The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-23 00:00:00

THE CORONATION.

-11717.3TMINsTBR HALL --The preparations for
the approaching Coronation are actively pro-
ceedttig. *mite considerable :improvements in
Westminster Hall are nearly completed, and fur-
ther ahefations of an extensive nature are con-
templated. The rest oration of the grand win-
tin :v at that end of the Hall facing New Palace-
yard is almost fiuished ; the completion of the
j irnhs and the recesses whiuh wed to be occupied
with 11111-length figures of our ancient Kings, &c.
remains '0 be dlne, It is known possibly but to
(eke., that ther, is at the opposite end .of the
bet:iud the Courts of Chancery Hod.
Hines Bench, and between which there are steps
and a riassaee leading in the Houses of Patlia-
ineut, a window as large and grand as that
facing New Palace-yard, made in fact to cor-
respond with it. This window is nosy almost
wholly hidden by those irregular and confined
Courts raised for the King's Bench and Chan-
eery ; Courts, too, that remained open to the
view of the spectators in the Hall, till the corn-
. Inenrenivnt of George the Third's reign. These two
Conits7 Are to be eotirdy rentoved, by which
Means the other grand' window will be once more
in hill view ; and the workmen have begun to
repair that .part of the-window u hick appears
above the Courts. This will greatly improve
the appearance of that fine Hail, which is the
)the
in Europe unsupported by pillar's.—
The finely coloured and curious figure; of ancient
KingS, which are now stationed over the heads
of the Lord Chancellor and the King's Bench
-.Trolges, will be restored to the niches remain-
ing in the iambs on either side of this window,—
This end of the" Hall will then present an appear-
ance exactly similar to what it was in " olden
limy," in Richard the Second's reign. That Mo-
narch, in 1397, repaired the 1-1311, which was then
in a very ruinous condition; lie had the wills
raised two feet, altered the windotes, and. added
a near roof, as well as the stately porch and other I
boildmes.

'l'hr Courts of Chancery and King's Bench are
is is stated, to be restored to the places which
tb-'y now occupy, but new Courts are to he erected,
ne.:ording to the plan of 'ne late Mr. Wyatt, who
wpurveyor General. and Ateleite.-t to George
111. in a litre with the Cemsmon Pleas and the
Cisiirt of Exebig-er. Tot y +6ll thus be built On
tht sp cw bets. et n the walls of Westminster Hall
• tty, buildings which front StMlargaret's
Ct,‘,sen, l'is4.l-e is toom'sufficient for most c.iru-
C-)as's The entrances, howeiter„ will
be is Wi.siminster and be uniform with that
w. telt alteady exists into the Common Pleas.—
inn,ro%tment h most desirable, and has been
long waged..

There are six krge new windows in progress on
eact,sid.. of the root of the Hall. They are about 10
feet in lteight and trteet 6 inches wide, and are of
Goi r.trn, tore, ,as to accord exactly with the
windows underneath, the workmanship of the
Toot, and of Richard the ,Second's
Heretofore there v.', re only three or tour windows
in: /he roof, introduced since the great r‘ p4irs,
and which wtEe of a Stnall and rocao strucrote ;
and as. to Ihvir uses they only tended to make
"darkness visible."

The toot, as is known, consists chi. fly of cites-
nut wood, too.' variously constructed, at,rl of a
fine species of Gothic. rie proj-etions arc every-
where. adorned with angels supporting the arms
otitiehatd 11. or these 01 Ea WAI ti.t he Centessor
as is the stone wuuldirtg that tun- round the Hall,
tri h the hart conch int under a tree, and other
.11.-,ices of Richard 11. Tithe 31141
have occasioned many mittilit•ions, and those
are to he tepaired, especially those in the
roof, made mote obvious by the large new Gothic
,winfh.ws. I\nnetou of tvorktneo are now daily
ctorloyeil in thr 11,111, as well al; in large troth-
th,••,s stationed on the space between the Ferry
ati•; Cie Exchoiner. The grand door of the Hall
it t 07is,a of ly ch,sed to strangers; the only en-
tra • ,3 to the Hall are along tile Exchequer Col-
-i,..laeqmssage, and by the House Of COMIUOIIS
it (lid Palace-yard.

Tik Rochtort, 74, Cap•ain SCIIOMBEIIG, fitted
for/ Ihe reception of the fi,ig of Rear-A(4l)lra' Sir
GisAtt Moon?,, going to the Mediterranean as
Commander-in-Chief, is in every resprct ready
tor sea, and only waits to complete her Comple-
tHent.

GLASGOW, JAY 18.—The copious rains that
have hi;eo so seasonably for the husbandman,
give promise of kt large and an early crop. The
braird of tvt ry kind of corn is unusually fine.—
The orchards present one general flush of blos-
soms ; and, it, by the blessing of Providence,
tt,ere be not late severe frost, home fruit will be
ahnudant.—Perhaps not since the American war,
has a greater number of shops been shut and to
let in Glasgow and its environs, particularly in
the l4tter, tha'n at present. Tickets are almost
innumerable for good houses to let, and some
landlords have added, " at reduced rents."

I~IELANCHf!LY, OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday se'n-
nit:ht as the frotman of W. J. Thompson, Esq. of
Lv charginu, the b4ll of an air-gun with
tit+ :sir pump, at Alt. Jevvison's, of Raisthorpe,
vtlh“!re Mr. Thompson had gone for a day's shoot-
ing of looks, the bnil hurst at the moment the
m.o Was tillishing, and entering into his body
wish the most violent force, 'caused instantaneous
death.

A Lady walking along Russell-street, Covent-
g,trnen, yesterday morning, (followed by her
.Ik-coy servant) accidentally set her foo► upon a
piece of the rind of an orate e, when she instantly
d down, with such force as to dislocate her
wrist. These kind of accidents are frequently
b4ppening, and it is impossible to speak too severely
on the heedlessness of those persons .who cause
theta, by qcit:ering their orange peelings on the
foot pv,cnien!.
fittenr ss of yesterday attracted thousands
of .isiranrs to Greenwich .1143ir. The road to it at
en early hour was crowded With pedestrians,
etptestroio%, and earringes of every description,
nimost enti-trly enveloped in f.ust rind nearly
cousequenre o: the hest Gooseberry ?Air
Tot bilitields bad 111$9,it, rural si;orts anti elegant