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Dube of Oloseeeer. Prism if Onsge. Duke el Dreafwkk. Du►e of Grafton. Duke of Denali's. btarquis of Bachtsgbim. Dobe el Marquis of . . Earl et Carl*. Duke of Poetised. Zen Cando. THE INSTALUTI.N. CEREMONIES TO OBSERVED 114 TISSINCI 07 801111110111 AND [MONTS COSS. ?ANION, OP TM, MOSt 1101 LS 0101101 , Txa OARTSI, AT wirtosoac•stta,ow TOSIDAT, TUB 13D OP •PRIL I (911)/0 sr. oaosoa's Dar.) AT Till INSTALLATIONS OS The Doke of Aortas's. The Earl of Haasyleaa, The Doke of 1111110FOlT s TM Marquis of Asaaeoax. • The lad of Pummels and Monta/arr. The Bud of WINCIILSSA and NOTTINOCAM, And the Earl of CUUTIIITIBLO. Ins Chapter of the Mob Noble Order of the Gana, held Aril se. Mg. It was declared by the Sovaitston and Companions, that the tole ordering of the Ceremonies belonged unto Garret t and ac cording,/ it was ordered. That he &mid have the Care thereof for the future, to dire& or order the fame. SCHEME OF THE STALLS. g.ll • 1`; 4' 13 It . Tuprh,..T , ,1 a etwA,.... 1 21 : 1 V Prince Winans Frederick. Elates of Here. Doke of Marlborough. Duke of Rieluelood. Marquis of Laordown. Martpds Comma'. Earl of Chatham. Eart of Wdtmoreland. Doke of Ducckagb. Earl Sweets. Duke el Rutland. Duke of Beaufort. 4.4‘. •*-A 102.. EA ed Hudwieke. Marquis d Aberears. Earl of Pembroke. Zorf of Wisthdfos. The Knights C of the Order. the kart of Chefterield. as. in ,the complete habit of the Order in their Man• ties, the Knights Flea in the Under Habits, having their Caps and feathers in their bands, and the Proxy for the Earl of Hardwick* in his ordinary habit, at tend the Sovereign in the Royal Apartment. The officers of Arms, and the font Serjeants at Arms, with their Maces, attend in th 4 Pretence Chamber ; the Prebends and Poor Knights, ae al fo the kettle drums and honfe trumpets, in the Guard Chamber. The Proxy is not to gn in the proceffion, but to retire privately to his chair at the babk of the altar. The Sovereign coming tinder his State, Garter Kinx of Arms calls over the Knights; and a procef floe is made from the Royal Apartment 'through the Prefonce and Guard Chambers the end of Saint George's Hall ; the late Private the pelage lading to the Great Stairs ; -4.nding through the Hall to the Great Court ; and from thence to the South door of Si. George's Chapel, in the following order : PROCESSION FROM THE ROYAL APARTMENT TO THE CHAPTER-HOUSE. Kettle brim and Houk Trumpet*. Potir=a, Two and Two. Two and Two. Parfahasts and Heralds of Arra, Two and Two. • bloomy, King at Arms Cla r a - minim King of Anna. — The Knights Elea, Two and Two,baving their and Feathers in their bands. _ _ The Knights Compu f sot, a tions, each with hie Compankin, if prefent ilone, according to dwir Stalls. 1- r .4 -6 3 , The Regliker, haring Garter King of Anna I. l i. : ; it es his Right, mod Deputy Black Rad on his Left Hand, baring the W l irl ,• lI'S 11 Rods of their ter:dive i L IS ; 011 as. it - R. 4 1 ° Ti The Chancellor, •kh the Peer.. baying oft Ms right Mad the Prelate. ..ig I Lord Chamberlain. The Sword of State. 3 THE SOVEREIGN, in tie full Habit of the Order; "S 4 Mina's borne by the Eldeß Sons of Two Dukes, ". and by the Matter of the kobes. A ' ' Banda (tenth:mat PC118064111. a l It • il. t ll ~... ti ft In this manner moving to the Chapel, the Procef fro.. will enter at the South door ; • pars down the South itle ; and, up the North ilk, to the Chapter Houfe; the Poor Knights dividing. on either fide, at come diftance from the Chapter Houfe; then the Prebends, next above ; and the Officers of Arms neared to the Chapter Houfe. None entering with the Sovereign into the Chap ter Houle, but the Knights Companions and the iworn Officers of the Order—the Knights Elea retire to their Chairs in the Ifle behind the altar. The So vereign s train to be carried into the Chapter Houfe by Garter ; and to be born out of the Chapter Houfe by deputy Black Rod, and then again carried by the train bearers Deputy Black Rod, and the Regißet, not having been iworn remain in the ilk, oppolit e to t h e Knights Meet. The Soveliegn and the Knights Companions being feared, the latter according to their kniority, and 'heir flails in the Chapel; Garter acquaints his Ma :efly. that Robert Q2arme, Efquire, Deputy Black .(1,4 waits at the door, and humbly prays ad ,n;ttance to take the oath of office; and he being thereupon introduced by Garter, kneels near the So vereign nn the left han d; when Garter. holding the Gof . pels, adminißers the oath. Deputy Black Rod having killed the Sovereign's hand, retires to his place at the bottom of the table. - Then the Chancellor or (in his abfence), Garter acquaints his Majelly, that the Dean of Windfor, the Honourable and Reverend Doaor Edward Legge, attends at the door; and prays admittance to take the oath as Regißer of the Order. He is thereupon in troduced by Garter and Deputy Black Rod ; the latter carrying the enfigns of the Regider's Office— the Chancellor, or (inbis abfence) Garter admini- Ilers the oath ; and the Regiaer, being inveaed, and • The drums and trumpets are to ilk off on TSe sudde of the fouth door—and the Serjeants at Arms, and the land at Gentle men Pendants, are to !lop within the raid door sate the rulin g wren they spin Ma the ?radios havittg !tired the Sovereign's hand, withdraws to his place at the bottom of the table. Then, by the Sovereign's command, the Chancel lor, or (in his abfence), the Regifter, handing op the left hand of his Majefty, reads the new haute. When done, the Regitier returns to his place. Garter then, by the Sovereign's command, intro, duces the Duke of Rutland, who is received at the door by the two junior Knights, and conduded to the table, where the furcoat, girdle, and (word had been placed; and Garter, prefenting the furcoat to the two Senior Knights, they invert his Grace therewith. The Regifter reading the admonition, ,‘ Take this Robe," ice. Then Garter pretence the girdle in like manner, and afterwards the (word I which they put on Ms Grace, who, thereupon, Rands at his place near the table. Garter then introduces the Proxy for the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Knight Elea of the Order, Who is to Rand at his Excellen cy's place near the table. Garter then introduces feverally, the Duke of Beau- fort, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of 'Winchelfea, and the Earl of Chefierfield, who are inveßed with the fureoat, girdle, and (word, with the like:ceremonies. The Knights file& and the Proxy continue in the Chapter Houfe while the Proceffion to the Chapel is made down to the bottoin or the North ifle, and, up the Middle ifle, into the Choir', in the following order : PROCESSION TO THE CHOIR. . Pirft, The Poor Knights; who, coming into the Choir, make their revcrences, firft to the Altar, don to the Sovereign's Stall, and place themfelves, no each Sde, near the Akar. . The Prebends make their reverences in like manner, and go to their places under that'll,. The °Seers of Arms, making their reverences, Rand oat to the Poor Then the Knights Compaidosa, K =i t s . the order in which be bad walked, ft**, or with hie Companion, make their reverences, and rakeunder their banners; where they rennin Sanding. The aqificr, Garter. and Deputy Slack Rod, making the re- Verdian_ together. Rand before th eir Form. The Prdate and Chancellor do the fame. The Sword of State, with the Lord Chamberlain on his left band (the Sovereign being tested). Sand on the Reps before,or order die Sovereign's Stall. The Sovereign makes one reverence to the Altar; and, being in his Stall, repeats the fame...tbe Train Bearers Sanding upon the Reps leading to the Sovereign's Stall. & Garter then going to the middle of the Choir, and, ankh doable reverence, waves his krptre towa:da bla Royal nets the Prince of Wales, who, thereupon, coming from his banner, makes his reverences, and dands isto bid Stall; where, repeating bb reverences, he fits down. All the other Knights continue Sanding under their Menem The Prelate is condudal to the Altar by the Verger of Saint Georges Chapel; and two Prebends by the fame Verger. OFFERING OF THE Ai Then Garter, with the uflial reverences, takes up the banner of his Serene Highnefs the late Duke of Sams Gorma ; and, holding it up, the Provincial Kings of Arms join, and, making their reverences, repair to the two fenior Knights ; who, thereupon, join, making their reverences together, and receive the banner from Garter, which they carry, the point foremoft, a little declining; and, being preceded by the Paid Provincial Kings of Arms, advance to the firft Rep of the Altar, where they repeat their reve rences ; and; coming to the rails, make one reverence to the Altar; then kneeling, they deliver the banner to the Prelate I WE*, affilled by the Prebends, places it upright at the leash end of the Altar. The two Knights then return, with like reverences, and Rand tinder their banners. The Sword is then delivered by Garter to the two next fenior Knights ; who, attended by the laid Pro- rincial Kings of Arms, oar the Utile (the hilt up wards), with like ceremonies. The Helm and Creft are offered by the two next fenior Knights, with the fame cerentotiY, attended by the Paid Provincial Kings of Anna. The achievements of the late Marquis of Stafford, of the late Duke of Beaufort, and 'Delete Duke of Rox burgh! are offered with the fame ceremonies, by the fix fauor Knights, not of the Blood Royal, attended each time by two Heralds, in rotation. Then Garter, bowing to each Knight, (the fenior firft), fummous him to afcend into his Ralf; when he fingly, or joining his companion, if prefent, makes his reverences ; and the fame are repeated when in the flails. All the Knights being in their Rails ; Garter fum mons the two fenior Knights under their banners, in order to infal the Duke of Rutland : and a procef n is made to the Chapter-houfe, (all making the ufual reverences on going out of the Choir), in the following order : POOR KNIONTIFFICIRS OF •111111. DEPUTY ■LACK am. TIE RIGISTROL. The two Knights, if companions, together ; if not. hotly ; who, with the Ofßeers of the Order above mistimed, go into the Chap ter-Houk ; from whence they merit to the Choir be the follow• :ng Order; POOR ICNIGHTIORPICZRS Or •RMS. Till ltalrgilt, otrinr carrying, on a Condon, carrying, in his hand, BLALII MOD. the Mantle, Hood, Great the New Teftament, Collar, and Book of Sta- and the Forms of the toms. Oathand Admonitions The Ivo Knights,having the Luke of Rutland be tween them : his Grace is habited in his (urcoat, and Ain. with his (word; and carries his cap and leather in his hand. The Procefflon palfing to the welt end of the choir only, enters the choir, all making the ufual reve rences : Garter, with the Resider and Deputy Black Rod, go under the Stall appointed for his Grace ; Garter placing the cation upon the de& of the lower Stall. The two Knights, with the Duke, enter into the lower Stall; where the Resitler admininers.the oath, Deputy Black Rod holding the Gapels. Then the two Knights condo& his Grace into the upper Stall; the Reeler and Garter entering into the lower Stall; and Deputy Black Rod remaining in the area. Gaiter then prefents the Mantle to the Knights, who invert his Grace therewith. the Regiiter reading the Admonition, 4 4 Receive this Rohe,' ate. Next, Garter, prefents the , Hood. which is put on over his Graces right (boulder, the ends of the tippets being brought in lions, and paired under the girdle. Then Garter prefents the Great Collar and George, with which the Knights invet the Duke, whilft the Regiller reads the admonition, le wear this Collar, &c. Garter then prefenu the Statute-book, which the Knights deliver to his Grace ; and then placing the cap and feather on his had, they feat him in his Stall ; and his Grace, tiling up, makes his double re verence, viz. 6rlt to the Altar, then to the Sovereign t the Ritights, atter embraci ng and congtatulati4 defcendinto the middle of the Choir ; and, making their reverences, go up into their Stalls ; and, repeat. ing the Lune, fit down ; the Officers returning to their places. Then Garter fummons the two Knights next in fe niority, in order to banal the proxy for the Earl of Hardwicke ; who is thereupon concluded with the fame cerernonpinto the Stall under that appointed for his Principal, where the Regifter adminitters to ?lila the oath. •Re is Then concluded into the upper Stall ; and the Mantle being prefented by Garter, the Knights put the . fame ore, hid left arm, fo that the crofi, embroidered within the Garter may be feen. They then feat the Paid proxy in the Stall, with the ceremony as before-mentioned; and return to their Stalls; the Proxy immediately riling makes his reve rences, and remains (landing during the reit of the ceremony with the Mantle on his arm. The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Winchelfea, and the Earl of Cheilerfield, are to be feverally intro duced, and in(lalled, in the fame manner as the Duke of Rutland. The Knights thus inftalled, Divine Service begins. OFFERING. ' At the words of the Offertory—" Lei your fight fe Nee dee—the Organ playing—the Officers of the Wardrobe fpread a Carpet on the Reps of the Altar; and Deputy Black Rod, making kis obeifances, goes up to the rails of the Altar on the right tide, where he receives, from the Yeoman of the Wardrobe, a tick carpet and aufhion, which, with the affillance of the Yeoman, he lays d own f or the Sovereign to kneel upon. In the mean time. Garter fummons the Knights from their beginning with the junior ; each Knight making his reverence in his Stall ; and re peattng the fame, with his companion, in the choir, retires under his banner. All the Knights (landing thus under their banners ; and the Prelate at the Altar to receive the offerings; the Sovereign, making his reverence to the Altar, defeends from his flail ; and then making another re verence in the middle of the Choir, proceeds to the Offering in the following order : Garter. The !teeter. The Manedlor. The Lord Chantberbin. The Sword of State. THE SOVEREIGN. His hlleßy's Train borne as before. The Senior Knight (not of the Blood Royal), be ing the Knight appointed to deliver the Offering to the Sorereign, makes his reverence as the Proceffion Et; and, thereupon, places hinifelf a little be tf,eld his Majefty, on the right fide. The Sovereign, coming to the rails of the Altar, makes a reverence ; when Deputy Black Rod, on his knee, delivers the Offering to the Knight, who deli vers it to the Sovereign ; and his Majeily, taking off his cap and feathers, pots the Offering into the be. fon, held by the Prelate, &Med by the Prebends. The Sovereign, riling, makes his reverence to the Altar ; and, retiring, another in the middle of the Choir, all the attendants turning, as his Mildly does, and making their reverences at the fame time ; and, being in his flail, another. The Knight, who delivered the Offering,retires under his banner, when the proeeffion comes oppofite to the fame. During the Sovereign's return, the Officers of the Wardrobe remove the carpet and cufhion whereon his Majefty had kneeled leaving the fira carpet and placing two cufhions for the Knights; and De puty Black Rod, with the ufual reverences, returns to his place. All the Knights (landing under their banners, the Provincial Kings of Arms join with ufnal reverences and go to his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales ; I wbo, in the middle of the Choir, makes his double reverence, viz. firs to the Altar, then to the Sove reign, and is concluded to the Altar ; where, taking off his cep, and making another reverence, he kneels and offers gold and film in the baron; and, return ing in the fame order, goes into his Ball ; where, making his reverence, he fits down. Theo two Officers of Arms attend the next Knight, til• Knights in feniority being Companions ; who I offer in like manner, and fo on till all the Knights and the Proxy have offered; and afcended into their falls.—N. B. The Provincial Kings of Arms at tend thofe Knights who are of the Blood Royal ; and the Senior Heralds, in rotation, the other Knights Companions. Divine Service proceeds ; and, when ended, the Prelate is concluded to his feat by the Verger of St. George's Chapel. RETURN. Garter then fummons the Knights under their ban ners, Juniors &ft ; which done. _ . The Poor Knights join, make their reverences, and go ont of the Choir ; as do the Prebends, the Officers of Arms, the Knights, and the Officers of the Order. The Lord Chambetlain, and the Sword of State, precede the Sovereign, as before. The pro. ceffion moves to the great U'ft Door of the Chapel, up the South Me, and, out at the South Dom, to the Upper Caine. But the Proxy goes in the Proceffion no farther than the South Door ; where the Mantle of his Principal is delivered to the Sexton. The Drums and Trumpets to continue in the Proceffion until the return to the King's Guard Chamber. The Poor Knights and Prebends file off on either fide in the Guard Chamber. The Officers of Arms and the four Serjeants at Aims, in the Pretence Chamber. The Knights Companions divide on either fide in the Royal apartment. The Sovereign, having the Officers of the Order before him, goes under The State ; where he falutes the Knights by pulling off his cap ; and then retires till dinner time. DINNER. When the fiat fervice is placed on the tables of the Sovereign and Knights, the Knights and Officers being in thew Order in the Prefence Chamber as be- fore, and his Majetty under the State ; a proceirion is made to Saint Georges Hall, in the following order : The Officers of Aims. The Knights, In their Order, according to their Stalls. The Olicen of the Order. The Lord Chamberlain. The Sword of State. THE SOVEREIGN. _ _ The Officers of Arms divide at the lower end of the Hall ; the Ko'ghts above them in a line accurd iag to their feniority (the fenicr neareft to the State,) who take off their caps and feathers as the Sovereign pares. The Officers of the Order proceed before the Smtereigh to the Haut-Pels, and then go behind the Knights. • The Sovereign, being under his State, CAlutet the Knights: and the Princes of the Blood Royal afcend the haut-pas, and Rand at the ends of the table : the Prince of Wales on his Majelly's tight hand, And the other Princes of the Blood according to their rank. Grace being (aid by the Prelate, the Sovereign fits down. Then the Knights put on their caps ; and are con cluded by the Officers of Arms to the taule, the Se niors firfl, puffing up from the lower end, and taking their places according to their feniority. The Proxy of the Earl of Hardwicke takes his place below the junior Knight. Towards the latter end of the fira courfe, a large gilt cup being brought to the Sovereign by the Cup Bearer, his Majefty drinks to the Knights ; who be ing, at his Majefty's command, informed of the fame by Garter, Rand up uncovered, altogether. Fledge the Sorer. ign, then fit down, and put on their caps. The Second Courfe is then brought as follows : Poor serjeants at Arms, with their maces, two and two...s Comptroller and Treafurer of the Houkhold, together, with their white Rives—Tke Sewer—Gentlemen Penhoners bearing tint dillies—Two Clerks of the Green Cloth—ghe Clerk comptronee Clerk of the Kitchen. Immediately after, Garter, attended by all the Of ficers of Arms, advances from the lower end of the Hall, with the ufual reverences, to the Haut Pas ; and he afcending the lowell Rep, and crying, " Lar. :#" thrice, proclaims the Sovereign's kyle in Latin, French, and Englilh. The Officers of A►ms then retire backwards, with the ufual reverences. Garter, and the Officers of Arms, then cry " Lar. eft," thrice. Then Garter bows to the Duke of Rutland, who !landing up uncover - cc!, Garter, with one " Larg#," proclaims his Grace's (Lyle in Englifb. Garter, and the Officers of Arms, then cry " Lariffi," once. In like manner, Garter proclaims the Ryles of the Earl of Hardwicke, the Duke of Beaufort, the Mar— quis of Abercorn, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Winchelfea, and the Earl of Cheßer6eld. The Banquet is afterwards brought up to the So• vereign's table with the fame ceremony as the fecond courfe. Dinner being ended, the Knights place themfelves in a line as before dinner ; and grace being laid by the Prelate ; and the Sovereign having waffied ; the Knights altogether make their reverences to his Ma jelly, who puts off his cap, and falutes them. Then the Knights and Officers return to the Pre fence Chamber before the Sovereign, in the fame order in which they came from thence. Isaac Haas" Garter. NAUTIGiIz. INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL ig.—This day failed from St. Helen's, under convoy of his Majeay's flips Quash and DRAGON, the Plincefs Royal armed trant port, Captain CHRIITOPHSR WATSON, R. N. with the following tranfports under his orders, viz. Lon. din, Ark, Britannia, Tartar, Monarch, Melpomene, Crown, Whitby, Mary Ann, Rolla, and Emily, the reft of the tranfports, ordnance, vidualling, and horfe (hips, for the Mediterranean. Arrived his Male(ly's mip Acssrn, with Admiral DUCKWORTH on board, from J amaica ; ILLosraious and Nitmoraua men of war, om the Channel fleet. The ETHALION frigate, with convoy for the Well Indies, is now under weigh, but it is fuppofed (he will go no further to-night than St. Helen's.—Wiud W. N. W. Ptazawes, APRIL 17.—Since my Taft the North Star, LErroN matter, is arrived from Britiol, and the Tranflator, BUGHLIHOLE matter, from Cardiff, with fundries for this place ; alfo a few veffels, with coals for a market. The Nancy. of this place, BROAD, is failed for Brittnl. The Garin Er Soap of war is on a cruise, and the Caroline hired armed brig remains at anchor in the Gwavas Lake. Gii smock, APRIL 17.—Captain Lova of the Bar bara, was the 101 l of the Clyde fhips with the Com modore, and parted Tuefday fe'nnight, morning ; at the fame time, the General Hunter followed, but af terwards bore up and joined the convoy, in confe quence, as he fuppofes, of the fignal being flying for all the (hips to clofe with the Commodore. Captain Lova was afterwards brought to in the night by a Hoop of war, the Captain of which told him to keep a good 100k -out, as he had advice of four privateers being in the Channel, two French and two Spaniards, but to inform the merchants of Greenock that there were feveral cruizers looking out for them. Captain Lova fuppofes the General Hunter has proceeded with the convoy to Falmouth, the place of rendez vous. The Two Nancy:, Maessiatt, from Wilming ton ; and the Indultry, BLaia, from Jamaica, are arrived at Dublin. YARMOUTH, APRIL 19.-✓ This morning arrived from a cruize, off the Tezel, his Majelly's (hips Is summit, of 6 4 guns, and ADAMANT, of 50, and have brought in with them the Alert lugger priva teer, of four one-pounders, captured Tome days ago by the boats of the above (hips ; alfo arrived the Muscly rrro (loop of war, from a cruize. The (hips under Rear Admiral Russet., are the Mon. mouth, Antelope, St. Alban3, Adamant, Inflexible, of 64 guns, Arnethyll frigate, Scorpion and Mut. quetto (loops of war, Snipe and Vixen gun•brigs, Prince of Wales and Swan cutters, and a National (loop and Alert lugger, captured by the Ships of the North Sea fqnadron. The Aurora, Mufs, with wheat, and the Apollo, Madderfun, with feed from Ton. ningen, bound to Hull, are put in here wind bound. Wind N. E. light breeze. PROM LLOYD% LIST. DtAL, APRIL r9.—Sailed the Leda frigate and the Watchful gun-brig on a cruize off the French Coaft ; Caller frigate fot Sheemefs ; Willington armed (hip, and la Poulenc poop of war, with a convoy to the Weitward.—.Sailed through the Downs the Glamorgan, Shelly, for Antigua ; Hinde, Darby, for Barbadocs ; City of Edinburgh, Moreton. for Quebec, and the Venus, Smith. for Colehefter.-..Arrivcd and failed for the River the Mercury, Gibbs, from St. Kitt's; Hero of the Nile, Hatchinfon, from St. Vincent's; Aretbufa. Olken, arid the Cumberland, Langley, from Deviators; and feveral other homeward-bound vefels. Ar. rived the Arab Poop of war from a cruize, and remains in the Downs with the reit of the thips as per laft ...Wind N. E. GRAVC3tI.IO, APRIL c9—Paired by the Thames, Todd; Elmo beth. 'Fownion ; Wakefield, Brace; Hope, Nicholls; m anor , Chriitie; Heyley; and Triumvirate, Green, from Oporto; Two Good Brothers, Jacobs, from Winder i per Jan, Plage; Two Brothers, Rockett ; Coward, l'eterfon; and Hope, Holdfworth, from Toomlngen.—Sailcd the Two Friends, M'Neill, f o r Mariam ; Palmbarnui, Brak;rling, for Boltock; V away ing, Licts and Gaits Hafauzig, Slaw, Wt Too:dom.