Star.
London, England, 1820-05-30 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

Lord Boston and the Hon. Misses Irby, at their house, Lower
Grosvenor-street, from their seat, Hedsor Lodge, Bucks.
The Right Hon. Charles and Mrs. Long, from their seat,
- Bromley Hall, Rent.
Countess De Grey, it her house in St. Jameespequare, frog
ger seat, Pulteney Heath, Surrey.
• At Blake's Hotel„Jernsyn-street—Admiral Sir. D. Gouill,
front his seat, North Wall, Herta ; Sir C. Burrell, ➢art. froia a
four; Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, Bart. front a tour.
At the London Hotel, Albemarle-street—Mrs. and the Misses*
Luttre4, bons Bath.

At the British Hotel, Jerntyn-street--Sir George Hart. Bart.
from his seat in Ireland; Robert Hamilton, awl. Imp Ireland;
O'Keefe, froin Ireland; Charles Wichstead, Esq from th
seat in Warwickshire; William Mikes, Est. from Warwick-
abbe; Colonel O'Brien, from Cheltenham; Captain Hamner,
&Out Windsor; Jerrard Perryn, Esq. frost a tour,
At the St. James's Hotel, Jermyo.street--General Puller,
from Paris; James Cavan, Esq. from Paris; C. Hammond,
esq. from a tour.
DEPARTURES.
The Countess of Westmeath, front her house i 4 Re. Janiers.
plate, for Bognor, &hex.-
The Right Hon. Thomat and Lady Grenville, fitr their seat,
Dropinore Lodge, Busks.
Mr. rid Mrs. Boswell and family, from the London Heti,

From the Waterloo Motel, Jertnyn.strtet—Mr. and Mrs.
Kempt, Mtu Kempt, and Miss Marsden, to their seat in Sasses ;
John Miles, Esq. and Lady, as Miss Palkington, to their seat
in Essex.

' From the Pulteney lintel, Pieeadilly—Mr. and Mn.s Tem.
perm, to their seat in liens ; Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, to char
seat hi Kent.
From the Claremont Hotel.—tlir Arthur and Lady Chichester
and family, to Devonshire; Jhs. General Ramsay and lama!).
to Cheltenham; Captain and Mts. Ramsay, to Tunbridge Wt Its
John Morris; Esq. and Mrs. Morris, to Hampshire; colund
and Mrs. White, as a tour.
From RPddhes Rohl, Jennymstreet—Mrs. and Miss Pen-
oystosi, to their seat In Oxfordshire; eir Bartel Burdett, But.
fqrLaucashcre; J. 1.. kodatnore, Boy to his seat, I.lefvf,C4l' t"

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THE CORONAT-iOV, • •

WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

ctensive preparations have already been no.
w!,ieli are now actively taking place within
wes:rripsv-r Hall, so earnestly that the parties who
ea sarnol y attended the last sittings of the present
Court of King's Bench, could with difficulty get. to
the court for ti:e scaffolding, workmen, &c. It now
remains of the still more ample preparations
that have been begun within the venerable Abbey
Church of St. Peter. The procession of the Royal
Coronation. it may be known, will approach through
ti,e noble west entrance, over the inner arch of which,
and between the two grand towers, stands the monu-
ment of WILLIAM him with Treason on one side
cast down in despair, and with the Genitts of History
on the other side. The Pro Cession and Coronation
ceremonies in 1761 occupied six hours. The festival
and hanquetin the Hall afterwards took place. The
interior 'of the Abbey will be magnificently fitted up
for the performance of the chief ceremony, that of
the Coronation of Geoiwc IV. The platform, which
will be raised over the space from the Hall, will be
continued along the Abbey-nave and Choir, railed in
and covered with blue cloth. This platform iviU be
from 6 to twenty feet in width ; and on either
side will he ranged those stationed for the purpose
of preserving regularity. In the space now occupied
by the Choir; Altar, &c. will be raised the stage on
which the Coronation will take place=in the space
firmed by the four great pillars, and under what is
called the lantern of the Abbey, which was rebuilt
after the partial fire occasioned by the negligence of
piumbers engaged in repairing the roof, in 1805.
This part of 'the Abbey has hitherto been occupied
with the-Choir and Chapel, in which Divine Service
-vas daily performed. The Choir is a late improve-
ment, executed in the ancient Gothic style, the archi-
tect /the late Mr. KEENE), the surveyor of the works,
having successfully blended simplicity with ornament.
The whole of this structure is being removed—the
screen-work, the pews, desks (or stalls), and pulpit;
indeed, nearly the whole is already down, each por-
tion of it, however, being carefully and ingeniously
ticketed, so that each pamcular part will be restored
to its former station. Nearly the whole of the Altar
Piece, which stands on the space leading to Henry
Vll.'s Ch.:ul, is 4130 taking down. This Altar Piece
is of marble, and finished in the Grecian style of ar-
chitecture. It was handsome of its kind, but did not
accord with the surrounding buildings. It was pre-
tented to this Church by Queen ANNE, from the gores
at Hampton Court, it having previously belonged
to, or been designed for, a Chapel at Whitehall. l his
Altar Piece, it is understood, is not to be restored,
but is to be presented to some other Church, possibly
r.ne of the new Churches- about to be built. The
Organ, at thesopposite end of this interior construc-
tion, alit, about midway between the marble Altar
Piece and the west entrance, is also taken down ; the
loft remains, and will be occupied by musicians.
Those who are acquainted with the interior of the
Abbey, will easily imagine what an immense space
will be afforded by removals for the raising of those
preparations requisite to an effective performance of
the Coronation ceremonies. According to the fashion
of those days, the Church is built in the form of the
Latin Cress' and by these removals and alterations,
there will be an open space for the erection of gal-
leries, &c. from the Chapels near Henry VlL's Cha-
rd, to the west entrance, along the aisles, and in the
several transepts; and crossways from the north en-
trance, which is directly orposite to King-street, and
near St. Margaret's Church, to the south transept, or
Poet's Corner, occupied with the statues and busts of
Shakspeare, Dryden, Handel, Addison, &c.

FATRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday sets-
Eight a Sermon was preached at the Octagon Chapel,
in Bath, for the benefit of the National Schools ; and
after the service a collection was made at the doors
of the Chapel. During the collection a Gentleman's
rervant, who was standing in the passage, asserts,
that he observed a Lady secretly take a bank-note
from the box holden by one of the Gentlemen, to
receive the deposits of the charitable. He further
asserts, that the Lady, perceiving she was observed,
muttered as she passed him, " It is my own note."
The elan instantly replied, " No, madam, you took
it out of the box." The man gibes on to state, that
the Lady then passed on, endeavouring to mix with
the crowd, but he followed her so closely, that on
reaching Quiet-street, and still finding him at her
heels, she zeturned back, and making her way to-:he
Vestry-room, exclaimed, " I have discovered a El
note in my sleeve, which I suppose I must accident-
ally have taken up when 1 put my donation into the,
box." The servant man who witnessed the transac-
tion, having related it to his master, was by him di-
rected immediately to inform the Gentleman who
managed the collection thereof, which he did ; and
his master has since borne testimony to his strict ve-
racity and integrity. Some corroborating circum-
stances are said to have come to light ; notwithstand-
ing which the Lady persists in asserting her inno-
cence, and her accuser as resolutely persists in asse-
verating, the truth of his accusations. The accused
s said to be a Lady of considerable fortune, and
moving -in the first circles of fashion.
The friends of the Lady in question have since pub-
lished the following, as the "plain, unvarnished tale:"
" The Lady, not having money in her hand on
gring out of the Chapel, put her hand into her pocket
to take out what she was to contribute, holding a
parasol in one hand,.and a small smelling-bottle and•
a folded raper in the other. She put the money she
ha4taken ior the purpose into the box, and passed
4.-n. In Quiet street, on using- the
she observed a paper adhering to the sleeve cf her
penssc, which, on examining, proved to be a De-
vizes one pound note ; she supposed it must have
'augl.t to her sleeve from the box, and instantly re-
turned to deliver it at the Chapel. The crowd was
p,rcat ; which, when dispersed, she wet in and
stated the fact to the Clerk, and with him went into
the Vestry -room and delivered the note, with an ex-
n of the circumstance, and never expecteig
to hear mote of what had so very unintentionally oe-
r4rrLd. The man's speech to her she had not heard,
nor noticed him ; nor had she asked if, nor said the
nute was her's."

It has been subsequently stated. in a Bath paper,
that the friends of the Lady are taking measures
In appeal to the kws of the country, the only. sure
Ins tree from which condemnation or acquittal can
eelkt.liaally proceed"

Lallimmons,
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