The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

THE ORDER OF THE BATH

The Queen held an Investiture of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath at three o'clock on Friday afternoon S
Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty, the Sovereign of the Order, was conducted
to a chair of state in the Throne Room by the Lord Chemberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice Cham-
berlain, and the Comptroller of the Household. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Great Master of the
Order of the Bath, accompanied the Queen, and stood 11
her side on the right, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge being on her Majesty's left.
The Queen wore the mantle of crimson satin, having the
Star of the Order embroidered on the left breast.
The Knights Grand Cross, by the Queen's command,'
entered the Throne Room, attended by the Officers of Oa
Order of the Bath, and the former having taken their usual
stations near the Sovereign, Major-General Sir Richard
England was introduced, and her Majesty, assisted by
Prince Albert, placed over his right shoulder the Ribboal
a Knight Grand Cross, having the Badge appended, on e
then invested him with the Star of a (Military) Knigh"
Grand Cross.

Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., Lord Pao'
more, the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Ws*
and Rear-Admiral Stephen Lushington, were introduced',
between Bath Ring or Arms and the Gentlemen Usher or
the Order, and knelt near the Sovereign, when the Queety
was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood'
upon him, and afterwards placed round his neck the.
Ribard with the Badge appended of a Knight Commander
of the Bath.
General James Wallace Sleigh, Lieut.-General Richard
Goddard Hare Clarges, Vice Admiral Henry Prescott?
Lieut.-General William Rowan, Vice Admiral Barringtot!
Reynolds, Lieut. General John M'Donald, Major General
James Frederick Love, Major General James Yorke, Beat'.
Admiral the lion. Richard Saunders Dundas, Maier
General Lovell Benjamin Lovell, and Major General George
Augustus Wetherall, were severally introduced betweell-
Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order',
and had the honour of Knighthot;d conferred upon them by
the Queen.
Lieut. Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinsott and
Benjamin Hawes were introduced with the ceVall°'ll
received from the Queen the honour of &real:lood' ,
were afterwards invested by her Majesty with' the- Ent:46
of Civil Knights Commander of the Bath.
Captain the lion. Henry Keppel, of the royal navy,
introduced, when her Majesty placed the Ribbon. Ow
Badge of a Companion of the Bath on his left breast,
Captain Keppel had the honour of kissing the Sovereign '°
hand, and withdrew.

Captain George Ramsay, Colonel Edward Birch Rey'
nardson, Captain Henry Caldwell, R.N. Lieut. Colast
Arthur St. George Herbert Stepney, Lieut. , Colonel Nall
Francis Strange, Major Henry Charles Cunliffe Owen'.
Major James Frankfort Manners Browne, Dr. David nurl3:
Ow
breck, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals ; Dr. Jou,.,"'
Forrest, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals ; Mr. '
Monet, Staff Surgeon ; Mr. Alexander Stewart (Civil)
Judge of the Admiralty? of Nova Scotia ; Lieut. Coloile
Robert Kearsley Dawson (Civil), and Mr. John Hall MO'
well (Civil) were severally introduced with the like cere'
mony, when the Queen, assisted by his Royal Highness the;
Prince, invested them with the ensigns of Companions 491
the Bath, _

The Knights Grand Cross were again called over in the
presence of the Queen, and then withdrew from the Throne

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY EVENING,

LIVEEPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.

5 to 1 agst Harry Lorriquer (taken)
8 ... 1 ... Seaman (taken)
9 ... 1 ... Emigrant (taken)
9 ... 1 ... Sir Peter Laurie (offered)
20 ... I ... Free-trader (taken)
20 ... 1 ... Forest Queen (taken)
4 ... 1 ... Jean du Quesne Bc:seaman coupled (t')

LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
8 to 1 agst Berezina colt (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
3 to 1 agst Fly by Night (taken)
3 ... 1 ... Yellow Jack (taken)
Two offered 200 even Fly by Night agst Yellow Jack-

DERBY.
7 to 1 agst Wentworth (taken and offered)
8 ... 1 ... Ellington (taken)
10 ... 1 ... Fly by Night (taken)
15 ... 1 Rogerthorpe (taken)
25 ... 1 ... Polmoodie (taken)
25 ... 1 Vandelm eulin (taken)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL. FRRRTrAkv 9R
WIND YESTERDAY—West.

HIGH WATER—Morn., 2 16 —Eveg. 2 34—Height, 15 ft 6'n
OFF THE PORT AND INWARD BOUND.
Queen of the Sea, Catherine Browser, Elizabeth Bentley, Lawrence,'
and Cintra ks.s.)
ARRIVED.

Feb. 25.—Margaret Deane, Bahia and Maceio—J. Lawrence, Irid
Crusad-r, London—Mohawk, Glasgow. Feb. 24 —Eglintun (8.64
Portsmouth—Pilot Fish. Matanzas—Princeton, New York —ldar:
heresa, Hayti—Zansiroom, Ams erdam—Sultan, New Orleao.„,
F. C. Chapman, Mobile—Heindal, Hamburg.