The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-11 00:00:00

NATIONAL DEBT.

(From Tuesday's Gazette.)
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hav-
ing certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th George I o-
c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the United Kigas
dom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual rerentie
thereof, for the year ended the sth day of January, 1838, b';
the sum of 655,7601. ss. l; a
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Nat.'n
Debt herey ive notice, at no um wil be applied y hthe
n'
on account ofg the Sinking that
Funds, underl the provisionsb of
said Act, between the 6th day of April, 1838, and the btli
day of July, 1838.

S. HIGHAM, Controller. General.
National Debt-office, April 6, 1838.

Mr. PETER BORTHWICK.—We have been t°)u;
that Sir Robert Peel's object in getting rid of Mr- Petree
13orthwick was not to seat Lord Marcus Hill, but to proc,ner
a vacancy, which Sir George Clerk, a most efficient Menipso
of the Tory party, might fill. Sir George it is said, 'cr,
ready to start at a minute's notice for Evesham. Pete,'
however, would not allow the " proximate Prime Minigerra
to play his game out; but revenged himself by allowing 1-I°,
Marcus Hill to gain a majority of one vote, and then abs'lld
doned the scrutiny, thus leaving the Committee no option, g"
obliging them to seat Lord Marcus Hill.
RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.—The French C°111:,:f
mission, consisting of eighteen Members of the Chamber
Deputies, have decided that such undertakings shall he cn_
0
trusted not to the State, but to private Companies. I° thanh
the Commission have coincided with public opinion, which tt
leloudly expressed itself against the monopoly of the State, able
in favour of private industry. It is therefore most probe .11
that the Companies already formed for the principal lines "le,
receive the Parliamentary sanction in the course of the Pr,
sent Session. English capitalists have readily embarked ,
the Paris and Havre Railway, and now their attentionlinle
attracted by the Paris and Belgium Railway. T the
passes through important manufacturing districts, an" ted
route is one of the most frequented. Persons well acqualltdi
with the trade and connections of the country affirm h° /30
that the result must prove superior even to the expeetati°
of the influential promoters of the undertaking.
STARTING OF THE SIRIUS FOR NEW vo ded
Early on Monday the road from Cork to Passage was crow
erg
with vehicles of every description, conveying pass des,
anxious to witness the departure of the first steam-vessel wag
tined to cross the Atlantic. At ten o'clock the signal gun,rhe
fired. The scene at this moment was most exciting• aced
shores at either side were crowded with spectators, who evi and
their anxiety for the success of the undertaking by long
at
loud cheering as the vessel got under weigh. The nrieb
Rocklodge, the scat of Mr. J. Galway, fired a salute,waati
,
was answered from the ships moored at Passage. The "e the
of the scene at this moment could not be surpassed, from At
fineness of the day and the number of people assembled. her
a few minutes after ten o'clock the Sirius proceeded olla
voyage, having on board 30 state cabin, 29 fore cabin, afelot,
steerage passengers, accompanied by the Ocean steam-P :0i;
which vessel proceeded to the harbour's mouth, to bring their
those ladies and gentlemen who remained on board to see
each
friends to sea. At parting the steam-packets salutedeeded
other, and, after three hearty cheers, the Sirius pros with
on her voyage, and was soon lost sight of. We hal.nder-
pleasure the commencement of this bold and spirited u
rot
taking. This species of communication will connect the
continent of America closely with this country, from the isac;
lity it will afford of a safe and speedy transmission of roar' the
gers. Captain Roberts, the experienced commander ',via
Sirius, calculates on making the voyage in twelve days!
Sirius is the property of the St. George Steam-packet '-'an
pany, and was chartered by them to the British and ATe"ticc,
Steam Navigation Company. It is intended to make
more more voyages to America, until the British Queen, thowst'rork
did new vessel, is ready. The Sirius will leave Ne
•
on the Ist of May.—Cork Reporter.
t, is to
TILE FANQUI IN CHINA.--A work,
title, which promises to be one of considerable interest,
sans
appear in the course of the ensuing week. ManY Pfr the
will no doubt be puzzled to understand the meanainf
illocorn-
word " Fanqui." Those who have been to China
applied
prebend it well enough, as they must have heard it
wanderer
to themselves. It literally signifies " barbarian
considered
but having been so long in use the epithet is
insult,
_A way
to be generally applied without intention to cu
m therefore,
be fairly translated " Foreigner.'' This ter
Eurpeans,
presses in China, not only the English, but all
inha
laitants
.ot
Americans, Parsees,l Arabs, Malays, and the
the Celestial
every other quarter of the globe excepting
Empire. under this

E CORONATION.

BY the (From last night's Gazette.)
QUEEN.—.A PROCLAMATION, declaring her Majesty's
fit rther Pleasure touching her Royal Coronation, and the
Sole trinity thereof.

VICTORIA, R.
Alinig' qty Vbe weas having resolved, by the favour and blessing of
God, to celebrate the solemnity of our Royal
Coronation, upon Tuesday the 26th day of June next, at our
Palae• a at Westminster ; and having accordingly signified our
Royal. pleasure concerning the same, by our Proclamation,
date the fourth day of April instant, whereby, amongst other
we thought fit, out of our princely care for the preser.
v ation of the lawful rights and inheritances of our loving sub-
eets whom it might concern, to declare, that, by our Corn-
inissi on under the Great Seal of Great Britain, we had ap-
PoiD ted and authorised all the Lords and others who have
been sworn of our most Honourable Privy Council, or
any five or more of them, to receive, hear, and determine
the
Petitions and claims which should be to them exhibited
by any of our loving subjects in this behalf ; and that we
should. appoint our said Commissioners for that purpose to
littb in
the Council Chamber at Whitehall, upon Saturday
e twenty-eighth day of this instant, at eleven o'clock in the
morning of the same day, and from time to time to adjourn as
to them should seem meet, for the execution of our said Com-
mission;and whereby we did also signify unto all and every
Our I"2l7ing. subjects whom it might concern, that our will and
pleasure was, and we did thereby strictly charge and command
all persons, of what rank or quality soever they might be, who,
either upon our letters to them directed, or by reason of their
olEees
da or tanures, or otherwise, were to do any service at the said
y or tirae of our Coronation, that they would duly give their
attendance accordingly, in all respects furnished and appointed
as to
•
so. great a solemnity appertaineth, and answerable to
the d
fail
eld dignities and places which every one of them respectively
ail asdi
Crtey
enjoyed, and of that they or any of them, were not to
would answer the contrary at their perils, unless
upon
tPecial reasons by ourself under our hand to be allowed,
we sl'could dispense with any of their services or attendances.
A lid whereas by a report made unto us by a Committee of
the Lords of our Most Honourable Privy Council, to whom
Ile thought fit to refer the arrangement of preparations
nßcessary upon the occasion of the aforesaid Coronation,
t/ to said Committee of our said Privy Council have in
bedience to our commands, whereby they were specially
d irected to make the said arrangements as much abridged and
a s economical as might be compatible with a strict regard to
tl se solemnity and importance of the occasion, and
a due compliance with the provisions of existing
S tatutes in that behalf, reported to us their opinion, that it
m ay be proper for us to omit that part of the ceremonial
w hid' usually takes place in Westminster Hall, and that
Part thereof which consists of the procession, and that we
should give directions for the celebration of that part only
(as it might be hereafter curtailed) which is solem-
niz ed in Westminster Abbey ; and the said Com-
ttee of our Privy Council have further submit-
ted to us, that in dispensing with the ceremonies
which have heretofore taken place in Westminster-Hall, it
ma 7 be proper that we should dispense with the services and
attendance of those who, by ancient customs and usages, as
also in regard of divers tenures of sundry manors, lands, and
other hereditaments, do claim and aro bound to do and
perform divers several services at the time of our said Co-
ronation, which services would have been performed in West-
minster-Hall, or an the procession, and at the same time that
we would be graciously pleased to declare, that such dispensa-
tion should in no wise interfere with the rights and privileges
they may claim as touching the performances of the said
services at any future Coronation of the Kings or Queens of
this realm : and whereas the said Committee of our said Privy
Council have further represented unto us, that it may be ad-
visable for us to issue our Royal Proclamation to that effect,
We, therefore, in compliance with the advice so dutifully
tend%sred to us by our Privy Council, and having at heart the
ease of our loving subjects, do, by this our Royal Proclama-
tion, signify and declare that it is our Royal will and pleasure,
that such part only of the solemnity and ceremony of our
Royal Coronation, as is usual upon the Coronation of the
Kings and Queens of this realm, solemnized in Westminster
.Abbey, shall take place ; and we do further, by this our
Royal Proclamation, signify and declare, that we do dispense
-upon the occasion of this our Coronation, with the procession,
and with the services and attendance of all persons who,
'by ancient custom and usage, or in regard of their tenures
of any manors, lands, or other hereditaments, do claim,
and are bound to do and perform, any services at the
time of the Coronation, which, according to ancient
custom or usage, are to be performed in Westminster
Hall, or in the procession; such dispensation, nevertheless
tt(i),,be altogether without prejudice to the rights and preroga-
dee"f our successors, Kings and Queens of this realm, to
Maud and require the performance of the said several ser-
f,,es at any future Coronation of the Kings or Queens of
7 realm we do hereby further graciously declare, that
the
sake shall not interfere with the rights and privileges
(31,. any of our loving subjects, to claim the performances
of
Sitell several services, or any of them, at any future
Coro nation : and we do hereby, in further compliance
With the advice of the aforesaid Committee of our Privy
Council, declare, and make known, to all such of our
lov'mg subjects as it may concern, that it seems good to
, that the Committee of Claims shall, upon the occasion of
Vais our Coronation, but without prejudice for the future to
the rights and claims of any of our loving subjects, exclude
from their consideration such claims as may be submitted to
-them, in respects of rights or services connected with the
'Parts of the ceremonial heretofore performed in Westminster-
-hall, and with the procession.
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this tenth day
of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in
the first year of our reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Earl Marshal's Office, 30, Great George-street, Westminster,
April 10, 1838.
MR Queen's Most Excellent Majesty having been pleased
to command me, as Earl Marshal of England, forthwith to
Prepare and countersign letters to be passed under the royal
51gn manual, requiring the attendance of the Peers
And Peeresses of Great Britain at the solemnity of the
-Royal Coronation of her Majesty ; and the Queen
*having been further pleased to command me to prepare
such letters also for those Peers of that part of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Ireland, who sat
and voted in the House of Lords of Ireland before the Union,
or whose right to sit and vote therein, or to vote at the elec-
tion of a representative Peer for Ireland has, on claim made
on their behalf, been admitted by the House of Lords of the
United Kingdom, and who are not now Members of the House
of Commons of the United Kingdom, I do hereby re-
quest that all those Peers, who, in conformity to the
above regulations, are entitled to assist at the Solemnity
of her Majesty's Royal Coronation, will be pleased to
transmit their respective addresses to Sir William Woods,
Deputy Garter King of Arms, at this Office, and that the
Dowager-Peeresses and Peeresses who may claim to attend
at the said Coronation, will be also pleased to transmit their
respective Christian names and addresses to Sir William
Woods, in order that their letters of summons may be pre-
pared without delay.

NORFOLK, Earl Marshal.

Earl Marshal's-office, 30, Great George-street,
Westminster, April 10, 1838.
The Earl Marshal's Order concerning the Robes, Coronets,
&c., which are to he worn by the Peers at the Coronation
of her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Victoria.
These are to give notice, to all Peers who attend at the
Coronation of her Majesty, that the robe or mantle of the
Peers be of crimson velvet, edged with miniver, the cape
furred with miniver pure, and powdered with bars or rows
of ermine, according to their degree, viz.--
Barons, two rows.
Viscounts, two rows and a half.
Earls, three rows.
Marquisses, three rows and a half.
Dukes, four rows.
The said mantles or robes to be worn over the full Court
dregsuniform, or regimentals usually worn at her Majesty's
„,wi-rorns.
:e
henirg ccronets to be of silver gilt ; the caps of crimson
na lyet turned up with ermine, with a gold tassel on the top ;
no jewels or precious stones are to be set or used in the
eQr,o...nets, or counterfeit pearls instead of silver balls.
sil
coronet of a Baron to have, on the circle or rim, six
er balls at equal distances.
The coronet of a Viscount to have, on the circle, sixteen
Clver balls.
The coronet of an Earl to have, on the circle, eight silver
t, 31 raised upon points, with gold strawberry leaves between
istr- coronet of a Marquis to have, on the circle, four gold
littlewy leaves and four silver balls alternately, the latter a
raise leaves
on points above the rim.
stra e coronetav of a Duke to have, on the circle, eight gold
wherry lees.

By her Majesty's command,
NORFOLK, Earl Marshal. Earl Marshal's Office, 30, Great George-street, Westminster,
The April 10, 1838.
isc_Earl
.Marshal's Order concerning the Robes, Coronet.,
4, e., which are to be worn by the Peeresses at the Corona.
LlCin
Thes her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Victoria.
Coronation of her Majesty, that the robes or mantles apper3

taining to their respective ranks are to be worn over the usual
full Court dress.

That the robe or mantle of a Baroness be of crimson
velvet, the cape whereof to be furred with miniver pure,
and powdered with two bars or rows of ermine ; the said
mantle to be edged round with miniver pure two inches in
breadth, and the train to be three feet on the ground,
the coronet to be according to her degree, viz., a rim or
circle with six pearls upon the same, not raised upon points.

That the robe or mantle of a Viscountess be like that of a
Baroness, only the cape powdered with two rows and a half of
ermine, the edging of the mantle two inches as before, and
the train a yard and a quarter; the coronet to be according to
her degree; viz., a rim or circle with pearls thereon, sixteen
in number, and not raised upon points.

That the robe or mantle of a Countess be as before, only
the cape powdered, with three rows of ermine, the edging
three inches in breadth, and the train a yard and a half; the
coronet to be composed of eight pearls raised upon points or
rays, with small strawberry leaves between, above the rim.

That the robe or mantle of a Marchioness be as before,
only the cape powdered with three rows and a half of ermine,
the edging four inches in breadth, the train a yard and three
quarters ; the coronet to be composed
.of four strawberry
leaves and four pearls raised upon points of the same height as
the lep.ves alternately, above the rim.

That the robe or mantle of a Duchess be as before, only the
cape powdered with four rows of ermine, the edging five
inches broad, the train two yards ; the coronet to be composed
of eight strawberry leaves, all of equal height, above the rim.
And that the caps of all the said coronets be of crimson
velvet, turned up with ermine, with a tassel of gold on the top.
By Her Majesty's command,
NORFOLK, Earl Marshal.