The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, :LONDON; riTEIONESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 18614

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

to which this act extends, shall, so far as is inconsistent

with the provisions of this act, be repealed.
Mr. Baker said the trustees of Poplar had acted under
the Local Act since the passing of the 18th and 19th Vic-
toria, in the assessing, making, and collecting the poor-rate,
the same as before the last-named act was repealed. The
Poplar Local Act was not repealed, and the Trustees had
full power to make the poor-rate and appoint collectors.
Mr. Woolrych—An application was made to me before,
and it was a question whether this was not embezzlement
under the general law.

Mr. Baker—Counsel are of opinion that the collector
ought to be proceeded against under the Poplar Local Act.
Mr. Woolrych—Has the collectof renclpred an account ?
Mr. Baker—Ho has rendered an account for every
farthing he has received, and the trustees are satisfied with
it ; but he has not paid the money. I ask you to grant a
summons against the collector to show cause why he should
not pay over to the trustees the sum of MOO.
Mr. Woolrych—And what is the alternative ?
Mr. Baker—Six months' imprisonment in the House of
Correction.

Mr. Woolrych—Has he received notice to pay the money
to the trustees ?
Mr. Baker —Yes, sir. He ought to leave paid the amount
of his collection, £BOO, on one rate in April last.
Mr. Woolrych'—Have you the rate here ?
Mr. Baker—l have not, sir ; but I shall be furnished
with all necessary documents when the case is heard.
After some further discussion, Mr. Woolrych granted a
s•immons against Nation.

THE CORONATION OF THE KING OF
PRUSSIA.

The following is the complete official programme of the
ceremonial to be observed at the coronation of the King of
Prussia at Konigsberg on Friday next, the 18th inst.
The morning will be ushered in by the ringing of all the
church bells between seven and eight o'clock at a signal
from the church at the palace, and 101 guns will be fired
from the walls of the town.
At half-past nine the bells will ring again for half an
hour, and at this signal all those persons invited to the
ceremony and possessing tickets of admission will repair to
the courtyard of the palace, where they will be conducted
to their places by marshals. In the Catholic church a set.-
vice will take place at eight and nine o'clock, after which
the Catholic clergy will be conducted to seats in the palace
church, to witness the ceremony.
The staff and subaltern officers will arrive at half-past
nine in the court of the Castle, and will take up their places
there, the first in tribunes on the right of the throne, the
latter on both sides of the grand outer staircase. At the
same time troops will form a line of way from the palace to
the church, through which the royal procession will pass.
The guilds and artisans, with their banners and insignia,
who will already have assembled at a destined spot at nine
o'clock, will also pass through the eastern portal to the
courtyard, and place themselves round the sides.
The personages who are to take part in the procession will
arrive in the courtyard at half-past nine. The principal court
officials, the dignitaries who are appointed to bear the royal
insignia, the Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, and
the general and other adjutants of the King, will proceed to
the gateway leading from the King's residence, where they
will be received by royal chamberlains, and conducted to the
red chamber. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess, as
well as the princes and princesses of the royal house, will
assemble shortly before ten o'clock in the throne room, and
their suites will occupy adjoining apartments. The guests of
sovereign houses and the ambassadors from foreign powers
will arrive shortly before ten o'clock, and will be conducted
to seats in the palace church ; and at ten his Majesty will
proceed to the place where the ccremooials will take place.
The procession, which will pass from the royal apartments
down the grand staircase to the Castle Church, will be
opened by the life company of the Ist Regiment of the
Guards on foot, with the regimental band ; and followed by
two blue-coated heralds with crowned staves, the royal
pages and pages of honour of the princes and princesses of
the loyal house, the pages of the Crown Prince, the pages
of honour of his Majesty, two and two, conducted by their
governor; after whom will come several chamberlains and
other officials, several holders of hereditary office throughout
the kingdom, the state herald with his silver staff, the chiefs
of the civil and military authorities of the provinces, and
other chief officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Countvon Bernst orff), the Minister of Justice (M. Bernuth),
the Minister of War and Marine (Gen. von Roon), the Mi-
nister of the Interior (Count von Schwerin), the Minister
of Spiritual Affairs, &c. (M. von Bethman-Hollweg), the
Minister of Agricultural Affairs (Count von Puckler), the
Finance Minister (M. ven Patow), the Minister of Trade
(M. Ton der Heydt), the Minister of State (M. von Aners-
wald, the heralds of the Order of the Black Eagle, several
court officials not otherwise employed in the ceremonial,
the Grand Master' of the Wardrobe, bearing the royal
mantle on a red velvet cushion; the Chief Court and
House Marshal, and the Chief Master of the Ceremonies,
and then the bearers of the following insignia : —The seal
of the kingdom, the imperial globe, the sword of State
(naked, and carried erect), the sceptre, the crown borne on
a cushion of cloth of gold by Prince von Radziwill ; the
Chief Marshal, with the grand staff; and then will follow
the Kiniz, wearing the mantle of the Order of the Black
Eagle. On either side of his Majesty, but at a little
distance, will walk the commanders of the Ist Regiments
of the Guards and of the Body Guard, as commanders
of the military escourt, consisting of Body Guards and
the Palace Garden company, who will form round
his Majesty with drawn swords. After the King will come
the Chief Cupbearer and the Chief Carver on the left, and
the Minister of the Royal House (Baron von Schleinitz) on
the right; whilst the generals and adjutants of the King
will also surround his Majesty. Then the imperial banner
will be borne by Field Marshal von Wrangel, supported by
two general adjutants to the King. After these will be the
Crown Prince, the princes of the royal house, and all the
Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle present, two and
two, according to their rank, and, wearing their mantles;
various generals, commanders of divisions, and lieutenant-
generals ; the Privy Cabinet Councillor of the King (Actual
Privy Councillor Blake), and his coadjutors; and lastly,
the suites of the royal princes.

Immediately after these will come her Majesty the Queen,
with her suite, in the following order :—The Court messen •
gers, the pages of honour to the royal princesses, the pages
of honour to the Crown Princess, the pages of honour to
the Queen, two and two ; several chamberlains, one of
whom will carry the Queen's mantle on a red velvetcushion.
Her Majesty's crown will be borne by General Count von
der Groben on a cushion of cloth of gold. Her Majesty
will then appear, preceded by her chief steward, bearing his
staff, and followed by several ladies of her court. Next will
be the Crown Princess, preceded by chamberlains, and fol-
lowed by the princesses of the royal house, two and two.
The procession will be closed by twelve court pages, and a
detachment of the life company of the Ist Regiment of
Foot.

As soon as the King appears on the top step of the outer
staircase all the troops will present arms. When his Ma-
jesty has passed the last step of the staircase, the choirs
will Cease singing, and then a body of musicians, stationed
in the courtyard, will play, a coronation march, composed
for the occasion by M. Meyerbeer, chief chapelmaster to the

King.
At the entrance of the church their Majesties will be re-
ceived by a numerous body of the clergy, the chief of whom
will greet their Majesties in a short speech. The first
division of the clergy will then precede the King into the
ehurcb, and the second will usher in the Queen in a like
manner, when the royal pair will ascend their thrones. The
King's throne will be placed at the first pillar at the right
of the altar; that of the Queen will be at the first pillar on
the left. At the left of the King's throne will bo seats for
the princes, and at the right of the Queen's throne will be
seats for the Crown Princess and the princesses of the royal
house. A chair of state will be placed for the Crown Prince
on the right of the King's throne, on the second step, a
little in rear of the King.
The numerous personages composing the procession will
then take the places assigned them.

As their Majesties pass through the church the 100th
Psalm will be sung by the cathedral choir, after which the
Litany will be said and then the coronation prayer, and the
general prayer will be recited and the blessing will be pro-
nounced. The coronation ceremony will then commence by
the choir singing, " Thou shepherd of Israel," and the con-
secrator (Chief Consistosial Councillor Dr. Smethlage) will
recite the coronation prayer. Whilst the cathedral choir
sing the " Domine salvum fac Regem," the bearers of the
insignia will walk to the altar, on which will be deposited
the crown, the imperial globe, and the sceptre. The Chief
Burgrave, with the sword of state, and the Chancellor, with
the seal of the kingdom, will pass to the left of the altar, and
the other insignia bearers will retire to their places.
As soon as the " Domine salvum" is concluded the King
will rise, the kettledrums and trumpets will resound, and
his Majesty, preceded by the Chief Marshal, and followed
by the Crown Prince (who will take his place on the right
of the altar), by the bearer of the Royal banner, the Chie
Chamberlain, the Chief Carver, the Chief Cupbearer, the
Minister of the Royal House, the general and other adju-
tants on service, will repair to the foot of the altar, where,
as the music ceases, his Majesty will pray in silence. After
this, at a sign from the King, the Chief Chamberlain, as-
sisted by the Chief Cupbearer and the Chief Carver, will
remove from his Majesty the chain and mantle of the Order
of the Black Eagle, and will invest the King with the
coronation mantle, which will be handed to them by the
Grand Master of the Wardrobe.
The removed mantle will then be laid on the same
cushion which previously bore the coronation mantle, and
will be carried by the Grand Master of the Wardrobe. His
Majesty will then give his helm to the first general adjutant
who will place it on the mantle carried by the Grand Mas-
ter of the Wardrobe. The King will then ascend the steps
of the altar, will take the crown of his kingdom from the
Communion pads, and will place it on his head. At this
moment, at a given signal, the bells will ring, a salvo will
• be fired in the Ring's garden, and the troops in the court.
yard will present arms, the band pla-ring came rime.
In the same manner the King will take up the sceptre and
the imperial glebe, and after laying down the latter on the
altar will take up the sword of state. Whilst this is being
done the consecrating clergy will repeat a consecrating
prayer. The King will then return the sword of state to
the Chief Burgrave, and the Chief Chamberlain, assisted by