The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-31 00:00:00

people decorating their houses with 13ritisli oak, &c. Appro-
priate devices were displred, and shops shut up, proclaimed a
holiday. - At twelve o'clock, a dinner of beef and mutton, bread
and ale, which had tram provided by' public subscription, was
given to the poor, to the amount of 2,009 men, women, and
children. A dinner was provided at the Brixham National
School for the gentlemen and tradesmen of the place, at which
about .50 sat doWn; P. Gillard, Esq. President, and Captain
Cumby, R. N. Vice-President.—Lancing commenced at eight,
with a party of CO couple, in the upper room of the National
School, tastefully decorated fur the occasion. Four o'clock on
Friday morning closed the festive scene with " God save the
King."
KIMBOLTON.—Ms Majesty's Coronation was celebrated at
Kimbolton with every expression of loyalty and unanimity of
sentiment. Ten fat sheep were distributed to the parishioners ;
and in the evening the men were plentifully supplied with ale,
and their wives and children with tea.—Booths were erected
upon the green; and a cold dinner provided. The band per-
formed several national airs, and the day was spent in the most
perfect harmony and conviviality, every one partaking in the
general joy.—There was a dance for the neighbouring villagers,
and the town was illuminated at night.
Ac I.E.—A very excellent dinner of plumb puddings, roast
beef and mutton, was provided, together with five barrels of
beer, to which near 400 persons sat down. The health of his
Majesty was drank, &c.
ASH C K EN.— The poor, 167 in number, were regaled
with a very plentiful dinner of plumb puddings and three roast-
ed sheep, by Win. 'Herring, Esq. of that parish.
COSSEY.—Sir George and Lady Jerningham presented a
handsome donation. - A subscription made amongst principal
inhabitants, and the park was opened to the villagers. At four,
'o'clock 700 persons sat down to dinner at tables previously con-
structed in the open air, and were most comfortably regaled
with meat, -bread, and ale. The band of the village (which is
very good) played during the entertainment, and dancing soon
after was commenced and kept up till near ten o'clock, when
the festival concluded by a display of fire-works. The whole
was excellently conducted, and the enjoyment of the villagers
was complete.
DItEWSTEIGNT recording the numerous festi-
vities upon the Coronation-day, we ought not to omit those
of Drewsteignton. This place, eelebrate-d "in the olden time"
as the seat of Druidical discipline, deserves to be no less so in
the present sera for loyalty to its Sovereign. All the gentlemen
of t.le parish, headed by their worthy Rector, gave a handsome
banquet to its many hundred inhabitants ; and the bells rang
in merry unison with " God save the King," " Long lire the
King," " May the King live for ever !" Amen.
Tiro v it N .—TI ie day was hailed with rapturous ex-
pressions of joy by the loyal inhabitants of Thorverton. The
bells were rung, and the band of music played and sung God
save the King, and other appropriate tunes. A hogshead of
cider and a quantity of bread were distributed to the poor under
the direction of the Minister and some of the most respectable
inhabitants, and the day concluded in general denionstrations
of harmony and lOyralty.
T E n.—The Coronation day. was ushered in by joy-
ous bells, which kept- up their merry peals until its terniination.
The day was kept here a holiday:--a holiday of the heart—a day
on which political feeling reated, or rather was attuned to con-
cord and perfect harmony. At one, after divine service, the
consisting of a party of the ltlth Hussars, the 49th
Foot, and the Waterford Stall, formed on the parade, and fir-
ed, in capital style, three rounds, as a feu.de-joie ; the firing
was succeeded by four rounds of huzzas, in which the entire
population appeared to participate. At night the city was,
with the usual and unavoidable exceptions, a blaze of illu-
mination. The concourse of spectators was never within me.
mory so numerous in our streets, never more happy, never more
inoffensive.

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