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pure gold, with an amethyst, about 

 the size and shape of a turkey's 

 eye, set therein, and part of a 

 crosier, much decayed, were found 

 in the coffin, but few vestiges of 

 the body remained. The ring was 

 in good preservation, and greatly 

 resembles that on the left-hand of 

 the effigy of William of Wykham, 

 as represented on the beautiful 

 altar-tomb in the same cathedral. 

 The crook and ferrule of the crosier 

 were of metal, and the shaft of 

 wood quite plain. This affords in- 

 ternal evidence of its being of a 

 much earlier date than that of 

 Wykham, which was composed of 

 silver gilt, of exquisite workman- 

 ship, and is now preserved in the 

 chapel of New College, Oxford. 



4. The Queen not having been 

 present at the consecration of a bi- 

 shop, had expressed her wish to be 

 present atthat of Dr. Howley. Yes- 

 terday morning, at half past eleven 

 o'clock, her Majesty, and the Prin- 

 cesses Augusta and Mary, arrived 

 at Lambeth Palace, where they 

 were received by. the archbishop 

 of Canterbury, who conducted 

 them into the drawing-room, where 

 Dr. Howley, the bishop of London 

 elect, the bishops of Oxford, GIo- 

 cester, and Salisbury, the vicar- 

 general, in their full robes, and a 

 number of other distinguished cha- 

 racters paid their respects to them ; 

 after which they proceeded to his 

 grace's chapel. The Queen and 

 Princesses were conducted into 

 Mrs. Sutton's family gallery. No 

 person was admitted into the body 

 of the chapel except those en- 

 gaged in the ceremony : among 

 them were the archbishop of Can- 

 terbury, the bishops of Salisbury, 

 Glocester, and Oxford, in their 

 full robes. Dr. Howley, the bi- 



shop of London elect, took his seat 

 the last, on the right of the altar. 

 The morning service was read by 

 one of the archbishop's chaplains. 

 The bishop of Glocester read the 

 Epistle; the bishop of Oxford the 

 Gospel ; the sermon was preached 

 by the Rev. Dr. Goddard, late mas- 

 ter of Winchester, who took a 

 general view of the established 

 church, from tiie period of the 

 Reformation, and dwelt upon the 

 Divine institution and expediency 

 of the episcopal order. After the 

 sermon, the archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, attended by his two chap- 

 lains, proceeded to the altar, to 

 read the Communion Service. 



Mr. Jenner, the registrar of the 

 province, read the mandate from 

 the Prince Regent, in the name of 

 the King, for the consecration. 

 Dr. Howley retired to an anti- 

 room, and put on his rochet, hav- 

 ingbeen previously only in doctor's 

 robes ; he was then introduced by 

 the bishops of Oxford and Gloces- 

 ter to the archbishop at the altar, 

 where several ceremonies were 

 performed, and then retired to the 

 anti-room, where he was invested 

 with his full episcopal robes. He 

 was then introduced again to the 

 altar, and the usual questions were 

 put to him by the archbishop. The 

 imposition of hands by the arch- 

 bishop and the other bishops pre- 

 sent, concluded the ceremony. 



The sacrament was then admi- 

 nistered to him by the archbishop, 

 in which all the others present par- 

 ticipated. 



7. A solemn funeral service was 

 performed at the French chapel, 

 in memory of general Moreau. 

 The room hung in black, and fill- 

 ed with persons dressed in the 

 same mournful costume; presented 



