CHAPTER X.

THE QUEEN CROWNED.

Novel Features in the Coronation--Its Cost--Large Amount of Money Circulated--Splendour of the Procession--Enormous Crowds--The Scene within the Abbey--Arrival of the Queen-- The Regalia and Sacred Vessels--Costume of the Queen-- Astonishment of the Turkish Ambassador at the Scene--The Coronation Ceremony--The Queen's Oath--The Anointing--The Crown placed on her Head--The Homage--An Aged Peer--The Queen's Crown--The Illuminations and General Festivities-- Fair in Hyde Park--The Duke of Wellington and Marshal Soult at the Guildhall 75