The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-06-04

covered WIN scarlet clOtH' vi ShiPN
rary balconies and terraces. in nave
and transepts, a splendid company or
peers and princes in their robes or state
will welcome the advent of the king.
The scholars of Westminster school
will greet their monarch and his con-
sort with shouts of "Vive rex" and
"Vive reginaw while the dean and
cbapter of the abbey will receive the
royal party at the great doors and &C
+, company them to the sanctuary, the
choir singing, II was glad when they
said unto me. We will go into the house
of the Lord"
The form of the service will follow
that used for the coronation of William
| ". and Adelaide, but with many cur
tailments. 1t will be conducted by the
primate, the archbishop of Canterbury,
and the traditional primate, the arch
bishop of York. The latter will crown
the queen consort, thus establishing a
new precedent.
The first anthem will be followed by
the ceremony of recognition. From the
four sides of the "theater" the primate
will present the king and his queen to
their assembled subjects and receive
their assent to the browning, The re-
gala will be taken from the mobiles in
trusted with them and placed on the
"theater," and the litany. abbreviated.
will be chanted by two bishops. The
first part of the regular communion
service of the English church will then
be said.
A short sermon will thereafter be
preached by DR.. Ingram, bishop of
London and the youngest of all English
bishops, and then the oath will be ad-
ministered to the king. In this the
monarch SOlemnly swears to govern his
people according to the statutes of par
Lament. with justice and mercy, and to
maintain to the utmost or his power
the laws of God and the true profession
of the gospel and the Protestant re-
formed religion established by law.
Then ut the altar, assisted thither by
the lord great cha mberlain. the sword
of state being carried before him, the
king will kiss the Bible and sign the
oath.
After the formality of placing the
crowns and adjusting the royal robes
the ancient ceremony Of homage. great
curtailed. will be observed, the SEN
ior peer OF each rank briefly proclaim
I ing his fidelity to the newly crowned
monarch. During the amounting. which
! Is now a Mere form, the king will Sit
within the sanctuary on the famous
chair used at every English coronation
since the first Edward.
| This is that very chair In which, in
the early and unhallowed days of the
nineteenth century, bad boy of West
minister school slept all one May night
and carved Il brief. imperishable state
4, ment of the fact upon its back. Under
it's oaken seat is firmly fixed the stone
| of Scone, which some worthy folk tC
| this day believe to be that which pill
| lowed the head of Jacob the patriarch
| when he had vision of angels. Ed
ward |. found it in Scotland in the alb
| hey OF Scoue. where it had been useC
for centuries in the cOronatiOns Of
| Scotch kings and carried IT forthwith
TO his own abbey of Westminster
where it has remained ever since. save
ON that one day when it was wickedlS
taken across the street to Westminster
hall to play its part in the inauguration
| Of CrOmweil as lord protector. IL
| olden times The monarch. almost strip
ped. would lie across this stone for hil
/ Amounting, but that ancient ceremony
now consists merely of pouring very
little oil on the kings head out Of I
peculiarly shaped spoon. counterpart'
Of which. in silver or silver gilt. may
be purchased as souvenirs by admirin.
Americans in Bond or Regent street
After the royal oath the ''Neni Gre
ator" will be sung. and during the cere
mony of the amounting the choir viii
! sing "Zadok the Priest"
The form Of amounting the: queen vii
then be proceeded with. and the chat
in which she sits will be that first use(
by Mary ii. when she was joint!
crowned with her husband. William
III. Both pieces Of furniture are oil,
and ugly and attempts to beautif!
them in modern times have failed dis
mally.
This. in brief. is the essential part o
the coronation ceremony. 1t will las
about two hours At its close. amid tn,
pealng OF belts and rejoicing of TIL
multitude. the newly crowned monarch
will return through the gayly decorate,
streets TO his palace.