Precisely at minutes past the great lord chamberlain issued his orders that the centre of the hall should be cleared. This direction occasioned much confusion, not only because many strangers had been allowed to enter the lower doors for the

The entrance of the king was announced by of the principal heralds, who was followed into the hall by the lord great chamberlain and the dukes of York, Clarence, Cambridge, Sussex, and Gloucester. Prince Leopold had for some time previously been engaged in conversation with the foreign ambassadors.

His majesty returned in the robes with which he had been invested in the abbey, wearing also the same crown. In his right hand he carried the sceptre, and in his left the orb, which, on taking his seat on the throne, he delivered to peers stationed at his side for the purpose of receiving them.

The course was then served up. It consisted of gold covers and dishes, carried by as many gentlemen pensioners: they were preceded by attendants on the clerk comptroller, by clerks of the kitchen, who received the dishes from the gentlemen pensioners, by the clerk comptroller, in a velvet gown trimmed with silver lace, by clerks and the secretary of the board of green cloth, by the comptroller and treasurer of the household, and serjeants at arms with their maces.

Before the dishes were placed upon the table by the clerks of the kitchen, the great doors at the bottom of the hall were thrown open to the sound of trumpets and clarionets, and the duke of Wellington as lord high constable, the marquis of Anglesey, as lord high steward, and lord Howard of Effingham, as deputy earl marshal, entered upon the floor on horseback, remaining for some minutes under the archway. The duke of Wellington was on the left of the king, the earl marshal on the right, and the marquess of Anglesey in the centre. The former were mounted on beautiful white horses gorgeously trapped, and the latter on his favourite dun-coloured Arabian.

Before the course, the great gate was thrown open at the sound of trumpets without. The deputy appointed to officiate as king's champion for the lord of the manor of Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire, entered the hall on horseback, in a complete suit of bright armour, between the lord high constable and deputy earl marshal, also on horseback, preceded by

Then followed:--

His helmet was of polished steel, surmounted by a full rich bending plume of white ostrich feathers, next of light blue, next red, and lastly of an erect black feather. He seemed rather pale in the face, which was of a resolute cast, and ornamented with handsome mustachios. He sat his horse with ease, and the appearance of great firmness, which was no doubt in part attributable to the enormous weight under which the noble animal that bore him seemed to bend. His armour was extremely massive, and deeply lined and engraven: no part of his body was uncovered; and even the broad circular shoulder blades of the armour were so folded over the cuirass, that in action the body could not but be completely defended at all points. The horse was very richly caparisoned, and wore in his headstall a plume of varied feathers. Nothing could exceed the impression produced by the approach of the champion and his loyal array. Every fair bosom felt an indescribable sensation of mingled surprise, pleasure, and apprehension.

At the entrance into the hall the trumpets sounded thrice, and the passage to the king's table being cleared by the knight marshal, the herald, with a loud voice, proclaimed the champion's challenge in the words following:

If any person of what degree soever, high or low, shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lord

George

the

Fourth

of the United Kingdom of Great

Britain

and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Son and next Heir to our Sovereign Lord King

George

the

Third

, the last King, deceased, to be right Heir to the Imperial Crown of this United Kingdom, or that he ought not to enjoy the same, here is his Champion, who saith that he lieth, and is a false traitor; being ready in person to combat with him, and in this quarrel will adventure his life against him what day soever he shall be appointed.

The champion then threw down his iron glove or gauntlet; which, having lain for a short time upon the ground, the herald took up, and delivered again to the champion.

They then advanced to the middle of the hall, where the ceremony was again performed in the same manner.

Lastly, they advanced to the steps of the throne, where the herald (and those who preceded him) ascending to the middle of the

God bless the king! God save the king!

Long life to his Majesty King GEORGE the

Fourth

I

Immediately afterwards, Garter, attended by Clarienceux, Norroy, Lyon, Ulster, and the rest of the kings and officers of arms, proclaimed his majesty's styles in Latin, French, and English, several times, upon the uppermost step of the elevated platform, next in the middle of the hall; and, lastly, at the bottom of the hall, the officers of arms before each proclamation, crying,

Largesse.

God save the King!

The course was then served up with the same ceremony as the .

Then the lord of the manor of Nether Bilsington presented his majesty with maple cups.

The office of chief butler of England was executed by the duke of Norfolk, as earl of Arundel and lord of the manor of Keninghall, who received a gold basin and ewer as his fee.

Dinner being concluded, the lord mayor and principal citizens of London, as assistants to the chief butler of England, accompanied by the king's cupbearer and assistant, presented to his majesty wine in a gold cup; and the king having drunk thereof, returned the gold cup to the lord mayor as his fee.

The mayor of Oxford, with the other burgesses of that city, as assistants to the lord mayor and citizens of London, as assistant to the chief butler of England in the office of butler, were conducted to his majesty, preceded by the king's cupbearer, and having presented to the king a bowl of wine, received the maple cups for his fee.

The lord of the manor of Lyston, pursuant to his claim, then brought up a charger of wafers to his majesty's table.

The duke of Athol, as lord of the Isle of Man, presented his majesty with falcons. Considerable curiosity was excited by the

The duke of Montrose, as master of the horse to the king, performed the office of serjeant of the silver scullery.

The lord of the barony of Bedford performed the office of almoner; and the office of chief larderer was performed by the deputy of the earl of Abergavenny.

After the dessert was served up, the king's health was announced by the peers, and drank by them and the whole of the persons in the nail standing, with times . The lord chancellor, overpowered by his feelings on this propitious occasion, rose, and said it was usual to drink the health of a subject with limes , and he thought that his subjects ought to drink the sovereign's health with times . The choir and additional singers had now been brought forward in front of the knights commanders, and the national anthem of

God save the King

The duke of Norfolk then said,

The king thanks his peers for drinking his health: he does them the honour to drink their health and that of his good people.

The abstract of his kingdom,

The king quitted the hall at a quarter before o'clock; afterwards the company was indiscriminately admitted to partake of such refreshments as remained on the tables of the peers.

During Tuesday and Wednesday night, in order that no unnecessary interruption might be experienced in the public thoroughfares during the daytime, the workmen under the direction of the Board of Works were busily engaged in raising barriers at different points that commanded the streets and passes leading to hall and abbey. From , a stout barrier was placed (about feet from the pavement) to , that the fullest possible room, about feet in width, should be secured for persons having tickets of admission to the hall, the abbey, or the coronation galleries. And a still stronger barrier was raised along the centre of , side only being appropriated to carriages going towards the scene of universal attraction. Across , as well as in , and the neighbouring thoroughfares, all the carriage entrances were wholly blockaded; thus securing the most commodious means to persons proceeding on foot to the different places for which they possessed admission tickets. At all these points were stationed constables, supported by parties of military; and at the several passes were placed experienced individuals who had been instructed in their

The following table which has been compiled from the most authentic sources of information, presents at view a

The ARMS of the were az. on a chief indented or. a crosier on the dexter side, and a mitre on the sinister, both

The ARMS OF THE of are, a cross patonee between martlets, in the cantons of the cross, and in base, ; on a chief of the last, a pale quarterly of France and England, between roses gu. seeded or. barbed vert.