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" THE CORONATION.

".On a cursory view, State Pageant and Ceremonial appear
to be abundantly absurd and unreasonably expensive. a
fundamental pnnciple of English law, the King can never
die :' and when the spirit' of the late venerable King re-
turned to the God who had made it,' that instant was the next
Heir, his present Majesty, invested with the plenitude of regal
authority and dignity, as rightful and lawful Sovereign of these
Realms.

" Since that period he has exercised, unquestioned and un-
controuled, all the functions of Royalty: wily then, it might be
asked, this idle and cumbrous ceremony to proclaim what has
never been denied, and confirm what has never been disputed ?
But the most plausible objection to the Solemnity would ap-
pear to flow from its lavish and unavalling.costliness : crowns,
vestments, and robes, processions, theatres and banquets--why
this profuse expenditure of the dilapidated resources of the
people ? Of the first objection to the Coronation—its inutility--
we shall speak presently, after we have briefly proved that the
clamour against its cost is founded upon a momentary forgetful-
ness or mistake of facts. .

" The price of the Pageant is unquestionably drawn from the
Public Exchequer : but let it never be forgotten that were no
ceremonial whatever to occur, the burdens of the people would
not be abated to the value of a single shilling ; that last
year no reduction was made in the taxes in consequence of
its postponement, and next year no circular will compel
the taxgatherers to remit or refund upwards of £lOO,OOO,
though the budget will not be encumbered with this additional
charge. Thus then the condition of the people is not " worsened"
(as the Laureate phrases it) by the approaching courtly festival;
that it must be somewhat improved by it will admit of little
controversy.

" The amount of decorations, ornaments and entertainments
which might, but for this ceremony, be grasped by the in-
satiable rapacity of a court minion, is diverted, by it into the
possession of more equitable and meritorious claimants; in-
dustry through different branches is roused from its melancholy
stupor, and ihe superfluous treasures of the opulent arecirculated
in a brisk and invigorating current through the various de-
partments of trade and manuactures. For the principal benefit
conferred upon industry is not the amount derived from the
Royal purse ; this is but " as the drop of the bucket" when
compared with the increased expenditure of the nobility and
gmtry from all quarters of the Empire. What with travel-
ling, town-houses, robes, ornaments, equipages, banquets, and
other countless e:ipznsz, attending this rare and splendid fes-
tivity, the total -amount of wealth which it will transfer into
the hands of the industrious, cannot fall far short of a million
sterling.

" In this view, it is to us an occasion of concern and regret
that the public money is not rather expended upon Court
pageant and festivities, than be lavished in other modes, which
dispense amongst the people neither satisfaction, hilarity, nor
emolument. Would that his Majesty's Ministers had thus
scattered amongst the industrious classes those £12,000, which
now sparkle as a gewgaw in the turban of the Persian Am-
bassador ! Would that national festivity or kingly parade had
consumed those numerous twenty-thousands, which have been
voted away in " pouncet-boxes" to titillate the organs or
minister to the foppish vanity of foreign Diplomatists ! It was
by the costly " bravery" of chivalrous tournaments that our
patriotic Elizabeth was wont to delight the hearts, multiply
the comforts, and win the affections of her devoted people.
" If a nation exalt an individual in- Majesty, approach him
with homage, and nfinister,to his enjoyments with profuse splen-
dour, they wis?ly judge that it is not primarily with a view to his
satisfaction, or in consideration of his personal, intellectual or mo-
ral me_ it.. The community in this instance emulates the prudence
of the man who commutes a portion of his gold for the viler in-
strument which secures the remainder. By depositing with the
Monarch a part of its wealth and all its distinctions, it enableshim
to organize a physical and moral forte, to protect the posses-
sions of opulence, the fruits of industry, and the personal safety
of all. The page which commemorates our own calamities, and
the volumes which record those of neighbouring States, furnish
conclusive evidence that national glory and individual happiness
are to be ascribed chiefly teethe influence of temperate and sober
freedom; and that this is most permanently secured by the
institutions of a lithited monarchy. We array, therefore, with
magnificence, we approach with reverential awe, the personage
through whom we derive such important benefits. But splen-
dour is procured by wealth ; and the reflecting portion of the
community is sensible that wealth cannot be separated from
liability to be wasted, or its possessor be totally divested of
the power to abuse it ; and that this partial evil bears no pro-

portion to the k);encral benefit which occasions and ovxbalances
it; and that ii all thaCßOyalty -necessarily ekpends, or may
profligately Javish, were distributed
,amongst the indigent, it
could not furnish one scanty morsel to each individual sufferer.
Dispassionate reason dispels the mist of ignorance, and recti-
fies the judgment, which cupidity . and discontent combine to
distort.

" Of our natural propensity to ,eonfound.accidents with es-
sence, to mistake for intrinsic and prOper that which is only ex-
ternal and adventitious, the fancy most liberally avails itself in
behalf of a illonara. The vestments with .which he is robed at
the Coronation, are consecrated ; hiS person and his office are.
both sacred. The state which surrounds a SoVereign has little
-in commorrwith ordinary modes ; the man who stands in the
presence is embarrassed by the whispers of Fancy—that- the per-
sonage whom he behOlds belongs to a different class of beings.
Society has invested him with authority •to controul; to Com-
mand, and to enforce submission ; obedience is the tribute offer-
ed to personal superiority and innate grandeur., In the course of
its descent, through ten centuries, the English Ceremonial .has
received constant accessions of new fornis and more appro-
priate solemnities. if we resolve it into its leading principles,
we shall perceive them variously adapted to enlarge the corn_.
prehension of its effect. The Patriot who associates the insti-
tutions of his country with its ancient glories, is transported in
imagination back to the brighter period of 'its, history, by the
Splendid panorama of menial services discharged by the Barons,
according to the stipulations of their tenures in grand ser-.
geantry, the advance and defiance of the Champion " in guise
of warrior old, with ordered spear and shield," and homage
rendered to the King of England by the representatives of his
vassal states on the Continent. The votaries of fashion; whose
estimate of consequence is founded upon costlinesS of parade,
are here fascinated by unrivalled magnificence of costume, by
the multitude; state, and dignity of the attendants. With
those whose conteinpiations and hopes are of other worlds,
the chief figure in the spectacle assumes a. character awfully
sacred, from the invocations
.and rites by wh*h he is inau-
gurated into the vicarious authority of the Supreme Being.
" We need hardly inform our readers that the preparations
for this magnificent spectacle are proceeding on the most ex-
tensive scale and with the utmost alacrity. TI4 is all
have room to say. When it takes place we shall devote all our
columns to its-proper description: Lord Gwydir, the Deputy
Great Chamberlain, having with a liberality and considerate-
ness which reflect the highest honour on his official administra-
tion, spontaneously made such arrangements for the 'accom-
modation of the Gentlemen who will attend from the different
Newspapers, as will enable them 'to satisfy the just curiosity of
the public mind throughout the Empire, with respect to all the
details of this august ceremony."

POPULATION RETURNS OF THE PARISHES IN
THE CITY OF LONDON.

The following are. abStracts of the Returns
made by the City Marshals from the Parishes.in
the City by direction- of the Act of the first year
of his present Majesty, -entitled " An Act for
taking an Account of the Population of Great
Britain, and of the increase or diminution there-
of," &c.
The questions answered in the schedule relative to the occu-
pations are, How many families chiefly employed in agricul-
ture ?-2. How many families chiefly employed in trades, ma-
nufactures, and handicrafts ?-3. How many families not com-
prised in the foregoing classes ?
There is one question—" Referrinr, to the number of persons
in 1811, to what cause-do- you attribute any remarkable differ-
ence in the number- at present ?" From the answers made it
appears that from many of the parishes no returns were made
in 1811 ; that many of them could not obtain the returns made
at that period, and consequently could make no answers to the
question. The peculiar or material answers that were made
from some parishes have been given. In other parishes the an-
swer is L° we don't know," or "we can't tell." One Overseer
wisely answered that the increase of population was owing to
there being 54 more inhabitants. In some places it was found
extremely difficult to obtain any accurate return of their ages.
On the whole it will be found that the numbers have increased
in many parishes considerably. In others there are many more
uninhabited houses than on. the last return.

ST. STEPHEN'S, COleman-street.—lnhabited houses 388,
occupied by 689 families, of whom 543 are in trade, 10 houses
building,'l7 uninhabited.—Topulation, males, 1487, females
1575—Total 3062.

ST. "AvE's, Silver-street.—lnhabited houses, 145, occu-
pied by 392 families, of whom 28( are in trade, &c. 4 houses
uninhabited.—Population, males- 554, females
1,135.

ST. Algonrw, Holborn, including Barnard's Inn,—Houses
inhabited 666, by 1,415 of whom 1,178 are in trade, 237 not,
36 houses uninhabited.—Population, males 3,073, females
3,156—T0ta1, 6,234.
There is an increase of 649. The overseers return that the
difference is occasioned by, " We presume, a more general
vaccination, as
.Well as the country enjoying the blessing of
peace."
_ _

ST. 111AnTIN's, Ironmonger-lane.—lnhabited houses 28,
occupied by 29 families, 1 house empty, all the families in
trade, handicraft, &c.—Number of inhabitants, males 66, fe-
males 66—Total W.

ST. 1111ellAEL-LE-QUEEN.—lnhabited houses 41, occupied
by 43 families, all in trade, 9 uninhabited• houses.—Popula-
tion, males 129, females 123—Total, 252;
-The decrease of dwelling-houses and inhabitants in this pa-
rish is attributed to the pulling down houses to make a suffi-
cient space to build the new Post Office upon.
Parish of ST. LEONARD, Foster-lane.—Number of houses
inhabited 49, occupied by 81 families, of whom 77 are in trade,
5 houses uninhabited.—Population, males 136, females 191—
Total, 377.

The difference in the number at present is represented to be
occasioned by the taking down houses to build the new Post
Office, which measure is represented in the return as a griev-
ance, and as it now exists, a nuisance, that greatly impairs the
trade and prosperity of the parish.
ST. MATTHEW, Friday-street—lnhabited houses 35, occu-
pied by 35 families, of whom 34 are in trade, 3 houses uninha-
bited.—Population, males 130, females 363—Total 493.
ST. MICHAEL, Queenhithe.—lnhabited houses 85, occu-
pied by 189 families, of whom 177 are in trade, 4 houses unin-
habited.—Population, Males 355, Pemales 363.—T0tal 718.
ST. PANCRAS, Soper-lane.—lnhabited houses 31, occupied
by 33 families, of whom 33 are in trade, 2 houses uninhabited.
Population, Males 96, Females 94.—Total 190.
The difference in this parish, since 1811, is ascribed in the
return to merchants no longer residing at their houses of bu-
siness.

ST. MARY-LE-BOW, Cheapside.—lnhabited houses 62, oc-
cupied by 69 families, 11 in trades, 16 houses uilinliabited.—
Population, males 174, females 194.—Total 368.
The decrease of this parish is attributed by the return to a
number of the inhabitants being so reduced as to be unable to
pay their taxes, and many who kept small houses being now
obliged to seek relief from charitable societies, or obliged to,
hawk things about the streets.
ST. MARY, Aldermanbury.—lnhabited houses 72, occupied
by 98 families, all in trade, 4 houses uninhabited.—Popula-
tion, males 223, females 21)6—Total 429.
ST. G LES'S Wi T, Cripplegate.—lnhabited houses
1,495, occupied by 2,988 families, of whom 1,874 are in trade,
99 houses uninhabited, one building.—Population, males 6,593,
females 6,445.—T0tal 13,038.

The increase which has taken place in this parish is attri-
buted to the number of prisoners in the New Prison, White-
cross-street, and other general increase of population.
The Returns from the remaining - Parishes will be given as
soon as completed.

A machine has recently been invented by a
Gentleman'of Shropshire, for the breaking of
stones on the roads, by which a saving of 50 per
cent. is made in the labour, and with much less
waste than by the old method.

MIEADrU L ACClDENT.—Yesterday, as Mr.
BELL, a master bricklayer, residing in Goodge-
street, Tottenham Court Road, and two la-
bourers, were erecting a scaffold to the hack front
of a house, No. 30, in Portland-street, the top
ledger being about five feet from the parapet, a fter
laying across the pudlocks to receive the scaffold-
ing-boards, the master and the two labourers de-
scended on the scaffold from the parapet, when
the ledger which supported it being rotten,
snapped in two, and the three unfortunate men
were precipitated to the ground, a depth of 35
feet and upwards. Mr. BELT, had his leg broken
and was otherwise dreadfully bruised all over.
He was taken up insensible, and carried home on
a shutter. The two unfortunate labourers, one
of whom has a wife and four children, had each
several bones broke ; they were taken to the
Middlesex Hospital without hope of recovery.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, jULY 13

NICIIARDSON V. SIR T. NEAVE. ”ATIT: AND ANDlTttr.lt.
•

This was an action against the Sheriff of Essex, and his of.
fscer, for an assault and false imprisonment. The •-defendant
pleaded first the general issue, not guilty, .taitl-secOnd, a pica of
justifying the alleged assault anti tllse imprisonment, -by virtue
of a writ of capias ad'aatistaciendumissuea againSt the plaintiff.
To this the plamtiffieplied de injuria, and uenled the existence
of the supposed writ _lssue thereon..
Mt. SCARLETT opened the plaintiff's case. He represented
that the plaintiff was nGentleman of fortune and respectability,
residing at Oak Hall, near Wallet:ad, in'Essex. • On the 30tH
of October, whilst travelling in a post chaise near to that place,
he was stopped by SaCkett, the detendant, an officer of the She-
riff of Essex, who arrested lam fbr LOOl. by virtue of a writ
which he produced. The plaintifF,TOnscious that he owed no
man 5001. desired to see the writ, which the officer produced,
and it appeared to be sued out upon Warrant of attorney
given to a Mr.. Willis, and stied out: by a Supposed, attorney of
the name of Jahn Mills. It'waS directed against William Ri-
chardson. The plaintiff immediately said "My name is Wil-
liam John Richardson ; I atn quite ignorant of the persons
whose names are mentioned in tuts writ ; you are mistaken—l
am not the man." The officer, however, persisted that he was
right, and took the plaintiff to a lock-up house,, where he was
detained for three days and three nights. The plaintiff sent
for his attorney, who made every exertion to find out Mr. Mills,
the attorney who had • sued but the Writ, but in vain. The
plaintiff was then' set at liberty, on his giving his word to. ap-
pear when called upon. Ile was in fact never called upon, and
it turned out upon inquiry, that there had been no judgment in
any cause against the plaintiff; or in any cause in which the writ
was supposed to have issued. The writ. had been inclosed to
the Sheriff's office' in a note, with a Mr. 'Mills' compliments,'
begging that it might, be executed immediately, and describing
the plaintiff, without his residence. Under these eh--
cunistanceS,"the plirintasought curapensation- in damages for
the injury he hats sustained'. •
- %Ir. GunNEY, for the Celndants, contended that the Sheriff;
being an executive. offices, he was bound to execute the process
delivered to him, and therefore he was ex,mpt from liability if
he arrested the person named in the writ. The writ had been
sent to the Sheriff's office in the manner already stated. A per-
son of ' the-nacre'nf 'William Richardson had been in fact ar-
rested, and though the plaintiff said'his name was also John,
vet that made no difference as to the question of the Sheriff's
liability. No malice nor laches could be imputed to the de-
fendant, and in the execution of his ministerial duty, he we:s
not bound to take the word of the person arrested, as to az.y
supposed mistake.
The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, that if they be-
lieved that the plaintiff was the person intended by the wri!,
though all his names were not set out, and though the 1)r0c...:5.4
was sued out.by -fraud, and from motives of malice on the Part
of other persons, the Sheriff, as as executive officer, was not
bound for the consequences This however might be a matta
for further consideration whichever way the verdict went.-- -
The Jury found their verdict for the defendants.

CHESHIRE V. I= ALT TON.
This was an action Of assault and battery. Mr. MARRA-ATI!
was for the plaintiff; and Mr. GuliNny for the defendant.
Me laintiff was the driver of the Walthanistowe Coach, al
which the defendant had been an occasional passenger. Some
dispute arose between the parties as to a supposed debt of &i•
due to the plaintiff from the defendant for coach hire of himself
and wife. The defendant denied the justice of the claim; high
words arose, and the plaintiff saying that to deny the debt w'a•
as bad as a robbery,-the defendant 'struck him across the noi.e
with an umbrella, which drew blood. The Jury, under the
Learned Judge's directions, found their verdict for the plain-
tiff—Damages, 40s.

PRY V. PERRY AN'D GALLOWAY.
This was an actiom to re over .C-150 for types, provided for.'
but not deliver;d to, the Statesman newspaper. The only
tion in the cause was, whether, in April, U;10, the Statemna3
belonged solely to Mr. Samson Perry-, or whether Mr. Gal-,1)-
way, the machinist, of Fleet-street, was his partner. After co--
denee at some length had been given, a juror was withdrawn at
the suggestion of the Lord Chief Justice. •

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 13.
GREGORY V. WORRELL.
This was an action of trover, brought, under the direetiorrftf
his honour the Vice-Chancellor, by an alleged bankrupt againA
h-s assignee, to try the validity of a commission of bankrtipicY•
Toe trading and act of bankruptcy were satisfactorily P!° and also the existence, at one time, of a good petitioning
creditor's debt; but the plaintiff contended that. this was des-
troyed by the statute of limitations; which objection % en-
deavoured to be met, on the part of the defendant, by l'r"lng
that the plaintiff had been absent from this country from
1319. It appearing, howevtr, that he had been seen at Dui in.
1111-1, the Jury found for the plaintiff, with 47) damages•
point was reserved as to the effect, in this case, of a Writ, iss"'
before expiration of the six. years, and continuances thereon ;
but not further proceeded on in consequence of the bankruptcy
of the party. 1311 !o

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JULY 13.
ELLISTON V. RODWELL AND ANOTHER. .
Mr. ALLEY informed the Court, that the defendants, sensible
that they had acted in a manner which they could not Just,f4
had put themselves into his hands entirely, and in purs -a ice
an arrangement to which his Learned Friend Mr. Adolphus ha"'
assented, the defendants would plead guilty.
Mr. AnO LPHus said, that Mr. Elhston, a publk character,
had brought .forward this prosecution without any vindictive
feeling, but merely in performance of his public duty: It W`l3
impossible, as men could not shut their eyes against what was
contained in the Newspapers, which are presented
every morning, that this transaction should be hushed itp
in
silence. The defendants, after the wrong of which they n"L`
acknowledged themselves guilty, had been very fortunate air
having the advice of a very discreet and sensible Solicitor, an.:
in that of Mr. Alley, whose gentlemanly feelings never failed
him. Mr. Elliston, who had the education and the sentiments.
of a gentleman, did not requira the vulgar concession of t
newspaper apology ; the-defendants, in pleading guilty. ha",
made an acknowledgment of error which was quite sufficient
for him ; and as this dispute was cne which particularly in-
terested the theatrical world, in which Mr. Elliston occupiedi„
very considerable station, and had a large property under 1,1,,
command, it had been thought right that the defendants shotut,,
to th era
as a mark of their proper feeling on this occasion, pay 201'
each of the Theatrical Funds. Mr. Ellison acceded to this
arrangement, in consequence of the representations which
.11,
been made to bim, as to what the defendant (
already suffered from the chastisement he had received. 11
defendants were accordingly fined Is. and discharged. the
FitAun.---James Simrnonds was indicted for a fraud on
Westminster Regiment of Militia. Two serjeants of the rem.i
ment proved that the prisoner in June last, when the regir'etiel,
was called out for the annual training, joined as a substit4rie
and received five guineas bounty ; he served during the
the regiment was out, was afterwards claimed by the
Militia, to which regiment he had actually belonged surr%Ye
Rodwell)1!lei
joined the Westminster. Verdict—Guilty. He wgis sentenc'l
to be imprisoned six months, and kept on the county gaol a
_
when

John Connell was found guilty of picking the pocket of
Blackman, - Es'..—The CH A T am,irr, addressing the Prisoner,
said The Court is satisfied with the evidence, and yoitr,
sentence is, that you be transported for seven years." Prit;Oe'
—" I thank you, my Lord, I shall not trouble you again durilig
that period."—(A laugh.)

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, July 13.
Amsterdam .... 12 18 C. F'
Ditto, at Sight l') 15
Rotterdam l2 19
Antwerp l2 11
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Hanihurgli 3B 10 e ~,
Aitona
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Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 85 go
Dit to - rja,

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Bourdeanz, ditto
Frankfort on the :vain
Madrid
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4 Cadiz
llilboa 351 .EP
Barcelona
Seville
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Gisi oa . . 43i l'enict., Ilal..Liv 27 60
Malta 45 —Naples ...... ... • 39} ,OP
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Dublin .. • • 9/
BULLION. 0 pet OS.
Portazal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 101
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Foreiii Gold, in Bars 3 17 "
New Doubloons
New Dollars • •—. 0 0
04 91 '
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Silver in Bars, Standard

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