The fifth anthem fung, Pfalm 1xxiv. ver. 9. and Pfalm xviii. ver. 51, Behold O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Great profperity giveft thou unto thy king, and wilt her loving kindness to thine anointed for evermore. Hallelujah.

The fpurs were then prefented, and his majefty girt with the fword, which was afterwards offered and redeemed. His majefty was invefted with the armill, the purple robe and orb, and afterwards the ring was put on the fourth finger of his majesty's right hand by the archbishop, and the orb was returned to the altar.

The marquis of Rockingham, deputy to the duke of Norfolk, as lord of the manor of Workfop, presented a right hand glove to his majefty, who, putting it on, received, from the archbishop the feepter with the crofs, and afterwards the fcepter with the dove, into his left hand; and the marquis afterwards fupported his majefty's right hand, as occafion required.

The king fitting in king Edward's chair, the archbishop then fet the crown on the king's head, about half an hour after 3 o'clock, at the fight whereof the people with loud and repeated fhouts, cried God fave the King, the trumpets founded, and by a fignal given, the guns in the park were fired in an inftant: the peers put on their coronets; the dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine their hats; the bishops, knights of the Bath, and judges their caps; and the kings of arms their crownst

The fixth anthem fung, Pfalm cxlvii. ver. 12. ver. 1.

Ifaiah xxxii. Pfalm xlviii. v. 7.

Pfalm xxi. ver. 23. Praife the LORD O Jerufalem, &c. Then the archbishop prefented the bible, and pronounced the benediction; and his majesty kiffed the bishops, kneeling before him.

Whilst Te Deum was finging, his majefty was enthroned; whereupon the bishops performed their homage, and then the temporal lords; firft, his royal highness the duke of York, and his royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland, each for himfelf. Then the duke of Devonshire, lord chamberlain, pronounced the words of the homage for all the dukes; the marquifs of Rockingham, for the marquiffes; earl Talbot, lord high steward, for the earls; viscount Say and Sele, for the viscounts; and lord Henly, lord high chancellor, for the barons; every peer likewife taking off his coronet, touching the king's crown, and kiffed his left cheek.

During the homage, his majefty delivered the fcepter, with the cross, to the marquis of Rockingham, (officiating as lord of the manor of Workfop) to hold.

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In the mean time, medals of his majefty and the queen, were thrown about by the treasurer of the houshold.

The coronation of his majefty being finished, the queen removed from her feat on the fouth fide the area, to a chair placed before the altar, and was anointed, (four ladies holding a pall over her majefty) and afterwards invefted with the ring, and crowned by the archbishop upon which the peereftes

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crofs into the queen's right hand, and the ivory rod into her left. The archbishop and bishops divefted themselves of their copes, and proceeded in their ufual habits.

The four fwords being borne before the king, and the heralds again, putting the rest of the proceffion in order, they went out of the church at the weft door, in the fame man-, ner that they came in, faving that the peers who brought any of the regalia that were left in the church, returned not as they came, immediately before the king, but were ranked in their places according to their degrees or confecrations.

Their majefties retired into the court of wards till dinner was ready; and then fitting in their chairs of state, the first courfe was brought up with the ufual ceremony, his royal highnefs the duke of York, and his royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland fitting at the end of the table on his majefty's right hand, and her royal highness the princefs Augufta, at the other end of the table, on the queen's left hand. Before the fecond courfe the champion was brought up between the high conftable and earl marshal, followed by four pages, and preceded by the herald, who pronounced the challenge, the champion's two efquires with his lance and target, two ferjeants at arms, the knight marfhal going before to clear the paffage.

Immediately after the return of the champion. Garter king of arms, attended by the rest of the heralds, proclaimed his majefty's ftyle in Latin, French and English, three feveral times: first, upon the top of the fteps near the table; next, in the middle of the hall; and lastly, at the bottom of the hall.

The fecond courfe was then ferv. ed up in the fame order as the first. The feveral fervices, which had been allowed by the court of claims, were performed; and his majefty was pleafed, after dinner, to confer the honour of highthood upon John Bridge, Efq; ftandard-bearer, and Owen Jones, Efq; fenior gen. tleman of the band of gentlemen penfioners, and Charles Townley, Efq; Clarencieux king of arms.

A little before their majefties proceffion began, proceeded that of her royal highnefs the princefs dowager of Wales, from the house of lords, acrofs Old-palace-yard, on a platform erected for that purpofe on the fouth crofs of Weftminfter-abbey. This platform was covered with blue bays, and an awning over head in cafe of rain. Her royal highnefs was led by the hand by his royal highnefs prince William Henry, dreft in white and filver. Her train which was of filk, was but fhort, and therefore not borne by any person; and her hair flowed down her fhoulders in hanging curls. She had no cap, but only a circlet of diamonds.

The rest of the princes and princeffes, her highnefs's children, followed in the following order.

His royal hignefs prince Henry Frederick, alfo in white and filver, handing his fifter the princess Louifa-Anne, dreft in a flip with hanging fleeves. Then

His royal highness prince Frederick-William, likewife in white and filver, handing his youngest fifter the princefs Caroline Matilda, dreft alfo in a flip with hanging fleeves.

Both the young princeffes had their hair combed upwards, which was contrived to lie flat at the back of their heads in an elegant tafte.

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The other perfons who made up the remainder of this proceffion, were those who had not a right to walk with their majeflies.

The proceffion was clofed by the three Mahometan ambaffadors, then at our court, in the proper dreffes of their country, having their turbans, of fine muflin, on their heads, and long gowns of flowered and laced filk; their fcabards were crimfon, and in each of them were inclofed a dagger and a poinard. They carried no fabres, nor had any thing about their necks.

As this proceffion was preceded only by a drum, it did not alarm the populace waiting to fee the king and queen, otherwife fome difturbance might have happened.

L. Ligonier, as commanding officer of the guard on duty, had a fmall tent fixed on the left fide of the platform in Old-palace-yard, where he paid his falute to their majefties, as they paffed in proceffion; 2800 of the foot-guards were on duty all the time.

A number of failors all clean dreffed, came to the platform and infifted on standing there to fee the proceffion, which had like to have occafioned a quarrel between them and the foldiers; but the commanding officer, to prevent a difturbance, ordered that they fhould remain there, provided they would be quiet; which they punctually complied with; but when the king paffed by, they could contain themfelves no longer, the boatswain began with his call, and the failors gave three loud chears, with which his majefly appeared highly delighted.

His majesty, foon after his arrival at St. James's on Tuesday evening, expreffed very great fatif

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As the friendship of Mr. Rolles, who had procured me a pafs-ticket, as they call it, enabled me to be prefent both in the hall and the abbey; and as I had a fine view of the proceffion out of doors, from a one pair of ftairs room, which your neighbour, Sir Edward, had hired at the fmall price of one hundred guineas, on purpose to oblige his acquaintance. I will endeavour to give you as minute an account as I can of all the particulars omitted in the public papers. Firft then conceive to yourfelf the fronts of the houfes in all the ftreets, that could command the leaft point of view, lined with fcaffolding, like fo many galleries or boxes, raised one above another to the very roofs. Thefe were covered with carpets and cloths of different colours, which prefented a pleafant variety to the eye; and if you confider the brilliant appearance of the fpectators who were feated in them (many being richly dreft) you will eafily imagine that this was no indifferent part of the fhow. The mob underneath made a pretty contralt to the

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reft of the company. Add to this, that though we had nothing but wet and cloudy weather for fome time before, the day cleared up, and the fun, thone aufpiciously, as if it were, in compliment to the grand feftival. Had it rained, half the fpectators were fo exalted, that they could not have feen the cere mony, as a temporary roof put over the platform, on account of the uncertainty of the weather, was exceeding low. This roof was covered with a kind of fail cloth; which, on or ders being given to roll it up, an honeft Jack Tar climbed up to the top, and tripped it off in a minute or two whereas the perfons appointed for that fervice might have been an hour about it. This gave us not only a more exgenfive view, but let the light in upon every part of the proceffion. I should tell you, that a rank of foot foldiers were placed on each fide within the platform; which was an encroachment on the fpectators; for at the laft coronation I am informed they flood below it and it was not a little furprising to fee the officers familiarly converfing and walking arm in arm with many of them, till we were let into the fecret, that they were gentlemen, who had put on the drefies of common foldiers, for what purpose I 1 need not mention. On the outfide were ftationed, at proper diftances, -feveral parties of horfe-guards, whofe, horfes fomewhat incommoded the people, that preffed inceffantly upon them, by their pranting and capering, though luckily I do not bear of any great mifchief being done. I must confefs, it gave me pain to fee the foldiers, both hotfe and foot, obliged moft unmercifully to belabour the heads

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of the mob with their broad fwords, bayonets, and mufquets; but it was not unpleasant to obferve feveral tipping the horse-foldiers, flily from time to time, (fome with half pence, and fome with filver, as they could muster up the caft) to let them pafs between the horfes to get near the platform; after which thefe unconscionable gentry drove them back again. As foon as it was day-break (for I chofe to go to my place over-night), we were diverted with feeing the coaches and chairs of the nobility and gentry paffing along with much ado; and feveral perfons, very richly drell, were obliged to quit their equipages, and be efcorted by the foldiers thro' the mob to their refpective places. Several carriages, I am told, received great damage: Mr. Jennings, whom you know, had his chariot broke to pieces, but providentially neither he nor Mrs. Jennings, who were in it, received any huit.

My pafs-ticket would have been of no fervice, if I had not prevailed on one of the guards, by the irreftible argument of half-a-crown, to make way for me through the mob to the hall gate, where I got admittance just as their majefties were feated at the upper end, under magnificent canopies.

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