The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-06 00:00:00

Co uxcrr- ASSEriaLr:D.

" The Memorial of her Majesty the Queen shewetla, that
your Majesty has, by your Royal Proclamation bearing date at
Carlton-house, the at, day of June inst. declared your royal
will and pleasure to celebrate. the Solemnity of your Royal Co-
ronation upon Thursday, the Igth day of July nexts at your
Palace at Westminster, but that directions have"not been given
for the Coronation of. the Queen, as hath harttofore been ac-
custcmed or. the like occasions.

" That divers of your Majesty's subjects; by ancient customs
and usages of these realms, as also in regard of divers tenures
of sundry manorsjands,and other hereditiments, do claim, and
are bound to do and perform divers services on the day and at
the time of the Coronation of the Queens Consort of these
realms, as in times precedent their ancestors and those from
whom they claim have done and performed at the Coronation of
the Queens Consort in times past;
" That the Queen most dutifully claims, as of right, to cele-
brate the ceremony of her Royal Coronation, and to preserve,
as well her Majesty's said right, as the aforesaid-lawful rights
and inheritances of others your Majesty's subjects.
" The Queen respectfully prays that your Majesty will be
graciously pleased forthwith to issue your. Royal Proclamation,
thereby to appoint the same 13th day of July next, at West-
minster aforesaid, to celebrate the ceremony of her Coronation
as the Queen Consort of your Majesty, and to direct that all
such as by the said customs and usages and tenures, are bound
to do and perform the services aforesaid, do duly give their
attendances accordingly, at the said day and time of the Corona-
tion aforesaid, in all respects furnished as to so great a solem-
nity appertained:, and answerable to the dignities arid places
which every one of them hoideth and enjoyeth ; and further,
that your Majesty will be s,,raciously pleased to issue your Royal
Commission under your Great Seal, appointing Commissioners
to receive, hear, and determine the petitions and claims which
shall be made to them in this behalf.
" And the QUEEN, &c."

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Now, after carefully examining the above. Me-
morial of her MAJESTY, we find that her M,.;-
JESTY " most dutifully claims, as of right, to ce-
lebrate the ceremony of her Royal Coronation ;"
and we also find that that claim of right is
founded solely on what cc bath heretofore been
accustomed on the like occasions."—But a claim
of right, founded solely on long accustomed
usages, can' only be sustained'by a party placed
in all respects under all the usual and customary
circumstances to which the usages urged.in sup-
port of the claim are applicable. Thus," thotialr
divers of his 'lNlaaasTy's subjects,.by wa'Cient cus-
toms and usages of these realms, as alsein regard
of divers tenures of Sundry manors, lands, and
other hereditaments, do claim, and are bound ,to
do. and perform' divers services on the day and at
the time of the Coronation" .of the King and
" of. the Queen Consort," yet certain circum-
stances may arise, and do frequently arise, which
so greatly affect and' alter the usual and cus-
tomary situation of parties claiming their ." rig t
to do suit and service at the Coronation, as by
ancient customs and usages of the realm they are
entitles," as to render the exercise of their cos-
ternary functions improper, inexpedient, or im-
possible, and to negative their personal claims,
without, however; 'destroying the right of them-.
selves, or of their lawful SUCC:!,SSO:9, on fu-
ture similar occasions. Amongst these ,per-
sonal gisabilities; are, of course, thinresidence
within the realm—bodily. infirrnitra—extreme
youth or old age--aand insanity.. It is- ,
pably obviouS that parties
.so situated, though
their claims are founded on the cc ancient
customs, and usages of these realms,". are in cir-
cumstances so different from those to which the
ancient customs and usages are- usually appli-
cable, that their personal right, founded on such
usages, is necessarily suspended or destaoyed by
the unusual circumstances of their situation. The
question, then, appears to us to resolve itself into
this, " Is the fact of the non-cohabitation of a
QU EEN CONSORT With her Royal. spouse, of so
unusual and peculiar a.character, ae to render the
application of the ancient C: 1134},728 and usages of
at.herea/in, in her peculiar persona? circumstances
and situation,inexpedient otaitiaproper ?" We must
say, that the fact of the iron-coltatriicttiondoes appear
to us to have this effect upon the claim and the
situation of the Qtins.: It. is true that the per-
sons " chgrfing.to do suit and service ..at the Co-.
rorfation"Taee;: in certain. Cases of disability, per-.
mitted to serve by their depnties. .I.l?at there is
ncinstance,.we believe, of a Queen C.%msort hav-
ing been crozined by proxy; BesitteSaiatnay
net only lawful, but reasonable and.eapedient,
that the KING, in. the. ulavoidablea- absence
of his ordinary attendatats, shaailA not lark of
service, brit he served by their_substitatos, The .
propriety, expediency,• or legality, of the pu.blic
appearafrao of any;other-kitustrions female,
,as
the representative of a non-cohabiting Queen Con-
sort, or of the-wife eve,t•olL any.private indivi-
dual, is by no means so. apparent.ltii,orsfgan of
further
deserving .of. rernaa, that the 915
her MAJ EST Y'S advocates, Tice Times, osten-
tatiously put forth, as kariumphant foundation
on which to:establish ,her MAJESTY'S right, that
her liflaaava.T became Que'ela-icrtcr&diately upon .
the demise of.our late venerable-Sovereign, by no
act of her own, by no act of the .K.faita, but in
spite of the Kta.o, and in spite of herself, by the
mere :farce of ~the Constitution. and, laws or.
the realm. ilence they inferred„ that as the
N G COO ki not prevent his Royal Cotisort from
becoming Queen, and,. as her AfAsTi.:STY
.hersell
could not prevent the. constitutional, imposition.
upon heaof,her Royal dignity, that neither could
the KING withhold,fromher Maaaavr her r !ffht
to her Royal Corona. lion. The argument, how: I
ever,: ;is as. fallacious as:-the inference is weak
and both arc destroyed by Mr. Baot.Teaaaat him-
self in his pleading 'before the Privy. Cosec 1, by
the very Memorial in which. her .11.a.13 ESTI clairna
to be crowned, by the natural propriety and fit-
nos Of things,•atid by piScedentsa A 3 the Can 7
stitution, by its own force, 'conferred the dig-
nity. of Queen nponaher immediately :!
upon the demise of. 44:-n. 'Sire% it

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was unnecessary for her MAJESTY to petition her
Royal Consort and Sovereign " forthwith to issue
,
his Royal Proclamation" cOnferring upon or
confirming that 'loyal dignity id which she had
constitutionally, acid .of her Own constitutional
right, acceded. She assumed the dignity, lifters,
and privileges Of a QdEEN CONSORT, Withirit i.
KING'S intervention. If the Constitution, in like
manner, by its own uncontrollabi force, con-
ferred upon her MAJESTY not only the regal
dignity, but the right to the bbnotirs of a Coro-
nation, it would he competent to her MAJESTY,
by her own warrant, to order that ceremony to
be performed without soliciting -the authority
of the Instead, however, of attempting
to exercise any such, independent power, li
MAJESTY in hOr Memorial acknowledges the
constitutional and controulittg power of the
KING, over her claim, by" respectfully praying,"
not only " that his MAJESTY will be graciously
pleased forthwith to issue his Royal Proclama
tion, thereby to appoint the same 19th day of
July next, at Westminster aforesaid, tb celebrate
the ceremony of her Coronations as QUeen Con-
sort," but also "to direct that all such as by the
said customs and_ usages and tenures are bound to
do and perform the services aforesaid,, do daf[y
give tlecir attendances according/N. ," &c.—Here,
then, is an unequivocal admission, not only
that the QZ;PEN'S Coronation cannot take place
without the direct exercise of the authority
of the KING ; but that, even supposing the
celebration of the ceremony- to be granted,
the attendance of persons bound to do service
thereat, cannot be enforced without the further
direct exercise of the same authority l—Further,
Mr. Brzod-osiLsx, in his pleadings yesterday, laid
much stress on the case of IlEsaY VII. and
his Queen ANNE, whose Coronation was put off
by the King " until-it was no loner safe for
him, on account of the popular resentment, to
withhold that ceremony to which .she 'was consi-
dered as having a solemn right ;" and Mr.
BROUGIIAM quoted,-'
with an air of triumph; " the
remarkable expressions used by MARGARET of,
Burgundy, touching the delay in the QuzEN'sl
Coronation."—[Jiere we are obliged abruptly to
discontinue our remarks, by the pressure of
other matter. Should the nature of the proceed-
ings, still going on before the Council, not render
it unnecessary, we. shall resume to-morrow.] •

THE THEATRE3.

The NEWTHEATit E in the H.t Y,MARN ET opened
again last night with the Comedy of The Pro-
voired Misifiand. CON WAY made his first appear-
ance at that Theatre.in the part of Lord Towfds,.
Hews well received, and is obviously more itn,
proved in acting.. Mrs. CHATTER!: Y was spright-
ly in Lcni`y 710:cn4,, and affecting in the last
scene. John ,bloody was performed. so well by
TA YLEURE, as to skew that he was worth bring-
ing, to London. The rest of the characters were
tolerably well suppored. The farce of .Peter
aNd Paal, %% hick
.was roughly handled on the
first night, - has been, so well curtailed, that it
experienced a better fate, and is likely now to
stand its ground.

ENGLI3I4 OPER A—HOU3E.—This theatre, which
hs always been fertile in dramatic novelties, last
night produced a new musical pie;e, under the
title of Loves Dream. It• is sprightly. in itself,
and its intrinsic properties lost nothing.- in the
. acting. The following iS an outline of the plot
Cecilia Dormer (Miss KELLY), and Henry Morton (Mr.
Pr.ArtatAN), have conceived. a mutual paSsion, but owing to
sijrn,2 jealous es arising out ci certain mise.hieVous tricks of
Cupid, at th,it chief scene of all his rolvarf---•a kali-room, they
are separated with a belief that each is false to the vows they
have plighted. In the mean time Frederick Easy (Mr.
Wit-ENea) has made proposals to' Cecilia's fathtg, who re-
reeves. him favourably ; and Cecilia herself, with pure hatred
and revenge (as she declares) to Henry Morton, consc:;!...-; to be-
come Lasy's wile. In this state of affairs, Morton his
appearance alnOrigist the party.' - lie is tle:: friend cf • Easy, who
,introduces him to the family, whore .his presence cri.,atcs no
small degree of consternation. Ile is pressed, and, rifzer some
relutitanee, consents to sign the man:age •settl!merits. After
• perforni ing some signal acts of generosity towards hiS friend. he.
13 prepring to depart from the scene of his wretcliedness, at.:?to
have nir. frmdi7i the fvill enjovment of- hisgood fOrtune, when
appt'ars before him in he: sleep, having wandered from
her room in teat State, and he becomes acquainted with the
fact thatshe is still fervently attached to him, and sufl'ering .all
the ierts of disappointed. love. An eclair,iss, ou& follows
in due course, which is overheard'hy Easy, a fine,' rattling,
noble mindedfellow,who gives up his right at once to the 91.1.
penor claims of his friend. .
. Miss KELLY is the heroine of the piece, and
her .unaffected spirit and. 'humour appeared to
great
.advantage. I.l,lattry' and .11,711ENCH were
• both.strong props to the piece, and . PF...IitNtAN also
.gave. it support 'by, hiS Musical power. The.
manic is light and pleasing. The piece excited
Much applause, and was announced for repetitiot)
with unanimous and hearty consent.._

31:ss Foant, the Lady w'ho is to make Ix:-
firzt appearance before a London audience
on the boards of the English Opera,
.in the cha-
racter of .Po/k, in the. Beggar's_ Opera, is.
we unde:stand,, a native, of Dublin ; report
speaks highly ~aOt only of her musical talents
.but
of iter actinz also. This Lady i 3 very youLg,
not having attained her seventeenth year.

YCStlerday V ikOillTt sinrso rft acid.the Right.
Hat). Sir. Ti;o7:As htl4.audieilces of
the KING, itt his. 'FalEice,.:7). Pa11.3)1a11. The
KIN.;; 3"E.6.-terciiky. frem tt„le

estorday the Duclie9s of GI.P.C:.:7TEf, the
Princes& ~..kucitiorrA,. and the DizheSs of Kywr,
visited -.the Duchess "of 'CiA.'.l,-tNer.- 1-Vednesday
night Prince Lizo.eaLp left town for (..;i:Arernorit.
Ishv DucheF.43 of GI 0t;c17.1-1:71. and the Prinrebs
A1,,1:6-i,...r.. d ro,s,out together vi,.=.:erday, c‘arriage.
The Aui-ora,',ffoTrxlitarr-zi.a7n, a;-rivett a: a=-
bor.,‘"2:st nlt. ; Q ed'7th May, and h1..44-q.7,3 ad-
vice that z:fiuii's• At IrEarantiain were :te ila a very

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onset:o-I.A tt4te. ,
Ile, A.renal General Conrt of the Proprietors
of the Atill9 Assklr:Ance Company was held at the
TuOndon Twiern, on the 4th instant.„yrhen J. D-
Hui-,..iE, M. ri,ioC kTTA, . % W. PktEfCPTT, J.
PULLEY, Esq., and Dr. PAclPlc6,.were re4:lec.l-
- Dic'eccoi-s, and- DoNALD 7.4Act..EAN, and. H. N.
• -•,
W.A.a.n, E.sq. Anditors., The t.r7ual Dividetri of
six per cent. was declared for the pit year on
Ilia' cani'.7l 'ibc.--.bei b— ". p (Tr' - tor- 1 . • .., • -, i A t., ; ..u.e . r .iv ,),,