The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-03 00:00:00

THE RING.

The Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household then,
receiving from the Officer of the Jewel-Office the Ruby Ring
delivered the same to the Archbishop, who put it on the.
Fourth Finger of the Queen's Right Hand, saying, "Receive
this Bing," &c,

THE SCEPTRES.
The Dean then brought, from the Altar, the Sceptre with
he Cross and the Sceptre with the Dove, and delivered them
o the Archbishop.
In the mean time the Duke of Norfolk, as Lord of the
Manor of Worksop, left his Seat, and, approaching the Queen,
kneeling, presented to her Majesty a glove, for her right hand,
embroidred with the Arms of Howard, which her Majesty
put on.
,The Archbishop then delivered the Sceptre with the Cross
into her Majesty's Right Hand, saying, "Receive the Royal
Sceptre," &c.; and then the Sceptre with the Dove into her
left hand, saying, " Receive the Rod of Equity," &c. ; and
the Lord of the Manor of Worksop supported her Majesty's
Right Hand, and held the Sceptre as occasion required. • .11,3!,1
THE CROWNING. ~ io

The Archbishop, standing before the Altar, and having St. -•-:a
Edward's Crown before him, took the same into his hands,
and consecrated, and blessed it with prayer, "a God who .75a
crownest thy faithful Servants with Mercy," &c.: Then the
Archbishop came from the Altar, assisted by the Archbishops
of York and Armagh, with the Bishops of London, Winches-
ter, and other Bishops, the Dean of Westminster carrying
the Crown, ; and the Archbishop took and placed it on Her
Majesty's head, and the people, with loud and repeated shouts,
cried, God save the Queen :" and immediately the Peers and
Peeresses preient put on their Coronets ; the Bishops their
caps; and the Kings of Arms their Crowns; the Trumpets
sounding, the drums beating, and the Tower. and Park guns
fired by signal. . .
The acclamation ceasing, the Arc' )ishop pronounced the
exhortation: "Be strong and of a good courage,". &c. .The
Choir then sang the following Anthem : "The Queen shalt
rejoice," &c.
The crown, Which was subsequently Worn by her Majesty,
and which was specially made for the occasion, was an object •
of general interest and admiration, not more on account of
its remarkable splendour, than of the exquisite taste. dis-
played in its construction. The various costly gems with
which it was studded were so set as to . give full effect. to the
brilliancy of each, suggesting to the classical mind some
idea of the crown obtained by Cwsar under far different cir-
cumstances, after the result. of the battle of Pharsalia had
invested him with universal dominiun—Corone
Linda. This part of the ceremony created feelings. of the
highest and deepest interest. Had the courtly Waller been
destined to suit his poetical panegyrics to the taste and tone
of the year 1838;' instead of apostrophising the portrait of
Henrietta, the consort of the ill-fated Charles L, he would
have said of Victoria in her own person, and in his own
words, that site
" Propitious stands, vouchsafing to be seen,
And by our muse saluted, mighty Queen."
THE HOLY BIBLE.

The Dean then, taking the holy Bible from. the altar,
delivered it to the Archbishop, aho, attended and assisted
by the same Archbishops as before, presented it to the
Queen, saying "Our graCious Queen," The .Queen
then returned the Bible to the Archbishop, who gave it to
the Dean, to be by him replaced on the altar, the archbishops
and bishops returning to their seats.
THE BENEDICTION AND-TE DEMI.

The Archbishop then pronouncing the Benediction, the
bishops and the peers followed every part of the Benediction
with a loud amen. The Archbishop then, turning to the
people, said, "And the same Lord God Almighty grant,"
&c. The Tv Deum was sung by the choir, at the commence-
ment of which the Queen removed. to the recognition-chair
on which her Majesty first sat, on the south-east side of the
throne, the two bishops her supporters, the great officers of
state, the noblemen carrying the swords, and the noblemen
who had borne the regalia, coining
.from their respective
places and attending near her Majesty.
',CHE
.QiTHRONIBATION.

Te Deum being ended, the Queen. then ascended the the-
atre, and %las lilted into her throne bv the Archbishop, Bi-
shops, and Peers around her Majesty ; and, beini, so in-
throned, all the great officers of state, the noblemen'beariug
the swords, and the noblemen 'who had borne. the other re-
galia, stood around about,the steps of the throne : when the
Archbishop, standing before the Quern,. pronOUnced the
exhortation, " Stand firm and hold tiist," &c.

. THE HOMAGE.
The exhortation being ended, her Majesty delieered the
sceptre with the cross to the Lord of the Manor of Worksop,
to hold the same on her right hand, and the sceptre with the
dove to the Duke of Richmond, to hold the seine on het left
hand, during the homage.
The Archbishop then knelt -before the Queen, and, for
himself and the other lords spiritual, pronounced the words
of homage, they kneeling around hint, and swing after him.
The Archbishop then kissed her Majesty's hand, and the
rest of the lords spiritual did the same, and retired.
Then the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, ascending the
steps of the throne, and taking off their coronets, knelt
before the Queen; anti the Duke of Sussex pronounced the
words of homage, the Doke of Cambridge saying after trim.
Their royal highnesses then severally touched the crown
upon her Majesty's head, and kissed her Majesty'sleft cheek,
and then retired. The dukes and other peerS thereupon per-
formed their homage, the senior of each degree prenouncmg
the wends of homage, and the rest of the same degree saying
after him, and each peer of the "same degree- successively
touching her Majesty's crown, and kissing her Majesty's
hand, and then retiring. The peers, bearing the , swords,
when going to perform their homage, delivered'. them to
noblemen near them to hold during that ceremony.. At the
conclusion of the homage, the Queen received the two seep-
ti es from the Dukes of Not folk and Richmond. •
While the peels were still tendering their homage, an in-
cident occurred which called forth lend plaudits, as evincing
a most kind and amiable condescension on the part of the
Queen. Lord Rolle, on approaching the throne, had much
difficulty, from his fertile and infirm state, to ascend even
the first step. Her, Majesty, seeing how painful was the
effort to the venerable nobleman, graciously rose and held
out her hand for him to kiss. Her kindness, was perceived
on the instant, and the applause it elicited from the members
of toe House of Commons, who were the first to witness it,
was at once re-echoed throughout every part of the choir.
During the performance of the Homage, the Choir sang
the Anthem,: ".This is the day whichthe Lord made," &c.,
and the Treasurer of Her Majest)'s Fiuuselt ild threw 'about
the Medals of the Coronation.
The duty of throwingabout the coronation medals devolved
upon the Earl of Surrey, and he flung them round in every

directioi with a profuse band. It was highly amusing to see
the impatient avidity with which some of the gravest and
most staid. characters in the land entered into a general
scramble to catch them. Nor were the persons less anxious
to obtain an interesting memorial of an event with which
they themselves were so conspicuously and splendidly iden-
tified.