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

CHARING-CROSS.

As early as six o'clock the opposite space opposite Charing-
cross and Trafalgar square was crowded to excess by
persons of every rank and description, from the rich citizen
to the poor mechanic, all anxious to catch a glimpse of, and
to shew their loyalty to England's virgin Queen. The erec-
tions from this place to the Horse Guards are many of them
tasteful in the extreme, especially at the Admiralty, where the
accommodation for the ladies of the various officers of that de-
partment are very extensive. Along the whole of this line
the smiling and lovely faces of the beauty of England

" Made us gaze we knew not where,
Dazzled with beauty." .

The commencement of the procession arrived at Charing
Cross at half-past ten o'clock, and this was the signal for the
congregated multitude to exercise might and right. Hun-
dreds who had patiently kept their places in the front since six
o'clock were forced back, and it was with the greatest diffi-
culty the soldiers and police could prevent incursions on the
line set apart for the procession. On the arrival of the carriage
of Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, opposite Drummond's
banking house, the hero of " a hundred fights" was most
enthusiastically cheered. The veteran Marshal returned the
honour with the greatest grace, and appeared highly de-
lighted with the attention paid him. The passing of the
Duchess of Kent's carriage was the signal for another rush,
and we do firmly believe, that but fur the police, the crowd
would have carried their loyalty so far as to have forced their
hands into the Royal carriage, in order to demonstrate their
feelings by shaking hands with the mother of their be-
loved Queen. Her Royal Highness appeared highly
delighted and repeatedly acknowledged the enthusiastic
demonstrations of loyalty and respect towards her. The Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge were greatly cheered, but the
applause that was conferred upon the Duke of Sussex was
beyond description ; it must have been most grateful to his
Royal Highness, who appeared greatly affected. At ten
minutes past 11 o'clock, her Majesty in the Royal State car-
riage passed Charing Cross. At this moment the waving of
handkerchiefs from every balcony and window, and the loud
huzzas and demonstrations of loyalty from the congregated
thousands below, pourtraycd a ccene which it is impossible for
pen to describe. Iler Majesty appeared highly delighted,
and repeatedly bowed in the most condescending manner.
Upon the Royal Carriage arriving at the Admiralty, the
acclamations of the assembled multitude were renewed.
HORSE GUARDS.

The Horse Guards, as well as all the other Government
Offices, were crowded at every window and every house-top at
a very early hour. Along Par:iament.street there were some
very tasteful erections in front of the houses, which were
generally covered with some device ; they were festooned, and
branches of evergreens were judiciously interspersed, 50 as to
give the whole line a very pleasing appearance, which was
much heightened when they were tilled with beautiful
and smiling happy facef,. Amongst all, the largest and
most tasteful was that erected by the Reform Club.
It gave accommodation to 600 ladies and 500 Members and
friends. We understand that the Committee have resolved
to afford refreshments to the whole-of their visitors upon tl,is
auspicious occasion. In St. Margaret's Church-yard there
was not an inch of space unoccupied, and every seat was fil'ed
before nine o'clock. No seats were to be obtained for 2s. 6d.
this morning as was the case upon the occasion of the. Corona-
tion of George zhe Fourth.
The head of the procession reached this point at eleven
o'clock, and seemed to give pleasure to the whole of the vast
multitude assembled, many saying that it was the finest pro-
cession which they had ever seen in this country or abroad.
Marshal Soult was much cheered as he passed along the
line, with which he seemed to be well pleased.
The Duchess of Kent was most enthusiastically cheered,
the ladies all waving their handkerchiefs.
_ _ _

The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge were also cheered, and the immense mass a--
semblea, most enthusiastically and cordially cheered the Duke
of Sussex.
The multitude of Reformers assembled in the Reform Club
House were so enthusiastic in their demonstrations of loyalty
as to draw the special attention of our youthful Queen,
who acknowledged it by repeated b•:ws. Ac the Royal
carriage progressed the cheering and Navin;; of haplkerchiefs
were unbounded—every hat was doffed, and many were the
blessings invoked upon the head of her youthful Majt•sty.
11,,r Majosty arrival at the Abbey i.reeisely at :32 minutes
past eleven o'clock. When she alighted, all the Lands played
the National Anthem.
The arrival was announced at th it moment by the firing of
a gun.
The pricession was most admirabh conducted, and, so faros
wo were able to learn, without a single acciden%
The line was kit by the police, assisted by th,.! Goirdi
(Foot). The Royal Artillery Cempany, commanded by Cu!.
Cox, were on duty in Parliament-s*.rect, and loudly cheered
their Royal Colonel, the Duke of Sesicx, as he passed.
THE NAVE.

The great body of go leral ..;peckto,s were congregated
in the Nave, along the aides of whi.th gd! _cues were con-
structed arranged in an am:iliithcatrical feria, with ten rows
of b..nchel, rising above one another, and calculat. d to hold
at least 1.500 persons. Very sh.irtly after live o', luck, the
hour at which the Abbsy was opened, these gallerie.4 began
rapidly to fill, and by s^vcr, o'clork were crowded. 1 he
sp,etscle resented h'y this vast audience was very striking.
The diversified colours of the different dresses, Naval and
Military °facers in their respective uniforms, ClergYinen in
canoni, al robes, Civili ins in endless variety of apparel—from
the most ortho lox full dress, to the ordinary every-day gar-
ments (for the regulations as to full dres were by no means
enforced, though none were to be scea Wll3 were not well
attirc.l)—and above all, the countless but s which marked the
dresses of the fair—all combined to render the scene at once
pteture:igne and pleasing. The patience of these spectators
was to be severely tried by a six hours' delay ; but there were
not wanting numerous objet is to diverttheieattcntion and wile
away the tedious interval. Those more diqin per;tonages
who had seats in the choir had of course to pass up the nave, to
reach their various destinations, and were a source ofperp,-tailly
changing attraction. Now, a Judge of the land, with slow
paced the floor ; then, a Peer of the Realm,
‘e!gdalins'ocpo'rontvi.on robes of crimson velvet, edged with
an
ermine, and coronet. hand, not unfreriuently with a real and
unasiainied dignity of port- and bearing thtit 'forcibly reminded
" knights ald Barons bold" of bv-goneages ; a"
'll:o.(ltctstlf'te,r a moment to belie, that "'the agli of chivalry" had
not yet : anon, :.Mill more :10/active, came some
t dame—her
followed perhaps by some
traio spreading around
'.her in lusuru tt- r:Pial.egnr.dtt:lt..erflic)ew,juLf fair and lofty brow
bearin t<. lovely cll'aenig7terresssof of
n7bil)e'hitlYo'u se," not unworthy of their ti-
tb:d accesters; officers, "ln all the pomp and pride of glorious
aver 1;:s1,ops and :-.lctermen, rorbui‘ant,,, gentle:nen-at-arms
passing in TIM: suecesau.a. I..ut.weeet seven and eight corn."
patties of foot guart's arrived and lined the hall. :any of the
Foreign Ambassadors now arrived ; and the novelty and rich-
ness of tlycirdr,‘ssos ex -ited great adanration,not,howeyer,equal
to that witieh was awake :x:1 by the appearance of some of the
younger branches of the female aristocracy, who as they tripped
lig:IX:), along the hall, seemed incarnations of loveliness and
giace, their beauty needing not the aid of the costly gems
that glittered around their persons.
The Attorney General came in his official costume as first
r of the Crown, accomp-:nied by his Noble corizort,
the Lady StratheOen, in her robes zz-1 Pce:csc. One Nobk

Poet came attended by a lit le child or such rernarkvble her utv
as attracted universal observation, as Page, carrying his coro-
net. • About,balf-prist tatie a cheer was heard outside, which
announced the arrival of some distinguished person ;
and a few minutes after his Grace the Duke of Weliagton
entered. His appearance was greeted by an enthusiastic shout
of applause. The Marquis of Normanby (late Earl Mul4rave)
was received in a similar manner. Shortly after eleven the
Special Envoys from Foreign Powers began to arrive. The
magnificence• of their dresses, and that of their suites, were
greatly admired. Marshal Scutt was most cordially steered.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchesses of Cambridge an 1 Kent
were enthusiastically received, especially th • latter. Their
Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge met
with as hearty a reception. As the Royal procea:ion
slowly wound its way between the lofty aisles, the
spectacle presented was one as gorgeous and impressiv as
anything that could well be imagined. When her most Gra-
cious Majesty came within sight, the vast audience similtane-
ously rose ; and a shout " loud as from numbers without num-
ber," rung through the venerable arches of the Abby, and
was re-echoed by the multitudes without, test;f)ing in sine -re
and heartfelt tones the loyalty and affection with which the
youthful and august monarch of these realms was regarded by
her thousands of assembled subjects. Her Majesty, as she wag ked
up the Nave displayed perfect self-possession, returning the
enthusiastic greetings with which she was received in a manaer
marked by that union of gentleness and dignity so characte-
ristic of her Majesty. Her Majesty was immediately p -e_
ceded by Lord Melbourne, and the Duke of Wellington (as
Constable of the Tower)—a circumstance which was re-
marked by the spectators, and elicited no slight applause. On
her Majesty's entering the Choir, the cheering was again re-
newed, and was indeed only put a stop to by the opening of
the Coronation Anthem.

The Great Officers of State, the Archbishops of Canter-
bury and York, the Noblemen appointed to carry the Regalia,
all in their robes of estate, and the Bishops who wer to sup-
port h^r Majesty, as well as those who were to carry the Bible,
the Chalice, and the Patina, assembled in the Jerusalem
Chamber, adjoining the Deanery, More Ten o'clo •k, where
the Re4alia, having been previously laid on the table, was
delivdred by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household to the
Lord High Constable, and by him to the Lord Willoughby
d'Eresby, as Lord Great Chamberlain, and by his Lordship
to the Noblemen by whom the same were Lorne i t thc fol-
lowing order, viz. :