arranged in the area of the hall in front of the privy councillors, judges, and other official personages. This ceremony occupied from nine o'clock until twenty minutes before ten, and while the peers were arranging in the centre of the hall, the dean and prebendaries of Westminster entered the great gate from palace-yard, and formed in a close compact body immediately within the Hall. The whole arrangements for the procession were then complete. The lord mayor, sheriffs, and corporation of London, with the civic regalia, and corporation of Oxford, were assigned their respective places, and a pause of about twenty minutes then took place. The principal officers of the household had withdrawn to wait upon the king, and all eyes were directed towards the throne, which being immediately in front of the door through which his majesty had to pass from the chamber where he breakfasted, must be necessarily occupied almost the same instant he made his appearance. At ten o clock, the duke of Wellington entered the platform from behind the throne, and announced the approach of his majesty. Lord Gwydyr entered immediately after, and the king then appeared; his train supported by eight sons of noblemen. The whole company in the hall rose as his majesty stepped into the throne, and the full band in the gothic orchestra struck up "God save the king." His majesty was habited in full robes of great size and richness, and wore a black hat or cap of Spanish shape, with a spreading plume of white ostrich feathers which encircled the rim, and was surmount The king ed by a heron's plume. wore his hair in thick falling curls over his forehead, and it fell be. hind his head in a similar shape. He took his seat with an air of majesty, but in a somewhat hurried step, and appeared for the moment oppressed by the imposing solemnity of the scene which for the first time met his eye. His majesty with great affability then bowed to the peers who stood on each side. The deputy lord great chamberlain, the lord high constable, and the deputy earl marshal, ascended the steps, and placed themselves at the outer side of the table. The lord high steward, the great officers, deputy garter, and black rod, then arranged themselves near the chair of state: the royal trainbearers on each side of the throne. The lord chamberlain, assisted by officers of the jewel-office, then brought the sword of state to the lord high constable, who delivered it to the deputy lord great chamberlain, by whom it was laid upon the table; then the curtana, or sword of mercy, with the two swords of justice, being in like manner presented, were drawn from their scabbards by the deputy lord great chamberlain, and laid on the table before his majesty; after which the gold spurs were delivered, and also placed on the table. Immediately after, a procession, consisting of the dean and prebendaries of Westminster, in their surplices and rich copes, proceeded up the hall, from the lower end thereof, in manner following: Procession Procession with, and delivery of the Regalia. Sergeant of the vestry, in a scarlet mantle. Children of the king's chapel, in scarlet mantles, four abreast. Children of the choir of Westminster, in surplices, four abreast. Gentlemen of the king's chapel, in scarlet mantles, four abreast. Choir of Westminster, in surplices, four abreast. Sub-dean of the chapel royal. Two pursuivants of arms. The two provincial kings of arms. The dean of Westminster, carrying St. Edward's crown on a cushion of cloth of gold. First prebendary of Westminster, carrying the orb. In this procession they made The the table. The regalia being thus delivered, the prebendaries and dean returned to the middle of the hall. His majesty having commanded deputy garter to summon the noblemen and bishops who were to bear the regalia, the deputy lord great chamberlain, then taking up the several swords, sceptres, the orb, and crown, placed them in the hands of those by whom they were to be carried. First, St. Edward's staff, by the marquis of salisbury. Second, the spurs, by the lord Calthorpe, as deputy to the baroness Grey de Ruthyn. Third, the sceptre with the cross, by the marquis Wellesley. Fourth, the pointed sword of temporal justice, by the earl of Galloway, Fifth, the pointed sword of spiritual justice, by the duke of Northumberland. Sixth, Curtana, or sword of mercy, by the duke of Newcastle. Seventh, the sword of state, by the duke of Dorset. Eighth, the sceptre, with the dove, by the duke of Rutland. Ninth, the orb, by the duke of Devonshire. Tenth, St. Edward's crown, by the marquis of Anglesea, as lord high steward. Eleventh, the patina, by the bishop of Glocester. Twelfth, the chalice, by the bishop of Chester. Thirteenth, the bible, by the bishop of Ely. The two bishops who were to support his majesty were then summoned by deputy garter, and ascending the steps placed themselves on each side of the king. When these ceremonies, which lasted about three quarters of an hour, were performed, some of them not as rapidly as they might have been, owing to the tardy appearance of some of the peers, who were at the end of the hall when the heralds summoned them to the platform to assist in the performance of their respective duties, the procession set out at eleven o'clock from Westminster hall to the abbey in the following order, the anthem, "O Lord, grant the king a long life," &c., being sung in parts, in succession with his majesty's band playing, the sounding of trumpets, and the beating of drums, until the arrival in the abbey. Order of the Procession. The king's herb woman with her six maids, strewing the way with herbs. Messenger of the college of arms, in a scarlet cloak, with the arms of the college embroidered on the left shoulder. The dean's beadle of Westminster, with his staff. 'The high constable of Westminster, with his staff, in a scarlet cloak. Two household fifes with banners of velvet fringed with gold, and five household drummers in royal livery, drum-covers of crimson velvet, laced and fringed with gold. The drum-major, in a rich livery, and a crimson scarf fringed with gold. Eight trumpets in rich liveries: banners of crimson damask em- Eight trumpets in liveries, as before. The king's chaplains having dignities. The aldermen and recorder of London. The king's sergeants at law. The king's solicitor-general. The king's attorney-general, Gentlemen of the privy chamber. Sergeant of the vestry of the chapel royal. Sergeant porter. Children of the choir of Westminster, in surplices. Children Children of the chapel royal, in surplices, with scarlet mantles over them. Choir of Westminster, in surplices. Gentlemen of the chapel royal, in scarlet mantles. Officers attendant on the knights commanders of the bath, in their mantles, chains, and badges. Knights commanders of the bath, not peers. Officers of the order of the bath, in their mantles, chains, and badges. Knights grand crosses of the bath, not peers, in the full habit of their order, caps in their hands. A pursuivant of arms, in his tabard. Barons of the exchequer, and justices of both benches. The lord chief baron The lord chief justice of the common pleas. The master of the rolls. The lord chief justice of the king's bench. Knights of the garter, not peers, in the full habit and collar of the order, caps in their hands. His majesty's vice chamberlain. Comptroller of his majesty's Treasurer of his majesty's household, household. bearing the crimson bag with the medals. A pursuivant of arms in his tabard. Heralds of Scotland and Ireland, in their tabards and collars of SS. The standard of Hanover, borne by the earl of Mayo. Barons, in their robes of estate of crimson velvet, their coronets in their hands. A herald in his tabard and collar of SS. The standard of Ireland, borne by lord Beresford. The standard of Scotland, borne by the earl of Lauderdale. The bishops of England and Ireland, in their rochets, with their caps in their hands. Two heralds, in their tabards and collars of SS. Viscounts, in their robes of estate, their coronets in their hands. Two heralds, in their tabards and collars of SS. The standard of England, borne by lord Hill. Marquisses, in their robes of estate, their coronets in their hands. The The lord chamberlain of his majesty's household, in his robes of estate, his coronet in his hand, attended by an officer of the jeweloffice in a scarlet mantle, with a crown embroidered on his left shoulder, bearing a cushion, on which were placed the ruby ring and the sword to be girt about the king. The lord steward of his majesty's household, in his robes of estate, his coronet in his hand. The royal standard, borne by the earl of Harrington. Glocester king of King of arms of the Hanover king of Ionian order of St. Michael and St. crown in his hand. arms, in his tabard, crown in his hand. George, in his tabard, crown in his hand. Dukes, in their robes of estate, their coronets in their hands. Clarenceux king of The lord privy seal, in his robes of estate, coronet in his hand. Norroy king of arms, in his tabard, crown in his hand. The lord president of the council, in his robes of estate, coronet in his hand, Archbishops of Ireland. The archbishop of York, in his rochet, cap in his hand. The lord high chancellor, in his robes of estate, with his coronet in his hand, bearing his purse, and attended by his pursebearer. The lord archbishop of Canterbury, in his rochet, cap in his hand. Two sergeants at arms. sceptre. Usher of the white rod. Garter principal king of arms, in his tabard, bearing his crown and sceptre. Gent. usher of the black rod, bearing his rod. The deputy lord great chamberlain of England in his robes of estate, his coronet and his white staff in his hand. His royal highness the prince Leopold, in the full habit of the order of the garter, carrying in his right hand his baton as field marshal, and in his left his cap and feathers; his train borne by a page. |