Star.
London, England, 1821-07-18 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS PREPARING IN HONOUR OF TILE

CORONATION,

A Balloon and Parachute will ascend from one (If
the Parks at twelve o'clock. Two persons will rise
in the Balloon, and it is said that one of them will
descend in the Parachute.
A Regatta and Boat-race are preparing for the',
Serpentine River, in Hyde Park. •The most expert
Watermen on the Thames are engaged to start at
one o'clock, and fifty of the handsomest boats will be
in attendance to receive company.
In the evening, the banks of the Serpentine will be,
illuminated with coloured lamps, Chinese lanterns,
and transparencies. Bands of music will be stationed
at different points, and a grand fire-work will be dis-
played on the right bank of the Serpentine.
A man of war, dressed with all her colours, will be
anchored between Blackfriars and Waterloo-bridges,
which will fire salutes and salvos from the commence-
ment of the coronation ceremony, throughout the
day. And six men of war's launches, fitted up as
rocket-boats, will row backwards and forwards from
Southwark-bridge to Westminster-bridge during the
day, and after dark throw rockets and signals.
At night, several of the largest rockets will be
thrown up from Primrose-hill, by which light-balls
will be suspended by parachutes in the air, nearly a
mile high, where they will continue to burn during
many minutes, and will be visible from every part
of the town.

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All the Public Offices will be illuminated.

To this we may add, that the prison ship usually
moored off Somerset-house is removed to Cotton-'
garden, for the purpose, probably, of lodging any of
the guests at the Hall who may be refractory.
The LoRD M*von is, we are happy to state, so far
recovered from his indisposition, that he will most
certainly be present in person, at the ceremony of
the Coronation to-morrow.

The LORD MAYOR has given orders for every Con-
stable in the City to be on duty to-morrow morning
at six o'clock, and not to quit till ordered.
The City Barge is ordered to be ready to-tnorrow
morning by five o'clock, to receive the Company by
six, who, with the Corporation of London, the MAYOR
of OXVORD, t(e. will partake of an elegant dejcune
on board. _

The applications for admission tickets to the diffe-
rent galleries this morning have been very numerous.
The most extensive preparations are making for a
Public Illumination, at the west end of the town, to
celebrate his MAJESTY'S Coronation. The Treasury,
the Admiralty, Somerset House, and Northumberland
House, are to be illuminated in a very grand style.
The Monument, on Fish-street-hill, is surmounted by
a Crown ; and the gallery is to be decorated by a
number of variegated lamps. The LORD MAYOR
has given orders for the Mansion-House to be deco-
rated in the most brilliant manner.
His Most Excellent Maitsrr has been graciously pleased
to command, that on the Evening of the Coronation Day, in
addition to the other Theatres already announced, the Sur-
rey Theatre, the Coburg Theatre, and Astley's Amphitheatre,
shall be-opened gratuitously to the Public. And in order to
prevent confusion and secure comfort to the audience, they are
to be admitted by tickets only to the different pacts of the re-
spective Theatres. Every person who wishes to attend is to
apply between the hours of ten and two on Thursday next, at
the office of each of the above Theatres, where Tickets will be
delivered. Each individual, on delivering his name and address,
may obtain two tickets, one for a Lady and one for a Gentleman.
No more will be issued than for the number of persons the House
will conveniently hold.