Westminster-Hall. This great appropriated to foreign ambassahall, so well adapted for the magnificence of the chivalrous festivals of the age in which it was erected, was fitted up in a style suitable to the occasion. Two tiers of spacious galleries were erected against the eastern and western walls of the hall; over the principal entrance from Palaceyard an orchestra was constructed, in a style of architecture corresponding in design with the noble Gothic roof of the building; but, like the designs decorating the front of the galleries, very inferior in execution to the grandeur of the original model. The throne was placed at the southern extremity of the building, immediately under the fine window on that side, and erected upon a spacious platform, which extended over the site lately occupied by the Courts of King's Bench and Chancery; it was superbly gilt upon a ground of rich crimson velvet, and placed under a canopy decorated in a similar style of gorgeous richness, and displaying the royal arms emblazoned in gold; before the throne stood a square table, covered with cloth of blue and gold. The platform was ascended by three flights of steps, each extending across the hall. The first and second from the area were covered with crimson cloth, and the upper flight immediately leading to the table at the foot of the throne was, as well as the floor itself, covered with a rich carpet. On the right of the throne, at the east side of the hall, the box was constructed for the female branches of the royal family admitted to the ceremony; on the opposite side, and also on the royal platform, was the box dors and their ladies; over the former were the boxes subdivided between the earl marshal, the lord high steward, and the lord high constable, and above the first mentioned, boxes were fitted up for the suits of the foreign embassies. These boxes, the lower ones in particular, were splendidly ornamented with crimson cloth richly embroidered with gold. The lower gallery on the east side was devoted to persons having the lord great chamberlain's and peers' tickets; the upper, at the same side, was divided into sections marked by the windows, for the lord high steward of Scotland, the lord steward, the speaker of the house of commons, the surveyor and auditors general, the board of green cloth, the board of works, and other public departments. The lower tier at the west side was appropriated to peeresses alone, for about one third of its length, and the remainder to peers' tickets. The upper tier was subdivided into sections, and, like that on the eastern side, was allotted to different official personages, principally for the tickets of the lord great chamberlain and lord chamberlain. At each side of the hall a long dinner. table was placed, with marked seats for the peers: these were separated by a railing from the area which was appropriated for the ceremonies, and the floor in the centre was covered with superfine blue cloth, laid upon neatly manufactured matting; the galleries were accessible through small winding stair-cases at each side of the hall. From the cantalivers ornamented with angels bearing shields, shields, which support the antique roof, gilt chandeliers were suspended, to shed a light upon the dining-tables; they were formed of circular wreaths of cut-glass, and too plain for the florid Gothic architecture which they illuminated. It is due to the acting lord great chamberlain, lord Gwydyr, and his deputy, Mr. Fellowes, who were on duty in the hall the whole of the preceding night, to state, that their arrangements were admirably adapted to ensure admission to the respective places appropriated for spectators, and to afford the utmost accommodation to every person whose duty it was to attend in the hall throughout the day. Lord Gwydyr and his deputy were both personally superintending the arrangements, and most active in facilitating the necessary accommodation for the visitors, many of them of the highest rank, who arrived at the hall at day-break. A considerable number of ladies arrived at three o'clock; and the gentlemen attendants, who were dressed in scarlet frock coats with blue sashes, were everywhere on the alert to usher the respective parties to the seats provided for their tickets. While yet “A paly light as of the morning shone" and before the rays of the sun had illuminated the hall with its morning lustre "The gothic imagery of darker shade"was brilliantly relieved by the presence of groupes of splendidly dressed ladies, who before four o'clock occupied the principal seats of the galleries. At that hour the arrival of different official attendants, in dresses, all of them bril liant, but some of them fantastical, began to develop some of the chivalrous pomp attending the coronation ceremony; several yeomen of the guard in their full dress, and bearing their ornamented partisans entered and paraded the hall; many of the military officers on duty in Palaceyard also made their appearance, and several persons elegantly attired in Spanish costume; these, together with a few of the gentlemen pensioners in their costly dress, a few heralds and trumpeters, who sauntered about the hall thus early to survey the scene, presented a varied and interesting combination, as remarkable for the novel variety as for the splendour of the dresses of those composing the several groupes. The first set of official personages who entered in form were the barons of the Cinque Ports with their canopy. They were attired in richly embroidered dresses, and attended by eight gentlemen in plain full dress, who practised, as bearers, the duty of supporting the canopy along the area of the hall; it was of straw coloured silk, richly embroidered with gold, the frame studded with silver ornaments, and the supporting rods of silver richly embossed; it had a light and elegant appearance. While this ceremony was performing by the canopy bearers, the persons present in the hall had, singularly enough, a full opportunity of seeing Cribb, Richmond, and Randall, the three pugilists the former dressed in scarlet, with a blue sash (the dress of the peers' attendants). These notorious persons moved backwards and forwards in the hall tinued filling until near eight o'clock. At half past seven o'clock, a number of gentlemen, dressed in mulberry-brown frock coats with lace ruffs and white sashes, entered; they were the attendants upon the acting earl marshal, and bore gold wands. with the emblazoned arms of the duke of Norfolk, the hereditary earl marshal. The gentlemen pensioners entered at the same time, and the heralds laid their maces of office, and the swords of state, at the top of the peers' dining table, on the western side of the hall. The different attendants were then called to their respective places, the military, heralds, and other personages, who had throughout the morning moved backwards and forwards in detached bodies, began to separate and assume more regular order, and every appearance denoted the near approach of the solemn ceremonies of the day. Before eight o'clock most of the persons who had to walk in the procession assembled in the following places, viz: with a mimic air of official con- bustle ceased, and the hall confidence. At six o'clock their royal highnesses the duchesses of Glocester, Kent, and Clarence, and the princess Feodore, daughter of the duchess of Kent, entered their box, with a large retinue of ladies. About the same time the prince and princess Esterhazy, and a number of foreigners of distinction, entered their box at the opposite side. The foreign ambassadors and their suite were chiefly in military costume, and decorated with orders. The richness and variety of the foreign uniforms made the box allotted to the foreign embassies the most brilliant in the hall. At twenty minutes before seven o'clock the yeomen of the guard entered in due form, and at that time the arrivals of peers and peeresses at Palace-yard became so rapid, that the gates were constantly thrown open; they were however rather suddenly closed while a number of privileged persons seemed to be in the act of producing their tickets entitling them to ingress, when shouts from the people assembled in Palace-yard announced to the personages within, the arrival of her Majesty the queen, to claim her right of being present at the coronation. There was a considerable bustle within the hall when this intelligence was communicated. Mr. Fellowes, immediately followed by lord Gwydyr, repaired to the gate, and some anxiety was manifested within the hall, while the queen was known to be within the verge of the palace, and while her Majesty was engaged in the act of asserting her right to be present at the ceremony of the coronation. After a short time the 1821. In the house of lords-Their royal highnesses the dukes of the blood-royal, in their robes of estate, having their coronets, and the field-marshals their batons in their hands. The peers in their robes of estate, having their coronets in their hands. His royal highness the prince Leopold, in the full habit of the order of the garter, having his cap and feathers in his hand. The archbishops and bishops, vested in their rochets, having their square caps in their hands. In his place near the bar-The gentleman usher of the black rod. (F) In In the space below the bar of the house of lords-The trainbearers of the princes of the blood-roval. The attendants on the lord high steward, on the lord chancellor, the lord high constable and on the lord chamberlain of the household. The gentlemen-ushers of the white and green rods, all in their proper habits. In the painted chamber, and adjacent rooms near the house of lords-The lord chief justice of the king's-bench; the master of the rolls; the vice chancellor; the lord chief justice of the common pleas; the lord chief baron: the barons of the exchequer, and justices, of both benches; the gentlemen of the privy-chamber; the attorney and solicitor general; sergeants at law; masters in chancery; the lord mayor, aldermen, recorder, and sheriff's of London; king's chaplains, having dignities; six clerks in chancery. In the chamber formerly the house of Lords - The knights grand crosses of the order of the bath, in the full habit of the order, wearing their collars; their caps and feathers in their hands. The knights commanders of the said order, in their full habits; their caps and feathers in their hands. The officers of the said order, in their mantles, chains, and badges. In the chamber formerly called the prince's-chamber, or robing room, near the former house of lords-The treasurer and comptroller of the household; the vice chamberlain; the marquis of londonderry, in the full habit of the order of the garter, having his cap and feathers in his hand; the register of the said order, in his mantle with his book; privy coun cillors not being peers or knights grand crosses of the bath; clerks of the council in ordinary. In his majesty's robing chamber, near the south entrance into Westminster-hall-The trainbearers of his majesty; master of the robes; groom of the robes. In the room of the chairman of committees adjoining the house of lords-Lords and grooms of the bed-chamber. The keeper of the privy purse. Equerries and pages of honour. Gentlemen ushers and aides-de-camp. In the witness room adjoining the house of lords-Physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries. In the house of commons and the lobbies-Officers of the band of gentlemen pensioners with their corps, and the sergeant at arms. The officers of the yeomen of the guard, with their corps. In the lobby between the house of lords and the painted chamber -The kings, Heralds, and pursuivants of arms. In Westminster-hall, at the low. er end, near the great north door The sixteen barons of the cinque ports, in their proper habits, with the canopy. In Westminster-hall, near the north door-The knight marshal and his two officers, in their ргоper habits. In Westminster-hall, at the lower end-His majesty's band. Without the north door of Westminister-hall - All who were to precede the knight marshal in the procession. Soon after eight o'clock Mr. Fellowes led into the hall Miss Fellowes, who afterwards preceded the procession on the royal platform as his majesty's herbwoman; she was attended (as her maids) by Miss Garth, Miss Collier, Miss Ramsbottom, Miss Hill, Miss Daniel, and Miss Walker. The ladies were very elegantly. dressed in white muslin with flowered ornaments. Shortly after, three large ornamented baskets filled with flowers were brought in and placed near the ladies, who were, until the procession moved, accommodated with chairs at the extremity of the hall. At a quarter past eight o'clock the doors were closed; the canopy-bearers were arranged at the foot of the royal platform, and the heralds commenced their arrangements for marshalling the procession in the hall. The king's sergeants, Lens, Vaughan, Onslow, Pell, entered in their scarlet robes; the knights of the bath, and the knights commanders of the bath, followed, in the collars and habits of their order, were divided by the heralds, and filed off at each side of the hall behind the peers' tables. The judges next entered, the chief baron, Mr. baron Garrow, Mr. justice Richards, Mr. justice Bayley, and Mr. justice Park. The other judges also entered, but apparently without a rigid attention to their respective orders of rank. Chief justice Dallas, the vicechancellor (Sir John Leach,) the master of the rolls (Sir Thomas Plumer,) and the lord chief justice of the court of king's bench, successively entered, and were arranged without the peers' tables. Privy councillors, not peers, were next arranged: among them were the right honorable George Canning, Mr. Bragge Bathurst, sir C. Long, the chancellor of the exchequer in his robes of office. Mr. Sturges Bourne, Mr. Charles Grant (secretary for Ireland,) Mr. Robert Ward, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Frederick Robinson, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Beckett, lord George Beresford, lord Yarmouth: the barons eighteen in number, next entered-the newly created baron Stawell (late sir William Scott,) and baron Maryborough (late Mr. Wellesley Pole,) entered the hall first. There were but forty-nine (if we rightly counted them) present. Next came the bishops, fifteen attended; the viscounts, nineteen in number. The earls were more numerous, we should think seventy or eighty; but the hall now became so crowded that there was a difficulty in counting them accurately. The marquisses and dukes, and lastly the great officers of state. Archbishops, and members of the royal family, entered. The marquis of Londonderry soon after entered in the full robes of the order of the garter. On the royal platform their royal highnesses the dukes of York, Clarence, Sussex, Cambridge, and Gloucester, and prince Leopold, in their full robes, as knights of the garter, separated at each side of the throne. His grace the duke of Wellington, with his gold staff as lord high constable, stood near the table in front of the throne, attended by his page. The lord Chancellor, the duke of Montrose, (the master of the horse,) marquis of Hertford (lord chamberlain,) the earl of Harrowby (president of the council,) the earl of Westmorland (lord privy seal,) were also arranged near the table. The heralds immediately proceeded to call over the names of the peers assembled in the hall. The names were called over twice in succession by two heralds, and the peers (F 2) arranged |