CHAPTER XI. ‘TRISTIS GLORIA.’ The result of the Queen’s trial advantageous to neither party --The Queen’s application to Parliament for a residence-- Lord Liverpool’s reply--Royal message from the Queen to Parliament, and its discourteous reception--The Queen goes to St. Paul’s to return thanks--Uncharitable conduct of the Cathedral authorities--Their unseemly behaviour rebuked by the Lord Mayor--Revenue for the Queen recommended by the King--Accepted by her--The Coronation of George IV.--The Queen claims a right to take part in the ceremony--Her right discussed--Not allowed--Determines to be present --The Queen appears at the Abbey, and is refused admittance --With a broken spirit retires--Her sense of degradation --The King labours to give _éclat_ to his Coronation-- The Coronation-festival in Westminster Hall described-- Appearance of the Duke of Wellington--His banquet to the King--The King’s speech on the occasion--True greatness of the Duke--Anecdote of Louis XIV. and Lord Stair--Regal banquet to the foreign ministers--The Duke of Wellington appears as an Austrian general--Incident of the Coronation --Lord Londonderry’s banquet to the minister of Louis Napoleon 381 CHAPTER XII. A CROWN LOST, AND A GRAVE WON. The Queen’s agitation--Her illness--Her sufferings-- Desires her diary may be destroyed--Her death--Sketch of her life--Her mother a foolish woman--Every sense of justice outraged by the King--Inconsistency of the Whigs --The Queen persecuted even after death--Disrespect shown to her remains by the Government--Protest against a disgraceful haste to remove her remains--Course of the funeral procession interrupted by the people--Collision between the military and the populace--Effort to force a way through the people ineffectual--The procession compelled to pass through the City--The plate on the Queen’s coffin removed--The funeral reaches Harwich--The Queen’s remains taken to Brunswick--Funeral oration-- Tombs of the illustrious dead there 401 _ADELAIDE OF SAXE-MEINENGEN_, WIFE OF WILLIAM IV.