Star.
London, England, 1821-07-05 00:00:00

2'llE QUEEN'S CASE-PRIVY COUNCIL.

At ten o'clock this morning the most numerous
Privy Council ever known to assemble, met at White-
ball, to hear Counsel in support of her MAJESTY'S
legal right to participate in the honours of the Coro-
nation. No less than fifty-two Privy Councillors as-
sembled, amongst whom were, their -Royal High-
nesses the Dukes of YORE and CLAnEticz, the LORD
C-HAN. ELLOR, the Dukes of WELLINGTON, MON-
TROSE, BEAUFORT, ST. ALBANS, &c. the Marquisses
CAMDEN, HERTFORD, CHOLMONDELEYi &C. &C.

The respective Locos CHIEF JUSTICES of the four
Courts of Law, and the KING'S ATTORNEY and So-
LICITOR-GINERAI., were also present.
As soon as the Council met, the QuEEN's ATTOR•
NSF and SOLICITOR-GENERAL were called within
the Bar.

Mr. BULLETS, the Clerk of the Council, then read
at the table the three written applications made by
her MAJESTY in support of her claim, and the Order
of Council to hear the QUEEN'S Counsel thereupon.
Mr. BROUGHAM then proceeded to support her
Majesty's legal right; but, in the first instance, he
begged to remark, that there was an important an-
cient document, called the Liber Regalis, in the cus-
tody of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, to
which he had been denied access. It was a most im-
portant formula of the ceremony of the Coronation,
and he entreated the interposition of the Court to
have access to it, as the process by a Aim/de:um in a
Court of Law would be too tedious for his purpose.
The Eat 1 of HA RROWBY, as President of the Council,
said that the book should be sent for; and some dis-
cussion arose whether, at present, Mr. Brougham
should be called upon to state his general argument•
in behalf of the asserted right of her Majesty until
the book was brought. After a few words from the
Loan CHANCELLOR, in support of the Counsel being
heard now upon his general topics,
Mr. BRouGHAst proceeded to state, that the gene-
ral argument which he bad to urge was the question
of her Majesty's legal right to be crowned, by virtue
of her rank as Queen Consort of these realms. New
be had two propositions, which lie was fully prepared
to support: first, that for an uniform and uninter-
rupted course of ages, fully enough to establish
any legal private right, no King was ever crowned,
being married at the time, without his Consort
partaking in that sacred solemnity; secondly, that
be the King not married at the time of his crown-
ing, there had been no Queen Consort (where the
King was married subsequent to the ceremony)
ever in England, who was not, after her marriage,
duly and fully crowned—subject, however, to such
qualifications which, though in the shape of ex-
ceptions, fully established the rule of general right.
It was said, that the main authentic roll of the
solemn ceremony of the Coronation was to be
found so early as the reign of Richard the Third ;
but he should not content himself with even that
point of antiquity ; he should go back to the earliest
Saxon annals, to shew how uniformly the Queen's
ceremony of the Coronation took place coeval with
the King's, where the King was a married man
at the time, and afterwards, if he were not mar-
red at the time, when he entered into that contract.
—The Learned Gentleman then proceeded, quoting
from the ancient Saxon Chroniclers, the old Com-
mon I.lw Authorities, down to the time of Bacon,
to narrate the dates of the respective Coronations of
the Saxon Monarchs ; then those of the Norman
line of Kings ; and down to the reign of Henry
the Seventh ; sliewing a regular succession of
eighteen crowned Monarchs and eighteen crowned
Queens. And though, for reasons of State,
there appeared several motives for delay in the cere-
monies of the latter, yet the right was always trium-
phant in the end.
At half-past one o'clock we left the Learned Coun-
sel entering on the reign of Henry VIII. and shewing
that the exemptions in the case of four of Henry's
wives did not affect this general proposition.
The Liber Regalis ' was just brought into Court
from the Library of the Dean and Chapter, and Mr.
BROUGHAM was asked if he wished to refer to it ?
The Learned Gentleman replied, that he preferred, at
present, going on with his general argument.

Yesterday, the Duchess of KENT and the Princess
SoPHIA visited the Duchess of CLARENCE.

Yesterday, the Duchess pf GLOUCESVER and the
Princess AvotisrA dined with the Duke and Duchess
of CLARENCE.

The most active and extensive preparations arc
making for his MAJssrv's visit to the Sister King-
dom, which will take place shortly after the Corona-
tion. Yesterday morning, soon after day-break, twenty
of his MAJESTY'S coach horses left the Royal stables
on their way to Liverpool, whither they are to pro-,
teed by easy stages, travelling morning and evening,
and whence they are to be embarked for Dublin.—
So carefully are they to proceed, that fifteen days
will be allowed for the performance of the route.
They were accompanied by two of his MAJESTY'S
best carriages. On Monday fourteen saddle horses
will proceed to Liverpool also, for Dublin.
Louts XVIII. once asked the Duke of Wit.tatco-
TON his age. " Sire," answered the Duke, " I was
born in 1769." " And so was BONAPARTE," replied
the Km ; " PROVIDENCE owed us that recompense."
The contest for the Borough of Carmarthen is cac-
hed on with spirit, but with the greatest order. The
Poll still continues by tallies, and at the close of it on
Saturday last, 400 of the freemen had given their
Totes-200 for Sir WILLIAM PAXTON, and the same
number for 4r. JONES.