The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-17 00:00:00

THrt VATESMAN,:

A DESCRIPTION OF THE SACRED AND
Rol 'AI. BODES
IV WDICD ?LIB KiNa IP iNVIIIITZD TOE DAT OP
CORONATION•

The .114ntle, Di?malice, or open rill, otherwise
railed the imperial pall, was heretofore a rich em-
broidery with golden eagles ; bat being. in the time
of the last civil war, together with all the rest of the
Regalia, except the Ampulla and Spoon, (all which
%ere contently kept in the Abbey church of Westinin-
eter,) sacrilegiously plundered away, a very rich gold
aid pimple brocaded time is made use of instead there-
of, the ground or outside whereof is shot with gold
*bread, brocaded with gold and silver trails (mostly
gold) with large flowers of gold frosted, heightened
with some little silver flowers, and all the trails and
Sowers edged about with purple, or deep masarine

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The Siperfraira, surtnat. or close pall, is a erne
seat with plain sleeves, of a very thick` rich cloth
gold tissue, shot with gold Ores:and AM sowers,
•stocaded and frosted without either silk or silver. The
length behind, is a yard one quarter and half; and
"%slew, a yard and a qnarter; having only one slit be-
Mad, a quarter and half deep; which divides it into
'as skirts. each skirt being list a yard and half, so
:!fat the whole compass at the bottom is just three
pods. To this belongs a hint or girdle made of the
same cloth of tisane, lined witlf a white watered tabby,
*lb, avoid buckle, runner and tab, to which hangers
ef Use same are afraid, for the king's sword wherewith
'ne is girded.
II he Arndt is made of the same cloth of tissue as
;he supertunica or close pall, and lined with crimson
Owner sarsenet. The length of it is about an ell,
tsts4l the breadth of it about three inches, With two

Janble ribbands at earls end of crimson taffeta, (viz )
:wo at the corners of the ends, to tie it below the
. • lbows, and two a little higher, for tying it above the
b ws. _ _

'I be Culobixtu Sindootis, or Surplice, (saving that
It k withont sleeves,) is the first garment put upon
,b• king after the anointing. It is made of very fine
length about a nail of ■ yard
mica, or close pal:: it is laced
the armholes or openings for
Bits of the sides, and round
'hit. Flanders lace surged on

crimson satin, which is put
first dressing in the morning,
mica, or rinse pall, and much
ins. The lining is crimson

of the same cloth of tissue as
:he •upertunics, and lined with crimson Florence sar-
senet ; the length of them eighteen inches, the cnmpass
31 the top fifteen inches, and from the heel to the toe
eleven inches.

The Sandals are made with a dark coloured lea-
:hPr sole, and a wooden heel covered with red leather,
the straps or bands (whereof two go over the foot, and
:he third behind the heel) are of cloth of tissue, lined
with crimson taffeta, as is also the bottom or inside
of the solo. The whole length of the Sandal is
:en inches.

The Spree, called the great golden spurs, are most
curiously wrought.
The Ampulla, or eagle of gold, containing the
huly oil, is in form of an eagle, with the wings ex-
panded, standing on a pedestal, all of pure gold, finely
4Aasetl. The head screws off at the middle of the
neck, for•the c•nvenienre of putting in the oil, and,
the neck being hollow to the very beak, the holy oil
f. poured on. into the spoon, through the point of the
beak. The weight of the hole is about eight or ten
ounces, and the cavity of the body capable of contain-
iciir about six ounces.
The Aaoixtiag Spoon is likewise of pure gold, with
four pearls in the broadest part of the handle, and
tte howl of the spoon is finely chased both within and
without. By the extreme thinness whereof it appears
tv be ancient.

King &hoards Chair, (commonly called St. EJ-
rrahl's chair) is a very ancient chair of solid hard
wvod, with back and sides of the same. variously

painted, in which the kings of Scotland were hereto-
five constantly crowned ; hut being hronght out of
that kingdom by the victorious Prince, K:ng Edward,
J., in the twenty-fourth year of his reign. annu 11194,
after I.e lesd totally overroute John Hallo,. king of
3c,srts, it has ever sine!! remained in the Abbey of West-
mit.ster, and has been the royal chair, in which the
kings anti ytterna of this realm have been
jeitigUrated.
It is in height six feet seven inches ; in hreadth, at
t!..• bottom. thirty-eight inches ; and in depth, twenty-
inches. From the seat to the bottom is twenty-tiye
esnires ; the breadth of the seat within the sides is
crecreight inches, and the depth eighteen inches.—
At tin,' inches from the ground there is a bottom
Lan!. supported at the futtr cornets by four lions ; and
ketwecn the seat used the said bottom board, is en-

cloud a atone, comainn!y called Jacob's atone, whereof'
• _ • _ _

Nattily relates, that it is the stone, n hereon the pa-
triarch Jarnh said to base laid his head in the plain

sd Luza. That it was brought to Brigantia in the

le-:alone of °elide iu Spain, in which place (iatliol.
krwg of Scots sat on it, as his throne. Thence it was
brought into Ireland by Simon Beech, the first king of
!Sees, about 700 years before Christ ; and from thence
into Scotland by king Fergus, about 300 years before
Christ. And anno 850 was placed in the Abbey of
Steve in the sheriffdom of Perth by king Kenneth,
who caused it to be enclosed in this wooden chair, and
'die following prophetic lines engraved
:-
Ni lariat FOidllt, Seep Aunt glimmers(' fondles.
. iiivestfunt Lapides, repair, fenenfur Olden."
• if Fete go right, where-e'er this stone is found.
2 The Scots shall monarchs of that realm be crown'd.
This antique regal chair having together with the
• /Mee sceptre and crown of Scotland, been solemnly
olftred by the before-named king Edward I. to
St. Ildward the Confessor, anno 1297. (from whence
. it bath the name of St. Edward's Chair) has ever
Coot bleu kept in St. Edward the Confessor's Chapel.
Certinte, or the pointless sword, representing the
'won) of mercy; broad bright sword, whereof the
blade is thirty-two inches in length, the breadth almost
tw s'ihcbes, the handle is covered with fine gold wire.
he scabbard belonging to it is covered with a rich
-brieSded cl.ath of tissue, with a gilt ferule. hook and
!haps.
The eecond sword, or sword of justice to the spirit
sllty. is po'.utittl sw Jril. bet somewhat oblate. 'I he

length of the blade is fi►rty inches, the breadth all inch
and a half, the handle and the scabbard exactly siasi•
lar to the preceedisg.
The third sword, or sword of justice tma the teiwpo-
rdlity, is a ■harp pointed sword: the length •f the
handle four inches, and the scabbard, in all respects, as
the two runner.

A DESCRIPTION OP ?HS CROWNS AND SCEPTRES, &C.
WITS! WHICH THE KINGS AND QUERNS OF ENGLAND

♦RC CROWNED.

The New Imperial Creme is about fifteen incites in
elevation; the Neches, which rise almost to a point,
instead of the inelegant flatness of the former crown.
are surmounted with an orb of brilliants, seven inches
in circumference. Upon this is placed a Maltese cross
of brilliants. set transparently, with three pearls at
its extremities, of remarkable sine and beauty. The
arches are wreathed and fringed with diamonds.—
Fuor Maltese crosses, formed of brilliants also, sur-
round the crown, with four large diamond flowers in
their intervening spaces. On the centre of the back
cross is the ancient rnby, which was worn at Cressy
and Azincour. by the Black Prince and Henry V.,
while that of the front cross is adorned with an 'nitre
sapphire. of the purest and deepest azure, snore than
two inches long, and one inch broad. The ermine is
surmounted with a band of large diamonds, emeralds,
sapphires, and rubies, and immediately under these •
fillet of beautiful pearls. The lustre of this unequalled
crown is heightened by a dark crimson cap of the
finest velvet ; and its general effect confirms the opinion
of all who have seen it, that his present Majesty Is the
first British Sovereign who has possessed a diadem
worthy of this proud and potent empire.
St. Edward a Crown, with which his Majesty is
crowned, is a very rich imperial crown of gold, em-
bellished with pearls, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and
saphires, n ith a mound of gold on the top of it, encir-
cled with a band or filletof embellished also with
precious stones ; and upon the mound a cross of gold,
embellished likewise with precious stones, and three
very large oval pearls, one at the top of the cross, and
two others pendant at the ends of the tross. Ihe said
crown is composed (as all the imperial crowns of Eng-
land are) of funr crosses, and as many Aeurs-de-lis of
gold, all embellished with precious stones. The cap
within the said crown, is of purple velvet, lined with
white taffeta, and turned up with ermine, thick pow-
dered in three rows.

The Cruirn of State, so called, because it is worn by
the king at all such times as he comes in state to the
Parliament-house, is exceedingly rich, being embel-
lished with divers large rose or faucet, and table dia-
monds, and other precious stones, besides a great quan-
tity of pearls; but it is most remarkable for a particu-
larly large ruby, set in the middle of one of the four
crosses, esteemed worth ten thousand pound., as also
that the mound is one entire stone, of a sea-water-
green colour, known by the name of an agmarine. The
cap is also of purple velvet, turned up as the former.
The orb, ',wapiti or globe, whirls is put into his Ma-
jesty's right hand, immediately before his bring
crowned, and which his M.sjesty hears in his left hand
upon his return to Westmiaster-ball, is a ball of gold
of six inches diameter, ettrampassod with a banal or
fillet of gold, embellished with roses of "diamonds, en-
circling emeralds, rubies and saphires,and edged about
with pearls ; 011 the top is a very large ausethist, of a
violet or pnrple colour, near an inch and a half its
height, of on oral form; which being encompassed
with four silver wires, becomes the foot or pedestal Of
a very rich cross of gold, of three inches awl a quar-
ter in height, and three incites ii, breadth, set very
thick uith diamonds, having in the middle thereof, •
fair saphi re on one side, and a fair, emerald on the other,
and embellishel with four large pearls, in the angles of
the cross, near the centre, and three large pearls at the
end of the said cross; the whole height of the orb and
cross being eleven incites.
St. Edward's Stnir, in length four feet eleven
inches and a half, is a stall or sceptre of gold, with a
pike or foot of steel, about four inches and a quarter
in length, and a mound and cress at the top ; the gar-
nishing% are also of gold, and the diameter of it is
above three quarters of all inch.
The King's Seeptre with the does, is a seep:re of
gold, in length three feet seven inches, and three
inches in circumference at the liandle,and two incites
and a quarter at the top. The pomel garnished with
a circle or fillet of table diamonds, and iu several
places with precious stones of all sorts, anal the mound
at the top embellished with a band ur fillet of rose
diamonds. Upon the diamond is a small Jerusalem
cross, wherein is fixed a dove with wings expanded,
as the emblem of mercy.
The Aceptre ur sceptre royal,
is likewise of gold, the handle plain, and the tipper
part wreathed ; in length two feet nine inches anti a
quarter, and of the same thickness as the former. The
pomel at the bottom is enriched with rubies and eme-
ralds, and small diamonds ; and the quantity of five
inches and a half in length, just above the handle, is
curiously embossed and embellished with saphires,
rubies, emeralds and diamonds. The top rises into a
tleur-de-lis, with six leaves, whereof three are upright,
and the other three hanging down, all enriched with
precious stones; and out of the said fleur-de-lis, issues
a mound male with an amethlst, garnished with table
diamonds, and upon the astound a cross, wholly cov,•r-
ed with precious stones, and a large table diamond in
the centre.

The King's Coroyeatiott rise:, is a plain gold tine,
with a large table ruby violet, wherein a plain cross,
or cross of St. licorze is curiously wrought.
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New Police Orrit.c.—Yet•terday morning a New
Police Zstablishment was opened at No. 86, Digit-
street, Mary-le-bone, and is of the most spacious and
commodious description. At ten o'clock' Messrs.
ONIIIIITiII, 1(4%11.1:V10N, Mina Ilawfaxa, the three
presiding Magistrates, took their seats, and the Officers
attended et the Office, and the business commenced in
the bearing of a few night charges.
Iltsa n • •t. OuTstacs.—LastSonday evening, be-
tween eight and nine o'clock, a distulfbance of a serious
nature took place in Dean's-yard, 'Westminster, be-
tween a party of soldiers and the popallfoce, lit which
five or six of the former were very mush maltreated.
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There was a general fight ; the. were sur-
rounded as every tide ; they made is resistance,
but being overpowered by numbers compelled to
yield. At length information of what win ping on
was forwarded to the Magistrates, who dispatched a
party of alerts to the Deese of outrage, and by their
exertions sense Of the ringleaders were appeekended,
.and tranquillity restored.

LAO' lIV TRLLIG BATA
COLT*7 Dr HMG'S aluttensit., 10.
ALDRED AND Anglin to. DORMS AND oltwinsts.
This was an action by Meters. Aldred and Tooke,
wholesale jewellers, of Clerkenwell, against the Defend-
ants, (u Proprietors of the Wisbeach -cage-coach),
for the loss of a parc:l between Wisheacb and London.
—The pared i,. question was about ten inches square,
and contained twenty-six on aces of coral beads, wrapped
up in hay: the claim was 371.
The lobs of the property was admitted.
Mr. SCARLETT for the defendants, went upon the
notice, that they would not be responsible beyond M.
It was proved that packages from Wisbescb bad re-
peatedly been delivered by Messrs. Hone and Co. to
the plaintiffs : and that such parcels had been accom-
panied by porters' tickets, upon which the notice in
bar of liability was printed. Mr. Searlett then pro-
posed to rive in evidence a porters' ticket similar to
those which had been received by the plaintiffs.
Mr. Delmer ohjeeted.—Notice should hare been
given to the Defendants to produce the tickets actually
delivered to them before any copy of such ticket could
be read.

The Lotto emu JCSTICII Sustained Mr. Gurney's
objection, and directed the Jury to find for the Plain-
with leave for Mr. Scarlett to move for a mouth.
Verdict for the Plaintilis---Damages32/.
COURT OF EXCISE.

A•rt.rraATED Tiara.—James Smith, a publican,
was charged with having feloniously compounded six
gallons of liquor with grains of paradise, quassia, and
ether pernicious ingredients, not malt and hops, with
intent to defraud the Revenue. A second count simply
charted him with haring the liquor so compounded
in his possession, for purposes of adulteration. A
third count in the information, charged him with
having had in his possession, four pounds of the
grains of paradise, fur the pnrpose of adulteration,
&c. whereby he had forfeited en each count the sum
of 200/.

Mr. WADE, the Connsel for the Defendant, begged
to be allowed to nithdraw his plea of Not Guilty, and
to [dead Guilty to the counts for haring in his pus-.
session, &c. the ingrediet:ts charged.
Judgment was according awarded azaitist the De-
fendant on the two rontits in the penally 11101.
'fhe above ease excited the greirest interest, as we
are informed that above 911 publicans are implicated
in similar practices. By the applicati.,n of dimes
like those produced before the Court, and other ingre-
dients of a similar description, it is stated that the
are enabled to compound to the extent of converting
two butts of porter into three.

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