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otted him, The en mass the sov After their ir titure they were permitted to sit down in the King’s presence, b time of dinner they were n ake of any part of the entertainment. he queens in their own right, Mary a Elizabeth, though they girded the swords on the knights with their owr not give the accolade or blow, which the deter character of k nations Henry hich he bat uring the whole hands, te action tiat At both cc Arundel, per- A copy of his appoint- 3 CONQUEROR. d tak the coronation prohibit « in mercy, estion, “Will ye have i The people nd the noise oud shouts, rm to the Norman garri- that the Idiers, believing have revolted, without ainy investigation, imme- next houses on fire, which, a general alarm, ding most of the congregation rushed out of the church, t English hastening to stop the fire an 1s to plunder. The vishops, cle nd monks, who remained within the church, were in such confusion that they were scardée able to go through the king. tumult, not conjecture its caus William and could , sate trembling e foot of the altar, and, though no t mischief was done by the fire, it the foundation of a long and inveter- the office of crownin himself, who saw the © animals understand the approach of death? If 5o, do they fear it? Here is a problem which no sclen- tist has ever vet settled, but upo which French observers have recently thrown light. To assume that the animal cannot un- @erstand death because he cannot compr. hend the foolish tiings that men say about it is to do n an injustice. As & matter of fact it appears that ani- mals that do fear death have caught this fear from human beings with whom they hve mistakenly assocdizted, and that the wilder an animal it the more serene and Gignified 1s his attitude toward his own dissolution. Most animals—with the exception of those assured of decent burial in the back yar@—heve no reason to hope for more than prompt extinction and a slow whitea- ing of their bones under the blue of heaven. All animsils, according to the French- men who heve just been studying the rubject, realize when death is near. Sav- sge beasts actually “prepare” for death with & fine composure unshadowed by any possibility of subsequent “will contcsts.” So-called domestic animals, while no: showing the fear characteristic of their masters, become crrangely cling- ing and dependent and seem to dread sep. aration from the human beings to whom | they are attached. To give defin'te Instances: Pierre Lotl tells the following story of the death of a young ape, partially tamed, which he had mortally wounded. “As I raised it up it still lived, but with too feeble pulsation to make restoration possible. Like a dead thing, I took it ‘n my arms. The little pinched lips trembled snd the childlike eves looked into mine with an wunforgettable expression of enmity between the English and the a < WILLIAM TI, RUFUS. IWilliam 11 3 claim to the crown by v of election, the nobles beli would be less inclined to control t ped privileges than his elder brother, Robert. He W crowned at Westminster September 1087, by Lafranc, Archbishop of Canter- bury, and the Archbishop of York. Be- {des swearing to observe stice, equity @ m in his conduct, and to maintain the peace, liberties and privil- of the church, he promised that he nould follow the Archbishop's counsels his administrations. HENRY I. The coronation of I was per- ied manner on the fourth th of Rufus. In ms of his ronation were the Saxon Kings. formed in a hur every EPHEN. of Stephen after he had sworn allegiance to the Empress Matilda nx was viewed with much when it v in the pu n 1ish- was supposed t nt of perjury was immediate and visi- ble. The ceremony was performed by Wil- Jtam, Archbishop of Canterbury, and it is said that a dreadful storm arose which threw all the parties into such confusion at the consecrated w r fell on the ground, the Kiss of peace after the sac- rament omitted, and even, the final rediction forgotten HENRY was crowned at 1L estminster on 11 ¥ before Christmas day, A. D, 1 Theobaid, Archbishop of Canter- bury. Although his hereditary right was juestionable, he was formally elected by the el and people. It is said that iy w A D s crowned gain with his Queen, . but this report arose from his ing worn the crown during the cere- RICHARD L. e Richard, having made all neces- preparations for his coro: ion, came to ndon, where he assembled the A shops of Canterbury, Rouen and irs, who had given him absolution in Normany for waging war against his father after he had taken the cross as a crusader. First, the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbotts and clergy, wearing their square ps and preceded by the cross and holy and deacons burning in- went to the door of the royal bed- chamber and led the Duke in solemn pro- cession to the great altar of the church of Westminster. When they reached the altar Richard swore, in the presence of the clergy and people on the holy gospel and the sacred relics, that he would ob- serve peace, honor and respect all the days of his life to God, holy church and ordinances. His attendants then pped him to his trousers and shirt, the latter of which was left open between the shoulders on account of the anoint- i Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, who wore rich buskins of cloth of gold, then anointed the King in three places, on the head, between the shoulders and the right arm. A consecrated linen if and a cap of estate were then placed & w - bearers agony, terror reproach.” Its forchead resting on my breast, the ape died in confiding attitude of a little child.” On the other hand, a wild ape. wounded by Brehm, a German natura fell to the ground, Yemained quietly seatcd, and wiped bl away without the least which poured There w this m man cry the from its wounds. says the naturalist, “a: nent something in his look so hu- =0 noble and so calm .at I was *hed to the point of plunging my hunt- knife into the poor creature's body and thus ending his sufferings.” M Jules Gerard teils of a Yon, which Rpreag AinG Death? having fallen into a great ditch that had been dug for him, resigned himself after several ineffectual efforts to escape. e beard the cries of delight of the men who saw him trapped. He understood that he was Jost; that he was about to die an 15- nominious and defenzelcss ueath. But it was his way to receive the in- Juries that were to come to him withovt sound of protest. After taking a dozen bullets without moving he lifted his fins head with a majestic movement to cast a look of scorn on the Arabs who wers aiming at him their dnal shots. Then na lay down, resigned to death. |Pastlres His Sheep A system of pasturing sheep by elec- | tricity and experiments are being ! made with it at the agricultural | experlrient station of Michigan at Lan- =ing. In recent years nearly every town of any size has been provided with an electric generating plant and frequently the wires are strung along country roads from town to town. This fact led Mr. Mec- Nair to attempt the use of electricity on the farm. For sheep feeding he devised a curious pen some fifteen feet square. | bullt of wire and mounted on broad, flat | wheels. This pen is designed to run in any pasture, even though it be hilly. Wires connect with a small motor sta- | tioned at one side of the pasture, this, in turn, being connected with the electrie wires from which power is derived. A turn of a button and the pen slowly creeps across the fieid. That is the essence of the invention. | Two lambs and part of the time an old | ewe haverbeen pastured in the pen during | the summer at the station at Lansing, By Eleciricity. MAN named McNalr has devised a The fleld is planted with lucerne, grow- ing thick and heavy. The pen isjso ar- ranged that it crawls the full length of the pasture in one month, traveling about two feet an hour; at the end of this time it is switched around and travels back agaln. As it moves the sheep eat every bit of the fodder, eagerly cropping next the forward side of the pen as it runs over new ground. A bit of canvas duck is hung over one corner of the pen so that the sheep may be well sheltered, and, curious as it may seem, they have become 80 ac- customed to the moving of the pen that when they lle down to sleep they snuggle up close to the forward end of the pen so that they may lie as long as possible with- out being disturbed by the rear end of the pen as it creeps toward them. When the pen has passed tle lucerne that has been cropped by the sheep grows up again and by the time the pen has made its monthiy circuit the pasture is again in good condition. The advantage of this electrical pen is that the sheep re kept from running over, half-eating and trampling down a large amount of pasture, and it keeps the sheep quiet, so that they take on flesh rapidly, upon his head and he was vested with the royal robes, the lamatic and the tunic. The Archbishop then delivered him a sword to restrain the enemies of the church, Two Earls then buckled on his epurs and invested him with the pall of state; after which Baldwin jured him in the name of God and forbade him 1ke the erown unless he were firmly ved in his heart and soul to observe all the promises to which he had sworn. The festivities were sullied by a san- and disgraceful riot. Numbers Jews had flocked to England in the reign of Henry IT, where they were hon- or * protected by that liberal and en- lightened sovereign. Grateful for such unusual favors, they assembled at Lon- don to subsecribe themselves in order to make Richard a splendid present on the day of his coronation. Unfortunately Richard was Dersuaded by some of the bigots who surrounded him that the Jews were accustomed to practice magic on sovereigns during the time of the corona- tion, and he therefore issued an edict prohibiting any Jew from entering the while the ceremony was being yrmed, or appearing at the palace during dinner. Curiosity overcame pru- dence. ceral of the most considerable Jews mingled with the crowd and gath- ered around the gates of the palace. One of them, endeavoring to force an en- trance, was struck in the face by an over- zealous Christian. This signal aroused the fanaticism of the multitude. A gen- eral the Jews, w the city. T church asganlt de fled in ome wretches, eager for plunder, raised that the King had given orders for extermination of the unbelieving Jews: and, as this was by no means im- probable, when the King was a crusader, it received implicit credit he city mob, swelled by the multitudes who had come from the country, attacked the houses of thé Jews, which the inhabitants defended was confusion upon o toward a ery the with great courage and obstinacy. The enraged por re, when night came on, finding that they could not break into the houses, hprled brands and torches on the roofs and through the windows. Con- burst forth in various parts which consumed not only the houses of the Jews but those of the Christians. Richard caused several of the ringleaders and most notorious ma factors to be apprehended the next day. They were hanged, as a terror to others, a proclamation was issued taking the Jews under the royal protection, and the tranquillity cf the city was restored. JOHN. John ascended the throne, to the preju- dice of the hereditary rights of his nephew, Arthur, by virtue of a form of election. The Archbishops, Bishops, Farls, Bishops and others, the estates of the realm, being assembled in the church of Westminster May 27, 1189, Hu- bert, Archbishop of Canferbury, ad- dressed them in these memorable words: “Hear all men! It is well known to your wisdom that no man hath any right of succession to this crown unless he be elected for his own merits by the unani- mous consent of the kingdom, with invo- catlon of the Holy Ghost, after the man- ner and similitude of Saul, whom Goa set over his chosen people, though he was neither the son of a King nor sprung of a royal line; “and in like manner after him David, the son of Jesse; the former because he was brave and suited to the royal dignity, the latter because he was humble and plous. So that he who sur- passes all within the realm in fitness for royalty should preside over all in dignity and power. But if one of the family of the deceased sovereign should excel others, his election should be the more readily and cheerfully conceded. Where- fore, as our late sovereign Richard dled without issue of his body, and his brother, Earl John, now present, is wise, brave and manifestly noble, we, having respect both to hls merits and his royal blood, unanimously and with one accord elect him to be our soverelg This was the most decisive form of elec- tion since the Conquest. HENRY IIT, After the death of John, London being in possession of the French Prince Louls, an assembly of the principal authorities was convened at Winchester under the presidency of Gualo, the papal legate. They unanimously resolved that the young King should be crowned on the 25th day of October, A. D. 1216. The cere- mony was performed in the cathedral of ‘Winchester. The Papal Legate compelled Henry to do homage to the holy Roman church and Pope Innocent for his king- dom of England and Ireland; he also made him swear that he would pay an annual tribute of one thousand marks to the papal see. The ceremony of corona- tion was repeated by Stephen Langton, Archbishiop of Canterbury. Early in the year 1236 Henry married the Lady Eleanor, daughter of the Farl of Provence, whose beauty is celebratea by all the chroniclers. The ceremony of her coronation was performed with extraordinary pomp on the 224 of January. Holinshed's account of 1t will no doubt gratify our readers: “At the solemnitie of this feast and coronation of the quene all the high peers of the realm both spirituall and temporall were present, there to exercise their of- fices as to them apperteined. The citizens of London were there in great arrafe, bearing afore hir in solemn wise three hundred and three score cups of gold and silver, in token that they ought to walt upon hir cup. Archbishop of Canterburie (according to his dutie) crowned hir, the bishop of London assisting him as his deacon. The citizens of London served out wine to everie one in great plentfe. The feast was plentifull, so that nothing wanted that could be wished. Moreover in Tothill-fields roaill justes were holden by the space of eight dales together.” EDWARD I On the 15th of August, 1274, Edward I and his Queen, Eleanor, were crowned at Westminster by the Archbishop of Can- terbury, aided by other prelates. Holinshed adds some remarkable par- ticulars of this coronation: “At this coronaticn were present Alex- ander king of Scots, nd John earle of Bretaine, with their wives that were sis- ters to King Edward. The king of Scots did unto King FEdward for the realme of Scotland, in like manner as homage other the kings of Scotland before him had doone to other kings of gland, an- cestoures to this King Edward. At the solemnitie of this coronation there were let go at libertie (catch them that catch might) five hundred great horses by the king of Scots, the earles of Cornewall, Glocester, Pembroke, Warren and others, as they were allighted from their backs.” WARD IL Edward IT and his Queen were crowned at Westminster on the 24th of February. Holinshed informs v here was such presse and throng at the coronation that a knight, called Sir John Bakewell, was thrust or crowded to death.” The Bish- ops were incommoded and forced to hur- ry through the service jn a slovenly man- and yet it was not concluded before aflternoon. EDWARD 1L On the deposition of Edward IT his son, Prince Edward, was brought to a gen- eral assembly of the nobles and clergy in the abbey church at Westminster, on the 20th January, and Walter Rey- nold exhorted all present to choose young Prince as their sovereign. All as- sented, but the Prince himself declared that he would not accept the crown until it had been voluntarily resigned by his father. A remarkable coronation medal was struck on this cccasion; on one side the young Prince was represented crowned, laying his scepter on a heap of hearts, with the motto, “Populo dat jura vo- lenti” (He gives laws to a willing people); and on the other was a hand held out to save a falling crown, with the motto, “Non rapit, sed recipit” (He seizes not, but receives). RICHARD IL The coronation of this King was more magnificent than any of the preceding. The procession of the King from the Tower of London is thus described by Holinshed: “The citie was adorned in all sorts most richlie. The watcr conduits ran with wine for the space of three hours together. In the upper end of Cheape was a certain castell, made with foure towers; out of which castell, on two sides of It, ran forth wine abundantly. In the tow- ers were placed four beautiful virgins, in stature and age like to the king, appar- elled in white vesture. In every tower one, the which blew in the king’s face, at his aproaching near to them, leaves of gold; and as he approached also they threw on him and his horse counterfeit florins of gold. When he was come be- fore the castell they took cups of gold, and filling them with wine at the spouts of the castell, presented the same to the king and his nobles. On the top of the castell, betwixt the four towers, stood a golden angell, holding a crown in his hands, which was so contrived that when the king came he bowed down and of- fered to him the crowne. In the midst of the king's pallace was a marble pillar, raised hollow upon steps, on the top whereof was a great gilt eagle placed un- der whose feet in the chapiter of the pil- lar divers kinds of wine came gushing 1327 Remarkable - Tncidents in This Dost Tmyportant Occas ton of a JBritish Ruler’s Life. forth at foure several places all the dat long; neither was anie forhidden to celve the same, were he nev ablest.” re- °r S0 poor or HENRY IV. Henry TV was crowned by Archbis Fitzalan on the 13th of October, 1399, and on this occasion the ampuila was first employed. After Henry had gone to t Tower he created forty-six Knights of the Bath, among whom were three of his own sons. The procession from the Tcwer to Westminster was unusually splendid, no less than six thousand horses having been employed for the oc- casfon. Froissart gives the following acount Henry IV's procession: *“The duke Lancaster left the Tower this Sunday ter dinner, on his return to Westmins He was bare-headed and had round his neck the order of the king of France. prince of Wales, six duk six eighteen barons, accompanied him, there were of knights and other no from eight to nine hundred horse procession. He passed through the streets of London. which were all handsomely decorated with tapestries and other rich hangings; there were nine fountains in Cheapside and other streets he passed through that ran perpetually with whits and red wines. The whole cavalcade amounted to six thousand horse, that es- corted the duke from the Tower to West- minste: earls and i HENRY V. Henry V was crowned on the 9th of April, 1413. 'Katherine of France, the Queen of Henry V, was crowned on the 24th of February, 1420. The account which Holinshed gives of the fhagnificence dis- played upon this occaslon is far too char- acteristic of the age to be omitted: “After the great solemnization of the foresaid coronation in the church of St. Peter’s, at Westminster, was ended, the queene was conveied into the great Hall of Westminster, and there set to dinner. Upon whose right hand sat, at the end of the table, the archbishop of Canter- bury and Henrie surnamed the Rich, car- dinall of Winchester. Upon the left hand of the queene sat the king of Scots in his estate who was served with covered e the foresaid bishops, but and, next the m. and bishops began t ons of the Cinay the mal ordered the ser course, brawne in mustard, eels in bur neur, pike In futme: balien, lamprie powdered, trout, c plaice fried, martine fried, crabs, lumbard flourished tartes, and a a called a pelican, sitting on hir nest with hir bira. ho to and g a bo an image of St. Katherine ng w ke and @ “The second course was, gellle coloured ith columbine flowers, white potage or creame of almonds, breame of the conger, cheuen, barbill and roch, f salmon, haliba, gu rochet brollee, emelts fried, crevis, lobster, leech- damaske, with the king’s poesie flourish- ed thereon. e third course was, dates in com- creame motle, carpe deore, turbut, jon, fresh turgtom with welks, porperous rosted, crevesse ds eau doure, branis, ecles rosted with lam- sea, esh nard, or post, tench prie, a leech, called the white leech, flo ished with hawthorn aves and red i & marchpane garnished with di- Henry VI was crowned at Westminster, November 6, 1429, being then only in the ninth year of hisage. The coronation feast was celebrated at Westminster with great splendor. In the first course, Fa- blan tells us, there were, among other royal viands, “Hore hedes In castellys of gold and enarmed,” “Custard royall, with a lyopard of gold syttyng therein, and holding a floure de lyce.” The pageant for this course was “A sotyltle of Seynt Edwarde and Seynt Lowys armed, ana upon eyther his cote armoure, holdyng atwene them a figurs lyke unto Kynge Henry, standyngs also in his cote ar- moure, and a scripture passynge from them both. saying* ‘Beholde IT perfyght kynges under one cote of armour.’ " EDWARD 1V. ‘The monarch had his title confirmed by Ipsignia Used ip N this occasion all the processions O and ceremonies observed from the time of Edward I, who was crowned on August 15, 1274, down to the day when, on June 28, 1833, Victoria I became Queen the proceedings have been the same and the insignia used the same. When the new King is enthroned he will g0 through the same programme that his ancestors have gone through when taking office for nearly a thousand years. The following is taken irom the London Sun of June 28, 1838: KING EDWARD'S CHAIR. “This chair (commonly called St. Ed- ward's chair) s an ancient seat of solid hardwood, with back and sides of the same, variously painted, in which the Kings of Scotland were in former perfods ccnstantly crowned, but having been brought out of the kingdom by King FEdward I in the year 1206, after he had totally over- come John Baliol, King of Scots, it has ever since remained in the Abbey of ‘West- minster, and has been the royal chalr in which the succeeding Kings and Queens of this realm have been inaugurated. It is In height six feet seven Inches, In breadth at the bottom thirty-eight inches and in depth twenty-four inches; from the seat to the bottom is twenty-five Inches: the breadth of the seat within the sides is twenty-elght Inches and the depth eighteen inches. At nine inches from the ground is a board, supported at the four corners by as many lions. Between the seat and this board is inclosed a stone, commonly called Jacob's, or the fatal marble stone, which is an oblong of about twenty-two inches In length, thirteen nches broad and eleven inches deep, of a stedl color mixed with some veins of red. History relates that it is the stone whereon the patrlarch Jacob laid his head in the plain of Luz. It Is also added that it was brought to Brigantia, in the kingdom of Gallicia, in Spain, in which place Gathol, King of Scots, sat on it as his throne. Thence it was conveyed into Ireland by Sitmon Brach, who was King of Scots about 700 years before Christ's time; thence into Scotland by King Fer- gus, about 370 years afterward, and in the year 850 it was placed in the abbey of Scone, in the sheriffdlom of Perth, by King Kenneth, who caused it to be In- closed in this wooden chair, and a pro- phetical verse to be engraved, of which the following Is a translation: Should fate not fail, found, The Scots shall monarchs of that realm be found. This is the more remarkable by ita having been fulfilled in the person of King James I, &ndfnmer to the Prin- cess Sofla, electress dowager of Hanover, grandmother to King George II, who was grandfather to his late Majesty, George III. This antique regal chair having (to- gether with the golden scepter and crown of Scotland) been solemnly offered by King Edward I to St. Ed%ard the Con- fessor in the year 1207 (from whence it derives the appellation of St. Edward chalr), has ever since been kept in the chapel called by his name, with a tablet affixed to it, whereon several Latin verses are written in the old English character. The ornaments of this chalr consist of crockets and fretwork, richly gilt. It has where'er this stone ts Qrowning a cushion covered with the same materi- als. The stone maintains Its usual place under the seat of the chalr, but is hiq from observation by the fringe which surrounds it. : THE REGALIA. These are: St. Edward's staff, the spurs, the scepter with the cross, the pointed sword of temporal justice, the sword of mercy, the sword of . ate, the scepter with the do the orb, St. Edward's crown, the patina, the chalice and the Bi- ble. : St. Edward's staff, in length four feet eleven inches and a half, is a scepter of gold, having a foot of steel®about four inches and a Quarter In length with n mound and cross at the top; the orna- ments are also of gold, and the diameter is upward of three-quarters of an ineh The spurs, called the great golden spurs, are elaborately wrought. They have no rowels, but end in an ornamented point. The scepter with the cross, or scepter royal, is Hkewise of gold. the handle plain and the upper part wreathed, It is in length two feet nine inches and a quar- ter, and is of the same thickness as the ,former. The point at the lower part is enriched with rubles, emeralds and smai dlamonds, and the space of five Inches and a balf in length above the handle is elegantly embellished with stmilar pre- clous stones. The top rises into a fleur- de-lis, with six leaves, of which thres are upright, and the other three are hang- ing down, all enriched with Pprecio: stones. Out of the fleur-de-lis issues mound made of amethysts, set round with table dlamonds, and upon the mound a cross, wholly covered with preclous