The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-02 00:00:00

THE CORONATION,

DUBLIN, JUNE 0. --a Yesterday the Coronation of her Ma-
esty was celebrated in and arvti,htl Dublin for many mile
' with unprecedented cordiality and niatZeiticevie.c. The troops
in garrisod !rsd a Royal salute in the Par! j;, ?tee,ag then with
the assembled thoi.l7atelat around, in one exhilirating cheer in
honour of her I‘l,jesty. The firing feu .dr however
well executed, was exceeded in effect by the ihundeiang of
Heaven's artillery, which resounded firer aerve, by a singular
coincidence, et the same time, and apparentlf responded to
the discharges of artillery also. The rain, however, de-
scending with great fury, soon cleared the Park. Many thou-
sands cf. the people rejoiced at finding themselves admitted
gratis to the Zoological Gardens. At King's Town a ragatta
was indifferently got up. The few (comparatively) who'
attended were ihoioughly drenched by the rain. At night
the Rotunda Gardens were illuminated; hands of music, firc-
worksitranspsrencies, balloons, Ric , giaddenei the hearts of
all in the rromenade, and of the people assembled in vast
masses ( utside the railings. Mere than the population of
Dublin poured into the streets, far many came teenty miles
on the occasion. The Four Courts, never illuminated on any
former occasion, were tastefully adorned. The Custom-house
looked very splendid indeed. The Bank of lieland attracted
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vast multitudes to admire the brilliant gas devices o its front.
The number of brilliant stars, transparencies, &c., exceeded
any shown in Dublin on any former occasiou.
EDINBURGH, FRIDAY, JUNE 29.—Yesterday waS observe:l
as a holiday in Edinburgh, as well as every where else in
Scotland. The shops remained shut throughout the whole
day. Business of every kind was entirely suspended ; and
from an early hour in the morning, the streets were thronged
with well-dressed citizens, and visiters from the surrounding
country, whose joyous faces, and happy greetings, told the
delight with which they anticipated the forthcoming festivities.
The public institutions were all thrown open gratuitously,
and were thronged from the hour of opening till shutting,
The prncipal scenes of attraction in the city were the College
museum, the College library and paintings, the museum of
the Royal College of Surgeons, the courts of law, the
Advocates' library, the library of the Writers to the Sig-
net, and in the suburbs the botanical and experimeatal
gardens, which afforded a delightful promenade to thousands.
Towards the hour of noon the Esplanade is front of the
Castle, the Mound, and Princes-street, from end to end, be-
came densely crowded. Exactly at twelve o'clock the Castle
guns fired a royal salute, and the troops of the garri,on, who
lined the ramparts from the east to the extreme west of the
battlements, fired at intervals several felts-de joie But the
chief attraction, the lion of the day, was the grand aed
impesing scene at his Grace the Duke of Buceleuch's harbour
at Granton, in the vicinity of the city, which was partially,
and for the first time, opened for the accommodation of
steamers, Lord John Scott supplying the place of his brother,
the Duke of Buccleuch, in the ceren-onics. The road by Inver:
kith-row, between Edinburgh and Granton pier, a distance of
two and ahalf miles, literally swarmed with multitudes bending
their way to this point of almost universal attraction. A splen-
did entertainment was provided by his G. ace for the nobility
and gentry invited on board the Leith steamer. An enter-
mcnt was also provided in two large tents on the shoe for the
labourers employed on the pier and new road, amounting to
upwards of 300. At half.rast two o'clock Lord John Scott's
beautiful yacht the Liffra, profusely decorated with flags, was
tugged by a small steamer to the jetty, and landed his Lord-
ship and several ladies and gentlemen who accompanied him.
His Lordship then immediately proceeded to name the jetty
(by desire of his Grace) the Victoria Jetty, which was ac-
companied by the firing of guns, and the enthusiastic cheers
of the multitude admitted to the pier, and re-echoed by the
tens of thousands who crowded the shore, the whole of the new
road within sight of the pier, and the neighbouring eminences.
The steam-ship Leith then touched at the jetty, and landed a
hogshead of porter (Barclay, Perkins, and Co.'s best brown
stout), direct from London, which, it was announced, was
a present from the General Steam Navigation Company to the
workmen. This also was accompanied by the discharge of
runs. The company invited then proceeded on board the
Leith headed by Lord John Scott, and the Directors, where a
magnificent repast was prepared for them, to which nearly 300
ladies and gentlemen sat down, the whole deck of the ship
under an ample awning, having been laid out with tables. The
Royal William took on board such of the company as could
not find accommodation in the Leith. The company included
all the nobility and gentry in Edinburgh and its neighbour-
hood, amongst whom we observed the Earl of Elgin, the Earl
of Rothes, Lord Robert Ker, the Lord President, the Lord
Justice Clerk, the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edin-
burgh, the Magistrates of Leith, Sir John Hope, Sir A. M.
Gibson, Sir E. Lees, Sir H. Jardine, the officers of the Royal
Regiment, Staffand Orduance, a great many members of the
College of Justice, &c.