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London, England, 1821-07-20 00:00:00

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CORONATION
OF HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
GEORGE THE FOURTH.

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FURTHER PARTICULARS.
THE SERMON.
The text on which the Rev. Prelate (the Archbishop
of YORK) addressed his congregation in the Abbey,
was from the 23d ehapter of the second of SAMUEL,

3d and 4th verses:
" 3. The GOD of Israel said, the Ruck of Israel spake to me.
He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of GOD.
" 4. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the
sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass
springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain."
He began by stating that this text was deserving of
the most serious consideration at the bands of the
audience he was addressing, not merely on account
of its being the declaration of a dying King, but also
the inspiration of a Divine Prophet. He then entered
into a dissertation upon the mutual advantages which
accrue both to the governor and the governed from
good government. He stated that one and the chief
point to produce good government, was a strict at.
tendance to universal justice on the part of the gover-
nor—not merely to justice between man and man, but
between nation and nation. The records of history,
both ancient and modern, fully proved that Monarchs
in gederal applied one code of morality to men, and
another to nations. Now, a good ruler ought to
apply the same code to both ; and, unless he did so,
the nation which he governed could not be happy.
—After pointing out the dangers which arose from
licentiousness in the people and tyranny in the
monarch, he proceeded to draw the picture of a
patriot king, Whose sole aim was the good of his
people, and who, in seeking to accomplish that
good, always withheld his favour from the base,and
licentious, and exhibited in his own person an ex-

ample of those virtues which he cherished in others.
—lf a Monarch fully accomplished that object, he
would not be overpaid for his exertions by the largest
revenues, inasmuch as those exertions were calculated

to produce the most lasting benefits to his People.—
England had very recently had a proof of the truth
of that assertion; she had seen a Religious Ruler sit
on the Throne of her Kings for more than half a cen-
tury, and she had in consequence been established in
strength amidst the wreck of surrounding nations.—
On the son and successor of that King she now rested
her hopes- in perfect security ; and if the Nation
might take its experience of the past as a rage of his
future cdnduct, they had good grounds for expect-
ing that their hopes would be confirmed whenever
they looked at the manner in which be had con-
ducted himself during the late eventful struggles for
the liberties of Europe. The Sovereign who was then
about to undergo an important ceremony, was not
unknown to the cares of his station. When called to
the helm of Government by the unfortunate illness
of his father, he found the country in a state of war,
which threatened to destroy its very existence. To
his steadfastness in a time of peril it was owing, un-
der GOD, that the war had been brought to a con-
clusion, glorious in the annals of history, and still
more glorious in the moderation of the victor, who,
so far from being subdued by ambition in good for-
tune, had confined himself to the attainment of that
which was the best justification of war—a secure and
permanent peace. Under a Prince of such wisdom,
both in peace and war, they had reason to look for-
ward to all the blessings that were to be derived
from a great and glorious policy—they had reason
to believe that he would place his glory in the moral
integrity of the Empire. The Archbishop again
congratulated the People upon the accession of
George the Fourth to the Throne, and declared that
nothing was to be expected by he Nation but the
greatest blessings from such a reign, his Majesty
having given such evidences in the whole course of
his life of all those virtues which were calculated to
make himself beloved arid his People happy. The
Reverend Prelate concluded his address by calling on
the congregation to implore the ALMIGHTY to con-
firm the hopes which they had already entertained
regarding his present Majesty, to multiply every
blessing on his head, and so to direct his Counsels
to the advancement of true Religion, that he might
long continue to hold the sceptre of righteousness in
peace and security.
During the Sermon his Majesty sat in his Chair on
the south side of the area, opposite the pulpit; his
supporters, the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, and
the Noblemen carrying the swords, standing by him:
the Archbishop or Canterbury took his seat in a purple
velvet chair on the north side of the Altar, *Deputy
Garter standing near him : the Bishops were on their
benches, along the north side of the area : 'the Dean
and Prebendaries of We.tminster stood on the south -
side of the area, east of the King's chair, and near
the Altar. The published ceremonial stated that the
King would wear his Cap of State during the Ser-
mon. llis Majesty (owing probably to the beat of
the weather) forbore to do so.
After the sermon, which lasted 25 minutes, the
ceremonies, which were so very numerous, were pro.
ceeded in with a rapidity which we little thought
his MAJESTY would have been able to encounter; so
fatigued did he appear to be upon entering the
Abbey from the Platform.
His MAJESTY had no sooner taken his seat after
his entrance, he found it necessary to apply
his handkerchief to his face; the heat of the weather,
the length of the journey from the Hall to the Abbey,
and the monstrous weight of his robes, having com-
bined to render exertion most irksome. 'This action
he was obliged to use during the whole of the cere-
mony, and it was evident that he felt the inconve-
nience very severely, although his features were never
once changed from a smile.
At half-past one o'clock precisely, the Archbishop
of CANTERBURY, having conducted the King to Si.
Edward's Chair, placed the Crown upon his bead.
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