The queen being crowned, all the peeresses put on their coronets; the archbishop then puts the sceptre into her majesty's right hand, and the ivory rod into her left, and says the following prayer :

(Omnium Domine, fons bonorum.)

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O Lord, the fountain of all good things, and the giver of all perfection, grant unto this thy servant queen, that she may order aright the high dignity she hath obtained, and with good works establish the glory thou hast given her, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The queen being thus anointed and crowned, and having received all her royal ornaments, the choirs sing an anthem, commonly from Psalm xlv. ver. 1, "My heart is inditing of a good matter," &c. As soon as this is begun, the queen rises from her faldstool, and, being supported by the two bishops, and attended as before, goes up to the theatre: as she approaches the king, she bows herself reverently to his majesty sitting upon his throne; and so is conducted to her own throne on the left hand of the king, where she reposes till the anthem is ended.

The dignity of the monarch, as well as his humility on this august occasion, have been

celebrated by the late Bishop Newton. "The king's whole behaviour at the coronation," he says, was justly admired and commended by every one, and particularly his manner of seating himself on the throne after his coronation. No actor in the character of Pyrrhus, in the Distressed Mother,—not even Booth himself, who was celebrated for it in the Spectator*, -ever ascended the throne with so much grace and dignity. There was another particular which those only could observe who sat near the Communion-Table, as did the prebendaries of Westminster. When the king approached the communion-table, in order to receive the sacrament, he inquired of the archbishop, Whether he should not lay aside his crown? The archbishop asked the Bishop of Rochester, but neither of them knew, nor could say, what had been the usual form. The king determined within himself that humility best became such a solemn act of devotion,

* No. 335. The Spectator's encomium on Booth is, however, sufficiently slight. The good bishop, it is evident, was better acquainted with the realities he was here describing than these theatrical types.

and took off the crown, and laid it aside during the administration."

That one of the last of the unfortunate race of the Stuarts, Prince Charles, was in London, if not present at the coronation feast, on this occasion, seems to be a fact pretty well established. The Gentleman's Magazine, 1764, (p. 28,) speaks of it as "publicly said, That the young Pretender himself came from Flanders to see the coronation; that he was in Westminster Hall (?) during the ceremony, and in London two or three days before and after it, under the name of Mr. Brown." And Mr. Hume thus writes to one of his

literary friends: "What will surprise you more, Lord Marshal, a few days after the coronation of the present king, told me, that he believed the young Pretender was at that time in London, or, at least, had been so very lately, and had come over to see the show of the coronation, and had actually seen it. I asked my lord the reason for this strange fact. 'Why,' says he,

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and whispered in his ear Your royal highness is the last of all mortals whom I should expect to see here.'-' It was curiosity that led me,' said the other: but I assure you," added he, that the person who is the cause of all this pomp and magnificence, is the man I envy the least."" A report recently found its way to the public papers, which we have not been able to trace to any authentic source, that a glove was actually thrown from an upper seat in the Hall, as a gage to the king's champion, at this period: that the champion receiving it from his attendants, asked, ' who was his fair foe?' and that the rumour of the day soon connected it with the appearance, and attributed it to the romantic dispositions of the young Chevalier.

Of the late coronation we shall at once consult the best feelings of our own mind, and of the community, by presenting the most copious account we have been able to collect:

OF

His Most Excellent Majesty

KING GEORGE IV.,

On Thursday the 19th day of July, 1821.

ARRANGEMENT FOR THE ASSEMBLING OF THE PEERS AND OFFICERS.

Their R. H. the Dukes of
the Blood Royal, in their
robes of estate, having
their coronets, and the
Field Marshals their ba-
tons, in their hands.
The Peers in their robes of
estate, having their coro-
nets in their hands.
His R. H. Prince Leopold,
in the full habit of the
Order of the Garter, hav-
ing his cap and feathers
in his hand.

The Archbishops and Bi-
shops, vested in their
rochets, having their
square caps in their
hands.

The Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod.

The Trainbearers of the
Princes of the Blood
Royal.