The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-01 00:00:00

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the Theaties were crowded with audiences eta
paid; and from Vauxhall to White Conduit, exlii.
bited universal animation. About eight &clods'
a slight shower fell, and it was exceedingly ainusiagi
to. see how suddenly the vast army of congre.,,,,
gated Cockneys fled in all directions to,`
-any place of shelter. But this •'' untoward
eietit,"—according to the old adage " it is an a.
wind blows nobody good,"—was a source of great
profit to omnibus, hackney, and cab-drivers, will)
doubled, and in some cases tripled their-fares on this :
Occasion. Along the line of the procession Alla
Work of demolition upon the erections witich 114-
been made f(ir the purposes of illuminafon or-•lf..r
viewing the epectaele was going on.
An immense crowd of persons asienitied opposite
Buckingham Palace, between five and six o'clock,
to see her Majesty return from her usual evening
drive, ~nor was their curiosity Im:ratified, lbr about
six her Majesty arrived in her ordinary ridint
carriage, and was loudly cheered by the assembl
multitude.

A very " untoward event" took place with re-
spect to a Marchioness, whose name we did not
learn, on passing up the aisle. One of the officers
of the guards, who by courtesy was permitted to
view the ceremony before her Majesty's arrival, is
crossing the platform trod upon the Peeresses train,
and literally tore it from her shoulders. Tll
lady was of course compelled to retire for some
time to have it adjusted, but we think she could`
scarcely have felt more mortified and crest-fallen
than the unfortunate %right by whoin the mishap •
Was occasioned.
In the course of Friday the greater portion of
the temporary erections, platforms, and bfilennies, _
with which the streets on the line of the pro-
cession had been lined, were taken down, ami
the-pavement was in many places quite impassable
from the number of workmen thus employed.
Some alarm. was .excited by the
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of Peers and Peeresses, and distinguished Foreigners,
who thronged the theatre and aisles shortly after her
Majesty had left the Abbey. • It was soon ascer-
tained, however, that they had been brought in for
the purpose of guarding the valuable massive plate
used in the Communion Service and for the decent..
Lion of the Altar.

THE GOLDEN CORONATION iS imposs-
Ede to describe the state of- our office since the
afternoon of Thursday last. From daylight till
midnight it has been besieged by countless thou-
sands, and the Openings and wainsteots have
in several places given way before the pressure
of the crowd. At one prrod we were• eluc.
tantly compelled to call in the aid of the
Bow-street officers to save our premises from im-
pending annihilation. • The thousands of copies
which we issued as rapidly as the complicated ma-
chinery by which they were produced could supply
them, were hut as drops of water in the great
ocean; and five shillings, ten shillings, and its
• in many cases donbre that sum was offered at the
door for a single copy of " The Golden Sun." At
Bristol the extra number of copies sent down wa,,
exhausted almost instantaneously ; and our enter-
prising agent, who was tendered a sovereign as the
current price for a Coronation Sun, started off ex-
press to London for the purpose of procuring as
further supply. This is but a solitary instance of
the excitement. in Birmingham:Manchester, Liver-
pool, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and all the:
large towns of the Kingdom. We can only
say to our friends and the public, " Have patience
with us," and so far as the united skill and industry
of all the first-rate artists of the metropolis can go,
coupled with our own unceasing exertions, we shall
endeaVour to meet the calls of our innumerable
customers in town, country, and abroad.
An order for 20,000 copies for the East Indies
has just been followed by orders of nearly equal.
Magnitude for the United States and the Continent.
We hope in a few days to satisfy a great portion o.'
the demands upon us.

Tug ABM", Prtutous TO THE Queee's ARRIVAL,—Such
was the temple in which our gracious and lovely Queen Vi-
ctoria 'was yesterday crowned Queen of these realms. It was
not until half-past seven that the Peers and Peeresses arrived.
in any numbers. From that time forward they made their
appearance in rapid succession, and the gentlemen ushers had
enough upon their hands. Amongst the Peeresses who ar-
rived rather early was the Countess of Essex, who attracted
considerable notice, and apparently received the greetings of
a crowd of noblemen and gentlemen who were lounging about
the platform. She looked extremely well, and was elegantly
dressed. • Lord Lyndhurst was also amongst the.
,egelvearejee
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b“che soon picked-up-7ns spirits, Chat-
ting and laugh outright with the learned Judges and others lie
the choir seats. About half-past eight o'clock the Duke of
Nemours came unatttnded, and attracted considerable notice, as
he was ushered to a seat, we believe, in the Ambasadors' box.
By half-past nine almost all the Peers and l'eeresses had are
rived ; the latter generally taking their places immediately.
and remaining very quietly engaged with the settling of the
robes or coronets, or the advantageous disposal of small packets
of sandwiches and other substantials, which their Ladyships
had, in many instances, very prudently provided themselves.
with. From this period the whole vast area of the Abbey
(with the sole exception of the Ambassadors' box) being
nearly filled, and people being tired of gazing at coronet after
coronet, and surveying the vast ocean of diamonds and jewel.:
lery which filled the theatre, relaxed into a calmness almost':
approaching a waking sleep, or what poetasters would call a
"dreaminess," from which nothing but some new excitement
could awake them. At length this means cf excitement oc-
curred ; when the distant sound of the Park guns announced,
that Queen Victoria was actually in her State coach, and oa
the way to glad the sleepy eyes of her loving subjects. This
happened at precisely seven minutes after ten, and the effect
of it was perfectly electrical. A gathering whisper, like the
rising and rustling of distant waters, was heard from the nave
and was instantly met by similar indistinct sounds from the
transcepts, the galleries, and lolly vaultings ; and indeed every
part of the building. It was like a giant shaking off sleep, Alt
again was life and animation, and interchanges of congratula—
tions and inquiries, and looking at watches and calculating dig-
tances, and rubbing eyes and resolving to look brisk, and chew.
ing biscuits, and other gratifying symptoms of resuscitation,
which to particularise would be tedious. The cannons stilt
went on booming, the bells were indistinctly heard ringing a
merry peal, and even the shouting voices and waving handkere
chiefs of the countless myriads without were before us in inure
gination. The few remaining Peers and Peeresses who had
yet to• arrive, did so with a precipitation which the or-
casion required—the Prebendaries of Westminster put eta
their capes and stoles, and paced up and down the choir
in readiness for the duty which they were .to per.
form of meeting their Sovereign at the Abbey gate.
The embassies, as they severally arrived, were met by the
heralds and gentlemen at arms with all due honour, and es-
•corted to their seats, amidst a murmur of observation at the
costliness, variety, or novelty of the costumes which they
presented. The Turkish Ambassador appeared at first abso-
lutely bewildered, and a slight titter ran through the galleries
at the start he gave on first entering the door. A 'sound 01
cheering now ran through from the nave, and it was quickly
intimated that Marshal Soult was close at hand. On his Ex-
cellency's entrance the cordial greeting which we understood
he had received without was repeated with the true John Dull
heartiness.' Ile bowed with great dignity, yet with much
feeling, in testimony of his appreciation of the delicate coni-
pliments intended to be ofrered him, and made his way (halt-
big rather from lameness) to the ambassadors' box, The
cordial and apnropriate fervour with which this great
General was received on the present occasion, both within
and without the Abbey, was highly creditable to the good
taste and generous feelings of the English public. They have
thus given their best expression of dissent from the nintae
closes eff:Ce .eiaction which has sought to mar the harmony
-or the present festive period by a recurrence. to by-gone na-
tional strife. This applause of the venerable Marshal must be
teen he mare gratifsing himeelf, as it is honourable to the Eng-
re -serepe„,r-e-,;terrg from the,...4.-..14w1id-rrriTtrenre
which but a few Lelia:tee afteewanis• were lend in their just ap-
plause of his-Grace the Duke of Wellington, • Amongst the
other ambassadors who attracted particular attention score the
Prince Swartzenbutgli, who were a splendid dress of velvet,
turned up with fur and gold. The Princess excited universal
admiration for her beauty and the elegant richness of her dress.
But Prince Esterhazy's coat of mail (for we mayealmost so term
it) of pearls and diamonds carried everything before it. In
passing through the choir everybody stared at him with all
their eyes. When the Prince arrived at the Peeresses' seats,
on his way to the AmbassaCrs' box,- he was regularly way-
laid, and underwent a minute scrutiny, which he enjoyed
with great good hinnour. We need -is icily add that the ap-
pearance of the Ambassadors' hex, when all their Excellencies
were seated in it, seas suenptnous in the extreme,

Every succeeding moment now brought with it a fresh acceS-
sion cf Peers and Peeresses, and the officers of the Herald.'s
College were incessantly engaged in conducting them to their
pines. The Lord Mayor, and the Lady Mayoress were shown
to their respective seats, the former to the right of the Judge',
and the Latter among the Pe..xesscs.- tSir Ilobert Peel, who was
attired in the full Windsor uniform, took • his seat wish the
privy councillors. At half-past nine o'clock Prinse
George et Cambridge arrived with the , Duchesss .of
Gloucester le:ming on his arm. When the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland entered, he was announced by his now
title as Marquis of Normanby. The Duke of Nas:sau ar-
rived immediately afterwards, and wai led to the royal box.