the chair, where his Majesty was crowned; and
iu view of this platform, the houses on each side
were lined with scaffolding. the seats on which
were let at exorbitant prices. The front seats in
the galleries of the Abbey were let at ten guinea.
each ; and those in commodious houses. along the
procession, at no leas prices. The prices in the or.
thorny houses were from live guineas to one guinea ;
so that one little house in Coronation-row, after the
scaffolding was paid for. cleared 7001., and some
large houses upwards of 1.0001. In the Coronatiou
Thratres, as they were called, being a sort of large
booths, cal:able of contsining from 1.200 to 1.606
seats, the prices were beyond all precedent. How.
ever, some who fitted up houses or scaffolds, on this
occasion, lost considerably by outstanding their
market. The grooncf-rent to build the scaffolding
on was proportionably extravagant. That tu the
broad sanctuary let at 31. 13s. 6d. per foot ; that
within the rails, enclosing the Abbey, let at 11. st.
per foot °.

We need not wonder ut the great and universal
eagerness to see this grand spectacle, when we con-
sider how unlikely it was to many of those who were
capable of it should ever see the like again. As an
instance of this eagerness, it was reported that •
gentleman was prevailed ou to take a room for his
lardy at the rate of one I dyed arid lefty wimp:
bet the appoititeaesetof the solemnity of the coma-
tion falling unhappily exactly at the time when she
expected to be delivered, she had further prevailed
on her hush:it'd to let a skilful midwife. nurse, &c.
attend her, and to hire an additional drawing-room.
lest the great harry of the day should bring oil her
labour, when it would be impossible for her to be
carried away without endangering her life. _ . .
The attention of the.Consmittee of Cuuucil ap-
pointed to consider of the coronation, to prevent
accidents and of the Board of Works, to whose in-
spection all the erections on this occasion were made
subject, cannot be too much applauded. The
Committee'. first care was to prevent accidents by
fire; and as it was apprehended that the joy of the
people upon the arrival of their Queen would natu.
rally be expressed by bonfires and illuminations,
the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Earl Marshal,
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and the Sur-
veyor-General of his Majesty's Works, were order.
ed to give the necessary directions as to them re-
spectively appertained, that no bonfires should be
wade, nor any fireworks played off in any part of
Westminster, from Whitehall to Millbank, and
froin thence to Buckinghain-gate, round the south.
west part of the Artillery-ground, till seven days
after the coronation; and by another order, all fires
were forbidden to be lighted on the day of corona.
tion, in, under. or near any part of the scaffolding
ou any pretence whatever; and in case there should
be a necessity fur people to go under the scaffold-
ing with lights, that they should be obliged to
make use of lanterus. By these wise precautions,
all terrors from fire, which might have affected
many persons. were removed. The Board of Works
carefully surveying all the scaffoldings erected on
the occasion, not only for the procession itself, but
for the spectators, and ordered such of the latter to
be pulled down as were judged iusulcient in point
of strength, or found to jut.ont softer as to abstract
the prospect or passage. And to prevent accidents
by the stoppages of coaches atc. ou the day of ce.
ftuation, notice was giveu. that a way was made for
them to pass through Parliament-street, cross the
New and Old Palace-yards; and they were ordered,
as soon as discharged, to proceed ou directly to

• 0a convoking Stow, Speed, and other aothplaries, with
regard to the prices formerly gives, it appears that the
prices of a good plan at the Ceroaatioa of the Compsevor
was a blaak ; awl probably the same at that a hie son,
William Refer. At Henry the First's, it was a created;
sad at Stephen's and Heavy the Secomrs, • pollard. At
Richard's and King John's, who was crowned freoweally,
it was • swirl n ; and rose at Heary the Tliird'a to • deans.
In the ivies. of Edward the coins begin to be mere hoot-
ligible, and we God that fur seeing his Coronation, aQ.
was given, ur the half a feeling or farthing, which is the
fourth part of a sterling or prissy. At Edward It. it ass
farthing; and at his son's, Edward 111. a hal/peaty. which
was very welt give.. 1n Richard the Steamrs thesghtlese
reign it was a prosy, sad custianed the mate at that of
Heavy IV. At Hairy V. it am two permits or the half of a
grussus or groat; and the same at that of Hooey VI. though
daring his time, Curonations woe so frestaest, that the
price was brought back to the pray or halfpenny, and
onamintes they were sees lir entitlig. At Edward IV. it
was rigida the half-groat ; an, do we Gad it raised at those
of Richard 111. or Heavy VII. At that of Hoary VIII. it
was the whole groat, or poems; oar wee it altered at Owe
of Edward VI. and Clercs Mary; but at Qom. Elisabeth's
it was a teainur Or tester. At them of lames I. aod Charles 1.
a shallow was given; which wee advanced la holf.a.ernwo at
Moister Charles It. sod Jame* 11. At Lug William's sod
QIN.% Aimee it was a crows; asal at °meg, I. was saw by
many for the same riot. At Getup 1110 taspittpurallalf.a-
ga ham