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

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also, as premier peer of England, returned
_thanks for the sovereign when the king's health
was toasted by the peers.
During the coronation feast. the king ac-
knowledged the. different service:: performed
according to ancient, usage very graciously,
save only when the cup of wine was presented
by the lord mayor and citizens of London.
ilk majesty treated these gentlemen with
marked coolness, and did not acknowledge
their service by any salutation.
The account of-this coronation given by Sir
Walter Scott is s 6 graphic and lively, that we
think it will gratify our readers to insert an
abridgment of it.
" The effeet of the scene in the Abbey was
beyond measure magnificent. The altar sur-
rounded by the fathers of the church—the
king encircled by the nobility of the land and
the councillors of his throne, and by warriors,
wearing the honoured marks of • distinction
bought by many a glorious danger—add to
this, the rich spectacle of the aisles crowded
with with waving plumage, and coronets, and
caps of honour, and the sun, which brightened
and saddened as if on purpose, now beaming
in full lustre 0111 t Ile rich and varied assemblage,
and now darting a solitary ray, which catched,
as it passed, the glittering folds of a banner,
or the edge of a group of battle-axes or parti-
zans, and then rested full on some fair form,
the cynosure or neglil)ouriug eyes,' whose
circlet of diamonds glistened under its influ-
ence. Imagine all this, and then tell me. if .
have made my journey of Ruff hundred miles
to little purpose.
The box assigned to the foreign ambas-
sadors presented a most brilliant, effect, and
was perfectly in a blaze with diamonds. When
the sunshine lighted on Prince Esterhazy, in
particular, he glimmered like a galaxy. An
honest .-Perian was also a remarkable figure,
from the dogged and impenetrable gravity
with ‘vhich he looked on the whole scene,
without ever moving a limb or a muscle during
the space of four hours. Like Sir Wilful Wit-
woud, I cannot, tind.that your Persian is ortho-
dox ; for, if' he scorned everything else, there
was• a Mahometan paradise extended on his
right hand along tthe seats which were occu-
pied by the peeresses and their daughters,
which the Prophet himself might have looked
on with emotion."

But, in truth, the only interesting spectacle
connected•with this feast was the challenge of
the champion, which is now not only mitnean-
ing hut illegal ; for it is directly contrary to
the statute abolishing wager of battle in all
cases whatsoever.

IVILLtAm IV.

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The arrangements for the coronation of
William IV. and Queen Adelaide were a
compromise between economy and parade.
The procession from the Hall to the Abbey
and the coronation feast. in the Hall, were
omitted. The popular enthusiasm was greater,
however, than on any former occasion. The
.new entrance to St. James's Park was opened
for the first time, and in the evening the me-
tropolis was universally illuminated. The very
lanes and alleys tenanted by the poor classes
were lighted, .to testify the loyal affection or
even the humblest for " the sailor king."

TV ALLE OF THE CROWN JEWELS.

The ruby in the crown of state is valued at p
10,000/., and the aqua marina, which forms 4.
tile mound-, is still more precious. When the
notorious Colonel "1 "- ' 1 ,
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severzil,flays,,when it was picked up:l4 a poor :
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woman w,:to w,,is sweping a v,rossing. „
The values of the other jewels hat-el'not been:
ascertained, with the exception of those in the '.
crown worn by the queen consort on her re-
turn to ,Westminster Hall, which have been,
estimated as follows
Twenty diamonds round the circle, 1500/. each . £30,1"':
Two large centre diamonds, 20004 each . . . 4,01/0
Fifty-fimr smaller diamonds placed at the angles
of the former
Four Crosses. each composed of 25 diainonds., .
Four large diamonds on the tops otilie.trinses - 4 0,000
Twelve, diamonds contained in tli,fietir delis
Eighteen armdler diamonds contained in the same 2,000
Pearls, diamonds. &c., on the arches and crosses . 10,000
( l ile hundred and forty-one diamonds on the mound 51/0 ' ,
Twenty-six diamonds on the upper cross . . - 3,000
Two circles of pearls about the rim . . . . 300
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, 43 11,900
CORONATION ROBES.
The ancient. .corOnation robes which aver
destroyed in 1639, do not appear to have been
very valuable, if we may-judge from the enu-
meration given'or them Vby the parliarrientary
commissioners, from which we have: before
quoted. In their report we find the follow-
ing " Inventory of the Regalia, P,-OW irlt West-
minster Abbey, in au iron chest," where they
were formerly kept.
0- - ---,mon taffity robe, very old, valued at . 40 -
--la lace. valued at . . '0
- ' worth