Star.
London, England, 1831-09-03 00:00:00

SCOTTISH APPEAL.

The Lord Chancellor eat in the House of Lords
yesterday morning to hear appeals.

LEY AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS. V. LORD FOURS AND

OTHERS. IESIPONDENTII.
This was an appeal from the decision of the Court of S:r-
'ion in ootlend.

fhe circumstances were briefly these The represet•ta-
tivvs of the late Sir W. Forbes. Dart. possessed extensive
property on the banks of the river Don, awl also a right of 1
salmon &siting iu that river. The appellants had a large
manufactory in the neighbourhood of the same property,
and, in order to secure a supply of water to enable them ti.
carry on their manufactory, they hail erected some =ban!,
menus, the effect of widen (as alleged by the responder t.)
had been to dry a considerable portion of the river, and
thereby materially to injure the salmon fishery. Various
issues had been direved by the Court of Session as to the
I legality of the claims to the salmon fishery, the amount of da.
made, if any, &c. and from the decision upon those issues
the present appeal was made.
The case was in part heard yesterday, and was concluded
this morning, when
The boas) CHANCELLOR observed, that as the case was
one of very considerable importance, nut only ts the par-
ties, but as regarded the forms observed in the Scotch
Courts, he was anxioas to look carefully into the plead-
ings, and therefore he should propose that the decision
of the House be postponed. lie took that opportunity,
however, of going at some length into the nature of the
issues and the proceedings of the Court of Session thete-
upon, and warmly deprecated he very loose. slovenly, and
irregular manner in which some judicial proceedings in
racothnd were conducted.

SERIOUS APPREHENSIONS.
TO THE BIRMINGHAM UNIoN.

As it is now evident that the Reform Bill
cannot pass the Lower House before the approach- I
ing Coronation takes place, I for one shall not be
disposed to witness such a pompous public display
of superabundance among the higher circles, while
starving millions (like the Jews when in captivity
at Babylon) are hanging their harps upon the wil-
lows, and uttering the voice of lamentation and'
woe from one end of the kingdom to the other; it
is therefore my intention to recede to a distance
from the scene of action, and to leave those
who are capable of laughing at calamity,
to enjoy the grand festival, if they can.
It must be confessed that his present Majesty has
acted well his part on the public stage, by dissol-
ving a Boroughmonger Parliament, and opening
ithe way to ascertain the sense of his people on
the important subject of Reform; where then does
the blame lay ? to say there is no blame would
be to say what is not true, and yet no man can
doubt the sincerity of Lord Althorp and Lord John
Russell ; the blame then must be sought for else
where. To parley with the Devil is known to be
certain destruction ; why then has there been so I
much parleying with his imps ?
As the sea of our disorder has been clearly
pointed out, why have we delayed so long to
apply the remedy ? You know as well as myself
that those who are appointed to tight our
battles in Parliament have an immense army of
reserve in their rear, consisting of more than nine-
tenths of the people, ready to come into action
with us much celerity as the French army entered
Belgium, to support the cause of reform in that
country. I much fear there are some traitors who
have gulled their constituents, and got into Par-
liament by outwardly pretending to be advocates
for reform, bat who are secretly assisting' the eaemy
to defeat our views, by devising menus to prolong
the contest, in the hope that some favourable oppor-
tunity may occur of enabling them to throw off
their masks, and again trample us under their
cloven feet. Just before the present Nhig admi-
nistration came into office, we had apparently given
up all for lost; but when Lord Grey brought for-
ward his plan of reform—

" Our dopes revived, and gladness dawned within us."
However, as we all know that delays are dangerous,
the snail-like progress of the Reform Bill, is now
beginning to excite great alarm, lest we should

have to purchase a victory
cause the shedding of tnr
ditary Boroughmonger
long swayed the sceptre
must, at all events, and _ , got
Rouseasi has boldly asserted that every man owes
the state so much labour as will pay for his sub-
sittence and this, without exception of rank or
persons. Rich or poor, strong or weak, every idle
citizen is a knave. The man who earns not his

subsistence, says the same author, is no ',otter
than a thief; and a pensioner who is paid by thv
State for doing nothing, differs little from a robber
who is supported by the plunder he makes on the
highway.
Middle Temple, Sept. 1. ISM. THOMAS EA T
THE I,r,kisAATitiN.
Yesterday a number of distinguished indivi'ivals.
amongst whom were Lord Augustus Fitzelzretc
and party, visited Westminster Abbey, to inspect
the preparations
.that have been made for the ap-
prolching coronation of their Majesties. Tim at:-
dent relict of royalty, Queen Elizabeth's chair, has
been thoroughly cleansed, and yesterday the work-
men were occupied in gilding it in the most splen-
tlid manner for the use of Queen Adelaide.
The prices for the admission of the public to in-
spect the imposing ceremony are as follow :—Fur
the galleries in the vaulting. the tickets are 'lmo
guineas each, and for those underneath foul-guineas
each, and the first or bottom tier are let at 6vu

guineas each person. The grand stand now erect-
ing in St. Margaret's churchyard, leading to the
robing rooms of their Majesties, has been contracted
for with the Dean of Westminster (to whom that
part of the church-yard belongs) by the Serjeant
Trumpeter, we are told, at the Lord Chamberlain's
office, and the seats are letting at from two to
three guineas.
Preparations are also making for the accommo-
dation of the public to view the Royal procession
pass from and return to the palace, at the houses
in Parliament-street, Pall-mall, and Corkspur-
street, and the prices at present are at two and
I three guineas for each person.
It is related that at the Coronation of Edward
VI. in 1546-7, the choicest spectacle of all was the
exploit of an Arragosan, who descended from the
battlements of Saint Paul's, upon a rope mule fast
to an anchor at the Dean's gate, and returning up
again, " played certain misteryes on the said rope."
which appear to have been narticularly acceptable
to the young monarch and the crowd avembled
Holinshed has the following quaint note on this
circumstance, " Paul's steeple laie at anchor."
And at the Coronation of Mary, in 1553, it is fur-
-1 ther stated, that " In Paul's churchyard one Master
Heiwood sat in a pageant under a vine, and made
an oration in Latin and English ; and as if to outdo
the flying Arragosan at the last coronation, we have
here a Dutchman standing on the weathercock of
Paul's Steeple, who, holding a streamer in his hand,
of five yards long, and waving thereof, stood some-
times on one foot and shook the other, and then
kneeled on his knees, " to the great marvel! of all
' people." On her Majesty passinr Cheapsitle the
Chamberlain of London presented her with a purse
of cloth of gold containing a tho .sand marks of
gold.
At the Coronation of Henry VI. in 1429, the
archbishop is reported to 11:1‘e " made a procla-
mation cn the foure quarters of the scaffolds,
seyend in this Wyse : Sirs, hcere comyth Henry,
Kyng Henryes sone the Vth, on whoa sowle lion
have mercy, Amen. He homblyth hym to Goo
and to holy Cherche, askyug the crowns of this
realm. by right and defence of herytaee; if ye
Kid ye pays with hym say Ya. and hold up
halides. And than all the people cryed with oon
voyce Ye, ye."
Henry the Seventh, 30th Oct. 1485. was ha-
bited for his Coronation as follows : Two shirts,
one of lawn, the other of crimson " tartarvn,"
with a large opening before, and spaces to admit
the sacred oil, laced with aunulets of silver-gilt.
A pair of stockings of crimson sarsnet vamps.
A large crimson satin rose The stockings laced
to his coat with ribands. " A side cote lose&
furred with mynovere pure, whereof the role hands
and the spieres were garnished with ribbands of
golde ;" a furred hood ermined, and a mantle of
crimson satin furred, with a lace of silk, and
'tassels.

HENRY THE EIGHTH.-At his coronation,
which was on the 23d of June, 1509, the proces-
sion from the tower exceeded every other, upon the
same occasion, in magnificence. This tyrant in
embryo was adorned in the richest manner. His
coat was embossed or raised with gold, and the
Iplacardo covered with diamonds, rubies, emeralds,
and pearls. The bawdrick on his neck with ba-
lasses. From his shoulders flowed a robe of crim-
son velvet, furred with ermine. The trappings of
his courser were of damask embroidered with gold,
and edged with a deep border of ermine. His
attendant knights and esquires were in crimson
velvet habits ; the gentlemen and those of his cha-
pel, together with the officers of the household and
servants, in scarlet.
At the coronation of Edward the First, in 1273,
the demand made on the county of Gloucester for
the occasion was almost calculated to breed a par-
tial famine :—" 60 beeves, 60 bogs, two fat boars,
60 sheep, 3000 capons and hens, and 40 gammons
!of bacon."

Katherine of France, the Queen of Henry V.
was crowned by Archbishop Chicheley on the 24th
of February, 1420-1. The long account which
Fabian gives of the festivities which took place on
this occasion is so characteristic of the age, that nu
excuse need be offered for inserting die following
passages from his " Chronicle."—After the " so-
lempnysacion" in the church, our author informs
us that the Queen was " conveyed in to the greats
halle of Westmynster, and there set to dyner.
Upon whose ryghte hande saute at the ends of the
same table the Archebyshop of Cauntorbury, and
lienrye, surnamed the Kyche, Cardynall of Wyn-
chester. And uppon the lefts hande of the Queene
satte the Kynge of Scottes in hys estate, the. wbyche
was serued wyth couered messe like unto the fore-
named Byshoppes, but after them. And ye shall
underetande, that this feasts was al of fyshe.
And for the orderyng of the seruyce thereof
were dyuers Lordes appoynted for beds offycers,
as Steward., Controller, Servueyour, and other
honourable offyces. The whiche with other or-
dered the selves of the feast. as followeth ;
and thus for the fyrst course. Brawn. sad SUS..
tarde, ded elks in Nuneaton, frument with Wien,
pyke in twinge, lamprey powdered, trought, cod-
lyng, playes fryed, marlyng fryed, crabby., lecke

20 Per cent.
• 7t
pry at 110 cleat
inch blood. "?` • '"
`*~.',~ti
Oligarchy w
eof despotism in t ••r 1
at any cod, ho got rid of.

lonahni t'r florysl,ed, tartys. And a sotylte called n
p llyeam sitting on his nest with her byrdes, and
na plane of Saynte Katherine holdyng a boke and
disputing with the doctoures, holdyng a reason in
I.er rvehte hande, sayings Madame le Royne ;
and the pellycnn, as an answere, Ce cst la signe
et du Boy, par ioy, et a tout sa gent, elle
mite ea entrut. " The second() course :—Gely
coloured with columhyne floures, white potage or
eleme of almandes, breme of the see, counger,
solys, cheun, barbyll, with ,oche, freshe samon,
halyhet, gnrnnrde, rochet hroyled, smelth fryeed,
crett,s or lobster leche damaske with the kynges
worde or nrouerbe flourished, Vne sans plus; lam-
prey freshe lanken; flampeyne flourysshrd with a
schochon royall, and therein iii crownes of golde
planted with flours delyce and floures of camemyll
wrought of confeccions. And a sotylyte named a
ranter with an image of Saynte Katheryne, with a
whele in her hande, and a mile wytb a reason in
that other bands, sayeng, Rayne, ma fill, in
ceste ill, per ban reson, aues renoun." " The
thvrde course."' This was likewise of fish, with
" a leche calle:1 the why to leche flouryshed with
hawthorne leuys and redde hawys. A marche
payne garnyshed wyth dyuers fygures of angelles,
among the which was set an ymage of Saynte Ka-
theryne bohlyng this reason, // cst escrit, pur noir
et cit, per mariage pure cest guere ne dare. And
Instely a sotyltie named a tigre lokynge in a
myrrour, and a man syttynge on horsse backe clene
anted, holdyng in his armes a tigre whelped, with
this reason, Per force, sanz reason, ie ay prise
ceste beste. And with his owne hande makynge
a conntenaunce of throyng of myrrours at the great
tigre. The whych held this reason, Gile che
mirrour, ma fete distour. And thus with al honour
was finished this solempne Coronacion."