The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-30 00:00:00

KING'S COLLEGE.

On Saturday afternoon the annual meeting of the Pro-
prietors of King's College was held in the large lecture-room
of that institution ; his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY
in the Chair.

Among the distinguished personages present we noticed the
Duke of Sutherland, Bishops of London, Wi-achester, end
Chichester, the Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, Dr. Shepherd,. Venerable
Archdeacon Cambridge, Marquis of Bute, Lord Bexley, Sir
R. H. Inglis-, Joshua Watson, Benjamin Harrison, and
William Cotton, Esqs.
The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings of the clay by
requesting the attention of the meeting to the Report of the
proceedings of the Council daring the past year.
Mr. SMITH, the Secretary, then read the report, from which
it appears that the number of students in each departmetlt at
Christmas last were as follows :—.

Senior Department ...... Reaular Stadents ... 116
Medical Ditto Ditto ..... 60

Junior Ditto Pupils 346
In addition to these, 143 students have attended particular
courses of lectures, so that the entire number has amounted:
to 665.

The Bishop of CHICHESTER, in moving that the report be
received and adopted, said there was one part of it relative to
which he felt it necessary to make a few observations. He
alluded to that part which stated that there had been a :rifling
diminution in the number of students. He did not think that
ought to form a subject of regret to the proprietors when: he
stated that the reason of it was, that institutions founded on
similar principles, and for the same object as King's College,
had recently been termed in different parts of the country,
the necessary consequence of which much be, that the number
of students applying for admission to the King's College
would be diminished. He congratulated them on the effect the
establishment of such institutions was likely to produce.
BENJ. HARRISON, Esq., seconded the motion, which was
put and carried.
The SECRETARY then read an account of the receipt s and
disbursements of the Council during the past year, from which
it appeared that the receipts were 16,828/. 16s. 10d. ;
which, after deducting the expenditure, left a balance in lthe
bankers' hands of 1,2451. is, Bd., exclusive of 1,0001. invested
in Exchequer Bills.
W. L. Jones, Esq., R. J. Rent, Esq., and Richard
Twining, Esq., were appointed auditors for the ensuing year.
The B:shop of LONDON then announced that, through the
instrumentality of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Queen had consented to become the Patroness of tee
College. This announcement was received with loud cheers.
The meeting then adjourned. The seL'ool has increased
from 346 at Christmas to nearly 370.

CORONATION COURT OF CLAIMS.
(SATURDAY.)

A Commission of the Great Seal, constituting the Lords of
the Privy Council a Court of Claims, to hear and determine
the petitions of parties claiming to do suit and servic,, at the
approaching coronation, having issued, a Court was held on
Saturday, at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, consisting
of the Marquis of Lansdown (the Lord President), the Lord
Chancellor, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the
Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Albemarle, the Bishop of Lon-
don, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. When the Com-
mission was read all her Majesty's Privy Councillors were in-
cluded in it, and five constitute a quorum.
The first claim gone into was that preferred by Lord 'Wil-
loughby de Eresby, as Deputy-lord Great Chamberlain.: The
petition was read, it was to this effect :
TIIE PETITION OF TIIE RIGHT HON. PETER WILLOUGHBY DE

ERESBY, DEPUTY-LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN OF ENGLAND.
" Showeth,—that your petitioner, as exercising the high
office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England, claims to be
admitted, in right of his said office, to perform the duty and
Service to the same belonging in as ample or full a manner as
the same were heretofore held and enjoyed by the Lord Great
Chamberlain of England for the time being; that he may
have the living and lodging in the Queen's Court at all times,
and bring to her Majesty on the day of her royal coronation
her royal robes ; and that your petitioner may have all the
profits and fees belonging to the same-40 yards of crimson
velvet for the robes, together with the bed whereon the Queen
lies the night previous to the coronation, with all the valances
and curtains thereof, and all the cushions and cloths within
the chamber, together with the furniture of the same. Your
petitioners, therefore, prays that he may be admitted to per..
form the aforesaid services and duties appertaining and of
right belonging to the high office of Lord Great Chamberlain
of England, and that he may have, receive, and enjoy all the
rights, privileges, fees, and immunities, and advantages to the
same belonging and heretofore held, received, and enjoyr'd, by
any Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
( Signed) " \VILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY."
The claim in question was accordingly allowed.
The petition of the Duke of Norfolk, which ran thus, was
then presented, and read by the Clerk of the Court to their
Lordships
THE PETITION OF THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, EARL OF
ARUNDEL AND SURREY, AND HEREDITARY GRAND EARL
MARSHAL OF ENGLAND, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE

LORDS COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTED BY HER MAJESTY FOR

:RARING AND DETERMINING THE CLAIMS OF SERVICES AT

lIER MAJESTY'S ROYAL CORONATION.
" Showeth,—That your petitioner claims that he may find
the Queen on the day of her coronation with a glow for her
Majesty's right hand, and that he may support the Queen's
right arm on the same day as long as her Majesty shall hold
in her hand the Royal sceptre, your petitioner holding ,the
priory or the manor of Worksop, alias Worsop, in the county
of Nottingham, by, the aforesaid services.
" That your petitioner, therefore, prays that he may be ad-
mitted to perform the said service on the day of her Majesty's
Royal coronation, and that he may receive all the accustomed
fees, profits, pre-eminence. and advantages to the said services
belonging or appertaining." The petition was signed in the
usual way by his Grace.
Their Lordships came to the following decision : " Because
it appears to the court that the Dukes of Norfolk and others,
their ancestors of the said petitioner, Loris of the manor of
Worksop, have by themselves or their deputies performed the
said services, and as the petitioner now is in possession of the
said manor as aforesaid, the petitior;tr is adjudged by the
court to be allowed to perform all the said services, but with-
out any fee."
The petition of the Dean and Chapter of 'Westminster, pre-
sented at the bar by the Rev. Dr. Monk, Biahop of Glouces-
ter, and certain clergy of the chapter, was next read. It was
in these terms :
The petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate
Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, humbly represents.,. that at
every coronation of the Kings and Queens of England, ,be ab-
bots of the late monastery of St. Peter's, Westminster, [(aye
been, beyond the memory of man, the instructors of the Kings
and Queens of England in all the forms, rites and ceremonies
used by the Kings and Queens in their coronation, and the pe-
titioners claim, as the abbots themselves, and other ministers
of the late monastery of St. Peter's, Westminster, did, for all
time aforesaid, they having usually assisted the Archbishop
to perform Divine service in the church of Westminster at the
time of the coronation of each King and Queen of this kingarn,
that the ,robes and ornaments used at the coronation shall be
retained and kept in the vestry of the said church by the abbot
or by some minister or person in his stead appointed ; but
moreover, the said dean and chapter, by virtue of letters pa-
tent of our !ate illustrious sovereign Queen Elizabeth, ought
to be the instructors of our sovereign lady the Queen, at her
coronation, and the said Dean and Chapter of the said Colle-
giate Church of Westminster in performing divine service at
the time of the coronation ; and that the robes and the orna-
ments used at the coronation shall be retained and kept in

the vestry of the said church by the said dean and other mi-
nisters by him appointed.
" May it therefore please your Lordships to admit the said
dean and chapter, and their ministers to perform the said ser-
vices, as the abbots and their ministers at all times heretofore
have done ; and to have such allowances and fees as the said
abbots have had during the same time aforesaid, that is to

say,
" First, Ten yards of cloth of scarlet, six ells of dark
coloured cloth, six yards of sarcenet, two pieces of double
worsted for the dean's robes.
" Also, four ells of black cloth, and a piece of dark
worsted for each of the dean's three chaplains, for their robes.
" Also, robes for six ministers of the said Church of the
Queen's gift.
" Also, the stage, thrones, royal seats, tapestry, chairs,
cushions, carpet.eloths, and all the ornaments with which the
stage and the Church shall be embellished at the time of the
coronation.
Also the four poles or staves which support the canopy,
and the four little bells that hang at each corner of the canopy :
the blue cloth upon which the Queen walks from the west door
of the Church to-the stage.
" Also, the great chanter of the Church.
" Also, to have an ounce of gold by the hands of the Trea-
surer out of the Queen's chanter."
The Court granted the claim, except as to the retention
and keeping of the Royal robes and ornaments used at the co-
ronation for the purpose of placing them in the vestry.
The Right Rcv. Prelate and the Clergy then withdrew.
After some further arrangements, respecting one or two
claims of minor importance, the Court adjourned to the 26th
of May.

TILE TOWER OF LONDON.—I was induced last
week to visit the Tower, accompanied by three Ladies, for the
purpose of viewing the armoury and crown jewels, under the
expectation that the long talked-of-reduction of admission had
been adopted. But, to my surprise, the first thing we were
informed by the warder in attendance was, that the fee for
admission to the four departments containing the armoury,
modelling, and ordnance, would be 2s. each person, and is.
each person for the warders, making together 125..; which
being complied with, we were next asked if we wished to see
the Crown jewels, and upon answering in the affirmative, we
were told the charge would be 2s. each person, and Is. for
the warder, making together 95., which was also complied
with. Having enjoyed the sight, I was then required.to write
my name and address in a book at the warder's lodge, when,
thinking our eyes gratified, and my pocket sufficiently punished,
we prepared for our departure; but, to my still greater sur-
prie, the warder applied for " a compliment," as he stated,
agreeably to custom; and, on demurring to the same, his reply
was, that the fees paid fcW the warder (being 55.) were divi.
sible among his fellow-warders. Not wishing to be considered
mean, I was induced to give the further sum of 2s. which I
now regret, for the gratuity was received under evident dis-
satisfaction.—( From a Correspondent to the Mirror...l
In the case of the (contemplated) elevation of Sir
' John Hobhouse to the Peerage, the Liberals of Nottingham
will have a candidate, in the person of Mr. Ewart, ready to
supply the vacancy.