Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-08-01

ina, were carried to and placed under !,
the Altar, by the Bishops who hac
borne them, who then retired 10 their
seats.
The Great Officers then resumed
their stations near her Majesty.
Two Officers oil the Wardrobe
spread rich cloth Of gold, and LAID IA
cushion on the same, for her Majesty
10 kneel on, at the steps Of the Al
tar.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury then
proceeded to the Altar, put On his cope,
and stood on the north side.
lIore follows an account OF the varl-
Gus religious ceremonies, which we
have not room for to day.
THE GROWING.
The Archbishop, standing before the
Altar and having st. Edwards Crown
before him, took the same into his
hands, and consecrated and blessed il
with prayer, 80 God, who crowned
thy faithful servants with mercy" &c.
Then the Archbishop came from the
Altar, assisted by the Archbshops OF
York and Armagh, with the Bishops of
London, Winchester, and other Bish-
ops, the Dean Of Westminster carrying
the Crown and the Archbishop took
and placed it on her Majesly's head,
when the people with loud and repeat.
ed shouts cried "God save the Queen"
and Immediately the Peers and Peer
esses present 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 firing by sig
nal.
THE HOMAGE.
The exhortation being delivered,
her Majesty delivered 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 same on her left hand, during the
homage.
HE HULL SaSRh MbNA
After receiving the Holy Sacrament,
the Queen still kneeling made her
SECOND OFFERING,
Ga purse of gold,) which the Treasur-
err of the Household, delivered to the
Lord Great Chamberlain, and he to
her Majesty, from whom the Archbish-
OPP received it. The Archbishop then
said the prayer, 40 God, who dwell
lest" &c. Her Majesty then went to
her chair on the south side of the area,
and knelt at her faldstool.
When the Archbishop aud the Dean,
with the Bishops assistants, namely,
the preacher, and those who had read
The Litany. and the Epistle and the
Gospel, had communicated, her Majes-
~ approached the Altar and received
The sacrament, the Archbishop admins
Iering the bread and the Dean of Vest
minister the cup.
The Queen then received the crown
from the Lord Great Chamberlain and
put it on, and repaired TO her throne,
receiving again the scep,re with the
cross in her right hand and the scepire
with the dove IN her left, being there
supported and attended as during the
enthroniZation.
The service being concluded, her
Majesty, attended by the two Bishops,
her supporters, the great Officers OF
state, the Noblemen bearing the four
swords before her, and the Noblemen
who had carried the Regala then lying
upon the altar, assembled into the area,
and passed through the door on the
south side into ST. Edwards Chapel !;
the Noblemen who had carried the
Regalia receiving them from the Dean
of Westminster us they passed by into
the chapel, the organ and other ins.ru.
ments all the while playing.
Her Majesty being in the chapel,
and standing before the altar, deliver.
ed the sceptre with the dove, which her
Majesty had borne IN her left hand, to
the Archbishop, who laid it upon the
altar there.
Her Majesty was then disrobed OF
her royal imperial mantle, or robe Of
state, ana arrayed in her royal robe Of
purple velvet by the Lord Great Cham
borlain.
The Archbishop then placed the ORC
in her Mnjosty's left hand.
1t was nearly O'Clock before the
royal carriages IN returning reached
the park, where her Majesty was recei-
we'd with the same loyal and enthusias.
tic greeting that marked this portion Of
the line at starting.
Not a single accident occurred eli,
ther during the day or the night, TO
mar the harmony of the national jubi.
lee; and the Police had scarcely more
occupation than on an ordinary day.
The Queen bore the fatigues and
excitement of the day-no slight de-
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