The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-08-01

!eItrtfne. ne tHOuie WHICH IOifOWe0 thIe
, prr Of the ceremony was really tumul,rous
! A fier this followed the anthem, The Queen
} shall rejoice in thy strength, o Lord )" al
, the conclusion Of which the Archbishop pre-
; sented her with the Holy Bible, and then
, pronounced the benediction and The choir
sang Te Deum. Then followed the cere-
, mony Of the differentiation, the Archbishop
: and Bishops aud other peers lifting up her
Majesty in the throne, when the peers did
homage. The solemnity of the coronation
being thus ended, The Queen went down
, from her throne to the altar, made her Sec
ond oblation, and returned to her chair.
: The Archbishop then read the prayers for
the whole estate of Christ's Church mill.
, .ant here on earth, &c; and the chorus,
; 4" Hallelujah! for the Lord God Omnipo-
tent reigneth," having been sung, her Ma
jesty proceeded to the altar, accompanied
by the great officers of state, when the Arch
bishop read the final prayers. The whole
coronation Office being thus performed, the
the Queen proceeded, crowned, to King
Edwards Chapel, where she delivered the
sceptre with the dove to the Archbishop,
who laid it on tho altar there. His Grace
then placed the orb in the Queens left hand,
and the procession returned in the same
state and ordor.
Her Majesty reached the palace q, a
quarter 10 six o'clock, and, as she descend
ed from the carriage, the cheers which sa-
luted her in the morning were repeated with
increased beartiness and renewed vigor.
She appeared as steady in her bearing not
withstanding the fatigues of the day, as
when she set out in the morning, and rec
ognized by her graceful Acknowledgements
the cheers and grntulations of her subjects.
The night presented a scene of indescri-
babIe ustre from the illuminaions through
out all the principle squares and streets Of
the metropolis, the inhabitants vieing with
each other in doing honor to this interest
ing occasion. There was also brillian,
display of fire. works in Hyde Park.
The following is an estimate of the value
of the different jewels contained in the late
magnificent diadem, the Queens rich
Crown" and from which the present one
) manufactured by Messrs. Rundell e. Bridge
is composed, and which her majesty wore
on Thursday:
20 diamonds round the circle, ,500l each, 10000
, Two large centre diamonds, 2OOOl each. 4,0Ot
81 smaller diamonds placed at the angles
of the former, 1ot
= Four crosses, each composed OF 25 dia-
monds, 1900
: -Four large diamonds on the tops Of the
. crosses, 1000
:, Twelve diamonds contained in the feur-
de lis, 1000
lS smaller diamonds contained in the same 200
;, Pearls, diamonds, &c on the arches and
- crosses, 1000
14l diamonds on the mound, so
, 26 diamonds on the upper cross, 800
u Two circles Of pearls about the rim, so
... Glil,OO
Notwithstanding such an uncommon
mass Of jewellery, independent Of the golc
velvet cap, ermine, &c, this crown weighed
only 10 ounces 10 penoyweighis; it meas
ured seven inches in height from the golt
circle To the upper cross, and its diamete
at the rim was FIVE inches.
On the evening of the Coronation, tn,
places OF amusement were thrown open Il
the public. The admission being regulated
by tickets issued to admit us many ns eacf
house would accommodate. Mr. Bum, o
. Druly Lane, and Mr.. Macready of Coven
Garden, received E4OO each for the loar
of their theatres, and to provide suit oble en-
: tertainments. 1t is also understood tina
t2OO each was paid for the Huymarket anc
, English Opera. Mr.. Davdge, the lessee o
the Surrey Theatre, received EI5O; Mr.
Homer, of Saddler's Wells, ElO5; Mr.
Yates, of the Pavilion, Whitechapel road
D ElC0; and Mr.. OshaIdston, of the City O
Z London Theatre, Norton-folgate, ElOO, o
similar purpose. At AstIey's, a Crane
. spectacle was produced, go; up expressl,
for the occasion. but the precise sum pait
by the government we 60 not find stated
AT Vsuxhall, ESQ was to be paid for tn,
{ use of the gardens, which, it is supposed
would accommodate nearly 81 900 persons
E FROM SPAIN.
e Espartero has defeated Guerpue, Dor
t Carlos principal General and taken the for
/, ''hed town of Penacerra,la, the only plas,
p OF any strength held by the Carlists in III,
c great plain north Of the Ebro. They ar,
y now completely closed up in the mountains
! where they will find il difficult to subsist
{ as the Continental Sovereisn., seeing tn,
y hopeless condition of Don Carlos affairs
have cut off the the supplies which have en-.
{ enabled him to carry on the war so long.
PORTUGAL.
There have baep some further disturbun'
ces at Lisbon, commencing with some o
the National Guards. The disturbance,
took place on the I4th ult., the day on
which the procession of Corpus Christi tool
place, which is kept as high holyday
They commenced bv booting and abn.i,,