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Patrole Park, Cockspur-street; to meet Patrole from Horse Guards, Pall-mall, St. James's street, Piccadilly, and Constitution-hill; to meet Patrole from Hyde Park.

Detach 1 officer, 20 men, to Hyde Park-corner; Patrole Piccadilly and Constitution-hill; to meet Patrole from Carlton Palace; Patrole Park-lane and Park, to meet Patrole from King's-street Barracks. Patrole Park-lane and Park, to meet Patrole from Hyde Parkcorner; Patrole Portman-sq. Manchester-square, Cavendishsquare, Oxford-street, to meet Patrole from Regent's Park. Patrole Portland road, Totten. ham-st. Gray's-inn-lane, Pentonville; meet Patrole from King-street Barracks.

To be at the disposal of the Lord Mayor, for the use of the City, if required.

Patrole Lambeth to Vauxhallbridge, Surrey-road, to meet Patrole from Blackman-street. Patrole to Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridges, Surrey-road, and meet Patrole from Black. man-street.

To escort the King's Champion from Hill-street, Berkley-sq. to Westminster Hall.

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The infantry to parade in St. James's-park at one o'clock in the morning: the cavalry to proceed to their respective posts by the most convenient routes; and all the guards, cavalry as well as infantry, to be at their respective stations by two o'clock.

Exclusive of the guards and detachments above enumerated, two companies of grenadiers are to be stationed in the abbey, and the platform along which the procession is to proceed from Westminster-hall to the abbey, will be occupied by a single rank on each side for its whole extent. When the procession appears, both in going to, and returning from, the abbey, the men to be shouldered, silent, and steady, and on the appearance of his majesty at the flank of each division, arms will be presented, and all the music, drums, &c. to strike up at once, and continue until his majesty has passed the division to which they are attached.

In order to effect this arrangement for receiving his majesty's procession, the troops occupying the platform will be divided into three divisions, each commanded by a field officer, and occupying the opposite sides of the platform, with a portion of the bands, drums, &c., attached to each.

As there may be difficulty in procuring victuals for the troops throughout the day, the commanding officers of the different corps will make arrangements, in order that their men may carry with them bread, cheese, and cold

meat.

The detail regarding these several duties, and the allotment of corps to their respective stations, are left-for the cavalry to the arrangement of major-general

lord E. Somerset-and for the infantry to the honourable colonel Brand.

By his royal highness the commander-in-chief's command,

H. TORRENS, Adj. Gen. Tickets.-The hall and abbey tickets were issued according to a scale of privilege recognised by the lords of council; namely, to a peer five tickets; to privy councillors, four tickets; to knights of the grand order of the bath, three tickets; clerks in council, two; peeresses, in their own right, one.

Pass-tickets were delivered to persons engaged in the ceremonies, and entitled them to free egress and ingress, where their duties might call them.

Independently of the tickets issued to peers and other officers of state, the official departments were entitled to a given number each; as, the lord high steward, the lord high constable, the earl marshal, the lord chamberlain, the lord high constable of Scotland, the lord steward of his majesty's household, the teller of the exchequer, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the surveyorgeneral, the auditor of the exchequer, the board of green cloth, the board of works, the war-office, &c. &c. Many were also sent, by courtesy, to different persons; and the public press was liberally supplied. The number of tickets issued by the lord great chamberlain was about 3,000, and by the earl marshal, upwards of 4,000. Each class had a particular place assigned in the hall or abbey, equal to the number of tickets issued, allowing twenty-two inches to each person.

His Majesty's Chambers at the Speaker's. His majesty had ex

pressed his intention to sleep in the mansion of the Speaker of the House of Commons on the night previous to the coronation; and, preparations were in consequence, made for his reception. These were, however, of a very economical nature; in fact, very little addition was made to the furniture of the suite of rooms, which included the Speaker's leveeroom, set apart for his use. His majesty's own couch-bed was brought from Carlton-house, and placed in the tapestry-room look ing over the Thames. Furniture had been ordered, however, as usual, on the coronation of a king of England, and this became the perquisite of the lord great chamberlain.

Supply of Water.-In order to be prepared for accidents by fire, and to afford a plentiful supply of water both to the abbey and to the hall, iron pipes were laid on from the main in different directions to the body of these buildings, by Messrs. Simpson and Son. For these pipes proper implements were prepared in the event of fire, so as to supersede the necessity of engines.

The Exterior Galleries.-The galleries, platforms, pavillions, and amphitheatres, which were erected along the line of the platform, for the convenience of spectators to view the procession, were almost countless in number. The whole of the fronts of the houses on the terrace opposite Westminster-hall, and round to the corner of Great Bridgestreet, in Parliament-street, were covered with galleries extending from the roof to the pavement, and projecting about six feet from the wall. These were composed of a strong frame-work of timber,

bound together with clamps of iron, and containing three and four separate stories of galleries, most of them having two and some three rows of seats. The tops were surmounted with roofs of boards. All the fronts of the boxes were ornamented with stuff or cloth hangings, and paper of various devices and colours; some red, some blue, some crimson, some diversified with different shades, but all gay and lively in appearance. Some exhibited flags bearing the royal arms, and others banners with appropriate mottos. The prices of these seats were very unequal-some were as high as twenty guineas, and others as low as one guinea: the value, of course, being enhanced in proportion to the goodness of the situation and the accommodation received; for in many of the houses persons were provided with beds, and every other requisite. This was the case especially in the King's-arms tavern, which was crowded to excess for two days before the ceremonies. On the other side of Palaceyard, next the Speaker's house, galleries were constructed in the same manner. A similar course was pursued the whole length of Little Bridge-street, and part of the way down Great Georgestreet. Galleries and platforms were likewise raised on each side of Parliament-street, all of which were commodious, comfortable, and well secured from the effects of the weather. Within the platform, in Parliament-square, a most extensive building was raised, fitted up in a style of taste, convenience, and security, which excited general approbation. This set of galleries extended along the line of procession, from

the end of Parliament-street nearly round to the abbey gates, a distance of not less than 1,200 yards, and commanded a most extensive view from all parts. The side fronting the river looked directly towards the champion's stable. On the top was a grand promenade, which gave a panoramic view of the magnificent scenes by which it was every where surrounded. On the opposite side of the platform, another most extensive range of galleries was erected, which extended to the Sessions-house; in fact, there was not an inch of ground upon which a seat could be raised, that was not greedily engaged by speculators. Ingenuity was tortured to devise distinguishing names for these buildings; and thus the eye was presented with a constant succession of new titles. There was the Grand Central Pavillion; the Garden Pavillion; the Cambridge Gallery; the Royal Gallery; the Royal Sovereign; the Panorama; the Telescope; the Ladies Fancy; the Royal George; and an infinity of other names equally attractive. Amidst so many can

didates there was of course competition, and many of them, before the coronation was over had reason to repent they had not commenced their prices upon a scale of greater moderation. Upon the tops of the houses, even to the chimney-tops, stages and benches were likewise everywhere visible; and although their appearance was calculated to produce a shudder, yet every one of them had been repeatedly visited by Mr. Hiort and the committee of safety, and pronounced secure. In many places seats were offered for hire, from which nothing of

the procession could be seen; for these, the price demanded was of course extremely moderate. While so many caterers were at work to provide for the eye, others were not less active in preparing gratification for the appetite; and waggons, laden with provisions of all sorts, were seen pouring into the neighbourhood throughout the week. A vast number of persons residing on the spot, desirous of profiting by the general attraction, opened their doors to visitors, whom they regaled with viands of almost every description, at comparatively moderate charges. For the last three or four days before the important 19th, the influx of strangers to Westminster, from all quarters, to view the preparations, was immense; and the throng was frequently so dense, that there was no possibility of moving.

Rehearsal.-On Wednesday, a grand rehearsal of all the duties to be performed by the state officers, took place both in Westminster-hall and the abbey. Each person who had a part to perform, was provided with a printed form of his duties, and went through them precisely in the same manner as was to be done on the succeeding day.

A rehearsal of the duties of the champion also took place in Westminster-hall, Mr. Dymockc being dressed in his full costume, and accompanied by the marquis of Anglesea on one side, and ford Howard of Effingham on the other.

Final Preparations.-On Wednesday evening all the decoration of the outer platform being completed, the carpenters proceeded to close up that part which had been left open for the

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