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CEREMONIAL FOR THE CORONATION…

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CEREMONIAL FOR THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES. The Peers and Peeresses, in their robes of estate, and others, summoned by his Majesty's command to witness the ceremony of the Coronation, will be conducted to the places assigned to them in Westminster Abbey, previous to the arrival of their Majesties. The Great Officers of State, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Noblemen appointed to carry the regalia and the Bishops who are to support their Majesties, as well as those who are to carry the Bible, the chalice, and the patina, will assemble in the Jerusalem Chamber, before ten o'clock where the rega- lia having been previously laid on the table, will be delivered by the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain to the Noblemen by whom the same are to be borne, in the following order, viz..— THE QUEEN'S REGALIA. First-The Ivory Rod with the Dove, to Earl Cawdor. Second-The Sceptre with the Cross, to the Earl of Jersey. Third-Her Majesty's Crown, ro the Duke of Beaufort. THE KING'S REGALIA. First—St. Edward's Staff, to the Duke of Grafton. Second-The Spurs, to the Marquis of Hastings. Third—The Sceptre with the Cross, to the Duke of St Albans. Fourth—The pointed Sword of Temporal Justice, or Third Sword, to the Marquis of Cleveland. Fifth—The pointed Sword of Spiritual Justice, or Second Sword, to the Marquis of Downshire. Sixth-Cuitana, or Sword of Mercy, to the Marquis of Salis- bury. Seventh—The Sword of State, to Earl Grey. Eighth—The Sceptre with the Dove, to the Duke of Richmond. Ninth—The Orb, to the Duke of Somerset. Tenth—St. Edward's Crown, to the Duke of Hamilton, as Lord High Steward. Eleventh—The Patina, to the Bishop of Carlisle. Twelfth—The Chalice, to the Bishop of Rochester. Thirteenth-The Bible, to the Bishop of Chichester. The Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster will be in the nave, in readiness to join the proceeding next before the officers of his Majesty's household. Their Majesties, and the Princes and Princesses of the blood royal, attended by the officers of the household of their Majesties, will proceed in state from St. James's Palace, and arrive at the Abbey at 11 o'clock. On arrival at the west entrance of the Abbey, their Majesties will be received by the great Officers of State. The Ladies of her Majesty's Household, and the Officers of the Royal Household, to whom duties are not assigned in the solemnity, will immediately pass to the places prepared for them respectively. Their Majesties will then advance up the nave into tho choir the choristers of the Chapel Royal and of Westminster, in the organ gallery, singing the anthem, I was glad when they said unto me, we will go into the house of the Lord," &c. Whilst their Majesties are in St. Edward's Chapel, the officers of arms will arrange the return, so that all may be ready to move at the moment when the King and Queen leave the Chapel. Their Majesties, and the Princes and Princesses, will then proceed out of the choir, and to the west door of the Abbey, at- tended as before their Majesties wearing the Crowns; the King bearing, in his right hand, the sceptre with the cross, and, in his left, the orb and the Queen bearing, in her right hand, her sceptre with the cross, and, in her left, the ivory rod with the dove; their Royal Highness the Princes and Princesses wearing their coronets and the Princes, who are Field Mar- shals, carrying their batons. On arrival at the west door of the Abbey, Garter will pro- nounce the King's style. The swords and the regalia will be received near the west door, by the officers of the Jewel-office, appointed for that purpose. Their Majesties, and the Prince and Princesses of the Blood Royal, will return to St. James's Palace with the same state as 44 their proceeding to the Abbey,

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