The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-09 00:00:00

Published by Authority of the African Asqociation.

" This work throws new light on a race which has
long stood single among the nations."—Elimburgh Review.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-
street.

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THE', AtCliKitTS.-(TIIIS DAY.)

CORN EXCiIANGE,

:Tbe'arrivals 4f -Englislkirain this week are moderate, and of
Fiireign not, large.
~,The..Whpat trade since Monday has been
dull, but the. factgrs;are, asking higher prices for superfine par.
t4Fls ; Monday's prices.are obtained. Barley, Beans, and 'Pease,
are tinalier.d.-: Foreign flat arealittle- dearer, but other kinds
are the same as" last quoted. Or Float. the ruttiin was pretty
good, and the prices remain the same as our last.
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ARRIVALS.
Wheat. -1 Barley. Mt:. I Flour.
Fnalish
3;4138 qrs. 406 qrs.. 43,793 qt'.l 4,14 Isacks
615 - •
Fat.. 441.

GENERAL ictrEeiAt3R I lUt E (.11,13iLl'r1:111 CORN,
For-the Week ended Sept, 2, -1f.431 rude qt, fromthe Return,.
of the Inspectors in the tlitlerene Cities aiitrfctiT,k4 in England
and Wales, pei Imperial Quarter.
I.Vheat 214 Oats .... 255. 53.1 ;11s. (Id,
325. 21.1 Rye 355. 3d I Pease—...L. 41s. I Id.
iIiPt'..ntn.AOO,REO,ATE AVERAOES OF THE SIX WEUKS pancEnirin.
Wheat..«...... (4i. id th.;:s Id.l 40s. 3d.
303. 9d.1 Rye 355. 1.::1.1,Peefl•!•,-,,.... 41s. lid.

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LONI)ON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1831.

THE LONDON GAZETTE

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and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Marquis of the said United
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Kingdom to Archibald Earl of Carillis, K.'ll nod the heirs male
Marquis of Ailsas.of the isle of AiLia, in the country of AN r.
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The Kilig`hrfs'faltklfse4n pleased- to direct letters patentito be
paged tindr the wirAt Ant of the United Kingdarn of Great
13ritakti ond liejand, I/ratting. the dignity of a Marquis of the
said flinted 'Kingdom to Robert F.arl .Grosvenor, and the heirs
male his body lawfully bego!ton, by the name, stile, and tltlc
of Ow quis,of • •
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e liirtkslas also been pleased to 'direct letters patent to
dlnstr .e Great Seal- of the United Kingdom of Gree •
Britald- :Ireland granting the dignities of Baron and Earl c f`•
the Waid4bsited Kingdom to Lord George Augustus Henry Ca-
enthoh, And the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by
.he rvinief, siile;, and titles of Baron- Cavendish, of Keighley, in
•t he cottity. of York, and Earl. of Ileirtingtcyi
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The king. has also hoen pleased to direct letters patent to be
p used under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of (heat
Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of Earl of the said
United Kindcrin to Robert Dundas Viscount Duncan, and the
heirs male of his body lawfully, begotten, by the name, stale,
title of Earl. Campetdown, of Ltrrulie,•in the county of Forfar,
a id of Gleneagles, in the county of Perth.

The:King has Asoneen pleased tcCdirect letters' patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of that part of our United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, granting the dignity
of an Lad of that part of the-• 14aid .tinitcxl litngdom called Ire-
land, to Thomas Viscount Northland,: and the heirs ma e of hix
body lawfully begGttcn by the,name, stile, and title of Earl of
i Ranfurly, of Dunganncl, n the tounty of Tyrone.

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The king has also been pleased to !direct letters patent to Ur
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of Baron of the sail
Unitrxt Kingdom to the following persohs and the heirs male of
their bodies lawfully begotten, TIE.—
Tlfol-114 Marquis of kleadfort, by the name, stile, and title of
Baron K'enlis,. ef Kenlis, op Kells, in the county of Meath. ; I
John Chambre 'Flail Of Meath, K.P., by the name, stile, and
title of Baron Chaworth; Qf Heaton-hall, In the county of He-
reford,
George Earl of Dunmore, by the name, stile, and title of Baron
Dunmore,-of Dunmore, in the -Forest cif A t hole, in the county of
Perth.
General George -lames Earl Ludlow, G. C. B. by the name
stile, and title of Baron Ludlow.
"Robert Montgomerie Lord Belhaven and Stenton, by the
name, stile, and title of Baron- Hamilton,.of Wishaw, in the
county of Lanark.
General John Francis Lord Howden, G.C.B. by the name,
stile, and title of Baron Howden, of Bowden and Grinistrm, in
t he county of-York)
The Honourable William Maule, by the name, stile, and title
hf, *Baron Panmure, of Brechin and Nc.var, in the county of
Forfar. •
The Honourable George Cadogan, by the name, stile, and title
of Baron Oakley, of Caversharn, in the county of Oxford. /
•- Sir George War Wick Bampfylde, Bart. by the name, stile, and
title of Baron Poltimore, of Poltimore, in the county of Devon.
Sir Robert Lawley, Bart. by the name, stile, and title of Baron
Wenlock, 'or Wenlock, in the county of Salop.
Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, Bart, by the game, stile, and title
of Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn, in the county of Flirt.
.William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Esq. by the name, stile, Sad
title of Baron "Segrave, of Berkeley Castle, ..in the county of
Gloucestershire.
Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Chichester, by the name, stile, and titl
of Baron Templemore, of Templemore in the couirty of Done-
galL
William Lewis Hughes.' Esq., by the name, stile, and title of
Baron Dinerben, of Kenmell-park, in the county of Denbigh.

F• • ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Sr.E 7.
This day Monsieur de Gersdorf, Minister Resident frontithe
King of Saxony, had his first audience of her Majesty.
To which he was introduced.by Earl Howe, her Majesty's
Lord Chamberlain, and conducted by Sir Hebert Chester, Kikt.
Master of the Ceremonies.

WHITEHALL, Snvr. F.
• The King has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Edmund
Goodenough, D.D., the place and dignity of the Deanery of
Wells, void by the resignation of the Right Rev. Father in God
Henry Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.
The King has been pleased togranr to the Right Reverend
Father in God, Henry Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry' and
dignitary of a Prebendary :f the Collegiate College, Church of
St. Peter, Westminster, rind by the resignation of Luctor
Edmund Gloodenough.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
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BANKRVPTS.
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sionerg. Attorneys, Forbes and Pally, Ely.vlace, Holborn.
WILLIAM NICHOLSON, Bradford, I orkshire, scrivener,
Sept. 20, 27, and Oil. 21, ateleven,attthe:Court of Commissioners.
Poole, Southainpton.street, Bloomsbury ; Swan, Bradford,
RENE PK-CA NTELOUZE, Dean-street, Soho, dress-maker,
Sept. 12, at ten, 5+3, at twelve, Oct. 21, at Oteyen, at the Ccurt of
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FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Massager des Chambres, dated Wednesday.)
We du not give credit to the intelligence circulated this
morning of the capitulation of Warsaw, founded upon a
letter from Munich, of which neither the date is given,
nor does it assign any date to the event which it announces.
Poland, says this letter, will form a separate kingdom
under the sovereignty of Nicholas ; it will have a n ttional
army, a vice-royalty, and authorities also national ; and
the Russian troops can in no case enter Poland.
These conditions appear probable ; it is at least on the
basis of them that a negociation has for some time been
carrying on, but there is nothing to prove that they h
the
ad
been accepted at Warsaw up the 18th of August,
date of the last account from the interior of that city. It
must, besides, be supposed that, for a treaty so explicit as
that the Russian Marshal was furnished with, a consent
previously signed must have been given by the Emperor.
On the other hand, it is possible that the Marshal may
only be authorised to snake promises, in which case there
is reason to apprehend that, the submission once effected,
the Russian Cabinet would not show any eagerness to
fulfil the promises. There is, besides, a question the solu-
tion of which the Poles would not fail to require before
surrendering,-namely, whether the Russian army would
evacuate their country immediately after the conclusion of
the peace.
All that we know from Warsaw is, that Gen. Krukowi-
ecki, invested with the supreme command, hastened to
tranquillize and quell sedition ; that General Dembinski,
appointed Generalissimo by the preceding Government,
was unable to take possession of that dignity in conse-
quence of the opposition on the part of the army ; and that
instead of him had been substituted General Prodzinski,
late Chief of the Staff to Skrzynecki.
It is, besides, confirmed that Skrzynecki and Prince
Czartoriski had quitted the capital, and that General Kru-
kowiecki protected their flight against certain furious in-
dividuals, who, in a moment of delirium, forgot the ser-
vices and the patriotism of these two great citizens.
The Commission which bad been sent to the Russian
head-quarters to negociate had returned to the city.
Through the agency of the Austrian Consul, very important
despatches had been received from Vienna, which were
believed to relate to the mediation set on foot by the seve-
ral Powers.
Marshal Paskewitsch still expected the junction of the
corps of Rudiger, and he was obliged to keep a strong di-
vision detached on his right at Piaseczno (six leagues from
Warsaw), on the route by which that corps is to arrive.
In the meantime the Volbynian General Rosyski, who
commands a corps of partizans of 7,000 men, with nine
pieces of cannon, in the palatinates of Kielce (Cracow) and
Sandomir, harasses the flasks of the corps of Rudiger. On
the 20th information reached Cracow that Rosyski hail de-
feated the Russians at Ilza, between Radom and Kielce.
The enemy had 300 men (cavalry) killed, and 50 made
prisoners, with their arms and horses. In consequence of
this advantage the Russians were forced to evacuate the
district of Kielce.
Whilst Warsaw continues to resist, the diversion of Ro-
syski may be considered as important. No Russian has
yet penetrated into that southern part of Poland which com-
prehends the south of the Palatinates of Kalish, Kielce, and
Sandomir. The corps of Rosyski has found the means of
recruiting, of supporting itself, and of doing much
mischief to the Russians by a war of detail. A certain
number of compromised patriots who, subsequently to the
first notice of the investiture of Marshal Paskewitsch with
the chief command, quitted Warsaw on the report being
circulated of a negotiation being about to be entered into,
retired to Alicchow, between Kielce and Cracow. There
they will second the efforts of Rosyski, and excite the in-
habitants, and their presence in these distant provinces
will serve to maintain the spirit of independence.
Should the resistance of Warsaw be prolonged, the Rus-
sian army, harassed by a circle of partisans throwing them-
selves upon its communications, will perhaps experience
the greatest embarrassments. It will besides be seen that
Marshal Paskewitsch himself does not believe the contest
to be near an end, he having fortified Lowicz (IS leagues
from Warsaw, ou the route to Prussia), that it may serve
as a point d'appui in case of a check or a failure of success.
With reference to the system of the Prussian Govern-
ment, it may be said, looking to its Gazette, that no news
is good news. If Warsaw had surrendered, we should
already have I.ad it announced through that channel.
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THE CORONATION.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1831

THE CEREMONY IN THE ABBEY.
The doors of the Abbey were opened at four o'clock ;
but at that early hour, comparatively few persons de-
manded admittance. At five o'clock di,charges of artillery
took place in the Park and on the river, and were con-
tinued at intervals during the day. A peal from the bells
of St. Margaret's church began to enliven the neighbour-
hood about the same hour, and by their cheerful tones
gave notice of the arrival of the day which was to usher
in the Coronation of our present most gracious and beloved
Monarch. At six o'clock the arrivals became more frequent
and from that time till the hour when the different en-
trances of the Abbey were closed the successive arrival of
individuals, who were brought to the Abbey either by
their rank, or by their official duties, or by curiosity, was
sufficiently rapid to prevent those who had previously
arrived from suffering severely from fatigue or ennui.
About seven o'clock the services of the officers at arms
were called into requisition by the influx of Peers and
Peneesses, whom it was their duty to marshal to
their appointed places. It would he impossible to
describe the order of their arrival, neither would any
person be pleased except the parties themselves, were we
to attempt such a task, even if it were possible. At nine
o'clock the Members of the House of Commons, being
themselves their own heralds, took possession of the gallery
assigned to them. Shortly afterwards the doors of the
Abbey were closed, and we are sorry to say that at that
time not more than half the seats in the different galleries,
choirs, nunneries, and clerostaries were filled. how this
happened we do not pretend to know. Within the choir,
we believe that all the arrangements were under the direc-
tion of the Earl Marshal, nod we are sure, from the libe-
rality displayed by his Grace and by his deputy, Sir G.
Nayler, in the allocation of seats, that the fault could not he
with them. Without the choir the space from the great
western door to the entrance was under the arrangement
of the Dean and Chapter, and as five guineas a sitting
were charged for places in galleries from which nothing
.of the Coronation ceremonies could be seen, and nothing
but a partial view of the procession, as it passed, could he
obtained, we are not at all surprised, however much we
may grieve, that there was nothing but a " beggarly ac-
vaunt of empty boxes" returned to those who had made
up their minds to sell them ao dearly.
Before we proceed to describe the ceremonies of the
Coronation, it may not be amiss to give a short description
of the internal decorations of the Abbey. In the first
place all the monuments have been encased in hoards, to
prevent them from suffering injury or mutilation; and the
consequence is, that there is nothing in the present appear.
mice of the Abbey to remind the spectator of its being
the mausoleum of so many of our kings, heroes, and states-
men. From the great western door of the Abbey to the
entrance of the choir were erected galleries decorated
with crimson coth, of which the front parts were in a
line i
with the pllars of the centre aisle, and the hack
parts rested on the walls of the Abbey itself. Along the
main aisle a platform was erected, upon which the pro-
cession was to walk : it was matted over and covered in
the centre with purple cloth. On each side of it two com-
panies of the Grenadier Guards were stationed from an
early hour in the morning.
The entrance to the choir is under a beautiful Gothic
screen, enclosing the organ and organ loft, which on this
occasion was set aside for the accommodation of the band.
At the last Coronation the organ was removed from its
ordinary position, and the space left by its removal was
occupied by the boys of Westminster school and the drums
and trumpets of the King's band. On this occasion it oc-
cupied its ordinary place. Some of the Westminster boys
were placed in s box at the right band of it : the rest were
placed in another specially reserved for them, in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of the place of Coronation.
Upon entering within the choir the spectacle became
.6cent All the stalls, pews, and reading
more magi,' •
Four or five rows of benches were
desks, were removed•
were set apart for the recep-
erected in their stead, and
tion of the Knights of the Bath, Privy Councillors,
Judges, and others who took a part in the procession.l On
each side of the choir were built two rows o ga. eries,
which readied to the intersection of time transept with the
choir. The vaultings above these galleries were also fitted
up as places for spectators, and handsomely decorated with
crimson cloth.
At the farther end of the choir some steps led to time
theatre, or puipitnin, which was situated exactly in time

middle of the Abbey, between the two transepts. It was
covered to the base of the first step with cloth of gold,
and thence to the flooring with rich Wilton carpet. The
chairs of state of the King and Queen were placed upon
it—that of the King on the right, and that of the Queen
a step lower, on the left. Both chairs faced the altar ;
and it was upon this chair that the King received the
homage of his Peers after the Coronation.
The north and south transepts were fitted up with rows
of benches as at the last Coronation, but with this dif-
ference, that close to each window an extensive gallery,
unfortunately not half filled, was erected. The first ten
rows of benches on each side were kept for the Peers anti
the Peeresses—the Peers sitting on the right, and the
Peeresses on the left, of their Majesties' chairs of state.
Above these rows were others preserved for the reception
of the friends and relations of the nobility. On each side
of the transepts were large galleries, ornamented with great
elegance. In one of them, capable of holding 200 indi-
viduals, there were not more than three persons present.
The Sacrarium, called in the printed ceremonial the
area, exceeded, as at the last Coronation, all the other pre-
parations in magnificence of decoration. With the ex-
ception of an additional chair of state and faldstool for her
Majesty, it was arranged in the same manner, and as it is
not likely that in the hurry in which our description of
the Coronation must necessarily be written, that we can
equal the official account of those preparations published
shortly after it took place, we prefer describing them in
the words of the Gazette, to attempting any imperfect
sketeh of them ourselves.
" The first object which attracted the eye was the altar.
The table, six feet nine inches in length, stood upon a
platform a little above the elevation of the floor, and had a
small shelf behind. The whole was covered with blue
and gold brocade. The top of this covering was panelled
with gold broad lace, and was edged with gold looped
fringe. The bottom and sides were bordered with gold
lace, and the whole was furnished with a deep gold fringe.
seven inches deep. On this were subsequently placed the
articles necessary in the Coronation.
" The back of the altar was covered with blue and
gold brocade " ". This drapery was coiled up
with ropes of gold. It was surmounted by a cornice
composed of two-inch-and-a-half gold and silk rope, with
large gilt rosettes to each pipe. The fringe was ,of gold
and silk, four inches deep.
" On the left hand, or north side, of the altar stood
the chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury; it was of
oak. The back, seat, and elbows were stuffed and co-
vered with velvet of the colour called Bishops' purple, and
were panelled with gold lace. There was a footstool to
match, which was covered with purple velvet, and orna-
mented with gymp. Besides this, there was a kneeling
cushion for the Archbishop, covered with purple velvet,
with four gold tassels, and a similar cushion for the Dean
on the other side.
" The step leading to the altar and the floor of the sa-
crarium was covered with a rich garter blue and gold
Wilton carpet. The pattern was the Norman rose with
the ermine.
" On the right of the altar stood the offering-table,
which was covered with garter blue Genoa velvet, bor-
dered with lace, anti fringed with gold. Upon this, pre-
paratory to the ceremonies, was pl iced a cushion, upon
which the offerings were to be made, covered with garter
blue velvet, panelled with gold lace, and with four gold
tassels at the corners."
On the south side of the sacrarium was the box pro-
vided for the female branches of the Royal Family, and
also for the young Princes. On the north side was placed
a bench for the Bishops, who were to assist in the cere-
monies.
There were also in the sacrarium a chair of recogni-
tion and a litany chair for each of their Majesties. St.
Edward's chair stood on the south side of the area in front
of the altar.
It may perhaps be recollected by some of our readers,
that in consequence of the dilapidated state to which the
ancient ornaments of this chair were reduced, others of
precisely the same character were substituted at the last
Coronation. As the authentic as well as fabulous histary
of this chair is rather curious, we subjoin it from Mr. R.
Thotnson's excellent work " On the Processions and Ce-
remonies observed in the Coronation of the Kings and
Queens of England."
" King Edward's Chair (commonly called St. Ed-
ward's Chair) is an ancient seat of solid hard wood, with
back and sides of the same, variously painted, in which
the Kings of Scotland were in former periods constantly
crowned ; but having been brought out of the kingdom by
King Edward 1., in the year 1296, after he had totally
overcome John Baliol, King of Scots, it has ever since
remained in the Abbey of Westminster, and has been the
Royal Chair in which the succeeding Kings and Queens
of this realm have been inaugurated. It is in height
6 feet 7 inches, in breadth at the bottom 38 inches, and
in depth 24. inches; from the seat to the bottom is 25
inches, the breadth of the seat within the sides is 28
inches, and the depth 18 inches. At 9 incites from the
ground is a board, supported at the four corners by as
many lions. Between the seat and this board is enclosed
a stone, commonly called Jacob's, or the Fatal Marble
Stone, which is an oblong of about 22 incites in length,
13 inches broad, and 11 inches deep, of a steel colour,
mixed with some reins of red. History relates, that it is
the stone whereon the Patriarch Jacob laid his head in the
plain of Luz. It is also added that it was brought to
Brigantia, in the kingdom of Gallicia, in Spain, in which
place Gathol, King of Scots, sat on it as his Throne.—
Thence it was conveyed into Ireland by Simon Brech, who
was King of Sects, about 700 years before Christ's time ;
from thence into Scotland by King Fergus, about 370
years afterwards ; and in the year 850 it was placed in the
Abbey of Scone, in the Sheriffdom of Perth, by King
Kenneth, who caused it to be enclosed in this wooden
chair, and a prophetical verse to be engraved, of which
he following is a translation :
" Should Fate not fail, wlierecr this stone is found,
" The Scots shall Monarchs of that Realm be crowned."

This is the more remarkable, by its having been fulfilled in
the person of King James the First, grandfather to the
Princess Sophia, Electress Dowager of Hanover, grand-
mother to King George the Second, who was grandfather
to his late Majesty King George the Third.
" Tbia antique Regal Chair having (together with the
golden Sceptre and Crown of Scotland) been solemnly of-
fered by King Edward the First, to St. Edward the Con-
fassor, in the year 1297 (front whence it derives the ap-
pellation of St. Edward's Chair), has ever since been kept
in the Chapel called by his name, with a tablet affixed to
it, whereon several Latin verses are written, in the old
English character."
The ornaments of this chair, which at present is covered
with gold frosted tissue, consist of crockets and fret work
richly gilt. It has a cushion covered with the same ma-
terials. The fatal stone maintains its usual place under the
seat of the chair, but is hid front observation by the fringe
which surrounds it.
At the back of the altar, on the south side, was the
entry to the traverse, in which their Majesties retired to
alter their robes at the conclusion of the ceremony. It
formed part of the shrine of Edward the Confessor. Im-
mediately above it was the gallery erected for the use of
Members of the House of Comm Ons. The benches
ascended in rows one above another almost to a level with
the upper windows.
The clerostaries above the sacrarium were, like those
in the other pasts of the Abbey, fitted up in boxes for
the reception of visiters. At the extreme end of the Ab-
bey, opposite to the great western door, a small gallery
was erected, to citable the King's Trumpeters to give
notice of his Majesty's entry into, and exit from, this most
august of Christian temples.
Such was the interior of the Abbey before the com-
mencement of the ceremonies of yesterday. Shortly after
nine o'clock all the Peers and Peeresses who 'intended to
witness the Coronation had arrived, and had been con..
ducted to their several places. So, too, had the Members
of the House of Commons, most of them in military
dresses. The choristers and the band were also in their
places, the former wearing surplices and scarlet mantles,
and the latter dressed in a sort of half-undress military
costume. The Judges, in their coifs and purple robes,
had also assumed their stations ; and many of the inferior
officers of the household, who could not t ike their seats
till the royal procession arrived, were loitering about the
choir, not knowing and yet enquiring of every body what
they had to do in the interim. Several officers of the
Guards also strolled in, and slashing about in their gay
uniforms, gave motion and sprightliness to the scene. A
little before ten o'clock a considerable bustle was observed
among these military loungers. The choir was suddenly
cleared of them. The Grenadier Guards who lined the
platform outside the choir were ordered to fall in, and be-
tore the spectators were well aware of it, presented arms
to the Princess Victoria of Kent, and her two cousins of
Cambridge and Cumberland, who came along with her to
witness the ceremonial,
At ten o'clock, the Great Officers of State, the Arch-
bishops of Canterbury and Yolk, the Noblemen appointed
to cat ry the regalia, and the Bishops appointed to support
their Majesties, assembled in the Jerus,lem Chamber, to
receive the King and Queen's regalia. We must again
refer to the interesting work of Mr. 11. Thomson; fur a de-
• A faithful account of the processions and ceremonies ob-
served in the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England •
exemplified in that of their tale ;Most Sacred Majesties King
George 111. and Queen Charlotte ; with all the other interesting
proceedings connected with that magnificent festival.—Edited by
liichani Thomson, Printed fur John Major, IS, Skinner-street,