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Past elevei o'clock, Ind the Prebendaries and Dean West-
minster again fell into the Procession next before the Kings of
Arms, who •procededtbe Great Officers.
The Procession moved along very slowly. The effect was in-
describably grand. The whole company stood, and the most
solemn silence was observed. That part of the Procession pre-
ceding the Knights Commanders of the Bath, Knights Grand
Crosses of the Bath and their Officers, the Clerks of the Privy
Council in Onlinary, the Privy Councillors, the Register of the
Garter, Vice Chamberlain, Comptroller of his Majesty's Ifoute-
held, and Peers, were conducted to their seats by the Officers
of Arms.

The Prebendaries of Westminster then took their places hear
the Altar. The Serjeants at Arms went to their places near the
Theatre. The Standards were delivered by the bearers of them
to Pages at the entrance of the Choir, and resumed and borne
in the return.

The Princes of the Blood Royal were conducted to their wats
as Peers. The Prince Leopold was conducted to his scat in the
Royal Box. The Barons of the Cinque Ports, bearing tke
Canopy, and the Gentlemen Pensioners, remained at the en-
trance of the Choir.

The King then ascended the Theatre, and passed on the
south side of the Throne to his Chair of tate, on the east 'ide
thereof opposite to the Altar ; and after having privately prayed
(kneeling down upon the Fald-itool), took his seat, the two
ishops, his supporters, standing on each side; the Nobleman
bearing the four Swords on his right hand ; the Deputy Lord
Great Chamberlain, and the Lord High Constabb on his left;
the Great Dicers f State, the Deputy Earl Marshal, the Dean
of Westminster, the Noblemen bearing the llegalia, Train-
bearers, with Deputy Garter, The Lord Lyon, the Lord Mayor
of London, and Black Rod, standing about the King's Chair.

THE RECOGNITION.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, together with the Lord

Chancellor, the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord
High Constable, and Deputy Earl Marshal, preceded by De-
puty Garter, then moved to the 'east side of the Theatre, where
the Archbishop made the Recognition. His Majesty rose out
of his Chair and stood before it whilst the Archbishop, having
his face to the east side, said as follows :

" Sirs—l here present unto you King George the Fourth, the
rightful inheritor of the Crown of this realm; wherefore all ye
that are come this day to do your homage and bounden duty,
are ye willing to do the same?"
To this demand the People replied with loud and repeated
acclamations of " GOD save King George the Fourth."
The Recognition was repeated at the south, west, and north
sides of the Theatre, the King st:nding all the while by his
Chair of State towards the east side of the Theatre, and turning
his face to the several sides at such times as each Recognition
was made. At the last Recognition the trumpets sounded and
the drums beat. Ili+ Majesty then sat down, and the Bible,
the Chalice, and the Patina were carried to and placed upon
the Altar by the Bishops who had borne them in the Proces,ion.
The King then passed to the Altar, uncovered, and hoed-
bag upon a cushion, made his first offering of a Pall or Altar
Cloth of gold, which was placed upon the Altar by the Arch-
bishop. The King also presented a second offering, which was
an ingot of gold of a pound weight, and which was put into the
oblation baton. The Archbishop then said a Prayer, at the
conclusion of which the King rose and was conducted to the
Chair of State on the south side of the area. The Litany and
the beginning of the Communion Service having been read, the
Archbishop of York ascended the Pulpit and preached a Sermon.
Kr For further Autictilars, see Second. Edition, next Page.

CORONATION ANECDOTES.

SEEING A CORONATION.

A sad mistake was once made at Court by the beautiful and
celeb.rated Duchess of Hamilton. Shortly before the death of
George 11. and whilst he was greatly indisposed, Miss Gun-
ning, upon becoming Duchess of Hamilton, was presented to
his Majesty. The King, who was particularly pleased with
the natural elegance and artlessness of her manner, indulged in
a long conversation with her Grace. In the course of this
tete-a-tete, his Majesty asked her if she had seen this, and if she
had seen that ; and how she liked such, and how she liked so.
" Oh !" said the Duchess, with great animation, " 1 have seen
every thing ! There is only one thing in the. world I wish to
see, and I do long so much to see that." The curosity of the
Monarch was so greatly excited to know what was this won-
derful thing she.was so anxious to see, that he eagerly asked her
what it was ? " A Caronation," replied the thoughtless
Duchess—nor was she at all conscious of the mistake she had
made, till the King took her hand with a sigh, and with a me-
lancholy expression replied, " I apprehend you have not long to
wait ; you will soon have your wish." Her Grace was over-
whelmed with confusion.
HIS LATE MAJESTY.

Bishop Newton, in the Introduction to his Treatise on the
Prophecies, after noticing the grace and elegance with which his
late Majesty ascended the throne at his Coronation, says, that
when his Majesty went to receive the Sacrament, clothed in his
robes, and with his crown on his brad, be asked the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury if it was not proper to take off his crown
ere he received the Sacrament? The Archbishop not know-
ing the custom, inquired of the Bishop of Rochester, and
other dignitaries of the church, and they not being able to
solve the doubt, his Majesty immediately took off his crown,
saying, no Alouarch could be too bumble upon so solemn an
occasion.