The procession moved, at ten o'clock precisely, in the following order: Trumpeters. A Squadron of the Household Brigade. Carriages of their Excellencies the Foreign Resident Ministers, in the order in which they take precedence in this country: The Chargé d'Affaires of Mexico, Colonel Almonté. The Chargé d'Affaires of Portugal, Chevalier Rebelho de Carvalho. The Hanoverian Minister, Baron Munchhausen. Carriages of their Excellencies the Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary,* in the order [This part of the Procession was under the direction of Colonel Wemyss, Equerry to the Queen, assisted by J. Cocum, Esq. Second Clerk of the Queen's Stables.] Carriages of their Excellencies the Resident Foreign Ambassadors: Mounted Band of a Regiment of the Household Brigade. CARRIAGES OF THE BRANCHES OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, each drawn by six horses, with their proper escorts of the Household Brigade : The Duchess of Kent and Attendants, in two carriages. The Duchess of Gloucester and Attendants, in two carriages. [This part of the Procession was under the direction of Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry to the Queen, assisted by W. J. Goodwin, Esq. Inspector of the Queen's Stables.] * Of these high functionaries Marshal Soult was the only one noticed by the po pulace, and he was loudly and heartily cheered along the line. All the Royal Family were warmly greeted; and when her Majesty made her appearance, the sky was continually rent with the joyous shout of the multitudes. Within the abbey the Duke of Wellington was welcomed by an enthusiastic shout of applause. Marshal Soult was also there most cordially cheered. Mounted Band of a Regiment of the Household Brigade. The Queen's Barge Master, and the Queen's forty-eight Watermen. HER MAJESTY'S CARRIAGES, conveying : 1.-Two Pages of Honour, James Charles M. Cowell, Esq. and George H. Cavendish, Esq.; two Gentlemen-ushers, Major Beresford, and Captain Green. 2.-Two Pages of Honour, Charles Ellice, Esq. and the Lord Kilmarnock; two Gentlemen-ushers, the Hon. Frederick Byng, and Charles Heneage, Esq. 3. Two Bed-chamber Women, the Lady Theresa Digby, and the Lady Charlotte Copley; two Grooms in Waiting, the Hon. George Keppel, and Henry Rich, Esq. 4. Two Bed-chamber Women, the Lady Harriet Clive, and the Lady Caroline Barrington; two Grooms in Waiting, the Hon. William Cowper, and Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.B. 5. Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Rice, and the Hon. Miss Murray; the Groom of the Robes, Capt. Francis Seymour; and the Clerk Marshal, the Hon. Col. Cavendish. 6.--Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Lister and the Hon. Miss Paget; Keeper of the Privy Purse, Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H.; and the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G.C.H. 7. Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, and the Hon. Miss Cocks; Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey; and the Comptroller of the Household, the Rt. Hon. G. S. Byng. 8.-Two Maids of Honour, the Hon. Miss Dillon, and the Hon. Miss Pitt; two Lords in Waiting, the Lord Gardner and the Lord Lilford. 9. Two Ladies of the Bed-chamber, the Lady Portman, and the Lady Barham; two Lords in Waiting, the Lord Byron, and the Viscount Falkland, G.C.H. 10. Two Ladies of the Bed-chamber, the Lady Lyttelton, and the Marchioness of Normanby; two Lords in Waiting, the Viscount Torrington, and the Earl of Uxbridge. 11. Two Ladies of the Bed-chamber, the Countess of Charlemont, and the Marchioness of Tavistock; two Lords in Waiting, the Earl of Fingall, and the Marquess of Headfort. 12. The first and principal Lady of the Bed-chamber, the Marchioness of Lansdowne; the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquess of Conyngham, K.P.; and the Lord Steward, the Duke of Argyll, G.C.H. A Squadron of the Household Brigade. Mounted Band of a Regiment of the Household Brigade. [This part of the Procession was under the direction of Col. Buckley, Equerry to the Queen, assisted by R. W. Spearman, Esq. Sec. to the Master of the Horse.] Military Staff and Aides-de-Camp, on horseback, three and three, attended by the Equerry of the Crown Stables, Major-Gen. Sir G. A. Quentin, K.C. H. and the Queen's Gentleman-rider, J. Fozard, Esq. Deputy Adjutant-gen. Major-Gen. John Gardiner, C. B.; Deputy Adjutant-gen. Royal Artillery, Major-Gen. Sir Alex. Dickson, K. C. B.; Quartermaster-gen. Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. W. Gordon, Bart. G. C. B.; Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Major-Gen. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K. C. B.; Adjutant-gen. Major-Gen. Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B. The Royal Huntsmen, Yeomen Prickers, and Foresters. Six of her Majesty's horses, with rich trappings, each horse led by two Grooms. The four Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard on horseback, The Clerk of the Checque, Ensign, and Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard, on horseback. The STATE COACH, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, attended by a Yeoman of the Guard at each wheel, and two Footmen at each door, and, on either side, by four Grooms; the Gold Stick, Viscount Combermere, G.C.B. and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester, riding on either side, attended by two Grooms each; conveying HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H. The Captain-General of the Royal Archer Guard of Scotland, the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. on horseback, attended by two Grooms. The Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel Richardson. A Squadron of the The whole of this procession was under the direction of the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H. and was formed in St. James's-park, at 9 o'clock, and moved from the Palace at 10 o'clock precisely, up Constitution-hill, along Piccadilly, St. James's-street, Pall Mall, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, Whitehall, and Parliament-street, to the West door of Westminster Abbey.* The Peers, Dowager Peeresses, and Peeresses, in their robes of estate, and others, summoned by her Majesty's command to be present at the solemnity, were conducted to the places assigned to them in Westminster Abbey, previously to the arrival of Her Majesty; the Lords Spiritual on the north side of the area or sacrarium; the Lords Temporal in the The Field-Officer of Foot Guards in Brigade Waiting, Col. Fremantle. Household Brigade. south transept; and the Peeresses in the north transept. The Great Officers of State, the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Armagh, the noblemen appointed to carry the Regalia, all in their robes of estate, and the Bishops who were to support her Majesty, as well as those who were to carry the Bible, the Chalice, and the Patina, assembled in the Jerusalem-Chamber, adjoining the Deanery, before ten o'clock; where the Regalia, having been previously laid on the table, were delivered by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household to the Lord High Constable, and by him to the Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, as Lord Great Chamberlain, and by his Lordship to the Noblemen by whom the same were to be borne. *The arrangements in the interior of the Abbey were nearly the same as at the previous Coronation, and as are described and represented in some views in the Gentleman's Magazine for Sept. 1831. The orchestra, with a large temporary organ, was formed at the west end of the choir, supported upon an open colonnade or cloister of pointed arches; the gallery was calculated to contain 400 performers, more than double the number engaged at the Coronation of William the Fourth. The gallery at the east end of the church, beyond the altar, was appropriated to the House of Commons, and afforded accommodation for 600 persons. Below it, within St. Edward's Chapel, was formed the Queen's Traverse and retiring closets. There was a second gallery above that of the Commons, and a third, at a great height, for the trumpets. The Royal Box was immediately above the sacrarium on the south, and next it, towards the east, the Earl Marshal's; opposite to the Royal Box was that appropriated to the Ambassadors, and next it the Lord Chamberlain's. In the north transept were placed the Peeresses, in the south the Peers, and behind both those admitted with Peers' tickets. In the Choir were the Judges, Knights of the Bath, Aldermen, &c. The Bishops were in their ordinary place on the floor of the sacrarium to the north, and the Royal Family and the Prebendaries of Westminster opposite them. The decorations, in the matter of upholstery and screen-work (and particularly the beautiful canopies over the altar) were in better and more appropriate, as well as more splendid, style, than on any former occasion. The temporary western entrance, and the painted screens, were, on the contrary, by no means so chaste in design as at the preceding Coronation; though their execution, by Mr. Tomkins the scene-painter, in imitation of stone, was very perfect. The royal chair of state was of the Roman curule form, with arms of lion's heads. The Coronation chair of King Edward I. was concealed, we hope for the last time, with a veil of cloth of gold. The Sub-Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster were in the nave, in readiness to join the procession, immediately before the Officers of Arms. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, the Prince George of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, passed to the royal box, on the south side of the sacrarium, before the arrival of the Queen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours, the Prince of Holstein Glucksbourg, the Duke of Coburg, the Duke of Nassau, the Prince Ernest of Hesse, G.C.B. and the Prince of Leiningen, K.G. were also, by her Majesty's command, conducted to seats in the royal box. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, upon their arrival, were conducted to their tribune over the sacrarium. On arrival at the west entrance of the abbey, her Majesty was received by the Prebendaries of John Jennings, M.A. Archdeacon H. V. Bayley, D.D. W. H. E. Bentinck, M.A. Great Officers of State, the noblemen bearing the Regalia, and the Bishops carrying the Patina, the Chalice, and the Bible; when Her Majesty repaired to her robing chamber, constructed on the right of the platform. The ladies and officers of her Majesty's Household, and of the respective households of the Princes and Princesses, to whom duties were not assigned in the solemnity, immediately passed to the places prepared for them respectively within the choir. Her Majesty, having been robed, the Procession then advanced, in the following order, up the nave into the choir (the choristers in the orchestra, under the direction of Sir George Smart, Knt. Organist of her Majesty's Chapels Royal, singing the anthem, "I was glad when they said unto me, we will go into the House of the Lord," &c.) Westminster : Henry Hart Milman, M.A. James Webber, D.D. Dean of Ripon. The Sub-Dean of Westminster, the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord John Thynne. Pursuivants of Arms, in their Tabards :- Rouge Dragon, T. W. King, Gent. Bluemantle, Geo. H. Rogers Harrison, Gent. Heralds in their tabards, and collars of SS. : Chester, Walter Aston Blount, Esq. York, Charles Geo. Young, Esq. Somerset, Jas. Cathrow-Disney, Esq. Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household, Lancaster, George Fred. Beltz, Esq. K.H. Richmond, Joseph Hawker, Esq. Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household, the Earl of Surrey (attended by two gentlemen), bearing the crimson bag with medals. the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng. Her Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G.C.H. (acting for the Lord Chamberlain) attended by an Officer of the Jewel-office, William Martins, Esq. bearing on a cushion the Ruby Ring and the Sword for the offering. The Lord Steward of Her Majesty's the Duke of Argyll, G.C.H. his coronet carried by a Page. The Lord President of the Council, the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lord Plunket, attended by his Purse-bearer; his coronet carried by a Page. The Lord Archbishop of Armagh, the Right Hon. Lord John George Beresford, D.D. in his rochet, with his cap in his hand. The Lord Archbishop of York, Edward Harcourt, D.C.L. The Lord High Chancellor, Lord Cottenham, attended by his Purse-bearer; his coronet carried by a Page. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley, D.D. in his rochet, with his cap in his hand, attended by two Gentlemen. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, in a robe of estate of purple velvet, and wearing a circlet of gold on her head; her train borne by Lady Caroline Campbell, assisted by a Gentleman of her House hold; her coronet borne by Viscount Villiers. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS OF KENT, in a robe of estate of purple velvet, and wearing a circlet of gold on her head; her train borne by Lady Flora Hastings, assisted by a Gentleman of her Household; her coronet borne by Viscount Morpeth. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER, in a robe of estate of purple velvet, and wearing a circlet of gold on her head; her train borne by Lady Caroline Legge, assisted by Col. Sir Samuel G. Higgins, K.C.H.; Deputy Garter, Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford, Knt. C.B. Sir William Woods, Knt. Clarenceux, K.H. The Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, as Lord Great Chamberlain of England; his coronet borne by a Page. His Royal Highness the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G. in his robes of estate, carrying his baton as Field Marshal; his coronet borne by the Marquess of Granby; his train borne by Major-Gen. Sir Wm. Maynard Gomm, K.C.B. His Royal Highness the DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G. in his robes of estate; his coronet carried by Visc. Anson; his train borne by the Hon. Edward Gore, assisted by Viscount Coke. The Bishop of The High Constable of Scotland, the Earl of Erroll, K.T.; his coronet borne by a Page. The Sword of State, Viscount Melbourne ; St. Edward's Crown, The Bible, borne by the Bishop of Winchester, The Lord High Constable the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Charles Richard Sumner, D.D. THE QUEEN The Orb, borne by the Duke of Somerset, K.G.; his coronet carried by a Page. The Chalice, borne by the Bishop of Lincoln, The Bishop in her royal robe of crimson velvet, furred with ermine and bordered with gold lace; wearing the collars of the Orders of the Garter, Thistle, Bath, and St. Patrick: on her head a circlet of gold; Train borne by Lady Caroline-Amelia-Gordon Lennox. Lady Mary-Alethea-Beatrix Talbot. Lady Cath.-Lucy-Wilhelmina Stanhope. Lady Louisa-Harriet Jenkinson. Her Majesty's Lady Adelaide Paget. Lady Frances-Elizabeth Cowper. Lady Anne-Wentworth Fitzwilliam. Lady Mary-Augusta-Frederica Grimston. assisted by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Marquess Conyngham, K.P. (his coronet borne by a Page), followed by the Groom of the Robes,-Capt. Francis GENT. MAG. VOL. X. 2 C |