The final and most important rehearsal of the Coronation ceremony was held in the Abbey yesterday. Not only were the Court officials and great officers of state in attendance, but all the peers and peeresses, in their state robes and wearing j their coronets. For an hour and a quarter they were instructed in their various "parts" in the great function, and most fortunately all went well. The Duke of Connaught was present most of the time, and expressed himself as entirely satis fied with the arrangements. The religious service was likewise gone through and again somewhat curtailed, so that now the length of it will not exceed an hour and a-quarter—little more than half of the original estimate.
The Decorations are going up again very fast, but unluckily the weather is behaving badly, and severe thunder showers seem to delight in spoiling the freshness of everything directly it is finished. His Majesty a fortunate escape yesterday, as he had only just reached the Palace when rain mie down in torrents, and the loyal uidreds who elected to sing the National Anthem by way of serenade had to do so nder a corresponding number of wmlirellas.
The Demand for Seats. early every available seat on Satur-y's line of route has now been taken up, and the prices obtained will, I think, fully compensate the vendors for any loss they may have sustained in June, If the Procession Day is carried out in October as has been conditionally promised, seat-sellers will score considerably, as most. of them only refunded 50 per cent of the monies they received, deducting the reniainder for expenses.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.