The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-28 00:00:00

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LONDON :
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1838.

Our Journal of this day commemorates the Coro-
nation of her MAJESTY, by appearing in a golden
dress. We claim little more merit for this splendid
specimen of the united arts of engraving and printing,
than having most diligently exerted ourselves to lay
it before cur readers. To the great ingenuity of
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the great skill of Mr. EDWARD Wyos the modeller,
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age—to all these gentlemen combined we are in-
debted for the great beauty which our journal this
day exhibits. The zeal of all the gentlemen we
have mentioned, and in particular, M. De La
RUE, in rendering us assistance, is above our
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Our readers may form some idea of the exertions
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the public at large.
e have unfortunately to regret that an accident,
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at any time to almost any printing completed by
machinery, will prevent us from preparing to-
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For ourselves, we shall briefly say that we
have no other object in view than to please that
public which we have ever found an indulgent
and encouraging employer ; and, to do honour
to that day on which the Nation's QUEEN has vowed at
the Altar and before her assembled people to pre-
serve the Nation's liberties, and, with God-like
attributes, to do justice, tempered with mercy.

Among the distinctions conferred in honour of that
auspicious event which the British nation is this day
celebrating, with a joy as deep as it is universal,
there is none that the public will consider better
deserved, or more appropriately bestowed, than that
which advances Lord DLNDAS to the Earldom of
Zetland. The Noble Earl possesses extensive pro-
perty in the county of Orkney, of which Zetland forms
the larger and more populous portion ; as well as the
patronage of almost all the churches in both the dis-
tricts ; and he has used the power derived from these
sources in such a manner as to endear himself to the
inhabitants in reneral. But strong as these claims
may be, they are in our view far inferior to that
which the Noble Earl derives from having, during
the course of a long life, adhered inflexibly, through
good report and bad report, to those liberal poli-
tical principles with which he set out in his
youth, and to which her Gracious Maiesry is
well-known to be cordially and firmly attached.
This Earldom, though .ow creation in the British
Peerage, is notwithstanding of very ancient date ;
and it is a circumstance not perhaps generally
known, I.lvect t."l".e blood of the first C.Veicawy
and Zrtland, ROGNVALD, or RONALD, of Mceri,
in Norway, Bows in the viens of Queen VICTORIA.
Such, however, is the fact. HAROLD, the Fairhaired,
having subdued the Orkney and Zetland Islands
towards the close of the ninth century, constituted
them an earldom, dependent on the crown of Nor-
way, and gave them in charge to the above men-
tioned powerful chieftain. HROLF, or Rom.° as he
is generally called, the founder of the Norman
dynasty, wcs the son of Earl RONALD; and from
RoLLo, Wiwi, at the Conqueror was the fifth in
descent,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The House was opened shortly after 7, and by 8
o'clock numbers of Members were flocking in, some
dressed in Court dresses, a great many in military
and naval uniforms, and a vast number in the uniform
of the Yeomanry Cavalry.
Amongst the earliest arrivals were Lord Sandon,
Mr. Bernal, Alderman Copeland, &c. The Mem-
bers continued to pour in, dressed in all sorts of uni-
form till 9 o'clock, when the Speaker entered in his
State robes, the Sergeant carrying the mace,-and
wearing all his orders. At that time there were up-
wards of 400 Members present, and it never was our
fortune to witness a finer or grander scene than
when the Members all rose to receive the Speaker
as he proceeded to the Choir. The intermixture of
the various uniforms and Court dresses formed as
beautiful a coup d'wil as could possibly be witnessed.
All the ofliz.ets of the army and navy wore the coi-
n:es of the orders to which they belonged. Amongst
those who attracted the notice of the House were
Admiral Ccdrington, whose b: ea=t was covered with
orders ; Lord Wm. Bentinck, Admiral Adam, Ge-
neral Evans, Sir F. Trench, Sir El. Hardinge, &c.
Mr. Walter Campbell appeared in a superb High-
land dress, and was loudly cheered. So also was Mr.
Pease, who wore an exceedingly neat Court dress,
which had as mucl:thc appearance of a " Friend's"
dress a>
Mr. Fector appeared in a superb velvet Court
dress, and was loudly cheered.
Shortly before the Speaker came in, Mr. O'Con-
nell enter, el the I leure in a Con: t dr, es, w hich car-ed
much laughter, in which the lion. Mca.bcr cordially
During the half hour which elapsed before the
Ballot was commenced, the Mernhers enjoyed them-
selves in jeering and laughing at each other.
At half-past nine precisely the Speaker called
" 0, der," and said that the Ballot was now ahoet to
take place, and as the counties were called the Gen-
tlemen who represented them, and places within
them, would at once proceed to the Abbey.
The first county celled was Meath, then Perth,
&c. It was singular that the lirt dr.,wn were
those which ha I but f, w R presentreives, conse-
quently the ilon,e was filled fur a considerable time
after the balloting beg m.
Lord W. Bentinek was the last to leave the Ileum,.
The Pallet was got thr,,ngli in half an hoer, and the
Speaker mecempanied by the Serjealit, Chaplain, Se-
cretary, &c. went over to the Abbey at Ten o'clock.

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