The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-09
THE COMING CORONATION.
Text of the Formal Proclamation by
King Edward

Text of the Formal Proclamation bs
King Edward
NEW YORK. July 9-In the London
Daily Telegraph of June %. copies of
which have just been received here, the
following proclamation appears:
BY THE KING
A Proclamation
Declaring His Majestv's Pleasure Touch
ing His Royal Coronation and
the SoIcmnity Thereof
EDWARD K.
Whereas. We have resolved. by the Fa-
Your and Blessing of Almighty God. TO
celebrate the SGlcmnIty of oar RoEaI
Coronation, and of the Coronation Of Our
dearly beloved ConSoTt the Queen. upon d
day III June next to he hereafter deter
mined at Our Palace at Westminster,
and foraSmUCh as by ancient Customs
and Tsages of his Realm. as also in re
gard Of divers 'TtnureS of SuudTE- ManpTS-
Lands. and other HeTeditamentS. many of
cur loving Subjects do claim and are
bound To 90 and perform divers Services
on the said Day and at the Time Of the
Coronation as in Times precedent their
Ancestors and those from whom they
claim have done and performed at the
COT0uationS of Our famous ProgeHItoTS
and Predecessors. Kings and Queens OF
this Realm, We therefore. out of Our
PrinceIv Care for the Preservation of the
lawful Rights and Inheritances Of Our
loving Subjects whom it may concern
have thought fit TO give Notice OF ana
publish our Resolution herein. and DO
hereby give Notice of and puBilsh the
same accordingly: And We do hereby fur
ther signify, That, by Our Commission
under our Great Seal OF the United King
dom. We have appointed ana authorized
the Most Reverend Father in God Car
right trusty and entirely beloved Council
Tor Frederick. Archbishop Of Canterbury,
Prinlate of All England and Metropolitan
our right trusty and right weH-beIoved
Cousin and Councillor HaTdinge Stanley
Earl Of Halsbury. Our Chancelor OF
Great Britain; the Most Reverend Faith
er in Gcd Our right trusTy and right
entirely beloved Councillor William Dali
rymp-e. Archbishop Of York, PTinaJe OF
England and Metropolitan; Our right
JTuSJy and right entirely beloved Cousin
! and Councillor Spencer Compton Duke OF
DevOushiTe. President OF our Council,
1 Cur right tTUSty and entirely beloved
Cousin and Councillor Robert Arthur Tai
bot Marques OF Salisbury, Keeper of Our
PTivy Seal Cur right truSty and right en-
tirely beloved Cousins and Councillors
! Henry Duke of Norfolk. Hereditary Earl
( Marshal Of England; William John Ar
thur Charles James Duke Of Portland
Master of Our Horse: Alexander William
George Duke. of Fife: Our right trusty
and entirely beloved Cousins and Council
/ lorS Henry Charles Keith Marques Of
IansdowT.e- one # Our Principal SecTeta-
I ries OF State: Gavin Marques of Dreadful
bane- our right tTuSty and right Wcll-DC-
! loved Cousins and Councillors Sidney Earl
! of Pembroke and Montgomery, Lord
/ Stewa d OF Our Household: Edward Hyde
{
( Cur Household; Archibald Philip Earl OF
RoSsbery- John POyutZ Earl spencer
I George henry Earl CddOgan, our Lieu
( tenant General and General governor OF
( Ireland William WaIdegrave Earl Of Sci
borne. stcommissioDer Of Our ADM
ralty- Charles Robert Earl Carr1nSton5
+ Frederick Sleigh Earl Roberts, Comman-
der-iu-Chief OF Our Forces Our right
trusty and weIl-beloVed Councillor George
/ Francis Hamilton. commonly called LorH
( George Francis Hamilton, one Of our
: priv So T.lT
Reverend Father in God Our right tTuSty
4 and wcll-beioved Councillor Arthur Foley
{ bishop Of London: our right trusJy ana
weIl-bcIoved Councillors Alexander Tugh
ord ISaGfour OF ESurleigh, Our Secretary
] for Scotland. Edward Lord AshbouTne.
Chancellor OF that part of Oar United
Morris and kiIlanin, Henry Lord James
! Of Hereford. Chancellor of Our Duchy OF
I Lancaster; James Patrick baHneTIIan'
( Lord Ryts@"tsOn, Lord Of Appeal IN OTdl-
nary: Richard EVerard Lord AlVerstone,
/ Lord Chief Justice of England; Charles
/ Thomson Richie. Joseph chamberlain:
/ and St John FremantIe Brodrick, three Of
Our Principal Secretaries of State; Sir MI
I chaeI Edward Hicks-Beach. Baronet,
! Chancellor and JndcT-TreasuTeT OF Our
! ENChequeT, Sir William George 5ranNlIle
! ernon IarcOurt- John Blair BalfOUT-
Lord Justice General and President OF the
/ Court Of Session in Scotland; Sir Henry
! Campbell Bannerman; Arthur James Bal
four First Commissioner of Our TTeasl-
! ~ AreJaS Akers-DoUglas- First ComInis-
/ sioner of Our Works and Public Build
/ iuZS:- Sir Francis Henry Jeuue, President
! OF the Probate. Divorce. and Admiralty
Division Of Our High Court Of Justice:
! and Sir Archibald Levin Smith, Master Of
/ the Rolls; or any five or more Of them,
/ to receive. hear and determine the Petl-
( JioLs and Claims which shall be to them
exhibited 10y any OF Our loving Subjects
/ in this Behalf. and We do hereby appoint
/ such Of Our said Commissioners as may
I be summoned for that Purpose 70 sit in
the Council Chamber at Whitehall upon
/ Wednesday the Seventeenth Day OF July
next at Eleven Of the Clock on the Morn
( ins OF the same Day. and from Time to
( Time to adjourn as TO them shall seem
meet. for the Execution Of Our said Com
mission. which We do thus publish to the
/ Intent that all such Persons when
( it may any ways concern may
Attendance for the exhibiting Of their
Petitions and Claims concerning their Ser
vices before mentioned to be done and
performed AT Our said Corona ton. And
I We do hereby signify and declare that Il
j Is Our Royal VIII and Pleasure that such
part only Of the Solemnity and Ceremony
OF the Royal Coronation Of Ourself and
] Our dearly beloved CousOrt the Queen
/ as is usually upon the Coronation of the
! Kings and Queens OF this Realm solemn
! lied in Westminster Abbey, shall take
1 place And We do further by this Our
/ Royal Proclamation signify and declare
that We do for OurseIf. and for Our dear
/ y beloved Consort the Queen dispense.
I upon occasion OF TINS Our Coronation
! with the services and attendance Of ali
! persons who do claim and are bound to
/ do and perform any services which. ac-
/ cording 70 ancient custom or usage are
! to he performed in Westminster Hall or
! in the Procession And We do hereby
! further gracioUsly declare that the same
| shall not interfere with the rights and
/ privileges of any Of Our loving Subjects
4 to claim the performances of such several
! services OF any of them IL any future Cor
| onation- And We do hereby. by and with
| the advice Of Our Privy Council, declare
! and make known to all such Of Our loving
! Subjects as II may concern. that it seems
good 70 Us that the Committee of Claims
/ shall, upon the occasion Of this Our Coro-
nation. exclude from their Considera ton
| such claims as may be submitted TO them
I in respect Of rights or services connected
| with the parts of the ceremonial here
! tOfOTe performed In Westminster Hail and
with the Procession.
/ Given at Our Court a Saint James's, the
! Twenty-siXth day of June in the
First Year Of Our Reign
| CD save the KING
| SAVED BY A YACHT CAPTAIN.